Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.85 · 489 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.
O, yes, sir: I can tell you a thing will distract you much better, believe it. signor DELIRO has entered three actions against you, three actions, Monsieur; marry, one of them (I'll put you in comfort) is but three thousand, and the other two, some five thousand a piece, trifles, trifles. O, I am undone. Nay, not altogether so, sir, the knight must have his hundred pound repaid, that 'll help too, and then sixscore pound for a diamond, you know where. These be things will weigh, Monsieur, they will weigh. O, heaven! What, do you sigh? this it is to kiss the hand of a countess, to have her coach sent for you, to hang poniards in ladies' garters, to wear bracelets of their hair, and for every one of these great favours to give some slight jewel of five hundred crowns, or so, why 'tis nothing. Now, Monsieur, you see the plague that treads o' the heels of your foppery: well, go your ways in, remove yourself to the twopenny ward quickly, to save charges, and there set up your rest to spend sir PUNTAR'S hundred pound for him. Away, good pomander, go. Why, here's a change! Now is my soul at peace. I am as empty of all envy now, As they of merit to be envied at. My humour (like a flame) no longer lasts Than it hath stuff to feed it, and their folly, Being now raked up in their repentant ashes, Affords no ampler subject to my spleen. I am so far from malicing their states, That I begin to pity 'em. It grieves me To think they have a being. I could wish They might turn wise upon it, and be saved now, So heaven were pleased: but let them vanish, vapours. Gentlemen, how like you it? hast not been tedious? Nay, we ha' done censuring, now. Yes, faith. How so? Marry, because we'll imitate your actors, and be out of our Humours. Besides, here are those (round about you) of more ability in censure than we, whose judgements can give it a more satisfying allowance: we'll refer you to them. I? is't e'en so? Well, gentlemen, I should have gone in, and returned to you, as I was ASPER at the first: but (by reason the shift would have been somewhat long, and we are loath to draw your patience farther) we'll entreat you to imagine it. And now (that you may see I will be out of humour for company) I stand wholly to your kind approbation, and (indeed) am nothing so peremptory as I was in the beginning: Marry, I will not do as PLAUTUS, in his Amphytrio, for all this (Summi jonis causa, Plaudite:) beg a Plaudite, for god's sake; but if you (out of the bounty of your good liking) will bestow it; why, you may (in time) make lean MACILENTE as fat, as Sir JOHN FALSTAFF.
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Position
nodes 2165–2187 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 74 of 74 in this edition
Length
489 words · 694 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T13 — Knights, squires and ladiesreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.855 (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)
O, yes, sir: I can tell you a thing will distract you much better, beleeue it. Signior DELIRO has entred three actions against you, three actions, Monsieur; mary, one of them (I'le put you in comfort) is but three thousand, and the other two, some fiue thousand a peece, trifles, trifles. O, I am vndone. Nay, not altogether so, sir, the knight must haue his hundred pound repai'd, that 'll helpe too, and then sixe-score pound for a diamond, you know where. These be things will weigh, Monsieur, they will weigh. O, heauen! What, doe you sigh? this it is to kisse the hand of a countesse, to haue her coach sent for you, to hang poinards in ladies garters, to weare bracelets of their haire, and for euery one of these great fauours to giue some slight iewell of fiue hundred crownes, or so, why 'tis nothing. Now, Monsieur, you see the plague that treads o' the heeles of your fopperie: well, goe your waies in, remoue your selfe to the two-penny ward quickly, to saue charges, and there set vp your rest to spend sir PVNTARS hundred pound for him. Away, good pomander, goe. Why, here's a change! Now is my soule at peace. I am as emptie of all enuie now, As they of merit to be enuied at. My humour (like a flame) no longer lasts Then it hath stuffe to feed it, and their folly, Being now rak't vp in their repentant ashes, Affords no ampler subiect to my spleene. I am so farre from malicing their states, That I begin to pitty 'hem. It grieues me To thinke they haue a being. I could wish They might turne wise vpon it, and be sau'd now, So heauen were pleas'd: but let them vanish, vapors. Gentlemen, how like you it? has't not beene tedious? Nay, we ha' done censuring, now. Yes, faith. How so? Mary, because wee'le imitate your actors, and be out of our Humours. Besides, here are those (round about you) of more abilitie in censure then wee, whose iudgements can giue it a more satisfying allowance: wee'le refer you to them. I? is't e'en so? Wel, gentlemen, I should haue gone in, and return'd to you, as I was ASPER at the first: but (by reason the shift would haue beene somewhat long, and we are loth to draw your patience farder) wee'le intreat you to imagine it. And now (that you may see I will be out of humour for companie) I stand wholly to your kind approbation, and (indeed) am nothing so peremptorie as I was in the beginning: Mary, I will not doe as PLAVTVS, in his Amphytrio, for all this (Summi Ionis causa, Plaudite:) begge a Plaudite, for gods sake; but if you (out of the bountie of your good liking) will bestow it; why, you may (in time) make leane MACILENTE as fat, as Sir IOHN FAL-STAFFE.