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 · 492 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.
Most debonair, and luculent lady, I decline me low, as the basis of your altitude. He makes congees to his wife in geometrical proportions. Is't possible there should be any such Humorist? Very easily possible, Sir, you see there is. I have scarce collected my spirits, but lately scattered in the admiration of your form; to which (if the bounties of your mind be any way responsible) I doubt not, but my desires shall find a smooth, and secure passage. I am a poor knight errant (lady) that hunting in the adjacent forest, was by adventure in the pursuit of a heart, brought to this place; which heart (dear Madame) escaped by enchantment: the evening approaching (my self, and servant wearied) my suit is, to enter your fair castle, and refresh me. Sir knight, albeit it be not usual with me (chiefly in the absence of a husband) to admit any entrance to strangers, yet in the true regard of those innated virtues, and fair parts, which so strive to express themselves, in you; I am resolved to entertain you to the best of my unworthy power which I acknowledge to be nothing, valued with what so worthy a person may deserve. Please you but stay, while I descend. Most admired lady, you astonish me! What? with speaking a speech of your own penning? Nay, look; pry thee peace. Pox on't▪ I am impatient of such foppery. O, let's hear the rest. What? a tedious chapter of courtship, after sir LANCELOT, and queen GVEVENER? away. I mar'le in what dull cold nook he found this lady out? that (being a woman) she was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humour thus. 'Slud, I think he feeds her with porridge, I: she could ne'er have such a thick brain else. Why, is porridge so hurtful, signor? O, nothing under heaven more prejudicial to those ascending subtle powers, or doth sooner abate that which we call, acumen ingenij, than your gross fare: why, I'll make you an instance: your city wives, but observe 'em, you ha'not more perfect true fools i' the world bred, than they are generally; and yet you see (by the fineness and delicacy of their diet, living into the far capons, drinking your rich wines, feeding on larks, sparrows, potato-pies, and such good unctuous meats) how their wits are refined, and rarefied! and sometimes a very quintessence of conceit flows from 'em, able to drown a weak apprehension. Peace, here comes the lady. God's me, here's company: turn in again. 'Slight, our presence has cut off the convoy of the jest. All the better; I am glad on't: for the issue was very perspicuous Come, let's discover, and salute the knight. Stay: who be these that address themselves towards us? what, CARLO? now, by the sincerity of my soul, welcome; welcome gentlemen: and how dost thou, thou grand scourge; or, second untruss of the rhyme?
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 691–709 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 20 of 74 in this edition
Length
492 words · 691 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T13 — Knights, squires and ladiesreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.825 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T20 · seed 44: T17 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Most debonaire, and luculent lady, I decline mee low, as the basis of your altitude. He makes congies to his wife in geometricall proportions. Is't possible there should be any such Humorist? Very easily possible, Sir, you see there is. I haue scarse collected my spirits, but lately scatter'd in the admiration of your forme; to which (if the bounties of your minde be any way responsible) I doubt not, but my desires shall finde a smooth, and secure passage. I am a poore knight errant (lady) that hunting in the adjacent forrest, was by aduenture in the pursuit of a hart, brought to this place; which hart (deare Madame) escaped by enchantment: the euening approching (my selfe, and seruant wearied) my suit is, to enter your faire castle, and refresh me. Sir knight, albeit it be not vsuall with me (chiefly in the absence of a husband) to admit any entrance to strangers, yet in the true regard of those innated vertues, and faire parts, which so striue to expresse themselues, in you; I am resolu'd to entertaine you to the best of my vnworthy power which I acknowledge to bee nothing, valew'd with what so worthy a person may deserue. Please you but stay, while I descend. Most admir'd lady, you astonish me! What? with speaking a speech of your owne penning? Nay, looke; pry thee peace. Pox on't▪ I am impatient of such fopperie. O, let's heare the rest. What? a tedious chapter of courtship, after sir LANCELOT, and queene GVEVENER? away. I mar'le in what dull cold nooke he found this lady out? that (being a woman) shee was blest with no more copie of wit, but to serue his humour thus. 'Slud, I thinke he feeds her with porridge, I: shee could ne're haue such a thick braine else. Why, is porridge so hurtfull, signior? O, nothing vnder heauen more preiudiciall to those ascending subtile powers, or doth sooner abate that which we call, acumen ingenij, then your grosse fare: why, I'le make you an instance: your city wiues, but obserue 'hem, you ha'not more perfect true fooles i' the world bred, then they are generally; and yet you see (by the finenesse and delicacy of their diet, liuing into the far capons, drinking your rich wines, feeding on larkes, sparrowes, potato-pies, and such good vnctuous meats) how their wits are refin'd, and rarefi'd! and sometimes a very quintessence of conceit flowes from 'hem, able to drowne a weake apprehension. Peace, here comes the lady. Gods me, here's company: turne in againe. Slight, our presence has cut off the conuoy of the iest. All the better; I am glad on't: for the issue was very perspicuous Come, let's discouer, and salute the knight. Stay: who be these that addresse themselues towards vs? what, CARLO? now, by the sincerity of my soule, welcome; welcome gentlemen: and how doest thou, thou grand scourge; or, second vntrusse of the rime?