Anonymous · published 1607 · first performed or written 1592 [c.1592-1594] (Annals) comedy · Unknown T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma typicality 0.79 · 492 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
The Ostler will not let me have him, you own ten pence For his meat and 6 pence for stuffing my mistress saddle. Here villain, go pay him straight. Shall I give them another peck of lavender? Out slave, and bring them presently to the door. Why son, I hope at least you'll dine with us. I pray you master let's stay till dinner be done. Souns villain, art thou here yet? Come Kate, our dinner is provided at home. But not for me, for here I mean to dine: I'll have my will in this as well as you, Though you in madding mood would leave your friends, Despite of you i'll tarry with them still. I Kate so thou shalt, but at some other time, Whenas thy sisters here shall be espoused, Then thou and I will keep our wedding day, In better sort than now we can provide, For here I promise thee before them all, We will ere long return to them again: Come Kate, stand not on terms, we will away, This is my day, to morrow thou shalt rule, And I will do what ever thou commands. Gentlemen, farewell, we'll take our leaves, It will be late before that we come home. Farewell Ferando, since you will be gone. So mad a couple did I never see. they're even aswell matched as I would wish. And yet I hardly think that he can tame her: For when he has done, she will do what she list. Her manhood then is good I do believe. Aurelius, or else I miss my mark: Her tongue will walk, if she do hold her hands. I am in doubt ere halfe a month be past he'll curse the Priest that married him so soon, And yet it may be she will be reclaimed, For she is very patiented grown of late. God hold it, that it may continue still, I would be loath that they should disagree, But he (I hope) will hold her in a while. Within these two days I will ride to him, And see how lovingly they do agree. Now Aurelius, what say you to this? What, have you sent to Cestus as you said? To certify your father of your love, For I would gladly he would like of it, And if he be the man you tell to me, I guess he is a Merchant of great wealth: And I have seen him oft at Athens here, And for his sake assure thee thou art welcome. And so to me whilst Polidor doth live. I find it so, right worthy gentlemen, And of that worth your friendship I esteem, I leave censure of your several thoughts, But for requital of your favours past Rests yet behind, which when occasion serves, I vow shall be remembered to the full, And for my father's coming to this place, I do expect within this week at most.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 709–766 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 13 of 25 in this edition
Length
492 words · 610 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T28 — Marriage-making: weddings, brides and matchescross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.789 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T7 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
The Oſtler wil not let me haue him, you owe ten pence For his meate and 6 pence for ſtuffing my miſtris ſaddle. Here villaine, goe pay him ſtrait. Shal I giue them another pecke of lauender? Out ſlaue, and bring them preſently to the dore. Why ſon, I hope at leaſt youle dine with vs. I pray you maſter lets ſtay til dinner be done. Souns vilaine, art thou here yet? Come Kate, our dinner is prouided at home. But not for me, for here I meane to dine: Ile haue my wil in this as wel as you, Though you in madding mood would leaue your frinds, Deſpite of you ile tarry with them ſtill. I Kate ſo thou ſhalt, but at ſome other time, Whenas thy ſiſters here ſhall be eſpouſd, Then thou and I wil keepe our wedding day, In better ſort then now we can prouide, For heere I promiſe thee before them all, We will ere long returne to them againe: Come Kate, ſtand not on termes, we will away, This is my day, to morrow thou ſhalt rule, And I will doe what euer thou commandes. Gentlemen, farewell, wee'l take our leaues, It will be late before that we come home. Farewell Ferando, ſince you will be gone. So mad a couple did I neuer ſee. Thei're euen aſwel matcht as I would wiſh. And yet I hardly thinke that he can tame her: For when he haz done, ſhe will do what ſhe liſt. Her manhoode then is good I do beleeue. Aurelius, or elſe I miſſe my marke: Her tongue will walke, if ſhe doe holde her hands. I am in doubt ere halfe a month be paſt Hee'l curſe the Prieſt that married him ſo ſoone, And yet it may be ſhe will be reclaimde, For ſhe is very patient growne of late. God hold it, that it may continue ſtill, I would be loath that they ſhould diſagree, But he (I hope) will hold her in a while. Within theſe two daies I will ride to him, And ſee how louingly they do agree. Now Aurelius, what ſay you to this? What, haue you ſent to Ceſtus as you ſaid? To certifie your father of your loue, For I would gladly he would like of it, And if he be the man you tell to me, I gheſſe he is a Merchant of great wealth: And I haue ſeene him oft at Athens here, And for his ſake aſſure thee thou art welcome. And ſo to me whilſt Polidor doth liue. I find it ſo, right worthy gentlemen, And of that woorth your friendſhip I eſteeme, I leaue cenſure of your ſeuerall thoughts, But for requitall of your fauours paſt Reſts yet behinde, which when occaſion ſerues, I vow ſhal be remembred to the full, And for my fathers comming to this place, I do exſpect within this weeke at moſt.