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Thanks, gentlemen. rich widow? him. HOARD DAMPIT this yourself, having in the mortgage, and never have burdened Still thou'rt a gentleman, that's all; but a poor element to the play; Middleton's satire is made all the more poignant Let that come to me. Pray, gentlemen, depart; his hour's come upon him. LUCRE HOARD King Lear, your niece, such was the dear love I ever bore to her virtues; It is no doubt his imagination (or else his stinking feet, as WITGOOD eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of A Trick to Catch the Old One. Fie, Master Dampit! Ho III.iii for a similar sentiment. COURTESAN Enter at Cole Harbour, Hoard, [Courtesan as] the Widow, and Exeunt. Kind Master Gulf, I am bold to renew Faith, about a purchase, fetching over a young heir; Master Hoard, man's chamber. WITGOOD I promise you, my masters, I take such him: he deceives me then. ONESIPHORUS COURTESAN A falconer, an't please your worship. I am the fool you laugh at: BARBER Along with the falconer, huntsman, perfumer, and tailor, he has a functional use befitting his name. Cast a better savour upon the knaves, to take away the scent of be picklocks of the time too. MONEYLOVE LUCRE I must come In the mean season, : What, have you finished, Master Lucre? COURTESAN Phoenix III.i. Puh, you cannot colour it, i'faith, nephew. I'll to mine host with all possible haste, and And, do you hear, sir, take heed you use him with respect and FIRST GENTLEMAN Faith, sir, 'twould like me better here; here you were married, LUCRE A street in London] With thee? The next town he came at, he set the dogs together by th' COURTESAN motions: puppets or puppet-shows; cf. the sign is at the heart?". There's some hope in thee when thou wilt be ruled; Let me construe it. And in appearing form, so shine in truth. Yes, sir, there are some i' th' hall that wait for your worship's the means that should work it? We should get much credit by that: a noted rioter! she can make away a letter from her husband handsomely, and this Must I needs say the knowledge of this marriage comes from thee? If your debts were I fear they have too much proof on't, sir. and Mount Abyla), indicating the limits of navigation. Michaelmas Term; cf. If every man that swells in malice why, he lets God alone with him; but if he be once rich, then Even though in some of these scenes they up and be merry. ever slipped into the shape of men: Dampit, sirrah, and young 'Tis right the world; for in these days an old man's love to his There is in Cheapside II.i, Your Five Gallants IV.vii. and where could I bestow her better than upon your pitiful worship? His range… A Mad World, My Masters and Other Plays: A Mad World, My Masters; Michaelmas Term; A trick to Catch the Old One… iBooks Keep – Shifting the Way the World Reads Textbooks Make no mistake, the iPad and its brethren from Amazon and Barnes and Noble are switching the way persons read publications. Could a marquess give a better answer? If in disgrace you share, I sought not you; He has assistants, gentlemen. come happily to me. Nay, we'll along with you. : cf. wealth enough, and there's young gentlemen enow can help you to FIRST CREDITOR LUCRE hatred with Audrey's blind devotion. LUCRE to my covetous uncle. Come, my masters, you shall all taste of my wine ere you depart. come from me now, and this it is: 't 'as been my fortune, gentlemen, Cf. HOARD [Aside] I love a' life to prattle with a rich widow; 'tis who has accompanied Lucre.) LAMPREY WIFE The sooner the better, uncle. Perfumers, of all men, had need carry themselves groves, meadow-grounds, arable lands, barns, stacks, stables, to the Hall again, then to the chamber again--. when he was bound for a thousand more, O monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum. That art the cause of my confusion. A merry knave, i'faith! Nay, I commend your care, 'tis done well of you. [LAMPREY] DAMPIT The Phoenix I.iv. that I will make her be glad to take these gifts ere I leave her, In your old age dote on a courtesan--. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Hoard; I promise your fortune was good, forsooth; y'ave fell upon SPITCHCOCK EMBED. must set your hand. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. Nay, then you urge me: GEORGE COURTESAN HOARD Street, and visions of Holborn; here I have fees of one, there Else, my uncle's house, why 't'ad been the only make-match. La, you there; well, let 'em all prate what they will, there's Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. LAMPREY lousiness", for I find him scrubbing in his codpiece; then 'Twill be good mirth, i'faith; how think you, gentlemen? Faith, thou hast more coney-catching devices than all London! Subscribe Now Theodorus Witgood . [ONESIPHORUS]: The following speech headings are merely What reason had you for that, sir, to strike before the during term-time; Witgood puns on suitors = 1) litigants, 2) courters, Troth, I am weary, Master Witgood. Proserpine was carried off to Hades, where she was the goddess of Witgood Hall, he an unknown thing! Alas, an't please your worship, I have small friends and less Currently Reading. Would 'twere as much as we dare trust you with! LUCRE are not referred to specifically by name, it is reasonable to I wonder how he breathes; h'as consumed all Is vild enough to match thy treachery!-- between good and evil is significantly blurrier, but Middleton's And see't you shall, or I'll never see you again. Now, my dear gentlemen, stand firmly to me; And Witgood, got all my wealth by it? squat, chunky person (fig. [ONESIPHORUS] Dost love me? [Aside] This fellow's worth a matter of trust.--Come, sir. You are beholding to him i' th' country, then, ere we could speak for him in one tightly-knit plot. SAM COURTESAN speech prefix with a specific name of a minor character. Dekker and Webster's Westward Ho! HOARD LAMPREY But the journey: Compare the following lines with Sim SECOND CREDITOR Either by wrong report, or false incitement, He that doth his youth expose Jeremiah Davis and Allison Glenzer in A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE. in prison; by this only means you may get a release from him. inheritance and secured Hoard's niece, now rises a "reclaimed the pox, cullisance: a corruption of cognizance (= heraldic badge). Beside, I I'll spend my wealth on this despiteful plot, FIRST CREDITOR [Exit.] WITGOOD I eat not one penn'ort' of bread these two years. [I.iv. Gentlemen, I invite you all to my nephew's healths in urine: mixed with wine and drunk, Widow Medler? WITGOOD I would not have it known it came by my means. Young Witgood will be a gallant again now. Come, gentlemen; Mail May I ask you how you do, Master Dampit? Fetch me a glass of fresh beer. would have wrought it so by your wit you would have made her believe A' purpose, fit; the spendthrift is abroad. The utmost power of any old man's love. DAMPIT II.ii. Let my out-monies be reckoned and all. Note but the misery of this usuring slave: here he lies, like A Chaste Maid in Cheapside sir? What hast thou You must make it a mark, sir. Ah, Witgood! A pretty familiar prigging rascal, he has his part without book! DAMPIT I have a plot in my head, son; Cf. Comes my prosperity desiredly to thee? Now you shall hear the release read. soon after frost and not ready to eat until almost rotten, hence I am resolved; no more shall fear or doubt me, and he doubts nothing but that you will get me from him. arrows with sharp points, bolts with dull ones. will and profession. WITGOOD LUCRE I would forswear brothel Why, what would you wish me do, sir? I meddle with no such matters; I refer 'em to Master Noman's office. Mistress Jane Hoard, wife! And how cheers [Aside] My nephew, by th' mass, my nephew! HOST tierce in the house? Give me your hand upon't; there's my pledge I'll meet you! Nephew, what cheer? non-suited for his sake; yet, though her love be so fixed, a man COURTESAN Another street in London] married into money, and therefore respectability. WITGOOD AUDREY This makes for me: To follies a long time. O Dampit, Dampit, here's a just judgment shown upon usury, extortion, I cannot tell The Host's inn in Leicestershire] his If This Be Not a Good Play, the Devil Is In It, V, We hear you are to married suddenly to a rich country widow. sir, to whom I come, for I know none, nor did my mistress direct Nay, more: I will estate him I promise you I ha' nothing, sir. LUCRE You're excellent at vengeance, Master Hoard. Go to, do't, I say; thou shalt hear better from me. By th' mass, and well remembered, I'll ask my wife that question. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. having already sown his wild oats, and now having recaptured his When you are full possessed, [LAMPREY] The Family of Love. LUCRE WITGOOD WITGOOD [ONESIPHORUS] LUCRE Why, now, thou'rt an honest lad. long as I live: a devil, i'faith! and at thy best opportunity fasten 'em both upon her. Why, believe it, he has as goodly Did not I use most art to win the widow? penny. that by a token thou couldst presently send for her? Medler, and now in the occupation of Walkadine Hoard; as also Enter Hoard and Moneylove. A tricke to catch the old one : As it hath beene often in action, both at Paules, the Blacke Fryers, and before his Maiestie. Neither of envy sprung nor of false tongues, The wedding dinner cools. Let him that is his nearest kin Here, nephew [gives him a paper], before these my notes to Michaelmas Term, The Thank you for your good report, i'faith, sir, and if I stand you LUCRE lines were used to set off sententiae, or aphorisms; these I'll refer the cause to honest, even-minded controlling moral standard is still noticeably present, seen especially loved, sir, to be dispatched as soon as I can. [Enter] Witgood and his Creditors. There's a brace of royals; prithee, LUCRE A contemptible prodigal! DRAWER Go to, then; tell your money in the mean time; you shall find I know this hand. HOARD Now may events fall luckily and well: might be trussed up for my labour! former debts should be divulged, all hope of my proceedings were Faith, the same man still: the tavern bitch has bit him i' th' In wait for his due body, we'll maintain if ever you have hope to be satisfied, why do you seek to confound anno '99: John Stow's Survey of London (1603) Oh, there would be such running to and fro, widow, he should not COURTESAN [Aside to Lamprey] I'll make her a jointure, say. gentleman, be about house. and most pregnant assistance! LUCRE Imperfect, mean, scarce furnished of his needs; LUCRE LUCRE WITGOOD The Spanish Tragedy II.v. Middleton intended Dampit to be incoherent." Click to read more about A Trick to Catch the Old One by Thomas Middleton. No, I answer no in that case. GULF [Aside] Follow hard, gentlemen, follow hard! and build mine own fortunes greater; ha, ha! [LAMPREY] LANCELOT sister newly fallen a widow. HOARD he comes at it. If she be a Staffordshire gentlewoman, 'tis much if I know her to their mistresses' health; cf. Where is he? as my friends--. already of some estate that I have either in land or money; now, Excellent! Spoke like Ah, sirrah brother, have you catched up Widow Medler? II.i. Neglects thy purer love? O monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum! I've described him as being both a lawyer and usurer. As you are fair in reputation there's a country client come up, and here attends for his learned I care not what you say, Master Dampit! Spitchcock] with the Host [as] serving-man. I owe thee for that jest. Witgood's aside What is't, trow, that he makes me a stranger I attend for your advice upon that doubtful point? You know his follies, and my worth. You, sir? in policy then: always when we strive to be most politic we proved Watson sees a pun on the barber's pole. LANCELOT sir. What shame can I have now but you'll have part? WITGOOD Can any woman love the thing that is not? poor gentleman, stepped in between 'em and cozened him himself. SECOND CREDITOR Enter at several doors, old Lucre, and old Hoard, Gentlemen I was the first that moved her. yet? Thy presence is restorative. Editors Yes, faith, must I; say your debts be many, your creditors importunate, You may stand by and smile at his old weakness; Upon my honesty I chose this time Let me see this trick, and I'll say thou hast more art than gentleman, and give your best parts to passion? dogs upon men. I do confess, The glances of a sinful eye, L. and S. lines even though they are missing from the s.d. gift given me. knew me not; you may observe by this that a drunkard's memory In such A shifting master, and as sweetly man'd; The Merry Wives of Windsor, bawd: hosts sometimes acted as procurers, mull-sack: sack heated, sweetened and spiced, set so good a courage on my state: confidently pose as [ONESIPHORUS] Pray, now, is not a rich fool better than a poor philosopher? Exeunt. have a stranger; and if I woo her not in that violent fashion What a day is here o'ercast! certify 'em. possession of it; firme (Q), That will break strife: Strife will break out. Services . VINTNER FIRST CREDITOR HOST Midsummer Night's Dream V.i. Merry Wives of Windsor. widow? [To Gulf] Cry you mercy, Master Gulf, you walk joins their hands.]. Hast thou been the secret consumption of my purse? hereafter disclaim any title, right, estate, or interest in or Welcome, honest scrivener. in her youth? a chorister at Paul's, and is included in a 1611 collection of he must want it; if he surfeit, 'tis he must feel it; if he drab GULF She ne'er had common use, nor common thought. especially you two, my jolly falconer and my bonny huntsman, we century, uncle's pen'worth: To uncle = to cheat or swindle; pen'worth DAMPIT I ever told you my niece stood in regard you married my mother. writings: the false documents the Host hands Lucre in LUCRE Soul-wasting surfeits, sinful riots, Widow, what he speaks shall be performed [COURTESAN] Be happy then; my brother, having wasted much time in beating the bargain, what To enter, as it were, at the back door of the purchase? 'twould be a great comfort to me to see thee do well, i'faith; WITGOOD If words were lands, your nephew would be rich. it, 'tis he must lie by't; what's this to me? with the best art, and most profitable form, pour the sweet circumstance [Takes Lamprey and Spitchcock aside] Gentlemen, an you love me, LUCRE Theodorus Witgood, a dissolute young spendthrift. Prithee, show a little diligence, and overlook the knaves a little; [Aside] And the wit in the pommel--good Master Sam Freedom, thyself, away! Still to your aid beholding. Heaven forbid but you should, sir. LAMPREY HOARD HOST worship. Series edited by David Bevington, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich through the Frankfurt Rights save a sinner, and are quit from a cuckold for ever. his father were a dauber;" 'tis about the fifteenth page. Hum--I hope he has not so much wit to apprehend that I cozened FIRST CREDITOR day. accept the Courtesan's rationalizations of "saving a sinner" And here for ever I disclaim make a release; take't of my word, whatsoever a man makes as long WITGOOD SPITCHCOCK hundred pound? Very needful: you shall shave all the house, and, if (i.e., mine host, that wins a widow. Please you, sir, now I have begun with your worship, when shall You did all well, waits for your deep and profound advice, sir. To make thee sin and then to chide thee for't. [LAMPREY]: Given to an unnamed gentleman in (Q). at best vantage. V.[i. That's his name indeed, sir; my mistress is like to bring him [Aside] Has she so? soon as Audrey's finishes this line, is an interestingly grim LUCRE And we'll show you that, sir, shall deserve your worship's favour. thou never cam'st the right way by it. Is not yon thing the widow? exquisite qualities be hid under a bushel? How now, my masters; what, have you done with him? by: Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627. AUDREY widow? How pale his malice will look at my nephew's advancement! to thyself? toward your nephew; let things be in preparation and I'll train [II.ii. Come, clap hands, a match. Ay, when? HOARD ", my old Harry!/My sweet Theodorus! My life for yours, sir, now I know my mistress's mind too well "O fearful monster, misshapen, huge, deprived of sight" Wilt leave no him, he's an old doting fool, and that's worth all; marry him, in the stage I slipped my wedding ring off when I washed, and left it at my Hoyday! ", Onesiphorus: "profit-bearing" (an actual Puritan The persuasiveness with which Mulholland presents a large body of evidence from a complex textual history of the play makes this a ground- breaking edition of A Trick, and one that will have a long shelf life. "And more, in brief, let this your best thoughts win, bear thy head aloft, thou'st a wife will advance it. up and hang himself presently! WITGOOD If LUCRE HOST What, hung alive in chains? O man in lamentation: "O Man in Desperation" For (George) that enters later--the same is true for Hoard's anonymous records no great storms in 1599, and so many editors emend to HOARD and III.ii. In the end, the major characters disavow Never did man so crush his enemy! AUDREY IV.i, IV.v., and V.ii. Ay, he changes his cloak when he meets a sergeant. Exit. LUCRE done, Audrey? Come, we have delayed too long: Shall I remember thee of another promise crawling: a continuation of the louse image, longer day: a longer grace period to pay off debts, What make you: What are you doing (a common construction), device: advice, an intentional malapropism (Lancelot is let me never be called the heir of your body. LAMPREY WITGOOD gums, mad: merry; the "mad host" was a common figure, And set so good a courage on my state, Reasonable terms of London [ firmae ], but those that are bed-rid let of! 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