Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

JENKIN

in The School of Compliment (Love Tricks) — Shirley, James

Metadata

PlayThe School of Compliment (Love Tricks)
AuthorShirley, James
Year (catalogued)1631
First performance1625
Decade1630s
GenreComedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyLady Elizabeth's Men
TheaterPhoenix/Cockpit;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)Ien.
Words2196
Characters12059
Typicality0.21 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA12152
BritDrama no.2158
ClusterCluster 20 — Conjurers, witches & physicians

Important excerpts

Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 20 (ithimore, nat, invisible, notary, glycerie, humfrey…). Matches are highlighted.

fight in her cause, and quarrels, long as have any blood in her bellies and backs too, mark you. Merits say you? awte merits are awl banished our Countries and Nations, you know that: pray you was her love lenkin? Shall her, was make her means and satisfactions warrant her, or say Senkin was Sentleman of Wales, say you now
Cannibals, warrant her. Her can curse, and swear too, look you now. Nay, and her crave pardons, and make submissions, lenkin was put up awl her anger's and indignations, fare well. Jenkin has risen very early this morning's, and been in studies and contemplations, to make ditties and ferses upon her Mistress beauty's and pulchritudes,
heads, and Sir pents with tails a mile long, pray you. Owen Glandower was her cousin, pray you. So, farewell Sentlemen, now her mean to make travels and peregrinations, to the uds and plains, look you, very fast. Good speed to awl. Has almost lost her self in these woods and wilder nesses, was very weary of these journeys
awl these la bours and ambulations in vanities? say you, shall Jenkin then go back as he came? Gone? it is not possible, hit may be Selina was turn spirits and be invisible rather, she is not gone verily. Lie, very well, you have privileges to give lies and awl things in the world, but her will not leave these woods for awl that, her
pleasures and de lectations in dances? Very well, Jenkin was knaw how to dance her self, was pred in awl Sentilmans qualities, look you, her will make no peregrinations back till awl be done, and it may be, was shake her legs in capers too, look you now. Good tayes and salutations, and cret deal of feli ties come to awl your

Full speech

Look you Pages, where our Sweethearts and Pigsnies be, & her could tell what to say to her now, know her heart very well, but pogs upon her, cannot aule her knowledge speak Rhetorics, and Oratories, and fine words to her? look you kanow better to fight, and cut doublets with her Welsh glaues, mark you. Sentilwoman, if her knaw not her name, was Ien kin, born in Wales, came of big houses, & prittish bloods was have great hills and mountains aule her own, when was get they again, any was her cousin's, and our Con treyman was never conquered, but always have the vi ctories prauely, have her Arms and scushrins, to know that say you, was give in her crests great deal of monsters, and Dragons, Kill they with their hooks very valiantly, as any Sentelman in the whole world: pray you now was please you place her affections and goodwills upon her, in ways of makemoney, mark you teale plainly, lenkin was love her very honestly, else pox upon her, and her will fight in her cause, and quarrels, long as have any blood in her bellies and backs too, mark you. Merits say you? awte merits are awl banished our Countries and Nations, you know that: pray you was her love lenkin? Shall her, was make her means and satisfactions warrant her, or say Senkin was Sentleman of Wales, say you now Pages, was have her matrimonies & wedlock's very fast, look you, and when was get her awse her cou sins, was make joys and gratulation for her good Fortune's upon her walsh Harps, know you that very well Pages? her fear her shall be Knighted one days, and have great cum mulations of vrships, honours, and dignities too, a great while ago. Was give awl our lands, and craggy Tenements in Wales away to our cousin up John, and live her self here upon very good fashions, with our moneys and mighty ri ches, when her can get they. By Cats blood, her will go to the Devil and her list, what is that to her? And what have her to say to Master lenkin? lenkin is as good names as her own, pray you was good Sentle man as her self, know very well, say you now? Boys, does her call her boys? hark you her? her name is lenkin, her be no boys, no shildren. Her shall be used worse, and her call lenkin boys, was knock as tall a man as herself, and welsh blood be up, look you. Piple pables, it's very possible. Rascals? sheshu! was never such names and appeal lations put upon her, awl her days, Becar her will make you eat up awl her words and ignominies, or her plade shall make holes in your bellies diggon. Heigh, puff, and Cannibals, if the Devil be in your mouths, her will pick your teeth's with her welsh plade, and pay you for all your puffs, & Cannibals, warrant her. Her can curse, and swear too, look you now. Nay, and her crave pardons, and make submissions, lenkin was put up awl her anger's and indignations, fare well. Jenkin has risen very early this morning's, and been in studies and contemplations, to make ditties and ferses upon her Mistress beauty's and pulchritudes, but the Devil's sure in these Poetries, they call it Furies and Raptures, look you, but Jenkins pate is almost mad, and yet her cannot awl her inventions meet with these Furies and Raptures. Iocarello, does her not name Selina? it's no very good manners to make interruptions, her will hear more, look you. Pages, have her seen treames and apparitions: hark you, was Selina turned Shepherdess, pray you? What a tevill is in the matters & businesses, pray you? cases never was known such cases and alterations in awl her life, woman's never wear breeches in Wales, it's not possible, we are awl in treames and visions, very treames and visions. It may be, but it is very impossible. Iocarelloes, awl is true, Selina is gone in Shepherds we stiments to the woods & Forests, but her will make travels and ambulations after her: never was Sentilman ith' hold world love as Jenkin now, to make journeys & peregrinam tions for a woman's, look you: but if her find her, as know her very well, her will there make awl sure works and performances, warrant you Pages, here is moneys, pray you make provisions of breads and victuals too, know uds are very bore places, and Shenkin was always have cud stomachs and appetites, look you, pray you, do, pray you, do. Bless you Sentlemen awl, and your studies and contemplations: is here a School of Compliments, pray you? Generous preeding, hark you, her name was Ien kin, a good Sentleman, it's known, her take no pleasures and delectations in vrds and phrases of Rhetricks; Welse men have awl hearts & fidelities, mark you, her was going along pout create business, but casting her eyes & visions up on your Pills and significations of your skills & professions, look you, her come in, to see the fashions and manners of your exercises, and yet if your vrships has any Madrigals and Pastoral Canticles, look you, for in truths and very ties was going now to the Uds and Forests, and mean to turn Shepherds goddillings, her will give you good pay ments of awl your inventions, and Muses, pray you now. Roundelays very good, here is moneys and con siderations, look you. Damned, who's damned? is Jenkin damned? Will you have her be damned? when hear you pray a Welshman was damned? of all things in the vrld, her can not abide to be damned. Well, for your credits and reputations, her care not to be damned for companies and fellowships, look you, has he knocked him down? would he had knocked Ien kin down. Her have no mind at all to be damned, becar her will fight with her & kill awl the Devils in hell: diggon. In jests, is it in jests? well, look you, her will be contented to be damned in jests and merriments for you. And her be so hight, was get some bodies else to be damned for Jenkin, her will tell her in patiences, look you, her was damned for her valour, and ridding the vrld of Monsters, look you, Dragons with seven heads, and Sir pents with tails a mile long, pray you. Owen Glandower was her cousin, pray you. So, farewell Sentlemen, now her mean to make travels and peregrinations, to the uds and plains, look you, very fast. Good speed to awl. Has almost lost her self in these woods and wilder nesses, was very weary of these journeys and travels in foote-backs: have not since her comings beheld any reasonable creatures: bless us awl, Iocarello is loft too, cannot tell where, in these mazes and labyrinths. Iocarello, so ho. Would, there's some bodies yet, hark you tere, here is a sentilman of Wales, look you, desires very much to have speeches and confabulations with you: where is her? Here is her? knaw not which ways to come to her: pray you tell Jenkin where you be? Poobies? was her call her poobies? it's very saucy travels, her will teach her better manners and moralities, if her get her in reaches and circumferences of her Walsh blades truly. How, lies and poobies too? hark you, Jenkin was give you mawles and knocks, for your poobies, and lies, and indignities, look for your pates now. Exit with his sword drawn. Enter again. Here is no bodies but bushes and briers, look you, awl is very quiet: so ho, ho. Her am very much deceived, now it comes into our minds if these voices be not Echoes, Echo. It's very true, but her marvel much, have her Ec choes in these Countries pray you? Warrant her it's a Welsh Echo, was follow Jenkin in loves out of Wales. It's very true, bless us awl now, her call to re membrances and memories, her had communications and talkings with this very Echoes in Clamorgan-shire, in de valleys and Tales there look you, her am very glad her hath met with Echoes, was born in her own Countries, hark you, Jenkin was travel hither out of loves and affection ons to Selina. Nay, yes very true, pray you tell her, be Selina in these woods, or no? No, where is her den, have her taken awl these la bours and ambulations in vanities? say you, shall Jenkin then go back as he came? Gone? it is not possible, hit may be Selina was turn spirits and be invisible rather, she is not gone verily. Lie, very well, you have privileges to give lies and awl things in the world, but her will not leave these woods for awl that, her will be Pilgrim's all tayes of her life's, ere her go without her. How, not love Jenkin? then there is a Devil in awl female sexes: know very well she promise loves and good wills in times, great while ago, pray you now, her will talk no longer with you. Fare you well Echo, pray if you meet her Pages, bid her make hasts and expedi tions after her. Fare you well. Never was Jenkin in such Wilderness, her have walked and traveled create deal of miles in these Woods: but her can find no end nor evasions, look you: her have read in Histories, and Relations, and Kernicles, very fa mous Knights, and brave Sentilmen of valours and shi ualries have been enchanted, look you, in Castles and very strange dwellings, and Towers, and solitary places, now was have create fears and supicions, lest Jenkin was fallen into some Wisheries and Conjurations, and was in chanted, bless us awl in these Deserts and Wilderness ses for her valours and magnanimities. It is our Pages again. Iocarello, where have you been? you are very tilligent Boys, to loose your Master thus. Sports and dances, say you? take pleasures and de lectations in dances? Very well, Jenkin was knaw how to dance her self, was pred in awl Sentilmans qualities, look you, her will make no peregrinations back till awl be done, and it may be, was shake her legs in capers too, look you now. Good tayes and salutations, and cret deal of feli ties come to awl your vrships. As who pray you? do you make comparisons? Not too much worms, nor familiarities pray you: would Pages, here is Selinaes in her own apparels and vesti ments, awl was very true as our Countrywoman Ec choes was make reports: Selina was gone back again: very well: Mistress Selina's was very full of joys and exhillara tions, to see you in these places, you knaw how creatly and ardently Jenkin was taken with your peauties, and pull chritudes, cret while ago: pray when did you make re turns out of these woods? Jenkin had knowledge, and saw you in your Shepherd apparels, and was make ambula tions after you hither, out of mere amors and affections as her was true Sentilman. Well, you desire not to have things declared, and puplished, her was keep awl silences. O, pray you make not Jenkin ridicles, and derisions, look you, shall hear no more of that matters, call you on lie to memories you promised loves to Jenkin, pray you in matrimonies create while ago. Rufaldoes? hit is not possible. Is Selina your wives in truths and verities pray you? Jenkin was never awl his days have such injuries and contumelies put upon her: was ever Sentilman thus abused? have her made repetitions and genealogies of her blood, for no matrimonies? Jenkin has peat the pushes, and Rufaldoes has get the pirds. Hum! her love not to make quarrels & prabbles, but Jenkin could fight with any podies in the whole vrld, awl weapons, from the long Pikes to the Welsh-hookes, look you now, no matrimonies? her Welsh-blood is up, look you. Master Blew-pottles, have you any stomachs or ap petites to have any plows or knogs upon your costards, look you? Here is very cood honest words, yes, look you, Jenkin is in awl amities and friendships, but— Bible pables, with awl her hearts, look you. Hark you, is there another Selina's? bless us awl, here is very brave love-tricks, look you. Hark you, best for you, make some satisfactions to this Sentilwoman, or Senkin was learn you more ho nesties and behaviours towards these vmans, warrant you Master blue pottles. Stay you, Master double colours, there be more fools in the business as your self: well Jenkin, were even best make shurneyes back into her own Countries, and never put credits or conferences in any woman's in the whole vrld: they all lie and cozen, and make derisions out awl measures. Hark you, Master double-colours, and you good Gorgons, here is one wiser, Asses you both, to pronounce the Epilogue, warrant you, and one, that knaws—to speak in as good English, Gentlemen, now sans Come plement.

Plot summary

Plot — The School of Compliment (Love Tricks)
Selina and Hilaria have each attracted the attention of several suitors. Selina’s brother Antonio is one of those interested in Hilaria; and Hilaria’s recently widowed father Rufaldo, who disapproves of Antonio and would rather she married the wealthy Bubulcus, would nevertheless like Selina for his second wife. Antonio has his friend and servant distract Rufaldo while he sneaks in to visit Hilaria; they do it by persuading Rufaldo that he has been miraculously rejuvenated. Selina’s father is happy to let her have her own way in ===== PAGE 140 ===== her love-life, because her sister Felice absconded after he interfered in hers. He proposes that she should be cautious about marrying Rufaldo, but she declares enthusiasm for the idea and asks for a hasty wedding; on the appointed day, however, she disappears and goes to live in the country disguised as a shepherd. Felice’s abandoned suitor Gasparo sets up a school of compliment to teach people refined behaviour. His clients include: Bubulcus, who wants to learn how to woo Hilaria and scorn Antonio; Delia, a chambermaid keen to brush up her etiquette: a judge who wants to learn how to address the jury; Medulla, a social-climbing widow; an old countryman who wants to turn his oafish son into a courtier; a quarrelsome gentleman; Ingeniolo, a justice’s clerk in love; and Jenkin, an amorous Welshman in search of poetry to turn a shepherdess’s head. The search for Selina sends several people off to the country, including her true love Infortunio. Antonio pretends to go too, and appears not to return; in fact he impersonates Selina and ‘marries’ Rufaldo. On the wedding night, the old man is horrified to learn that his new ‘wife’ will not sleep with him, and also has the physical strength to enforce ‘her’ will on him. Anxious not to lose ‘her’ altogether, he asks ‘her’ at least to live in his house and sleep with Hilaria; Antonio readily agrees. Bubulcus boasts to ‘Selina’ and Hilaria that he has killed the missing Antonio in a duel, stupidly forgetting that Selina is Antonio’s sister; ‘she’ fetches officers, and Bubulcus is arrested for murder. The real Selina has fallen in with a community of shepherds. Among them is her missing sister Felice, who uses herbal remedies to cure Infortunio of his love-melancholy for Selina. Gasparo too has travelled to the country, and recognizes his love Felice. Selina reveals herself to Infortunio, but he has been told of her marriage to Rufaldo and wants proof of her identity. She…