Marmion, Shackerley · published 1633 · first performed or written 1633 [1632-1633] (Annals) comedy · Prince Charles's Men (second) · before the Court T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.78 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Yes, and presume upon't, and think whatever injury you do a man, you can be saved by your Book This is true, and care not a pin for the Law, for you hold good Custom to be far beyond it. We would be loath to give any Gentleman distaste sir. I must commend you, in that you are not partial, for you make the like reckoning of every man. Well, to the purpose. You'll have your suit of the Spanish fashion? What with two wallets behind me, to put up faults and abuses, or else I'll cashier my men, and they shall serve me for attendants, hangers on, ha? No by this air, I am too good a gentleman to have my arms tricked up with such gewgaws. Sir, you must be conformable. Well, I am content to be persuaded: when shall I have them? You shall not miss within these three days, and what else is requisite, trust to my care to apply it. Well I am satisfied, and hereafter believe me, as I believe thee. Sir, Master spruce is come to visit you. Master spruce? prithee bid him come up. Well, there's a Gentleman, of all I know, can justly claim admiration, for his compliment, his discourse, his habit, his acquaintance, and then for proffering of courtesies, & never doing any; I may give away all I have, before I shall arrive at the grace of it. Pray sir, when did you see the noble Captain? Who Captain Whibble; Mass now think on't thou shalt go seek him out, and entreat him to meet me at the Horseshoe Tavern at dinner, I love that house for the signs sake, 'tis the very print of the shoe that Pegasus wore, when he broke up Helicon with his hoof, and now in relation of that, your Poets and Players, still haunt about the brinks of it. Sirrah tell him withal, that Master Lackwit the citizen's son will be there, and other good company, and we will have music and wenches, go thy ways, and you Master Snip, meet me about three o'clock to take up these commodities, so now I have done with you. Save you Master Careless. Master spruce you have much honoured me with your presence. I met with a disaster coming up, something has ravished the tassel of my Garter, and discomposed the whole fabric, 'twill cost me an hour's patience to reform it; I had rather have seen the Common wealth out of order. Sure it was not fast tied to your leg. As fast together, as the fashion is for friends now adays to be tied, with certain knots of compliment, which the least occasion disjoins. I'll only tuck it up, and when my better leisure permits, reduce it to perfection. What box have you there? A conceit, a conceit, a rare invention one of the happiest that ever my wit teemed withal. Bless me with the discovery.
before the Court;Salisbury Court;Whitehall;Indoor Professional
Genre (British Drama)
comedy
Play type
Adult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 1004 · TCP A07024 · DEEP 818
Edition role
Representative edition — used in the analysis
Position
nodes 240–260 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 6 of 45 in this edition
Length
493 words · 644 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.784 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Yes, and preſume upon't, and thinke vvhat ever injury you doe a man, you can bee ſaved by your Booke This is true, and care not a pin for the Law, for you hold good Cuſtome to bee farre beyond it. We would be loath to giue any Gentleman diſtaſt ſir. I muſt commend you, in that you are not partiall, for you make the like reckoning of every man. Well, to the purpoſe. You'l haue your ſuit of the Spaniſh faſhion? What with two wallets behind me, to put up faults and abuſes, or elſe Ile caſhiere my men, and they ſhall ſerue me for attendants, hangers on, ha? No by this aire, I am too good a gentleman to haue my arms trickt up with ſuch gewgawes. Sir, you muſt be conformable. Well, I am content to be perſwaded: when ſhall I haue them? You ſhall not miſſe within theſe three dayes, and what elſe is requiſite, ttuſt to my care to apply it. Well I am ſatisfied, and hereafter beleeue mee, as I beleeue thee. Sir, Maſter Spruſe is come to viſit you. Maſter Spruſe? prethee bid him come vp. Well, ther's a Gentleman, of all I know, can juſtly claime admiration, for his complement, his diſcourſe, his habit, his acquaintance, and then for profering of curteſies, & never doing any; I may giue away all I haue, before I ſhall arriue at the grace of it. Pray ſir, when did you ſee the noble Captaine? Who Captaine Whibble; Maſſe now thinke on't thou ſhalt goe ſeeke him out, and entreat him to meete mee at the Horſ-ſhooe Tauerne at dinner, I loue that houſe for the ſignes ſake, 'tis the very print of the ſhooe that Pegaſus wore, when hee broke vp Helicon with his hoofe, and now in relation of that, your Poets and Players, ſtill haunt about the brinkes of it. Sirrah tell him withall, that Maſter Lackewit the Cittizens ſonne will bee there, and other good company, and wee vvill have muſicke and vvenches, goe thy vvayes, and you Maſter Snip, meet me about three a clocke to take vp theſe commodities, ſo novv I haue done with you. Saue you Maſter Careleſſe. Maſter Spruſe you haue much honour'd mee vvith your preſence. I mett vvith a diſaſter comming vp, ſomething has raviſht the taſſell of my Garter, and diſcompos'd the vvhole fabricke, 'tvvill coſt mee an houres patience to reforme it; I had rather haue ſeene the Common wealth out of order. Sure it was not faſt tyed to your leg. As faſt together, as the faſhion is for friends now adayes to be tyed, with certaine knots of complement, which the leaſt occaſion diſ-joynes. Ile onely tucke it vp, and when my better leaſure permits, reduce it to perfection. What box haue you there? A conceit, a conceit, a rare invention one of the happieſt that ever my witt teem'd withall. Bleſſe me with the diſcovery.