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 0.87 · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Then you disclaim to have any hand in the action. By the passion of valour, Gentlemen I'll tell you, I love a noble employment with my life, but for such a pitiful, drunken, shallow coxcomb, I hate to be seen in such a business. Do you think no better of him, Captain? if he be so unworthy, I would advise you not to meddle with him. By the faith of a Soldier, if he have any care of his credit, let him not deal with him, he will but defile himself with such an abject: I hold him to be so poor conditioned, I would not enter a Country Gentleman upon him. Yet you keep him company, Captain. I confess I have done, and my intendments were good in it; I saw him so raw, and young, I was induced to believe there might be some hopes of him: but after much impulsion, when I found him so unapt, and indocile in his own nature, I gave him lost, and so I esteem of him, by my life. Oh thou treacherous villain, dost thou betray me to myself, and belie me to my face? how many quarrels have you brought me off from? Never none by Ioue. I will not rail at you, but I will cudgel you, and kick you, you man of valour. Hold as thou art a man of renown, thou wilt strike thy foot into me else, my body is as tender as a bog. Thou cowardly perfidious rascal: have I for this made thee my associate, paid for thy jeerings, and breaking of Tapsters, and Ostlers pates, fed thee at a charge a man might have built an Hospital; drenched thee with Sack, and Tobacco, as thy face can witness? Oh hold as thou art worshipful. Come sir surrender your robes, that you have polluted with cozenage. Here Fido, take this hat and cloak: I will not leave him a covering for his knavery: these are the trophies of your treachery, these. Nay good sir do not pillage me of all, stay till I get my own again. If Lackwit will restore them he may, else you must resolve to go bareheaded before your right worshipful fortune, with a truncheon in your hand like a Verger, and so I leave you. Come Fido now for my Mistress. Well, those good qualities that are bred in a man, will never out of him that's my comfort. And since I am the scorn of Captains made, I'll seek a better and more thriving trade. Come sir, now I have found you, not the power, And strength of fate, shall pull you from my vengeance. And though I know thy life too mean a ransom For the redeeming of the priceless loss Of her abused honour, Yet what Nature Enables thee to pay, I'll take in part, And leave the execution of the rest Unto hell's justice. What do you intend sir?
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 1436–1462 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 37 of 45 in this edition
Length
494 words · 633 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.870 (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)
Then you diſclaime to haue any hand in the action. By the paſſion of valour, Gentlemen Ile tell you, I loue a noble imployment with my life, but for ſuch a pittifull, drunken, ſhallow coxcombe, I hate to be ſeene in ſuch a buſineſſe. Doe you thinke no better of him, Captaine? if he be ſo vnworthy, I would adviſe you not to meddle with him. By the faith of a Soldier, if he haue any care of his credit, let him not deale with him, he will but defile himſelfe with ſuch an abject: I hold him to be ſo poore condition'd, I would not enter a Countrey Gentleman vpon him. Yet you keepe him company, Captaine. I confeſſe I haue done, and my intendments were good in it; I ſaw him ſo raw, and young, I was induc'd to beleeue there might be ſome hopes of him: but after much impulſion, when I found him ſo vnapt, and indocile in his owne nature, I gaue him loſt, and ſo I eſteeme of him, by my life. Oh thou trecherous villaine, doſt thou betray mee to my ſelfe, and belye mee to my face? how many quarrels haue you brought mee off from? Never none by Ioue. I will not raile at you, but I will cudgell you, and kicke you, you man of valour. Hold as thou art a man of renowne, thou wilt ſtrike thy foote into mee elſe, my body is as tender as a bogg. Thou cowardly perfidious raſcall: haue I for this made thee my aſſociate, payd for thy ſwaggerings, and breaking of Tapſters, and Oſtlers pates, fed thee at a charge a man might haue built an Hoſpitall; drencht thee with Sacke, and Tobacco, as thy face can witneſſe? Oh hold as thou art worſhipfull. Come ſir ſurrender your robes, that you haue polluted with coſenage. Here Fido, take this hat and cloake: I will not leaue him a covering for his knavery: theſe are the trophies of your treachery, theſe. Nay good ſir doe not pillage mee of all, ſtay till I get my owne againe. If Lackwit will reſtore them he may, elſe you muſt reſolue to goe bareheaded before your right worſhipfull fortune, with a truncheon in your hand like a Verger, and ſo I leaue you. Come Fido now for my Miſtreſſe. Well, thoſe good qualities that are bred in a man, will never out of him thats my comfort. And ſince I am the ſcorne of Captaines made, Ile ſeeke a better and more thriving trade. Come ſir, now I haue found you, not the power, And ſtrength of fate, ſhall pull you from my vengeance. And though I know thy life too meane a ranſome For the redeeming of the priceleſſe loſſe Of her abuſed honour, Yet what Nature Enables thee to pay, Ile take in part, And leaue the execution of the reſt Vnto Hels iuſtice. What doe you intend ſir?