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PUFF

in Jack Drum's Entertainment (Katherine and Pasquil) — Marston, John

Metadata

PlayJack Drum's Entertainment (Katherine and Pasquil)
AuthorMarston, John
Year (catalogued)1601
First performance1600
Decade1600s
GenreComedy
Play typeBoys Professional
CompanyChildren of Paul's (second)
Speech prefix(es)Puff. | Puffe. | Puf. | Puff:
Words500
Characters2699
Typicality0.44 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA20867
BritDrama no.1239
ClusterCluster 2 — Allegory, Nature & pageant voices

Important excerpts

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Full speech

Sir I enrowle you in the Legend of my (Puff) intimates, I shall be infinitely proud if you will deign to valve me worthy the embracement of your (Puff) better affection. I affect no rudeness gentleme ̄ , the heavens stand Propitious to your fair designs: Assoon as next the sun shall gin to shine, I will salute the eyes of Katherine. And I know that women of gravity and sweet nes are soon up. Boy clear thy throat, and mount thy sweetest notes Upon the bosom of this sleek cheeked air: That it may gently breathe them in the ear Of my adored Mistress: Come begin. Delicious spirit, disparage not your courtesy, stand not bore to him that was born to honour you. The pressure of my hairs, or the puncture of my heart, stands at the service of your ollide perfections: my life is bound to your love, your love being my life, though my life be not worthy your love, your perfection is the centre to which all the parallels of my affection are drawn: your love my life, your perfection, my of fection, being— Being chainde by the mighty coplet of ineui table destiny, who sees the sun, but he must adore it: who sees beauty, but he must honour it: who view eth gold, but he must covet it: then, (o then) who can behold your sunlike beauteous golden beauty's, but he must more then adore, much more then honour, and most infinitely love to be out, out, out. Outrageously addicted to the worthy pursuit of such matchless worth. I, or would my silk stock should lose his gloss else, I shall triumph as much in the purchase of your (Puff) love, as if I had obtained the great Elixar: Let us incorporate our affections I pray you: let me be forward in your favour. Boy whats a Clock? Burns not that light within the sacred shrine? I mean the chamber of bright Katherine. I wonder that the light is up so soon. Most accomplished wit, exquisitely accoutered, ( Puff ) Judgement, I could wish my ability worthy your service, and my service worthy your ability. All happiness and unconceived delight, Wait on the love of sweet faced Katherine. I do protest, with ceremonious (puff) lips The purest blood of my affection, Is even fatally predestinate To consecrate it self unto your (puff) love. Reward my love then with your kinder love. I with your love, in pleasing marriage. You take my, my, my meaning (puff.) Why she is gone. Heart did I rise for this? Lets slink along unseen, 'tis yet scarce day. I would taken my leave of Sir Edward, bid adieu to love, my Mistress is gone, my humour is spent, my joys are at and end, and therefore Gentlemen, I leave love, and fallen to the ( puff ) Law, I will inter my self in Ploydens Coffin, and take and eternal Congé of the world. And so sweet gallants farewell.

Plot summary

Plot — Jack Drum's Entertainment (Katherine and Pasquil)
The liberal Sir Edward Fortune has two daughters, Katherine and Camelia, and numerous would-be sons- in-law; he is concerned that the girls should marry their own choice of husband. Katherine is pursued by the usurer Mammon, who criticizes Sir Edward for excessive generosity, and by Master Puff, but she © prefers Pasquil. Camelia loves Ned Brabant, but others, including the foolish John Ellis and the lustful ~ - Frenchman Monsieur John fo’ de King are interested in her. Witnessing an early-morning encounter between Pasquil and Katherine, Mammon engages _ ===== PAGE 217 ===== 1600 Monsieur John to murder Pasquil, but Pasquil pays him more to report the deed done without actually committing it. On hearing the rumours that Pasquil is dead, Katherine disappears. Camelia’s waiting-woman Winifred has been bribed to promote John Ellis’s suit, and Camelia duly transfers her affections to Ellis, jilting Ned Brabant. Outraged, Brabant’s friend Planet bribes Winifred to change her recommendation. Camelia changes her mind just as Ellis and her father are about to agree a marriage contract, and wants Planet instead. She sends a love- gift to Planet, but he rejects her, thereby avenging her treatment of Brabant. But Brabant does not know what Planet is up to, and becomes murderously jealous when he sees the offer of Camelia’s favour. He sends his page to shoot Planet, then takes Planet’s hat and coat in order to pose as him for an assignation with Camelia. Wer behaviour makes Planet’s intentions clear to him, and he attempts to stab himself in remorse, but is prevented by Sir Edward. It turns out that Planet is alive: the page disobeyed his murderous orders. Monsieur John and Jack Drum drunkenly pursue Winifred, who makes assignations with them both. She arranges for Jack Drum to be smuggled into her room in.a sack, then has the sack given to Monsieur John, on the understanding that she herself is inside; thus she disposes of both would-be lovers. Monsieur John continues his quest for an Englishwoman’s sexual favours, and Ned Brabant’s elder brother plays a joke on him: Monsieur John is introduced to Brabant Senior’s wife, and told that she is a prostitute. But the prank backfires, and Brabant Senior is cuckolded by Monsieur John. Wishing to join Pasquil in the afterlife, Katherine attempts to stab herself, but Pasquil stops her. Mammon finds her and she decisively rejects his advances; so he decides that nobody shall have her, and uses a poison to disfigure her face.…