Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.75 · 490 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
Why, thus sir (make a thrust at me) come in, upon the answer, control your point, and make a full career, at the body. The best-practised gallants of the time, name it the passada: a most desperate thrust, believe it! Well, come, sir. Why, you do not manage your weapon with any facility, or grace to invite me: I have no spirit to play with you. Your dearth of judgement renders you tedious. But one venue, sir. Venue! Fie. Most gross denomination, as ever I heard. O, the stoccata, while you live, sir. Note that. Come, put on your cloak, and we'll go to some private place, where you are acquainted, some tavern, or so— and have a bit— I'll send for one of these Fencers, and he shall breathe you, by my direction; and, then, I will teach you your trick. You shall kill him with it, at the first, if you please. Why, I will learn you, by the true judgement of the eye, hand, and foot, to control any enemy's point i' the world. Should your adversary confront you with a pistol, 'twere nothing, by this hand, you should, by the same rule, control his bullet, in a line: except it were hailshot, and spread. What money ha' you about you, Mr. MATTHEW? Faith, I ha' not passed a two shillings, or so. 'Tis some what with the least: but, come. We will have a bunch of reddish, and salt, to taste our wine; and a pipe of tobacco, to close the orifice of the stomach: and then, we'll call upon young Wellbred. Perhaps we shall meet the CORIDON, his brother, there: and put him to the question. THOMAS, Come hither, There lies a note, within upon my desk, Here, take my key: It is no matter, neither. Where is the Boy? Within, sir, i' the warehouse. Let him tell over, straight, that Spanish gold, And weigh it, with th' pieces of eight. Do you See the delivery of those silver stuffs, To Mr. LUCAR. Tell him, if he will, He shall ha' the grograms, at the rate I told him, And I will meet him, on the Exchange, anon. Good, sir. Do you see that fellow, brother DOWNRIGHT? ay, what of him? He is a jewel, brother. I took him of a child, up, at my door, And christened him, gave him mine own name, THOMAS, Since bred him at the Hospital; where proving A toward imp, I called him home, and taught him So much, as I have made him my Cashier, And given him, who had none, a surname, CASH: And find him, in his place so full of faith, That, I durst trust my life into his hands. So, would not I in any bastards, brother, As, it is like, he is: although I knew myself his father. But you said yo' had somewhat To tell me, gentle brother, what is't? what is't?
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 323–356 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 12 of 53 in this edition
Length
490 words · 690 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.755 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T42 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Why, thus sir (make a thrust at me) come in, vpon the answere, controll your point, and make a full carreere, at the body. The best-practis'd gallants of the time, name it the passada: a most desperate thrust, beleeue it! Well, come, sir. Why, you doe not manage your weapon with any facilitie, or grace to inuite mee: I haue no spirit to play with you. Your dearth of iudgement renders you tedious. But one venue, sir. Venue! Fie. Most grosse denomination, as euer I heard. O, the stoccata, while you liue, sir. Note that. Come, put on your cloke, and wee'll goe to some priuate place, where you are acquainted, some tauerne, or so—and haue a bit— Ile send for one of these Fencers, and hee shall breath you, by my direction; and, then, I will teach you your tricke. You shall kill him with it, at the first, if you please. Why, I will learne you, by the true iudgement of the eye, hand, and foot, to controll any enemies point i' the world. Should your aduersarie confront you with a pistoll, 'twere nothing, by this hand, you should, by the same rule, controll his bullet, in a line: except it were hayle-shot, and spred. What money ha' you about you, Mr. MATTHEW? Faith, I ha' not past a two shillings, or so. 'Tis some what with the least: but, come. We will haue a bunch of redish, and salt, to tast our wine; and a pipe of tbacco, to close the orifice of the stomach: and then, wee'll call vpon yong WEL-BRED. Perhaps wee shall meet the CORIDON, his brother, there: and put him to the question. THOMAS, Come hither, There lyes a note, within vpon my deske, Here, take my key: It is no matter, neither. Where is the Boy? Within, sir, i' the ware-house. Let him tell ouer, straight, that Spanish gold, And weigh it, with th' pieces of eight. Doe you See the deliuery of those siluer stuffes, To Mr. LVCAR. Tell him, if he will, He shall ha' the grogran's, at the rate I told him, And I will meet him, on the Exchange, anon. Good, sir. Doe you see that fellow, brother DOWNE-RIGHT? I, what of him? He is a iewell, brother. I tooke him of a child, vp, at my dore, And christned him, gaue him mine owne name, THOMAS, Since bred him at the Hospitall; where prouing A toward impe, I call'd him home, and taught him So much, as I haue made him my Cashier, And giu'n him, who had none, a surname, CASH: And find him, in his place so full of faith, That, I durst trust my life into his hands. So, would not I in any bastards, brother, As, it is like, he is: although I knew My selfe his father. But you said yo' had somewhat To tell me, gentle brother, what is't? what is't?