Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 0 (shillings, tom, guts, mutton, wares, dan…). Matches are highlighted.
so, so, take your places, for the same bald pated oak is the stage, where you shall see the partly of a doting fool performed by and old man and a young wench, Do worshipful Dametas, The same man, Hath he no fellow actors in his most lamentable, comical, histori call, tragical, musical, pastoriall. None that require any mouthing but
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Fellows, be as merry as you may, I must follow my M. T'were more for your credit Sir, and you could say your man: but men & war were worn out of fashion both in a So ̄ mere. Would my Lord were so to, Sir. I should (as many upstarts have done) prove rich: for I believe you would make me your heir. A principal point Sir. I am sure I cannot lose by't. I believe further, that many Knights, and some Ladies, were never of Gods making. I'll tell you: the Minters quoin Gold, Gold makes He ralds, Heralds make Nnights, and Knights stamp Ladies. They live not idly neither; they make some Knights, and mar many Gentlemen. Far better then any Taylor: they'le make you and end of a suit, especially a Court suit, when all the Tailors in a Con trey know not how to set a stitch in't. I had no say, should I say you were not. In a Knaves belief Sir. Do you say't, and I'll swere't, my Lord. That coufirmes'em to be good Sir. Because travellers and lovers, are soon weary of goodness. The learned Scribe attends you. Like and Apple at Michaelmas, without shaking. So so, so, take your places, for the same bald pated oak is the stage, where you shall see the partly of a doting fool performed by and old man and a young wench, Do worshipful Dametas, The same man, Hath he no fellow actors in his most lamentable, comical, histori call, tragical, musical, pastoriall. None that require any mouthing but his Ass and himself, marry then he has Signer Mattock, a very sharp sastyricall humo tist, and Mounser le spade, but he goes somewhat more bluntly to his business, yet heel serve for mutes, and as good as the best to furnish out the stage. Oh Lord Sir, their would been serving men have done their Mai sters far greater abuse, yet had their wives concealed it, their ears should never have been acquainted with it. Altogether I'll assure you, but obedience Gentleman the sean begins. Ath City breed, marry he picks up his living ath burrs and nettles that grow about the Court gate. it cannot chosen but be seen through, happy Dametas, now Like and oreioid lover, let me open the sheets of my heavenly mistress, with reverence, so with humble re uerence, and Like a blushing lover that puts out the light ere he pre sumes to touch the bed of his love so let me darken the candles of my body, mine eyes, and first bless my hands with touching, next enrich mine ears with hearing, and lastly make happy my eyes with with seeing, and let them convey the joy downinto the bosom of my thoughts, by degrees, softly by degrees. And his desert were near so much, he could but bear away the bel, and so you say he does:
Plot summary
Plot — The Isle of Gulls
Three members of the audience ask the Prologue about the play they are to see, The Isle of Gulls. They prove to have irreconcilable tastes in drama: one wants satire, one bawdy, and one bombast, but all eventually agree to give the play a chance. Concerned about his daughters’ unsuitable suitors, Basilius retires with them for a year to an uninhabited, fortified island, leaving his brother to rule Arcadia in his stead. A proclamation challenges royal would-be suitors to win the princesses by stealth. This attracts Julio and Amintor to the island, alerted by Basilius’ unworthy favourite Dametas; and also Lysander and Demetrius, respectively disguised as Zelmane, an Amazon, and Dorus, a woodman. ‘Zelmane’ becomes Violetta’s companion, and Demetrius enters Dametas’ service. Dametas arranges an opportunity for Julio and Amintor to rape the princesses by isolating them during a hunt. They kidnap the girls, but ‘Zelmane’ and ‘Dorus’ rescue them. ‘Dorus’ is rewarded with an appointment as Hippolita’s attendant, but the incident also casts doubt on ‘Zelmane’s’ gender, so Lysander loses his access to Violetta. Basilius and Gynecia are both enamoured of Lysander (each believing him to be a different sex), and each persuades him to accept the other’s advances for sport. Meanwhile Dametas’ daughter Mopsa falls in love with ‘Dorus’. Amintor and Julio continue to have ill success: they pose as envoys from Basilius’ brother, appealing for him to deal with an outbreak of abuses, corruption, and crime, but they are denied their promised reward by the avaricious Dametas. ‘Dorus’ gets rid of Dametas and his family by sending each of them on a wild-goose chase: Dametas to find buried treasure, his jealous wife Miso to Dametas’ supposed mistress, and Mopsa to the chapel in Adonis’ bower where a priest will marry them. ‘Zelmane’ similarly disposes of Basilius and Gynecia by arranging assignations with each at the same chapel, with the priest Manasses standing in for the Amazon. This frees Lysander and Demetrius to elope with the princesses; but their plans are overheard by Amintor and Julio, whom they then employ to smuggle the girls off the island. Digging for the gold, Dametas finds only a scornful poem directing him to Adonis’ bower, and he curses 1606 poets. Everyone meets up at the bower, and the knot of identity confusion is unravelled. Lysander and Demetrius present themselves to Basilius as his new sons-in-law; but Amintor and Julio have double- crossed them and kept…