Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.79 · 507 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Nay, I'll neither do your judgement, nor his folly that wrong, as to prepare your apprehension: I'll leave him to the mercy o' your search, if you can take him, so. Well, Captain BOBADILL, Mr. MATTHEW, pray you know this gentleman here, he is a friend of mine, and one that will deserve your affection. I know not your name sir, but I shall be glad of any occasion, to render me more familiar to you My name is Mr. STEPHEN, sir, I am this gentleman's own cousin, sir, his father is mine uncle, sir, I am somewhat melancholy, but you shall command me, sir, in whatsoever is incident to a gentleman. Sir, I must tell you this, I am no general man, but for Mr. WEL-BRED'S sake (you may embrace it, at what height of favour you please) I do communicate with you: and conceive you, to be a gentleman of some parts, I love few words. And I fewer, sir. I have scarce enough, to thank you. But are you indeed. Sir? so given to it? ay, truly, sir, I am mightily given to melancholy. Oh, it's your only fine humour, sir, your true melancholy, breeds your perfect fine wit, sir: I am melancholy myself divers times, sir, and then do I no more but take pen, and paper presently, and overflow you half a score, or a dozen of sonnets, at a sitting. Sure, he utters them then, by the gross.) Truly sir, and I love such things, out of measure. i'faith, better than in measure, I'll undertake. Why, I pray you, sir, make use of my study, it's at your service. I thank you sir, I shall be bold, I warrant you; have you a stool there, to be melancholy upon? That I have, sir, and some papers there of mine own doing, at idle hours, that you'll say there's some sparks of wit in 'em, when you see them. Would the sparks would kindle once, and become a fire amongst 'em, I might see self-love burnt for her heresy. Cousin, is it well? am I melancholy enough? Oh ay, excellent! Captain BOBADILL: why muse you so? He is melancholy, too. Faith, sir, I was thinking of a most honourable piece of service, was performed tomorrow, being St. MARKS day: shall be some ten years, now? In what place, Captain? Why, at the beleag'ring of Strigonium, 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 leaguer, that ever I beheld, with these eyes, except the taking in of— what do you call it, last year, by the Genowayes, but that (of all other) was the most fatal, and dangerous exploit, that ever I was ranged in, since I first bore arms before the face of the enemy, as I am a gentleman, & soldier. so, I had as lief, as an angel, I could swear as well as that gentleman!
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Position
nodes 706–728 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 22 of 53 in this edition
Length
507 words · 703 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.788 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Nay, Ile neither doe your iudgement, nor his folly that wrong, as to prepare your apprehension: Ile leaue him to the mercy o' your search, if you can take him, so. Well, Captaine BOBADILL, Mr. MATTHEW, pray you know this gentleman here, he is a friend of mine, and one that will deserue your affection. I know not your name sir, but I shall be glad of any occasion, to render me more familiar to you My name is Mr. STEPHEN, sir, I am this gentlemans owne cousin, sir, his father is mine vnckle, sir, I am somewhat melancholy, but you shall command me, sir, in what soeuer is incident to a gentleman. Sir, I must tell you this, I am no generall man, but for Mr. WEL-BRED'S sake (you may embrace it, at what height of fauour you please) I doe communicate with you: and conceiue you, to bee a gentleman of some parts, I loue few wordes. And I fewer, sir. I haue scarce inow, to thanke you. But are you indeed. Sir? so giuen to it? I, truely, sir, I am mightily giuen to melancholy. Oh, it's your only fine humour, sir, your true melancholy, breeds your perfect sine wit, sir: I am melancholy my selfe diuers times, sir, and then doe I no more but take pen, and paper presently, and ouerflow you halfe a score, or a dozen of sonnets, at a sitting. Sure, he vtters them then, by the grosse.) Truely sir, and I loue such things, out of measure. I faith, better then in measure, Ile vnder-take. Why, I pray you, sir, make vse of my studie, it's at your seruice. I thanke you sir, I shall bee bold, I warrant you; haue you a stoole there, to be melancholy' vpon? That I haue, sir, and some papers there of mine owne doing, at idle houres, that you'le say there's some sparkes of wit in 'hem, when you see them. Would the sparkes would kindle once, and become a fire aongst 'hem, I might see selfe-loue burn't for her heresie. Cousin, is it well? am I melancholy inough? Oh I, excellent! Captaine BOBADILL: why muse you so? He is melancholy, too. Faith, sir, I was thinking of a most honorable piece of seruice, was perform'd tomorrow, being St. MARKES day: shall bee some ten yeeres, now? In what place, Captaine? Why, at the beleag'ring of Strigonium, where, in lesse then two houres, seuen hundred resolute gentlemen, as any were in Europe, lost their liues vpon the breach. Ile tell you, gentlemen, it was the first, but the best leagure, that euer I beheld, with these eies, except the taking in of—what doe you call it, last yeere, by the Genowayes, but that (of all other) was the most fatall, and dangerous exploit, that euer I was rang'd in, since I first bore armes before the face of the enemie, as I am a gentleman, & souldier. 'So, I had as liefe, as an angell, I could sweare as well as that gentleman!