Shakespeare, William · published 1598 · first performed or written 1597 [c.1596-1597] (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds typicality 0.81 · 459 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
What, the Commonwealth their boots? will she hold out water in foul way? She will, she will, justice hath liquored her: we steal as in a Castle cocksure: we have the receit of Ferneseede, we walk invisible. Nay by my faith, I think you are more beholding to the night then to Ferneseed, for your walking invisible. Give me thy hand, thou shalt have a share in our purchase, as I am a true man. Nay rather let me have it, as you are a false thief. Go to, homo is a common name to all men: bid the Ostler bring my gelding out of the stable, farewell you muddy knave. Come shelter, shelter, I have removed Falstalffes horse, and he frets like a gumd Velvet. Stand close. Poynes, Poynes and be hanged Poynes. Peace ye fat-kidneyd rascal, what a brawling dost thou keep? Where's Poynes Hall? He is walked up to the top of the hill, I'll go seek him. I am accursed to rob in that thieves company, the rascal hath removed my horse, and tied him I know not where, if I travel but four foot by the squire further a foot, I shall break my wind. Well, I doubt not but to die a fair death for all this, if I scape hanging for killing that rogue. I have forsworn his company hourly any time this xxii. years, and yet I am bewitched with the rogues company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, i'll be hanged. It could not be else, I have drunk medicines, Poynes, Hall, a plague upon you both. Bardoll, Peto, i'll starve ere i'll rob a foot further, and ttwere not as good a deed as drink to turn trueman, and to leave these rogues, I am the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a tooth: eight yards of uneven ground is threescore and ten miles a foot with me, and the stony hearted villains know it well enough, a plague upon it when thieves can not be true one to another: Whew, a plague upon you all, give me my horse you rogues, give me my horse and be hanged: Peace ye fat guts, lie down, lay thine care close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Have you any levers to lift me up again being down, 'zblood i'll not bear mine own flesh so far a foot again for all the coin in thy father's Exchequer: What a plague mean ye to colt me thus? Thou liest, thou art not colted, thou art uncolted. I prithee good prince, Hal, help me to my horse, good kings son. Out ye rogue shall I be your Ostler?
nodes 526–543 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 12 of 49 in this edition
Length
459 words · 619 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T47 — Knaves, thieves and bawdscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.809 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T46 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
What, the Common-wealth their bootes? will shee hold out water in foule way? She will, she will, Iustice hath liquord her: we steale as in a Castell cocksure: wee haue the receyte of Ferneseede, wee walke inuisible. Nay by my fayth, I thinke you are more beholding to the night then to Ferneseed, for your walking inuisible. Giue mee thy hand, thou shalt haue a share in our purchase, as I am a true man. Nay rather let me haue it, as you are a false theese. Go to, homo is a common name to al men: bid the Ostler bring my gelding out of the stable, farewel you muddy knaue. Come shelter, shelter, I haue remoude Falstalffes horse, and he frets like a gumd Veluet. Stand close. Poynes, Poynes▪ and be hangd Poynes. Peace ye fat-kidneyd rascal, what a brawling dost thou keepe? Wheres Poynes Hall? He is walkt vp to the top of the hll, Ile go seeke him. I am accurst to rob in that theeues companie▪ the rascal hath remooued my horse, and tied him I knowe not where, if I trauell but foure foote by the squire further a foote, I shall breake my winde. Well, I doubt not but to die a faire death for all this, if I scape hanging for killing that rogue. I haue forsworne his companie hourly any time this xxii. yeares, and yet I am bewitcht with the rogues companie. If the rascall haue not giuen me medicines to make mee loue him, ile be hangd. It could not be else, I haue drunke medicines, Poynes, Hall, a plague vpon you both. Bardoll, Peto, ile starue ere ile rob a foote further, and twere not as good a deede as drinke to turne true-man, and to leaue these rogues, I am the veriest varlet that euer chewed with a tooth: eight yeardes of vneuen ground is threescore and ten myles a foote with mee, and the stonie hearted villaines knowe it well inough, a plague vpon it when theeues can not be true one to another: Whew, a plague vpon you all, giue mee my horse you rogues, giue me my horse and be hangd: Peace ye fat guts, lie downe, laie thine care close to the ground, and list if thou canst heare the treade of trauellers. Haue you any leauers to lift me vp againe being down, zbloud ile not beare mine owne flesh so farre a foote againe for all the coine in thy fathers Exchequer: What a plague meane ye to colt me thus? Thou liest, thou art not colted, thou art vncolted. I preethe good prince, Hal, helpe me to my horse, good kings sonne. Out ye rogue shall I be your Ostler?