Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1597 [c.1597-1598] (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns typicality 0.79 · 519 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T44: drink, wine, numps, ale, butler, pot, sing, moy, drunk, win.
Hang yourself, you muddy Cunger, hang yourself. By my troth this is the old fashion, you two never meet but you fall to some discord, you are both ygood truth as rue matique as two dry toasts, you cannot one bear with another's confirmities, what the goodyere one must bear▪ & that must ●e you, you are the weaker vessel, as they say▪ the emptier vessel. Can a weak empty vessel bear such a huge full hogshead? there's a whole merchants venture of Bordeaux stuff in him, you have not seen a hulk better stuffed in the hold. Come, i'll be friends with thee jack, thou art going to the wars, and whether I shall ever see thee again or no there is no body cares. Sir, Ancient pistols below, and would speak with you. Hang him swaggering rascal, let him not come hither it is the foule-mouthd'st rogue in England. If he swagger, let him not come here, no by my faith I must live among my neighbours, i'll no swaggerers, I am in good name, and same with the very best: shut the door, there comes no swaggerers here, I have not lived all this while to have swaggering now, shut the door I pray you. Dost thou hear hostess? Pray ye pacify yourself sir Iohn, there comes no swaggerers here. Dost thou hear? it is mine Ancient. Tilly fally, sir Iohn, near tell me: & your ancient swaggrer comes not in my doors: I was before master Tissick the deputy other day, & (as he said to me) 'twas no longer ago than wedsday last, I good faith neighbour Quickly, says he, master Dumbe our minister was by then, neighbour Quickly (says he) receive those that are civil, for (said he) you are in an ill name: now a said so▪ I can tell whereupon. For (says he) you are an honest woman, and well thought on, therefore take heed what guests you receive, receive (says he) no swaggering companions: there comes none here: you would bless you to hear what he said: no, I'll no swaggrers. he's no swaggrer hostess, a tame cheter yfaith, you may struck him as gently as a puppy greyhound, he'll not swagger with a Barbary hen, if her feathers turn back in any show of resistance, call him up Drawer. Cheter call you him? I will bar no honest man my house, nor no cheater, but I do not love swagering by my troth, I am the worse when one says swagger: feel masters, how I shake, look you, I warrant you. So you do hostess. Do I? yea in very truth do I, and 'ttwere an aspen leaf, I cannot abide swaggrers. God save you sir Iohn. Welcome ancient Pistol, here Pistol, I charge you with a cup of sack, do you discharge upon mine hostess. I will discharge upon her sir Iohn, with two bullets. she is pistol proof: sir, you shall not hardly offend her. Come, I'll drink no proofs, nor no bullets, I'll drink no more than will do me good, for no man's pleasure, I.
seed 43: T27 · seed 44: T21 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Hang your selfe, you muddie Cunger, hang your selfe. By my troth this is the old fashion, you two neuer meet but you fall to some discord, you are both ygood truth as rew matique as two dry tosts, you cannot one beare with anothers cōfirmities, what the goodyere one must beare▪ & that must e you, you are the weaker vessell, as they say▪ the emptier vessel. Can a weake empty vessell beare such a huge full hogshead? theres a whole marchāts venture of Burdeux stuffe in him, you haue not seene a hulke better stuft in the hold. Come, ile be friends with thee iacke, thou art going to the wars, and whether I shall euer see thee againe or no there is no body cares. Sir, Antient pistols belowe, and would speake with you. Hang him swaggering rascal, let him not come hither it is the foule-mouthd'st rogue in England. If he swagger, let him not come here, no by my faith I must liue among my neighbours, ile no swaggerers, I am in good name, and same with the very best: shut the doore, there comes no swaggerers here, I haue not liu'd al this while to haue swaggering now, shut the doore I pray you. Dost thou heare hostesse? Pray ye pacifie your selfe sir Iohn, there comes no swaggerers here. Dost thou heare? it is mine Ancient. Tilly fally, sir Iohn, nere tel me: & your ancient swaggrer comes not in my doores: I was before maister Tisicke the debuty tother day, & (as he said to me) twas no longer ago than wedsday last, I good faith neighbor Quickely, sayes he, maister Dumbe our minister was by then, neighbor Quickly (saies he) receiue those that are ciuil, for (saide he) you are in an ill name: now a saide so▪ I can tell whereupon. For (saies he) you are an honest woman, and well thought on, therefore take heede what ghests you receiue, receiue (saies he) no swaggering companions: there comes none here: you would blesse you to heare what he said: no, Ile no swaggrers. Hees no swaggrer hostesse, a tame chter ysaith, you may stroke him as gently as a puppy grey-hound, heele not swagger with a Barbary hen, if her feathers turne backe in any shew of resistance, call him vp Drawer. Cheter call you him? I will barre no honest man my house, nor no cheter, but I do not loue swagering by my troth, I am the worse when one saies swagger: feele maisters, how I shake, looke you, I warrant you. So you do hostesse. Doe I? yea in very trueth doe I, and twere an aspen leafe, I cannot abide swaggrers. God saue you sir Iohn. Welcome ancient Pistoll, heere Pistoll, I charge you with a cuppe of sacke, do you discharge vpon mine hostesse. I will discharge vpon her sir Iohn, with two bullets. she is pistoll proofe: sir, you shall not hardely offend her. Come, Ile drink no proofes, nor no bullets, Ile drink no more than will do me good, for no mans pleasure, I.