Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.
devisa of de brain — How Like you? how Like you? 'Tis noting, 'tis noting; will you see something? Ick shall bring in de Turk chen, met all zin Pashas, and zin dirty towsand Yanitsaries met all zin Whooren Cunuken, all met and auder, de Sofie van Persia, de Tartar Cham met de great King of Mogull, and make deir men, and deir horse,
Pilgrim? now you talk of de Pilgrim, it come in my head, Ick will show you all de whole brave Pilgrim o'de World: de Pilgrim that go now, now at de instant, two, dre towsand Mile to de great Mahomet, at de Mecha, or here, dear, every where, make de fine Labyrinths, and show all de brave error in de world. Oh Sir, all de better warrant
Full speech
That is all true, exceeding true, de inventors be barren, lost, two, dre, vour mile, I know that from my selven; day have no ting, no ting van deir own, but that day take vrom de eared, or de zea, or de heaven, or de hell, or de rest van de veir Clementen, de place a, that be so common as de vench in de Burdello. Now me would bring in some dainty new ting, that never was, nor never shall be in de rebus naturam; that has neder van de materiam, nor de forma, nor de hoffen, nor de voote, but a meram devisa of de brain — How Like you? how Like you? 'Tis noting, 'tis noting; will you see something? Ick shall bring in de Turk chen, met all zin Pashas, and zin dirty towsand Yanitsaries met all zin Whooren Cunuken, all met and auder, de Sofie van Persia, de Tartar Cham met de great King of Mogull, and make deir men, and deir horse, and deir Elephant en be seen fight in de air, and be all kill, and aliven, and no such ting. And all dis met de Ars van de Catropricks, by de reflesbie van de glassen. Fow, that is all ean, as it be two, dree, veir, vife thousand Mile off: Ick shall multipliren de vizioun, met and ander secret that Ick heb: Spreck, what vil you haben? Pilgrim? now you talk of de Pilgrim, it come in my head, Ick will show you all de whole brave Pilgrim o'de World: de Pilgrim that go now, now at de instant, two, dre towsand Mile to de great Mahomet, at de Mecha, or here, dear, every where, make de fine Labyrinths, and show all de brave error in de world. Oh Sir, all de better warrant and Antick-maske, de more absurd it be, and vrom de purpose, it be ever all de better. If it go from de nature of de ting, it is de more Art: for deer is Art, and deer is Nature, you shall see. Hochos-pochos, Paucos, Palabros. Yau, here, here, here in dis Room, 'tis very Room: vel what is that to you if Ick do de ting? what and devil, veram boten devil?
Plot summary
Plot — The Gypsies Metamorphosed
A troop of gypsies arrive with children and stolen meat, and proceed to read the palms and tell the fortunes of the King, the Prince, and various members of the aristocratic audience. Some rustics turn up, attracted by the sound of the Gypsies’ dancing. They decide to have a dance themselves with their wenches, and collect money to pay the musicians. The Gypsies steal their purses and other possessions, but then return the items to their pockets by legerdemain. The rustics are interested in the Gypsies’ place of origin, Devil’s Arse, and ask where the name came from. A song is sung by way of an answer, telling of how the first captain of the Gypsies, Cock-Lorel, entertained the Devil to a banquet, with numerous different varieties of human flesh on the menu; the Devil blew the feast away with a fart and so gave the place its name. The Gypsies are metamorphosed into white-skinned lords, and praise the King. C-Text After the Cock-Lorel song, the rustics are seized with the desire to become Gypsies themselves, and the Patrico tells them what a long process their initiation would be.