Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.78 · 482 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
Nay, if you intent that, you must lay down the matter, for this rapier (it seems) is in the nature a hanger on, and the good gentleman would happily be rid of him. By my faith, and 'tis to be suspected, I'll ask him. O, here's rich stuff, for life's sake, let us go. A man would wish himself a senseless pillar, Rather than view these monstrous prodigies: Nil habet infoelix paupertas durius in se, Quàm quòd ridiculos homines facit— signor. At your service. Will you sell your rapier? 'sblood, he is turned wild upon the question, he looks as he had seen a sergeant. Sell my rapier? now fate bless me. Amen. You asked me, if I would sell my rapier, sir? I did indeed. Now, lord have mercy upon me. Amen, I say still. 'Sblood sir, what should you behold in my face, sir, that should move you (as they say, sir) to ask me, sir, if I would sell my rapier? Nay (let me pray you, sir) be not moved: I protest, I would rather have been silent, than any way offensive, had I known your nature. Sell my rapier? 'ods lid! Nay, sir (for mine own part) as I am a man that has served in causes, or so, so I am not apt to injure any gentleman in the degree of falling foul, but (sell my rapier?) I will tell you sir, I have served with this foolish rapier, where some of us dare not appear in haste, I name no man: but let that pass. (Sell my rapier?) death to my lungs. This rapier, sir, has travailed by my side, sir, the best part of France and the low Country: I have seen Vlishing Brill, and the Haghe, with this rapier, sir, in my lord of Leister's time: and (by gods will) he that should offer to disrapier me now, I would— Look you sir, you presume to be a gentleman of sort, and so likewise your friends here, if you have any disposition to travel, for the sight of service, or so, one, two, or all of you, I can lend you letters to divers officers and commanders in the low Countries, that shall for my cause do you all the good offices, that shall pertain or belong to gentlemen of your— Please you to show the bounty of your mind, sir, to impart some ten groats, or halfe a crown to our use, till our ability be of growth to return it, and we shall think ourself— 'sblood! sell my rapier? I pray you, what said he, signor, he's a proper man. Marry, he tells me, if I please to show the bounty of my mind, to impart some ten groats to his use, or so. Break his head, and give it him. I thought he had been playing o' the Iewes trump, I.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1205–1228 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 37 of 74 in this edition
Length
482 words · 663 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.777 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T42 · seed 44: T42 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Nay, if you intend that, you must lay downe the matter, for this rapier (it seemes) is in the nature a hanger on, and the good gentleman would happily be rid of him. By my faith, and 'tis to be suspected, I'le aske him. O, here's rich stuffe, for lifes sake, let vs goe. A man would wish himselfe a senselesse pillar, Rather then view these monstrous prodigies: Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quàm quòd ridiculos homines facit— Signior. At your seruice. Will you sell your rapier? Sbloud, he is turn'd wild vpon the question, hee lookes as hee had seene a serjeant. Sell my rapier? now fate blesse me. Amen. You ask't me, if I would sell my rapier, sir? I did indeed. Now, lord haue mercy vpon me. Amen, I say still. S'lud sir, what should you behold in my face, sir, that should moue you (as they say, sir) to aske me, sir, if I would sell my rapier? Nay (let me pray you, sir) bee not mou'd: I protest, I would rather haue beene silent, then any way offensiue, had I knowne your nature. Sell my rapier? 'ods lid! Nay, sir (for mine owne part) as I am a man that has seru'd in causes, or so, so I am not apt to injure any gentleman in the degree of falling foule, but (sell my rapier?) I will tell you sir, I haue seru'd with this foolish rapier, where some of vs dare not appeare in haste, I name no man: but let that passe. (Sell my rapier?) death to my lungs. This rapier, sir, has trauail'd by my side, sir, the best part of France and the low Countrey: I haue seene Vishing Brill, and the Hghe, with this rapier, sir, in my lord of Leysters time: and (by gods will) he that should offer to disrapier me now, I would— Looke you sir, you presume to be a gentleman of sort, and so likewise your friends here, if you haue any disposition to trauell, for the sight of seruice, or so, one, two, or all of you, I can lend you letters to diers officers and commanders in the low Countries, that shall for my cause doe you all the good offices, that shall pertaine or belong to gentlemen of your— Please you to shew the bountie of your minde, sir, to impart some ten groates, or halfe a crowne to our vse, till our abilitie be of grow'th to returne it, and we shall thinke our selfe— Sbloud! sell my rapier? I pray you, what said he, signior, hee's a proper man. Mary, he tells me, if I please to shew the bountie of my mind, to impart some ten groats to his vse, or so. Breake his head, and giue it him. I thought he had beene playing o' the Iewes trump, I.