Jonson, Ben · published 1602 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) · Blackfriars T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.85 · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
What? no more? Come, thou shalt release him, Minos: what, I'll be his Bail, thou shalt take my word, Old boy, and Cashier these Furies: thou shalt do't, I say thou shalt, little Minos, thou shalt. Yes, and as I am a Gentleman and a Reveller, I'll make a piece of Poetry and absolve all, within these five days. Come, Minos is not to learn how to use a Gentleman of quality, I know; My sword: If he pay thee not, I will, and I must, old boy. Thou shalt be my Apothecary too: hast good Eryngoes, Minos? The best in Rome, sir. Go too, then Vermine, know the house. I warrant you Colonel. For this Gentleman, Minos? I'll take your word, Captain. Thou hast it, my sword. Yes sir: but you must discharge the arrest, Master Crispinus. How, Minos? look in the Gentleman's face, and but read his silence. Pay, pay; 'tis honour, Minos. By Ioue, sweet Captain, you do most infinitely endear, and oblige me to you. Tut, I cannot compliment, by Mars; but Iupiter love me, as I love good words, & good clothes, and there's an end. Thou shalt give my boy that girdle & hangers, when thou hast worn them a little more. O Iupiter! Captain, he ' shall have them now, presently; Please you to be acceptive, young Gentleman. Yes sir, fear not; I shall accept: I have a pretty foolish humour of taking, if you knew all. Not now, you shall not take, boy. By my truth, and earnest, but a'shal Captain, by your leave. Nay, and a ' swear by his truth, take it boy: do not make a Gentleman forsworn. Well sir, there is your sword; but thank Master Minos: you had not carried it as you do, else. Minos is just, and you are knaves, and— What say you sir? Pass on, my good Scoundrel, pass on, I honour thee: But, that I hate to have Action with such base Rogues as these; you should ha' scene me unrip their noses now, and have sent 'em to the next Barbers, to stitching: for, do you see? I am a man of Humour, and I do love the Varlet, the honest Varlets; they have Wit, and Valour, and are indeed good profitable— Arrant Rogues, as any live in an Empire. Dost thou hear, Poetaster? second me. Stand up; Minos, close, gather, yet; so. Sir, (thou shalt have a quarter share, be resolute) you shall at my request take Minos by the hand here: little Minos, I will have it so; All friends, and a health; Be not inexorable: and thou shalt impart the wine, Old boy, thou shalt do't, little Minos, thou shalt: make us pay it in our Physic. What? we must live and honour the Gods sometimes; now Bacchus, now Comus, now Priapus; every God a little. What's he, that stalks by, there? Boy, Pyrgus, you were best let him pass, Sirrah; do Leveret, let him pass, do.
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Length
499 words · 742 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.847 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
VVhat? no more? Come, thou ſhalt releaſe him, Minos: what, Ile be his Bayle, thou ſhalt take my worde, Old boy, and Caſheere theſe Furies: thou ſhalt do't, I ſay thou ſhalt, little Minos, thou ſhalt. Yes, and as I am a Gentleman and a Reueller, Ile make a peece of Poetry and abſolue all, within theſe fiue daies. Come, Minos is not to learne how to vſe a Gent'man of qualitie, I know; My ſworde: If he pay thee not, I will, and I muſt, old boy. Thou ſhalt be my Pothecary too: ha'ſt good Eringo's, Minos? The beſt in Rome, ſir. Goe too, then Vermine, knowe the houſe. I warrant you Collonell. For this Gentleman, Minos? Ile take your word, Captaine. Thou haſt it, my ſword. Yes ſir: but you muſt diſcharge the arreſt, Maſter Crispinus. How, Minos? looke in the Gentlemans face, and but reade his ſilence. Pay, pay; 'tis honour, Minos. By Ioue, ſweete Captaine, you do moſt infinitely endeare, and oblige me to you. Tut, I cannot complement, by Mars; but Iupiter loue me, as I loue good wordes, & good cloathes, and there's an end. Thou ſhalt giue my boy that girdle & hangers, when thou haſt worne them a little more. O Iupiter! Captaine, he 'ſhall haue them now, preſently; Pleaſe you to be acceptiue, young Gentleman. Yes ſir, feare not; I ſhall accept: I haue a prettie fooliſh humor of taking, if you knewe all. Not now, you ſhall not take, boy. By my truth, and earneſt, but a'ſhal Captaine, by your leaue. Nay, and a 'ſweare by his trueth, take it boy: doe not make a Gentleman forſworne. Well ſir, there is your ſworde; but thanke Maſter Minos: you had not carried it as you doe, elſe. Minos is iuſt, and you are knaues, and— What ſay you ſir? Paſſe on, my good Scoundrell, paſſe on, I honour thee: But, that I hate to haue Action with ſuch baſe Rogues as theſe; you ſhould ha' ſcene me vnrip their noſes now, and haue ſent 'hem to the next Barbers, to ſtitching: for, doe you ſee? I am a man of Humor, and I doe loue the Varlettes, the honeſt Varlets; they haue Wit, and Valor, and are indeede good profitable — Arrant Rogues, as any liue in an Empire. Doeſt thou hear, Poetaſter? ſecond me. Stand vp; Minos, cloſe, gather, yet; ſo. Sir, (thou ſhalt haue a quarter ſhare, be reſolute) you ſhal at my requeſt take Minos by the hand here: little Minos, I will haue it ſo; All friends, and a health; Be not inexorable: and thou ſhalt impart the wine, Old boy, thou ſhalt do't, little Minos, thou ſhalt: make vs pay it in our Phyſicke. What? wee muſt liue and honour the Gods ſometimes; now Bacchus, now Comus, now Priapus; euery God a little. What's hee, that ſtalkes by, there? Boy, Pyrgus, you were beſt let him paſſe, Sirrah; do Leueret, let him paſſe, doe.