"My Memory is pretty well stocked with Terms of Art, and I can talk unintelligibly."
— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1713
Metaphor
"My Memory is pretty well stocked with Terms of Art, and I can talk unintelligibly."
Metaphor in Context
CHAUCER
You may safely repose in me, Sir,
[Gives him Gold.]
I shall not disparage the Science, I have all the twelve Signs by Heart; my Memory is pretty well stocked with Terms of Art, and I can talk unintelligibly.
ASTROLABE
You are pleas'd to make free with the Profession, Sir,-- This, Sir, is my Hieroglyphical Cap,
[Puts his Cap on Chaucer's Head.]
and this, Sir, is the Mystical Wand--
[Gives Chaucer his Wand.]
under Covert of these Necromantical Vestments, you may approach the Fair without the least Danger of a Discovery.
(III.ii, p. 35)
You may safely repose in me, Sir,
[Gives him Gold.]
I shall not disparage the Science, I have all the twelve Signs by Heart; my Memory is pretty well stocked with Terms of Art, and I can talk unintelligibly.
ASTROLABE
You are pleas'd to make free with the Profession, Sir,-- This, Sir, is my Hieroglyphical Cap,
[Puts his Cap on Chaucer's Head.]
and this, Sir, is the Mystical Wand--
[Gives Chaucer his Wand.]
under Covert of these Necromantical Vestments, you may approach the Fair without the least Danger of a Discovery.
(III.ii, p. 35)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed May 12, 1713. At least 3 entries in ESTC (1713, 1730).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Gay (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713).
The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr Gay (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713).
Date of Entry
08/17/2013
