Wilson, Robert / Drayton, Michael / Munday, Anthony / Hathaway, Richard · published 1600 · first performed or written 1599 [Oct 16, payment] (Annals) history · Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men T30 Constables, justices and the watch typicality 0.79 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T30: constable, squire, tub, clay, worship, justice, turf, mr, hun, valentine.
O I am almost choked, I am almost choked. Who's within there? will you shame my Lord, is there no beer in the house? Butler I say. Here, here. Give him Beer. There, tough old sheepskins, bare dry meat. O sir, let me go no further, I'll eat my word. Yea mary sir, so I mean you shall eat more than your own word, for i'll make you eat all the words in the process. Why you drab monger, cannot the secrets of all the wenches in a shire serve your turn, but you must come hither with a citation with a pox? I'll cite you. A cup of sack for the Sumner. Here sir here. Here slave I drink to thee. I thank you sir. Now if thou findst thy stomach well, because thou shalt see my Lord keep's meat in's house, if thou wilt go in thou shalt have a piece of beef to thy break fast. No I am very well good M. serving-man, I thank you, very well sir. I am glad on't, then be walking towards Rochester to keep your stomach warm: and Sumner, if I may know you disturb a good wench within this Diocese, if I do not make thee eat her petticoat, if there were four yards of Kentish cloth in't, I am a villain. God be with you M. servingman. Farewell Sumner. God save you M. Harpoole. Welcome Constable, welcome Constable, what news with thee? an't please you M. Harpoole, I am to make hue to cry, for a fellow with one eye that has robbed two Clothiers, and am to crave your hindrance, for to search all suspected places, and they say there was a woman in the company. Hast thou been at the Alehouse, hast thou sought there? I durst not search sir, in my Lord Cobham's liberty, except I had some of his servants, which are for my warrant. An honest Constable, an honest Constable, call forth him that keeps the Alehouse there. Ho, who's within there? Who calls there, come near a God's name, oh is't you M. Constable and M. Harpoole, you are welcome with all my heart, what make you here so early this morning? Sirrah, what strangers do you lodge, there is a robbery done this morning, and we are to search for all suspected persons. God's bones, I am sorry for't, i'faith sir I lodge nobody but a good honest merry priest, they call him sir Iohn a Wrotham, and a handsome woman that is his niece, that he says he has some suit in law for, and as they go up & down to London, sometimes they lie at my house. What, is he here in thy house now? She is sir, I promise you sir he is a quiet man, and because he will not trouble too many rooms, he makes the woman lie every night at his bed's feet.
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O I am almost choaked, I am almost choaked. Who's within there? wil you shame my Lord, is there no beere in the house? Butler I say. Heere, here. Giue him Beere. There, tough old sheepskins, bare drie meate. O sir, let me go no further, Ile eate my word. Yea mary sir, so I meane you shall eate more then your own word, for ile make you eate all the words in the processe. Why you drab monger, cannot the secrets of al the wenches in a sheire serue your turne, but you must come hither with a citation with a poxe? Ile cite you. A cup of sacke for the Sumner. Here sir here. Here slaue I drinke to thee. I thanke you sir. Now if thou findst thy stomacke well, because thou shalt see my Lord keep's meate in's house, if thou wilt go in thou shalt haue a peece of beefe to thy break fast. No I am very well good M. seruing-man, I thanke you, very well sir. I am glad on't, thn be walking towards Rochester to keepe your stomack warme: and Sumner, if I may know you disturb a good wench within this Diocesse, if I do not make thee eate her peticote, if there were four yards of Kentish cloth in't, I am a villaine. God be with you M. seruingmaan. Farewell Sumner. God saue you M. Harpoole. Welcome Constable, welcom Constable, what news with thee? And't please you M. Harpoole, I am to make hue to crie, for a fellow with one eie that has rob'd two Clothiers, and am to craue your hindrance, for to search all suspected places, and they say there was a woman in the company. Hast thou bin at the Alchouse, hast thou sought there? I durst not search sir, in my Lord Cobhams libertie, except I had some of his seruants, which are for my warrant. An honest Constable, an honest Constable, cal forth him that keepes the Alchouse there. Ho, who's within there? Who calls there, come neere a Gods name, oh is't you M. Constable and M. Harpoole, you are welcome with all my heart, what make you here so earely this morning? Sirra, what strangers do you lodge, there is a robbery done this morning, and we are to search for all suspected persons. Gods bores, I am sory for't, yfaith sir I lodge no body but a good honest mery priest, they call him sir Iohn a Wrootham, and a handsome woman that is his neece, that he saies he has some sute in law for, and as they go vp & down to London, sometimes they lie at my house. What, is he here in thy house now? She is sir, I promise you sir he is a quiet man, and because he will not trouble too many roomes, he makes the woman lie euery night at his beds feete.