Jonson, Ben · published 1601 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.74 · 476 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
Cousin, is it well? am I melancholy enough? Oh I, excellent. signor Bobadilla? why muse you so? He is melancholy too. Faith sir, I was thinking of a most honourable piece of service was performed to morrow; being S Marks day: shallbe some ten years. In what place was that service, I pray you sir? Why at the beleagring of Ghibelletto, where, in less than two hours, seven hundred resolute gentlemen, as any were in Europe, lost their lives upon the breach: I'll tell you gentlemen, it was the first, but the best leagues that ever I beheld with these eyes, except the taking in of Tortosa last year by the Genoese, but that (of all other) was the most fatal & dangerous exploit, that ever I was ranged in, since I first bore arms before the face of the enemy, as I am a gentleman and a soldier. So, I had as lief as an angel I could swear as well as that gentleman. Then you were a servitor at both it seems. Oh Lord sir: by Phaeton I was the first man that entered the breach, and had I not effected it with resolution, I had been slain if I had had a million of lives. Indeed sir? Nay & you heard him discourse you would say so: how like you him? I assure you (upon my salvation) 'tis true, and yourself shall confess. You must bring him to the rack first. Observe me judicially sweet signor: they had planted me a demi culvering, just in the mouth of the breach; now sir (as we were to ascend) their master gunner (a man of no mean skill and courage, you must think) confronts me with his Linstock ready to give fire; I spying his intendment, discharged my Petrinell in his bosom, and with this instrument my poor Rapier, ran violently upon the Moors that guarded the ordinance, and put them pellmell to the sword. To the sword? to the Rapier signor. Oh it was a good figure observed sir: but did you all this signor without hurting your blade. Without any impeach on the earth: you shall perceive sir, it is the most fortunate weapon, that ever rid on a poor gentleman's thigh: shall I tell you sir, you talk of Mor● glay, Excaliber, Durindana, or so: tut, I lend no credit to that is reported of them, I know the virtue of mine own, and therefore I dare the boldlier maintain it. I marl whether it be a Toledo or no? A most perfect Toledo, I assure you signor. I have a countryman of his here. Pray you let's see sir: yes faith it is. This a Toledo? piss. Why do you pish signor? A Fleming by Phoebus, i'll buy them for a guilder a piece and i'll have a thousand of them.
nodes 607–631 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 20 of 52 in this edition
Length
476 words · 634 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.738 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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)
Cousin, is it well? am I melancholie inough? Oh I, excellent. Signior Bobadilla? why muse you so? He is melancholy too. Faith sir, I was thinking of a most honorable piece of seruice was perform'd to morow; being S Marks day: shalbe some tē years. In what place was that seruice, I pray you sir? Why at the beleagring of Ghibelltto, where, in lesse then two houres, seuen hundred resolute gentlemen, as any were in Europe, lost their liues vpon the beach: ile tell you gentlemen, it was the first, but the best leaug that euer I beheld with these eyes, except the taking in of last yeer by the Genowayes, but that (of all other) was the most fatall & dangerous exploit, that euer I was rang'd in, since I first bore armes before the fae of the enemy, as I am a gentleman and a souldier. So, I had as liefe as an angell I could sweare as well as that gentleman. Then you were a seruitor at both it seemes. Oh Lord sir: by Phaeton I was the first man that entred the breach, and had I not effected it with resolution, I had bene slaine if I had had a million of liues. Indeed sir? Nay & you heard him discourse you would say so: how like you him? I assure you (vpon my saluation) 'tis true, and your selfe shall confesse. You must bring him to the racke first. Obserue me iudicially sweet signior: they had planted me a demy culuering, iust in the mouth of the breach; now sir (as we were to ascend) their master gunner (a man of no meane skill and courage, you must thinke) confronts me with his Linstock ready to giue fire; I spying his intendement, discharg'd my Petrinell in his bosome, and with this instrument my poore Rapier, ran violently vpon the Moores that guarded the ordinance, and put them pell-mell to the sword. To the sword? to the Rapier signior. Oh it was a good figure obseru'd sir: but did you all this signior without hurting your blade. Without any impeach on the earth: you shall perceiue sir, it is the most fortunate weapon, that euer rid on a poore gentlemans thigh: shall I tell you sir, you talke of Mor glay, Excaliber, Durindana, or so: tut, I lend no credit to that is reported of them, I know the vertue of mine owne, and therefore I dare the boldlier maintaine it. I marle whether it be a Toledo or no? A most perfect Toledo, I assure you signior. I haue a countriman of his here. Pray you let's see : yes faith it is. This a Toledo▪ pis. Why do you pish signior? A Fleming by Phoebus, ile buy them for a guilder a pece and ile haue a thousand of them.