Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous PoetDekker, Thomas
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Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet
Dekker, Thomas
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
_Sir Vau._ Mistris Miniuer, one vrde in your corner heere; I desire
you to breake my armes heere, and read this Paper, you shall feele my
mindes and affections in it, at full and at large.
_Mini._ Ile receiue no Loue libels perdy, but by word a mouth.
|1075| _Sir Vaughan._ By Sesu tis no libell, for heere is my hand to it.
_Mini._ Ile ha no hand in it Sir Vaughan, Ile not deale with you.
_Sir Vau._ Why then widdow, Ile tell you by word a mouth my deuices.
_Mi._ Your deuices come not neere my mouth Sir Vaughan |1080| perdy, I
was vpon a time in the way to marriage, but now I am turn’d a tother
side, I ha sworne to leade a single and simple life.
_Sir Adam._ She has answer’d you Sir Vaughan.
_Sir Vau._ Tis true, but at wrong weapons Sir Adam; will you be an Asse
Mistris Miniuers?
|1085| _Min._ If I be you shall not ride me.
_Sir Vaug._ A simple life! by Sesu tis the life of a foole, a simple
life!
_Sir qui._ How now Sir Vaughan?
_Sir Vaugh._ My braines has a little fine quawme come vnder it, |1090|
and therefore Sir Adam, and Sir Quintilian, and mistris Miniuer caps
God bo’y.
_All._ Good Sir Vaughan.
_Sir Vaugh._ Master Horace, your inuentions doe her no good in the
Vniuersalities; yet heere is two shillings for your wittes; |1095| nay
by Sesu you shall take it if’t were more: yonder bald Adams, is put
my nose from his ioynt; but Adam I will be euen to you: this is my
cogitations, I will indite the Ladies & Miniuer caps to a dinner of
Plumbes, and I shall desire you M. Horace, |1100| to speake or raile;
you can raile I hope in God a mighty.
_Hor._ You meane to speake bitterlie.
_Sir Vaughan._ Right, to spitte bitterly vpon baldnes, or the thinnes
of haire; you sall eate downe Plumbes to sweeten your mouth, and heere
is a good Ansell to defend you: Peter Salamander |1105| follow me.
_Flash._ With hue and crie and you will Sir.
_Sir Vau._ Come M. Horace, I will goe pull out the Ladies.
_Ho._ And Ile set out my wits, Baldnes the Theame?
My words shall flow hye in a siluer stream.
_Exeunt._
|1110| _Enter_ Tucca _brushing off the crumbes_.
_Tuc._ Wher’s my most costly and sumptuous Shorthose?
_Sir Quint._ Is the King risen from table Captaine Tucca?
_Tuc._ How? risen? no my noble Quintilian, kings are greater men then
we Knights and Caualliers, and therefore must eate |1115| more then
lesser persons; Godamercy good Diues for these crummes: how now? has
not Frier Tucke din’d yet? he falles so hard to that Oyster-pye yonder.
_Sir quin._ Oyster-pye Captaine? ha, ha, he loues her, and I loue her
and feare both shall goe without her.
|1120| _Tuc._ Dost loue her, my finest and first part of the Mirrour of
Knighthood? hange her she lookes like a bottle of ale, when the corke
flyes out and the Ale fomes at mouth, shee lookes my good button-breech
like the signe of Capricorne, or like Tiborne when it is couer’d with
snow.
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