Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals) not in BritDrama T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.76 · 478 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
By cryst he can do none other wise but now sir is there any service That ye will command me ye marry is there/ but my company Dresseth them forward passing slowly I trow it will not be Manhood thou art good I now for one ye by cryst and they came every chone I will not greatly fere By my troth because he saith so I shall tell you what I saw him do I was present there Sir it happyned in westmynster hall Even before the judges all His hands were bound fast And never upon him that ever god made Dagger sword nor knife he had And yet at the last He drove. xii. men into a corner and an howi after durst they not appear How say ye hereto and his hands had been at liberty He whose have put them in great I eoparde It is to suppose so Marry there he qurte him well but where be mine other folk can ye tell Then cometh i gluttony with a cheese i a bottle. Marry here cometh one Good fellowship me seemeth it should be Sirs god speed you What tidings with the I shall tell you anon I am co●… 〈◊〉 For to a●…de upon 〈◊〉 ●…ll a warfare 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 me w●…re ●…s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ma●…y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…re ●…s ●…es I now Why hast thou none 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but this What the devil harness should I miss without it be a bottle Another bottle I will go purvey Lest that drink be scarce in the way Or happily none to sell Thou must have other harness than this man Other harness nay I shrew me than I can no skill thereon why trowest thou that I will fight ye so I trow Nay by god almight Thereof will I none I was never wont to that gear But I may serve to be a vyteler And thereof shall ye have store So that I may stand out of danger Ofgon shot/ but I will come no near I warn you that before Now such a knave I betake to the devil This is even such another drivel As was here while ere They be. two. knaves anointed I fear me sir ye shallbe dysappoynted I sick not this gear O I had for gotten I make god avow Sir my fellow ease commandeth me to you Commandeth the to me you to me Me to the Commandeth you to him I would have said Why cometh he not hither By god for he is afraid And lieth sick in his bed He took such a consext when he hard of this gear That for thought and very fere And he were hanged it were no 〈◊〉 I pray god the devil break his ne●… and all such as he is
nodes 768–844 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 11 of 17 in this edition
Length
478 words · 605 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.757 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ By cryst he can do none other wyse but now syr ys there any seruyce That ye wyll commaunde me ¶ ye mary ys there / but my cumpany Dresseth theym forward passyng slowly I trow yt wyll not be Manhode thou art good I now for one ¶ ye by cryst and they cam euery chone I wyll not gretly fere ¶ By my trouth bycause he sayth so I shall tell you what I saw hym do I was present there Syr yt happyned in westmynster hall Euen byfore the Iuges all Hys handys were bound fast And neuer vpon hym that euer god made Dager sword nor knyfe he had And yet at the last He draue. xii. men into a corner and an howi after durst they not appere How say ye hereto and hys handys had bene at syberte He wose haue put theym in great I eoparde It ys to suppose so ¶ Mary there he qurte hym well but where be myne other folk can ye tell ¶ Thē cometh i Glotony wyth a chese i a botell. ¶ Mary here cometh one Good felyshyp me semeth yt shuld be ¶ Syrs god spede you ¶ What tydyngys wyth the ¶ I shall tell you anone I am co For o ade vppon ll a warfare me wre s ¶May re s es I now ¶Why hast thou noe but thys ¶What the deuyll harnes shuld I mys wythout yt be a botell Another botell I wyll go puruey Lest that drynk be scarce in the way Or happely none to sell ¶Thou must haue other harnes than thys man ¶Other harnes nay I shrew me than I can no skyll theron why trowest thou that I wyll fyght ¶ye so I trow ¶Nay by god almyght Therof wyll I none I was neuer wont to that gere But I may serue to be a vyteler And therof shall ye haue store So that I may stand out of daunger Ofgon shot / but I wyll com no nere I warn you that byfore ¶Now suche a knaue I betake to the deuyll Thys ys euen suche a nother dreuyll As was here whyle ere They be. ii. knaues annoynted I fere me syr ye shalbe dysappoynted I syke not thys gere ¶O I had for goten I make god auow Syr my felow ease commaundeth me to you ¶Commaundeth the to me ¶you to me ¶Me to the ¶Commaundeth you to hym I wold haue sayd ¶Why cometh he not hyder ¶By god for he ys afrayd And lyeth syk in hys bed He toke such a consext whan he hard of thys gere That for thought and very fere ¶And he were hanged yt were no I pay god the deuyll breke hys ne and all suche as he ys