Mayne, Jasper · published 1639 · first performed or written 1637 [1637-1638(?)] (Annals) comedy · King's Men · before the Court T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.71 · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
How? would he come to land? 'tis strange a fish should leave his Element. Ask him what things the Country told us. You Will scarce believe it now. This fish would walk you Two or three mile o'th' shore sometimes; break houses, Ravish a naked wench or two, (for there Women go naked) then run to Sea again. The Country has been laid, and warrants granted To apprehend him. I do suspect these fellows, They lie as if they had patent for't. The company Should every one believe his part, would scarce Have faith enough among us. Mark again. The States of Holland would have bought him of us Out of a great design. Indeed? They offered A thousand dollars. You cannot enter yet. Indeed? so much? pray what to do? Why Sir, They were in hope in time to make this fish Of faction 'gainst the Spaniard, and do service Unto the state. As how? Why, Sir, next plate-fleet To dive, bore holes i'th' bottom of their ships, And sink 'em; you must think a fish like this May be taught MACHIAVEL, and made a state-fish; As dogs are taught to fetch. Or Elephants To dance on ropes. And pray what Honour would The States have given him for the service? That, Sir, is uncertain. Ha made him some sea Count; Or't may be Admiral. Then, sir, in time, Dutch Authors that writ Mare Liberum, Might dedicate their books to him? Yes being A fish advanced, and of great place. Sing boy. You now shall hear a song upon him. Listen Do they not act it rarely? If 'twere their trade They could not do it better. Hear you that sir? Still I suspect. I warrant you this fish Will shortly be in a Ballad. Begin boy We show no monstrous Crocodile, Nor any prodigy of Nile. No Remora that stops Your fleet, Like sergeants Gallants in the street. No sea-horse, which can trot or pace, Or swim false gallop, post, or race. For crooked Dolphins we not care, Though on their back a fiddler were. The like to this fish which we show, Was ne'er in Fishstreet Old, or New. Nor ever served toth' sheriffs board, Or kept in sauce for the Major Lord. Had old Astronomers but seen This fish, none else in Heaven had been The song has wakened him, look, he stirs. Oh, Captain— pox— take— Hark he speaks. Oh-my— stomach.- How's this? I'll pawn my life This is imposture. Oh— Oh— Heart the Captain Did not give him his full load. Can your fish Speak friends? the proverb says theyare mute. I'll tell you You will admire how docile he is, and how he'll imitate a man; tell him your name He will repeat it after you; he has heard me Called Captain and my fellow curse sometimes, And now you heard him say pox take you Captain. And yesterday I but complained my stomach Was over charged, & how he minds it?
before the Court;Blackfriars;Whitehall;Indoor Professional
Genre (British Drama)
comedy
Play type
University/Inns of Court;Nonprofessional;Adult Professional;Professional;Private
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 1118 · TCP A07367 · DEEP 939
Edition role
Representative edition — used in the analysis
Position
nodes 1254–1344 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 41 in this edition
Length
499 words · 662 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.708 (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)
How? would he come to land? Tis strange a fish should leave his Element. Aske him what things the Coūtry told us. You Will scarce believe it now. This fish would walke you Two or three mile oth'shore sometimes; break houses, Ravish a naked wench or two, (for there Women goe naked) then runne to Sea againe. The Country has bin laid, and warrants granted To apprehend him. I doe suspect these fellowes, They lye as if they had patent for't. The company Should every one believe his part, would scarce Have faith enough among us. Marke againe. The States of Holland would have bought him of us Out of a great designe. Indeed? They offer'd A thousand dollars. You cannot enter yet. Indeed? so much? pray what to doe? Why Sr, They were in hope in time to make this fish Of faction 'gainst the Spaniard, and doe service Vnto the state. As how? Why, Sr, next plate-fleet To dive, bore holes i'th bottome of their ships, And sinke em; you must think a fish like this May be taught MACHIAVEL, and made a state-fish; As dogs are taught to fetch. Or Elephants To dance on ropes. And pray what Honour would The States have given him for the service? That, Sir, is uncertaine. Ha made him some sea Count; Or't may be Admirall. Then, sir, in time, Dutch Authors that writ Mare Liberum, Might dedicate their books to him? Yes being A fish advanc't, and of great place. Sing boy. You now shall heare a song upon him. Listen Doe they not act it rarely? If 'twere their trade They could not doe it better. Heare you that sir? Still I suspect. I warrant you this fish Will shortly be in a Ballad. Begin boy We show no monstrous Crocodile, Nor any prodigy of Nile. No Remora that stops Your fleet, Like sergeants Gallants in the street. No sea-horse, which can trot or pace, Or swimme false gallop, post, or race. For crooked Dolphins we not care, Though on their back a fidler were. The like to this fish which we shew, Was nere in Fishstreet Old, or New. Nor ever servd to' th'sheriffs bord, Or kept in souse for the Major Lord. Had old Astronomers but seene This fish, none else in Heaven had been. The song has wakned him, look, he stirres. Oh, Captaine—pox—take—you—Captaine. Hark he speaks. Oh-my—stomack.- How's this? Ile pawn my life This is imposture. Oh—Oh— Heart the Captaine Did not give him his full load. Can your fish Speak friends? the proverb saies th'are mute. Ile tell you You will admire how docile he is, and how Hee'l imitate a man; tell him your name He will repeat it after you; he has heard me Calld Captaine and my fellow curse sometimes, And now you heard him say pox take you Captaine. And yesterday I but complaind my stomack Was over chargd, & how he minds it?