Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.83 · 479 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
No, sir, but 'tis guest he will arrive presently, by his forerunners. His bounds! by MINERVA an excellent figure; a good boy. You should give him a french crown for it: the boy would find two better figures i' that, and a good figure of your bounty beside. Tut, the boy wants no crowns. No crown: speak i' the singular number, and we'll believe you. Nay, thou art so capriciously conceited now. Sirrah (damnation) I have heard this knight PUNTARVOLO, reported to be a gentleman of exceeding good humour; thou know'st him: prithee, how is his disposition? I ne'er was so favoured of my stars, as to see him yet. Boy, do you look to the hobby? I, sir, the groom has set him up. 'Tis well: I rid out of my way of intent to visit him, and take knowledge of his— Nay, good wickedness, his humour, his humour. Why, he loves dogs, and hawks, and his wife, well: he has a good riding face, and he can fit a great horse; he will taint a staff well at tilt: when he is mounted, he looks like the sign of the George, that's all I know; save, that in stead of a dragon, he will brandish against a tree, and break his sword as confidently upon the knotty bark, as the other did upon the scales of the beast. O, but this is nothing to that's delivered of him. They say he has dialogues, and discourses between his horse, himself, and his dog: and that he will court his own lady; as she were a stranger never encountered before. I, that he will, and make fresh love to her every morning: this gentleman has been a spectator of it, signor Insulso. I am resolute to keep a page: say you sir? You have seen signor Puntarvolo accost his lady? O, I sir. And how is the manner of it, prithee, good signor? Faith sir, in very good sort, he has his humours for it, sir: as first, (suppose he were now to come from riding, or hunting, or so) he has his trumpet to sound, and then the waiting gentlewoman, she looks out, and then he speaks, and then she speaks— very pretty i'faith, gentlemen. Why, but do you remember no particulars, signor? O, yes sir: first, the gentlewoman, she looks out at the window. After the trumpet has summoned a parley? not before? No, sir, not before: and then says he— ha, ha, ha, ha, etc. What says he? be not rapt so. Says he— ha, ha, ha, ha, etc. Nay, speak, speak. Ha, ha, ha, says he: God save you, says he: ha, ha, etc. Was this the ridiculous motive to all this passion? Nay, that, that comes after, is— ha, ha, ha, ha, etc. Doubtless, he apprehends more than he utters, this fellow: or else.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 583–609 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 74 in this edition
Length
479 words · 686 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T13 — Knights, squires and ladiesreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.832 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T17 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
No, sir, but 'tis guest he will arriue presently, by his fore-runners. His bounds! by MINERVA an excellent figure; a good boy. You should giue him a french crowne for it: the boy would finde two better figures i' that, and a good figure of your bounty beside. Tut, the boy wants no crownes. No crowne: speake i' the singular number, and wee'le beleeue you. Nay, thou art so capriciously conceited now. Sirra (damnation) I haue heard this knight PVNTARVOLO, reported to bee a gentleman of exceeding good humour; thou know'st him: pr'ythee, how is his disposition? I ne're was so fauour'd of my starres, as to see him yet. Boy, doe you looke to the hobby? I, sir, the groome has set him vp. 'Tis well: I rid out of my way of intent to visit him, and take knowledge of his— Nay, good wickednesse, his humour, his humour. Why, he loues dogs, and hawkes, and his wife, well: he has a good riding face, and he can fit a great horse; hee will taint a staffe well at tilt: when he is mounted, he lookes like the signe of the George, that's all I know; saue, that in stead of a dragon, he will brandish against a tree, and breake his sword as conidently vpon the knottie barke, as the other did vpon the skales of the beast. O, but this is nothing to that's deliuerd of him. They say hee has dialogues, and discourses betweene his horse, himselfe, and his dogge: and that he will court his owne lady; as shee were a stranger neuer encounter'd before. I, that he will, and make fresh loue to her euery morning: this gentleman has beene a spectator of it, Signior Insulso. I am resolute to keepe a page: say you sir? You haue seene Signior Puntaruolo accost his lady? O, I sir. And how is the manner of it, pr'ythee, good Signior? Faith sir, in very good sort, he has his humours for it, sir: as first, (suppose he were now to come from riding, or hunting, or so) he has his trumpet to sound, and then the waiting gentlewoman, shee lookes out, and then hee speakes, and then shee speakes—very pretty yfaith, gentlemen. Why, but doe you remember no particulars, Signior? O, yes sir: first, the gentlewoman, shee lookes out at the window. After the trumpet has summon'd a parle? not before? No, sir, not before: and then saies he—ha, ha, ha, ha, &c. What saies he? be not rapt so. Saies he—ha, ha, ha, ha, &c. Nay, speake, speake. Ha, ha, ha, saies he: God saue you, saies he: ha, ha, &c. Was this the ridiculous motiue to all this passion? Nay, that, that comes after, is—ha, ha, ha, ha, &c. Doubtlesse, he apprehends more then he vtters, this fellow: or else.