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- Edition: The Honest Whore, Part 1
The Honest Whore, Part 1 (Quarto 2, 1604)
- Introduction
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: Acknowledgements
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: Abbreviations
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: Introduction
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: Analysis of the Plays
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: The Plays in Performance
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: Textual Introduction
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- The Honest Whore, Parts 1 and 2: Appendices
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482Enter Candidoes wife, George, and two prentices
483in the shoppe.
484Wife Come, you put vp your wares in good order heere, do
485you not thinke you? one peece cast this way, another that way,
486you had neede have a patient master indeede.
George
The converted Curtezan.
489or I could be a note more angry: for two patient folkes in a
492madde.
493Enter Castruchio, Fluello, and Pioratto.
505most neate, feate, and vnmatchable.
506Flu. A notable-voluble tongde villaine.
507Pio. I warrant this fellow was never begot without much
508prating.
512is, ha, as even as the browe of Cinthia, and as cleane as your sons
513and heires when they ha spent all.
516take away the roughnes presently.
518GeorgeLooke you Gentleman, heeres another, compare
519them I pray, compara Virgilium cum Homero, compare virgins
520with harlots.
522and cleaner.
George
CVRTIZAN.
527Can. How now? what's the matter?
529with it, and without a cause too.
531And that makes you to let em passe away,
532Ah, may I craue a word with you gentlemen?
533Flu. He calls vs.
535Can. I pray come neare, y'are very welcome gallants,
536Pray pardon my mans rudenes, for I feare me
537H'as talkt aboue a prentise with you, ---- Lawnes!
538Looke you kind gentlemen, -- this! no: -- I this:
539Take this vpon my honest-dealing faith,
540To be a true weaue, not too hard, nor slack,
542Cast. Well, how doe you rate it?
544Cast. That's too deare: how many yards does the whole
545piece containe thinke you?
547How much would serue your tutne, I pray?
550Cast. Well: let me haue then - a whole penny-worth.
551Cand. Ha, ha, y'are a merrie gentleman,
553Cand. Of lawne!
555heare? a whole pennorth, are you deafe?
559Fare you well.
561is it I beseech you?
C Cast.
THE CONVERTED
562Cast. Sblood, whats that to you? Ile haue a penny-worth.
566Cast. No, no, not there.
567Can. What then kinde gentleemen, what at this corner (heere?
568Cast. No nor there neither:
571Haue you a single pennie?
575Can. Patience good wife.
576Wife. I, that patience makes a foole of you: Gentlemen,
577you might ha found found some other Cittizen to haue
578made a kinde gull on, besides my husband.
579Can. Pray Gentlemen take her to be a woman,
580Do not regard her language.----O kinde soule:
581Such words will driue away my customers.
585companions.
586Can. Looke you Gentlemen, theres your ware, I thanke
589Can. Let me take more of your mony.
593Should be nor man, nor woman: not once mou'd:
594No not at such an iniurie, not at all!
595Sure hees a pigeon, for he haz no gall.
598Should you conceit me to be vext or mou'd?
599He has my ware, I haue his money fort,
600And thats no Argument I am angry: no,
The
CVRTIZAN
602Flu. oh, but the hatefull name of a pennyworth of lawne,
603And then cut out ith middle of the peece:
605Were he a Lynnen-draper - twould ifaith.
608Their humours and their fancies: -offend none:
609We get by many, if we leese by one.
610May be his minde stood to no more then that,
612Deny a pennorth, it may crosse a pound.
613Oh, he that meanes to thriue with patient eye,
615Flu. O wondrous man, patient boue wrong or wo,
619Ile drinke vnto that Gentleman, who lately
621We shall haue all our gaines drunke out in beakers,
622To make amends for pennyworths of lawne. Enter Georg.
623Can. Here wife, begin you to the Gentleman.
631In pittie to thee, I haue a cōceit,
632Wil saue thy 100. Duckets yet, twil doot,
633And worke him to impatience.
636Can. Here Gentleman to you,
THE CONVERTED
641Signior Fluello.
645Heere Signior Candido, all this to you.
647Flu. Will you not pledge me then?
648Cand. Yes, but not that:
649Great loue is showne in little.
651mee all.
653Flu. Not pledge mee? Sblood Ile carry away the beaker
654then.
656Flu. Now by this drinke I will.
658Ful. So, I ha done you right, on my thumbenaile,
659What will you pledge me now?
661Flu. Why then farewellr
662Ile beare away the beaker by this light.
665Farewell Signior Candido.
666Pio. Farewell Candido.
667Cand. Y'are welcome gentlemen.
668Cast. Heart not mou'd yet?
669I thinke his patience is aboue your wit. Exeunt.
671Wife Why foole, why husband, why mad-man, I hope
674crie after them.
676Come hither George, hie to the Constable,
677And in all calme order wish him to attach them:
Make
CVRTIZAN.
679And a thing partly done in meriment.
681Therefore pursue it mildly, goe be gone,
683Wife. O y'are a goodly patient Woodcocke, are you not
684now? (Exit George.
685See what your patiēce comes too: euery one sadles you, and
687Myllan: a womans well holp't vp with such a meacocke, I
688had rather haue a husband that would swaddle me thrice a
690er. Oh I could burne all the wares in my shop for anger.
691Cand. Pray weare a peacefull temper, be my wife,
692That is, be patient: for a wife and husband
693Share but one soule between them: this being knowne
695Wife Hang your agreements: but if my beaker be gone.
696Enter Castruchio, Fluello, Pioratto, and George.
697Cand. Oh, here they come.
702Cast. Sheart! attach vs!
704Your oathes may moue your soules, but not moue me,
705You haue a siluer beaker of my wiues.
708And being gilt, the guilt lyes more on you.
710Cand. Then you hope right, for I am not angry.
711Pio. No, but a little mou'de.
712Cand. I mou'de! twas you were mou'd, you were brought (hither.
713Cast But you (out of your anger & impatience,)
714Caus'd vs to be attacht.
C 3 Out
THE CONVERTED
717And not of any wrath, had I showne anger,
719And hunted you to shame, as many worldlings
720Doe build their anger vpon feebler groundes;
721The mores the pitty, many loose their liues
728Cand. Gentlemen, now tis vpon eating time,
729Pray part not hence, but dyne with me today.
732Pio. Nor I.
733Flu. Nor I.
735George call him in, let the world say what it can,