Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.79 · 478 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
an't please your Majesty, a Rascal that swagger'd with me last night: who if alive, and ever dare to challenge this Glove, I have sworn to take him a box o' th' ere: or if I can see my Glove in his cap, which he swore as he was a Soldier he would wear (if alive) I will strike it out sound. What think you Captain Fluellen, is it fit this soldier keep his oath. He is a Craven and a Villain else, and't please your Majesty in my conscience. It may be, his enemy is a Gentleman of great sort quite from the answer of his degree. Though he be as good a gentleman as the devil is, as Lucifer and Belzebub himself, it is necessary (look your Grace) that he keep his vow and his oath: If he be perjured (see you now) his reputation is as arrant a villain and a lack sauce, as ever his black shoe trodd upon God's ground, and his earth, in my conscience law Then keep thy vow sirrah, when thou meetest the fellow. So, I will my Liege, as I live. Who servest thou under? Under Captain Gower, my Liege. Gower is a good Captain, and is good knowledge and literatured in the Wars. Call him hither to me, Soldier. I will my Liege. Here Fluellen, wear thou this favour for me, and stick it in thy Cap: when Alencon and myself were down together, I plackt this Glove from his Helm: If any man challenge this, he is a friend to Alencon, and an enemy to our Person; if thou encounter any such, apprehend him, and thou dost me love. Your Grace does me as great Honours as can be desired in the hearts of his Subjects: I would fain see the man, that has but two legs, that shall find himself agreesd at this Glove; that is all: but I would fain see it once, and please God of his grace that I might see. knowst thou Gower? He is my dear friend, and please you. Pray thee go seek him, and bring him to my Tent. I will fetch him. My Lord of Warwick, and my Brother Gloster, Fellow Fluellen closely at the heels. The Glove which I have given him for a favour, May haply purchase him a box o' th' care. It is the Soldiers: I by bargain should Wear it myself. Fellow good Cousin Warwick: If that the Soldier strike him, as I judge By his blunt bearing, he will keep his word; Some sudden mischief may arise of it: For I do know Fluellen valiant, And touched with Choler, hot as Gunpowder, And quickly will return an injury. Fellow, and see there be no harm between them. Go you with me, Uncle of Exeter. I warrant it is to Knight you, Captain.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1919–1951 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 41 of 51 in this edition
Length
478 words · 622 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.795 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
And't pleaſe your Maieſty, a Raſcall that ſwagge'd with me laſt night: who if aliue, and euer dare to challenge this Gloue, I haue ſworne to take him a boxe a' th ere: or if I can ſee my Gloue in his cappe, which he ſwore as he was a Souldier he would weare (if aliue) I wil ſtrike it out ſoundly. What thinke you Captaine Fluellen, is it fit this ſouldier keepe his oath. Hee is a Crauen and a Villaine elſe, and't pleaſe your Maieſty in my conſcience. It may bee, his enemy is a Gentleman of great ſort quite from the anſwer of his degree. Though he be as good a Ientleman as the diuel is, as Lucifer and Belzebub himſelfe, it is neceſſary (looke your Grace) that he keepe his vow and his oath: If hee bee periur'd (ſee you now) his reputation is as arrant a villaine and a lacke ſawce, as euer his blacke ſhoo trodd vpon Gods ground, and his earth, in my conſcience law Then keepe thy vow ſirrah, when thou meet'ſt the fellow. So, I wil my Liege, as I liue. Who ſeru'ſt thou vnder? Vnder Captaine Gower, my Liege. Gower is a good Captaine, and is good knowledge and literatured in the Warres. Call him hither to me, Souldier. I will my Liege. Here Fluellen, weare thou this fauour for me, and ſticke it in thy Cappe: when Alanſon and my ſelfe were downe together, I plackt this Gloue from his Helme: If any man challenge this, hee is a friend to Alanſon, and an enemy to our Perſon; if thou encounter any ſuch, apprehend him, and thou do'ſt me loue. Your Grace doo's me as great Honors as can be deſir'd in the hearts of his Subiects: I would faine ſee the man, that ha's but two legges, that ſhall find himſelfe agreeſd at this Gloue; that is all: but I would faine ſee it once, and pleaſe God of his grace that I might ſee. Know'ſt thou Gower? He is my deare friend, and pleaſe you. Pray thee goe ſeeke him, and bring him to my Tent. I will fetch him. My Lord of Warwick, and my Brother Gloſter, Follow Fluellen cloſely at the heeles. The Gloue which I haue giuen him for a fauour, May haply purchaſe him a box a' th' care. It is the Souldiers: I by bargaine ſhould Weare it my ſelfe. Follow good Couſin Warwick: If that the Souldier ſtrike him, as I iudge By his blunt bearing, he will keepe his word; Some ſodaine miſchiefe may ariſe of it: For I doe know Fluellen valiant, And toucht with Choler, hot as Gunpowder, And quickly will returne an iniurie. Follow, and ſee there be no harme betweene them. Goe you with me, Vnckle of Exeter. I warrant it is to Knight you, Captaine.