Fletcher, John · published 1640 · first performed or written 1624 [licensed for stage, Oct 19] (Annals) comedy · King's Men T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.84 · 516 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Go carry him to sleep, A fool's love should be drunk he has paid well for't too. When he is sober let him out to rail, Or hang himself, there will be no loss of him. Who's this? my manhood cozen? Good Sir, 'tis very good, would I had a house too, For there is no talking in the open air, My termagant coz, I would be bold to tell ye, I durst be merry too; I tell you plainly You have a pretty seat, you have the luck on't, A pretty Lady too, I have missed both, My Carpenter built in a mist I thank him, Do me the courtesy to let me see it, See it but once more, But I shall cry for anger. I'll hire a chandler's shop close under ye, And for my foolery, sell soap and whipcord, Nay if you do not laugh now & laugh heartily You are a fool coz. I must laugh a little, And now I have done coz thou shalt live with me My merry coz, the world shall not divorce us, Thou art a valiant man, and thou shalt never want, Will this content thee? I'll cry, and then i'll be thankful, Indeed I will, and i'll be honest to ye. I would live a swallow here I must confess, Wife I forgive thee all if thou be honest, At thy peril, I believe thee excellent. if I prove otherways, let me beg first, Hold this is yours, some recompense for service, Use it to nobler ends than he that gave it. And this is yours, your true commission, Sir, Now you are a Captain. You are a noble Prince Sir, And now a soldier, Gentleman, we all rejoice in't. Sir, I shall wait upon you through all fortunes And I. And I must needs attend my Mistress. Will you go sister? Yes indeed good brother, I have too ties, mine own blood, And my Mistress. Is she your sister? Yes indeed good wife, And my best sister, For she proved so wench, When she deceived you with a loving husband. I would not deal so truly for a stranger. Well I could chide ye, But it must be lovingly and like a sister, I'll bring you on your way, and feast ye nobly, For now I have an honest heart to love ye, And then deliver you to the blue Neptune. Your colours you must wear, & wear 'em proudly, Wear 'em before the bullet, and in blood too, And all the world shall know We are virtues servants. And all the world shall know, a noble mind Makes women beautiful and envy blind. GOod night our worthy friends, and may you part Each with as merry and as free a heart As you came hither; to those noble eyes That deign to smile on our poor faculties, And give a blessing to our labouring ends, As we hope many, to such fortune sends Their own desires, wife's fair as light as chaste; To those that live by spite Wives made in haste.
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Length
516 words · 646 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.844 (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)
Goe carry him to sleepe, A fooles love should be drunke he has paid well for't too. When he is sober let him out to raile, Or hang himselfe, there will be no losse of him. Who's this? my Mauhound cozen? Good Sir, tis very good, would I had a house too, For there is no talking in the open ayre, My Tarmogant Couze, I would be bold to tell ye, I durst be merry too; I tell you plainly You have a pretty seat, you have the luck on't, A pretty Lady too, I have mist both, My Carpenter built in a myst I thank him, Doe me the curtesie to let me see it, See it but once more, But I shall cry for anger. Ile hire a Chandlers shop close under ye, And for my foolerie, sell sope and whip-cord, Nay if you doe not laugh now & laugh heartily You are a foole couze. I must laugh a litle, And now I have done couze thou shalt live with me My merry couze, the world shall not divorce us, Thou art a valiant man, and thou shalt never want Will this content thee? Ile crye, and then ile be hankfull, Indeed I will, and ile be honest to ye. I would live a swallow here I must confesse, Wife I forgive thee all if thou be honest, At thy perill, I beleeve thee excellent. Jf I prove otherwaies, let me beg first, Hold this is yours, some recompence for service, Vse it to nobler ends then he that gave it. And this is yours, your true commission, Sir, Now you are a Captaine. You are a noble Prince Sir, And now a souldier, Gentleman, we all rejoyce in't. Sir, I shall wait upon you through all fortunes And I. And I must needs attend my Mistris. Will you goe sister? Yes indeed good brother, I have too ties, mine own bloud, And my Mistris. Is she your sister? Yes indeed good wife, And my best sister, For she prov'd so wench, When she deceav'd you with a loving husband. I would not deale so truly for a stranger. Well I could chide yee, But it must be lovingly and like a sister, Ile bring you on your way, and feast yee nobly, For now I have an honest heart to love yee, And then deliver you to the blew Neptune. Your colours you must weare, & weare em proudly, Weare em before the bullet, and in bloud too, And all the world shall know We are vertues servants. And all the world shall know, a noble minde Makes women beautifull and envie blinde. GOod night our worthy friends, and may you part Each with as merry and as free a hart As you came hither; to those noble eyes That daine to smile on our poore faculties, And give a blessing to our labouring ends, As we hope many, to such fortune sends Their own desires, wiues faire as light as chast; To those that live by spight Wiues made in hast.