Anonymous · published 1598 · first performed or written 1590 [1588-1598; revised 1610] (Annals) romance · Unknown T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.83 · 462 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
What so my sovereign doth command me do, With willing mind I gladly yield consent Tell me sirrah, how do you like your weapons; O very well, very well, they keep my sides warm. They keep the dogs form your shins very well do they not; How, keep the dogs from my shins, I would scorn but my shins should keep the dogs from them. Well sirrah, leaving idle talk, tell me: Dost thou know captain Tremelioes' chamber; I very well, it hath a door I think so, for so hath every chamber● But dost thou know the man. I forsooth he hath a nose on his face. Why so hath every one That s more than I know. But dost thou remember the captain, that was here with the king even now, that brought the young prince prisoner? O very well. Go unto him and bid him come to me, Tell him I have a matter in secret to impart to him, I will master, master what's his name? Why captain Tremelio. O the meal man, I know him very well, He brings meal every satturday: but hark you master must I bid him come to you or must you come to him No sir, he must come to me. Hark you master, how if he be not at home. What shall I do then? Why then leav'st word with some of his folks. Oh master, if there be no body within, I will leave word with his dog. Why can his dog speak, I cannot tell, wherefore doth he keep his chamber else. To keep out such knaves as thou art. Nay be lady then go yourself. You will go sir, will ye not; Yes marry will I, O 'tis come to my head, And a be not within, I'll bring his chamber to you. What wilt thou pluck down the King's house? Nay be lady I'll know the price of it first. Master it is such a hard name, I have forgotten it again I pray you tell me his name, I tell thee captain Tremelio. Oh captain triple knave, captain triple knave How now sirrah, dost thou call me? You must come to my master captain triple knave My Lord Segasto. did you send for me. I did Tremelio, sirrah about your business. I marry, what's that can you tell No not well. Marry than I can, strait to the kitchen dresser, to Iohn the cook, and get me a good piece of beef and brewis, and then to the buttery hatch to Thomas the butler, for a inch of bear, and there for an hour ileso be labour myself, therefore I pray you call me not till you think I have done, I pray you good master.
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Length
462 words · 589 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.830 (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)
What so my soueraigne doth commaund me do, With willing mind I gladly yeeld consent Tel me sirra, how doe you like your weapons; O verie wel, verie wel, they keep my sides warme. They keep the dogs form your shins very well doe they not; How, keep the dogs from my shins, I would scorne but my shins should keep the dogs from them. Well irra, leauing idle talke, tell me: Dost thou know captaine Tremelioes chamber; I verie well, it hath a doore I thinke so, for so hath euery chamber But dost thou know the man. I forsooth he hath a nose on his face. Why so hah euery on Thas more then I know. But doest thou remember the captaine, that was heere with the king euen now, that brought the yong prince prisoner? O verie well. Go vnto him and bid him come to me, Tell him I haue a matter in secret to impart to him, I wil master, master whats his name? Why captaine Tremelio. O the meale man, I knowe him verie well, He brings meale euery satturday: but harke you master must I bid him come to you or must you come to him No sir, he must come to me. Harke you master, hovv if he be not at home. What shall I doe then? Why then leaust worde with some of his folkes. Oh maister, if there be no bodie within, I will leaue word with his dog. Why can his dog speake I cannot tell, wherefore doth he keep his chamber els To keepe out such knaues as thou art. Nay be ladie then go your selfe. You will go sir, wil ye not; Yes marrie will I, O tis come to my head, And a be not within, Ile bring his chamber to you. What wilt thou plucke down the Kings house? Nay be ladie Ile knowe the price of it first. Master it is such a hard name, I haue forgotten it againe I praie you tell me his name, I tell thee captaine Tremelio. Oh captaine treble knaue, captaine treble knaue How now sirra, doost thou call mee? You must come to my maister captain treble knaue My Lord Segasto. did you send for mee. I did Tremelo, sira about you businesse. I marry, whats that can you tele No not well. Marrie then I can, straight to the kitchen dresser, to Iohn the cooke, and get me a good peece of beefe and brewis, and then to the buttery atch to Thomas the butler, for a ce of beare, and there for an houre ileso be labour my selfe, therefore I pray you cal me not till you thinke I haue done, I pray you good mayster.