Heywood, Thomas · published 1600 · first performed or written 1599 [1592-1599] (Annals) history · Derby's (Strange's) Men T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds typicality 0.77 · 503 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
Get thee up on the top of S. Buttolph's steeple, and make a proclamation. What a plague should I proclaim there? That the hells be rung backward, And cutting of throats be cried havoc, No more calling of lantern and candlelight, That maidenheads be valued at just nothing: And Sack be sold by the Salad. That no piddling slave stand to pick a lock, but slash me off the hinges, as one would slit up a cows paunch. Let no man have less than a warehouse to his wardrobe: cry a fig for a Sergeant, and walk by the Counter like a Lord, pluck out the clapper of Bow bell, and hang up all the Sextons in the City. Rantam-scantam, Rogues follow your leader, Cavalero Spicing the maddest slave that ere pund spice in a mortar. Take me an Usurer by the greasy pouch, and shake out his Crowns, as a hungry dog would shake a haggis, Bar foul play Rogues, and live by honest filching and stealing, he that hath a true finger, let him forfeit his face to the frying-pan. Follow your Leader Rogues, follow your Leader. Assault, Assault, and cry a Falconbridge. Sirrah Spicing, if Spicing be thy name, we are here for matters and causes as it might ●me for the King, therefore it were good, and so forth. Open the gates, or if we be the picklocks, ye Rogues we'll play the Mastiff dogs amongst you: If I worry not a thousand of you with my teeth, let me be hanged in a packthread, and so forth. Fond fellow, justice is to be used, I marry is it, and law in some sort as it were is to be followed, oh God forbid else, this our Magistrate hath power as might seem, and so forth, for duty is to be observed, and Officers must be obeyed, in sort and calling, and so forth. we'll talk more anon, good M. and so forth. Why this it is to trust to these base Rogues. This dirty scum of rascal peasantry: This heartless rout of base rascality; A plague upon you all, you cowardly Rogues; You cravand curs, you say muddy clowns, Whose courage but consists in multitude, Like sheep and neat that follow one another, Which if one run away, all follow after: This hedge-bred rascal, this filthy fry of ditches, A vengeance take you all, this 'tis to lead you, Now do you cry and shriek at every shock, A hot consuming mischief follow you. 'swounds scale rogues, scale, a Falconbridge, a Falconbridge. Set open the gates, nay then we'll sally out, It never shall be said when I was Maior, The Londoners were shut up in the City, Then cry King Edward, and let's us issue out. Now if ye be true hearted Englishmen, The gates set open and the portcullis up: Let's Pel Mel in, to stop their passage out, He that first enters, be possessed of Cheap, I give him it freely, and the chiefest wench.
nodes 453–491 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 9 of 45 in this edition
Length
503 words · 686 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T47 — Knaves, thieves and bawdscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.771 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T46 · seed 44: T41 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Get thée vp on the top of S. Buttolphs stéeple, and make a proclamation. What a plague should I proclaime there? That the hels be rung backward, And cutting of throats be cride hauocke, No more calling of lanthorne and candlelight, That maidenheads be valued at iust nothing: And Sacke be sold by the Sallet. That no pidling slaue stand to picke a locke, but slash me off the hinges, as one would slit vp a Cowes paunch. Let no man haue lesse then a warehouse to his wardrope: crie a figge for a Sergeant, and walke by the Counter like a Lord, plucke out the clapper of Bow bell, and hang vp all the Sextons in the Cittie. Rantam Scantam, Rogues follow your leader, Caualero Spicing the maddest slaue that ere pund spice in a morter. Take me an Vsurer by the grasie pouch, and shake out his Crownes, as a hungrie dog would shake a Haggas, Barre foule play Rogues, and liue by honest silching and stealing, he that hath a true finger, let him aite his face to the fryingpan. Follow your Leader Rogues, follow your Leader. Assault, Assault, and crie a Falconbridge. Sirra Spicing, if Spicing bee thy name, we are here for matters and causes as it might me for the King, therefore it were good, and so forth. Open the gates, or if we be the picklocks, ye Rogues weele play the Mastiffe dogs amongst you: If I woorie not a thousand of you with my teeth, let mee bee hangde in a packethreed, and so forth. Fond fellow, iustice is to be vsed, I marie is it, and law in some sort as it were is to be followed, oh God forbid else, this our Magistrate hath power as might seeme, and soforth, for dutie is to be obserued, and Officers must be obeyed, in sort and calling, and so forth. Weele talke more anone, good M. and so forth. Why this it is to trust to these base Rogues. This durtie scun of rascall esanirie: This hartles rout of base rascalitie; A plague vpon you all, you cowardly Rogues; You crauand curres, you sy muddy clownes, Whose courage but consistes in multitude, Like shéepe and eat that follow one another, Which if one runne away, all follow after: This hedge-bred rascal, this filthie frie of ditches, A vengeance take you all, this t'is to lead you, Now doe you crie and shrike at euery shocke, A hot consuming mischiefe follow you. Swounds scale rogues, scale, a Falconbridge, a Falconbridge. Set open the gates, nay then wéel sally out, It neuer shall be said when I was Maior, The Londoners were shut vp in the Citie, Then crie King Edward, and lets vs issue out. Now if ye be true hearted Englishmen, The gat'es set open and the portcullise vp: Lets Pel Mel in, to stop their passage out, He that first enters, be possest of Cheape, I giue him it fréely, and the chiefest wench.