Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T27 Uncles, nephews and cousins: kinship and typicality 0.85 · 486 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T27: uncle, niece, nephew, gentlemen, faith, cousin, wife, house, gentleman, money.
What says my nephew? Faith uncle, I'd ha' desired you to have made a motion for me to my father in a thing, that— walk aside and I'll tell you, sir, no more but this: there's a parcel of law— books, (some twenty pounds worth) that lie in a place for little more than half the money they cost; and I think for some twelve pound, or twenty mark, I could go near to redeem 'em; there's PLOWDEN, DIAR, BROOKE, and FITZ-HERBERT, divers such, as I must have ere long: and you know, I were as good save five or six pound as not, uncle. I pray you, move it form. That I will: when would you have me do it? presently? O, I, I pray you, good uncle: God send me good luck; Lord (and●t be thy will) prosper it: O, my stars, now, now, if it take now, I am made forever. Shall I tell you, sir? by this air, I am the most beholding to that lord, of any gentleman living; he does use me the most honourably, and with the greatest respect, more indeed, then can be uttered with any opinion of truth. Then, have you the count GRATIATO? As true nobles gentleman too, as any breaths; I am exceedingly endeared to his love: by this hand (I protest to you, signor, I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation, but) there's he, and the count FRUGAL, signor ILLUSTRE, signor LUCULENTO, and a sort of 'em; that (when I am at court) they do share me amongst 'em. Happy is he can enjoy me most private. I do wish myself sometime an ubiquitary for their love, in good faith. There's ne'er a one of these, but might lie a week on the rack, ere they could bring forth his name; and yet he powers them out as familiarly, as if he had scene 'em stand by the fire i' the presence, or ta'en tobacco with them, over the stage, i' the lords room. Then you must of necessity know our court-star there? that planet of wit, MADONNA SAVIOLINA? O, lord sir! my mistress. Is she your mistress? Faith, here be some slight favours of hers, sir, that do speak it, she is: as this scarf, sir, or this rib and in mine ear, or so; this feather grew in her sweet sanne sometimes, though now it be my poor fortunes to wear it, as you see, sir: flight, flight, a foolish toy. Well, she is the lady of a most exalted, and ingenious spirit. Did you ever hear any woman speak like her? or enriched with a more plentiful discourse? O, villainous! nothing but sound, sound, a mere echo; she speaks as she goes tired, in cobweb lawn, light, thin: good enough to catch flies withal. O, manage your affections. Well, if thou be'st not plagued for this blasphemy, one day—
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 737–753 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 22 of 74 in this edition
Length
486 words · 678 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T27 — Uncles, nephews and cousins: kinship and patronagecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.850 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T39 · seed 44: T37 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
What saies my nephew? Faith vncle, I'ld ha' desir'd you to haue made a motion for me to my father in a thing, that—walke aside and I'le tell you, sir, no more but this: there's a parcell of law—bookes, (some twenty pounds worth) that lie in a place for little more then halfe the money they cost; and I thinke for some twelue pound, or twenty marke, I could goe neere to redeeme 'hem; there's PLOWDEN, DIAR, BROOKE, and FITZ-HERBERT, diuers such, as I must haue ere long: and you know, I were as good saue fiue or sixe pound as not, vncle. I pray you, moue it forme. That I will: when would you haue me doe it? presently? O, I, I pray you, good vncle: God send mee good luck; Lord (andt be thy will) prosper it: O, my starres, now, now, if it take now, I am made foreuer. Shall I tell you, sir? by this aire, I am the most beholding to that lord, of any gentleman liuing; hee does vse mee the most honorably, and with the greatest respect, more indeed, then can be vtter'd with any opinion of truth. Then, haue you the count GRATIATO? As true nobles gentleman too, as any breathes; I am exceedingly endear'd to his loue: by this hand (I protest to you, signior, I speake it not gloriously, nor out of affectation, but) there's hee, and the count FRVGALE, signior ILLVSTRE, signior LVCVLENTO, and a sort of 'hem; that (when I am at court) they doe share me amongst 'hem. Happy is he can enioy me most priuate. I doe wish my selfe sometime an vbiquitarie for their loue, in good faith. There's ne're a one of these, but might lie a weeke on the rack, ere they could bring forth his name; and yet he powres them out as familiarly, as if he had scene 'hem stand by the fire i' the presence, or tane tabacco with them, ouer the stage, i' the lords roome. Then you must of necessity know our court-starre there? that planet of wit, MADDONA SAVIOLINA? O, lord sir! my mistris. Is shee your mistris? Faith, here be some slight fauours of hers, sir, that doe speake it, shee is: as this scarfe, sir, or this ribb and in mine eare, or so; this feather grew in her sweet sanne sometimes, though now it be my poore fortunes to weare it, as you see, sir: flight, flight, a foolish toy. Well, shee is the lady of a most exalted, and ingenious spirit. Did you euer heare any woman speake like her? or enricht with a more plentifull discourse? O, villanous! nothing but sound, sound, a meere eccho; shee speakes as shee goes tir'd, in cob-web lawne, light, thin: good enough to catch flies withall. O, manage your affections. Well, if thou beest not plagu'd for this blasphemie, one day—