Jonson, Ben · published 1601 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T11 Siblings, kin and confidants typicality 0.77 · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T11: sister, brother, love, friend, heart, father, mother, woman, lord, hear.
I go sir. Ho Pizo, Cob, where are these villains trow? Oh, art thou there? Pizo hark thee here: Mark what I say to thee, I must go forth; Be careful of thy promise, keep good watch, Note every gallant and observe him well, That enters in my absence to thy mistress; If she would show him rooms, the jest is stale, Follow them Pizo or else hang on him, And let him not go after, mark their looks? Note if she offer but to see his band, Or any other amorous toy about him, But praise his leg, or foot, or if she say, The day is hot, and bid him feel her hand, How hot it is, oh that's a monstrous thing: Note me all this, sweet Pizo; mark their sighs, And if they do but whisper break them off, I'll bear thee out in it: wilt thou do this? Wilt thou be true sweet Pizo? Most true sir. Thanks gentle Pizo: where is Cob? now: Cob? he's ever calling for Cob, I wonder how he employs Cob so. Indeed sister to ask how he employs Cob, is a necessary question for you that are his wife, and a thing not very easy for you to be satisfied in: but this i'll assure you Cobs wife is an excellent bawd indeed: and oftentimes your husband haunts her house, marry to what end I cannot altogether accuse him, imagine you what you think convenient: but I have known fair hides have foul hearts ear now, I can tell you. Never said you truer than that brother? Pizo fetch your cloak, and go with me, i'll after him presently: I would to Christ I could take there I faith. So let them go: this may make sport anon, now my fair sister Hesperida: ah that you knew how happy ting were to be fair and beautiful? That toucheth not me brother. That's true: that's even the fault of it, for indeed beauty stands a woman in no stead, unless it procure her touching: but sister whether it touch you or Noah, it touches your beauties, and I am sure they will abide the touch, and they do not a plague of all ceruse say I, and it touches me to inpart, though not in thee. Well, there's a dear and respected friend of mine sister, stands very strongly affected towards you, and hath vowed to inflame whole bonfires of zeal in his heart, in honour of your perfections, I have already engaged my promise to bring you where you shall hear him confirm much more than I am able to lay down for him: signor Lorenzo is the man: what say you sister shall I entreat so much favour of you for my friend, is too direct and attend you to his meeting? upon my soul he loves you extremely, approve it sweet Hesperida will you?
nodes 1243–1269 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 40 of 52 in this edition
Length
486 words · 608 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T11 — Siblings, kin and confidantscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.774 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T15 · seed 44: T12 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
I goe sir. Ho Pizo, Cob, where are these villaines troe? Oh, art thou there? Pizo harke thee here: Marke what I say to thee, I must goe foorth; Be carefull of thy promise, keepe good watch, Note euery gallant and obserue him well, That enters in my absence to thy mistrisse; If she would shew him roomes, the ieast is stale, Follow them Pizo or els hang on him, And let him not go after, marke their lookes? Note if she offer but to see his band, Or any other amorous toy about him, But prayse his legge, or foote, or if she say, The day is hotte, and bid him feele her hand, How hot it is, oh thats a monstrous thing: Note me all this, sweete Pizo; marke their sighes, And if they do but vvisper breake them off, Ile beare thee out in it: vvilt thou do this? Wilt thou be true sweete Pizo? Most true sir. Thankes gentle Pizo: vvhere is Cob? now: Cob? Hees euer calling for Cob, I vvonder how hee imployes Cob soe. Indeede sister to aske how he imployes Cob, is a necessary question for you that are his vvife, and a thing not very easie for you to be satisfied in: but this ile assure you Cobs wife is an excellent baud indeede: and oftentimes your husband hauntes her house, marry to vvhat end I cannot altogether accuse him, imagine you vvhat you thinke conuenient: but I haue knowne fayre hides haue foule hartes eare now, I can tell you. Neuer sayd you truer then that brother? Pizo fetch your cloke, and goe vvith me, ile after him presently: I vvould to Christ I could take there I fayth. So let them goe: this may make sport anone, now my faye sister Hesperida: ah that you knew how happy a ting it vvre to be fayre and bewtifull? That toucheth not me brother. Thats true: thats euen the fault of it, for indeede bewtie stands a woman in no stead, vnles it procure her touching: but sister vvhether it touch you or noe, it touches your bewties, and I am sure they will abide the touch, and they doe not a plague of al ceruse say I, and it touches me to inpart, though not in thee. Well, theres a deare and respected friend of mine sister, stands very strongly affected towardes you, and hath vowed to inflame vvhole bonefires of zeale in his hart, in honor of your perfections, I haue already engaged my promise this page keyed by pfs to bring you where you shal heare him conferme much more then I am able to lay downe for him: Signior Lorenzo is the man: vvhat say you sister shall I intreate so much fauour of you for my friend, is too direct and attend you to his meeting? vpon my soule he loues you extreamely, approue it sweete Hesperida vvill you?