Lower, William · published 1639 · first performed or written 1639 [c.1622-1639] (Annals) not in BritDrama T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.76 · 484 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
'tis well considered, and we're glad you are So forward in the action; now my friends Let's fall one bravely, thus I do dispose you; Some 50. shall lie close in ambuscado Behind the thicket that's within the valley; Discover not yourselves before you hear Their Camels pass beyond you, then break forth And give a sudden onset; fifty more Shall be obscured from sight behind the mountain That lies upon the right hand, and commanded If it stand with the liking of Praedarius By his discreet conduct; the rest with me Shall guard the passage o'er the bridge, and lie Along the crystal River, which so gently Glides on the left hand by the mountain's foot. There is no other passage but those three, Which thus blocked up, the prey must needs be ours; Now every man unto his charge; we aim in our attempts at nought Have we not reason my masters, to adore the deity of Fortune, for still favouring our attempts, sure we are much indebted to that goddess for her continual blessings, and we should be very ungrateful if we did not acknowledge it. we are in a double manner bound to her courtesy. First for this wealth, next for sending such a cowardly guard to convoy it, for had they behaved themselves valiantly, we had not been masters of our prey, but returned home well beaten for our labours. But no more of this, I am glad we have it: now we will divide it equally among ourselves; your share Praedarius shall be the jewels and Plate, the Money, Merchandise and other commodities shall be evenly distributed amongst our men, and for mine own part I desire nothing but the fair Lady. Ha the fair Lady I must not condescend to that, she is my prisoner taken by my own hands, and therefore belongs to me as a guerdon of my valour, take you the jewels, and leave me the Lady. By Termagant thou art a villain, and shalt not live an hour for contradicting my will. Give up all claim to her, or thy life Praedarius. Never, thou shalt write that resignment with thy blood, and seal it with thy heart. Then have at thee— they fight. Forbear good Captain Rapinus. Captain Praedarius what do you mean, will you kill one another for a woman, a pox on her, let her be common to both, peculiar to neither, enjoy her alike by turns. She will find you both employment enough I'll warrant you. She looks like a free metalled beast that will not faint in a double career. When you have spurred her sufficiently, and she begin to grow dull for your service, turn her over to us that we may back her. She shall be mine, and who dares lay claim to her beside, forfeits his life. She shall be only mine maugre the devil himself.
nodes 271–286 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 6 of 46 in this edition
Length
484 words · 599 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.763 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T42 · seed 44: T42 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Tis well consider'd, and we're glad you are So forward in the action; now my friends Let's fall one bravley, thus I doe dispose you; Some 50. shall lie close in ambuscado Behind the thicket that's within the valley; Discover not your selves before you heare Their Cammels passe beyond you, then breake forth And give a sudden onset; fifty more Shall be obscurd from sight behind the mountaine That lies upon the right hand, and commanded If it stand with the liking of Praedarius By his discreet conduct; the rest with me Shall guard the passage o're the bridge, and lie Along the christall River, which so gently Glides on the left hand by the foote. There is no other passage but those three, Which thus block'd up, the prey must needs be ; Now every man unto his charge; we aime our attempts at nought Have we not reason my masters, to adore the deity of Fortune, for still favouring our attempts, sure wee are much indebted to that goddesse for her continuall blessings, and we should be very ungratefull if wee did not acknowledge it. Wee are in a double manner bound to her courtesie. First for this wealth, next for sending such a cowardly guard to convoy it, for had they behaved themselves valiantly, wee had not beene masters of our prey, but return'd home well beaten for our labours. But no more of this, I am glad we have it: now we will divide it equally among our selves; your share Praedarius shall be the Iewels and Plate, the Money, Merchandize and other commodities shall be evenly distributed amongst our men, and for mine owne par I desire nothing but the faire Lady. Ha the faire Lady I must not condescend to that, she is my prisoner taken by my owne handes, and therefore belongs to mee as a guerdon of my valour, take you the jewels, and leave me the Lady. By Termagant thou art a villaine, and shalt not live an houre for contradicting my will. Give up all claime to her, or thy life Praedarius. Never, thou shalt write that resignement with thy bloud, and seale it with thy heart. Then have at thee—they fight. Forbeare good Captaine Rapinus. Captaine Praedarius what doe you meane, will you kill one another for a woman, a pox on her, let her bee common to both, peculiar to neither, enjoy her alike by turnes. She will find you both imployment enough I'le warrant you. She lookes like a free mettall'd beast that will not faint in a double careere. When you have spur'd her sufficiently, and shee begin to grow dull for your service, turne her over to us that we may back her. She shall be mine, and who dares lay claime to her besides, forfets his life. She shall bee only mine maugre the devill himselfe.