Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim typicality 0.82 · 487 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
No doubt of that, sweet feature, your carriage shows it in any man's eye, that is carried upon you with judgement. Dear wife, be not angry. God's my passion! Hear me but one thing; let not your maids set cushions in the parlour windows; nor in the dining-chamber windows; nor upon stools, in either of them, in any case; for 'tis tavern-like; but lay them one upon another, in some outroom, or corner of the dining-chamber. Go, go, meddle with your bedchamber only, or rather with your bed in your chamber, only; or rather with your wife in your bed only; or on my faith, I'll not be pleased with you only. Look here, my dear wife, entertain that gentleman kindly, I pray thee,— mum. Go, I need your instructions indeed; anger me no more, I advise you. citizen, quotha! she's a wise gentlewoman i'faith, will marry herself to the sin of the city. But this time, and no more (by heaven) wife: hang no pictures in the hall, nor in the dining-chamber, in any case, but in the gallery only, for 'tis not courtly else, o' my word, wife. 'Sprecious, never have done! Wife.— Do I not bear a reasonable corrigible hand over him, CRISPINUS? By this hand, lady, you hold a most sweet hand over him. And then for the great gilt andirons?— Again! would the andirons were in your great guts, for me. I do vanish, wife. How shall I do, Master CRISPINUS? here will be all the bravest ladies in court presently, to see your cousin CYTHERIS: O the gods! how might I behave myself now, as to entertain them most courtly? marry, lady, if you will entertain them most courtly, you must do thus: as soon as ever your maid, or your man brings you word they are come; you must say (A pox on 'em, what do they here.) And yet when they come, speak them as fair, and give them the kindest welcome in words, that can be. Is that the fashion of courtiers, CRISPINUS? I assure you, it is, lady, I have observed it. For your pox, sir, it is easily hit on; but, 'tis not so easily to speak fair after, methinks? O wife, the coaches are come, on my word, a number of coaches, and courtiers. A pox on them: what do they here? How now wife! wouldst thou not have 'em come? Come? come, you are a fool, you: He knows not the trick on't. Call CYTHERIS, I pray you: and good master CRISPINUS, you can observe, you say; let me entreat you for all the ladies behaviours, jewels, jests, and attires, that you marking as well as I, we may put both our marks together, when they are gone, and confer of them. I warrant you, sweet lady; let me alone to observe, till I turn myself to nothing but observation. Good morrow cousin CYTHERIS.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 363–387 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 11 of 57 in this edition
Length
487 words · 694 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T16 — Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complimentcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.817 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T29 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
No doubt of that, sweet feature, your carriage shewes it in any mans eye, that is carried vpon you with iudgement. Deare wife, be not angry. God's my passion! Heare me but one thing; let not your maydes set cushions in the parlor windowes; nor in the dyning-chamber windowes; nor vpon stooles, in eyther of them, in any case; for 'tis tauerne-like; but lay them one vpon another, in some out-roome, or corner of the dyning-chamber. Goe, goe, meddle with your bed-chamber onely, or rather with your bed in your chamber, onely; or rather with your wife in your bed onely; or on my faith, I'le not be pleas'd with you onely. Looke here, my deare wife, entertaine that gentleman kindly, I pre' thee,—mum. Goe, I need your instructions indeede; anger mee no more, I aduise you. Citi-sin, quoth'a! she's a wise gentlewoman yfaith, will marrie her selfe to the sinne of the citie. But this time, and no more (by heauen) wife: hang no pictures in the hall, nor in the dyning-chamber, in any case, but in the gallerie onely, for 'tis not courtly else, o' my word, wife. 'Sprecious, neuer haue done! Wife.— Doe I not beare a reasonable corrigible hand ouer him, CRISPINVS? By this hand, ladie, you hold a most sweet hand ouer him. And then for the great gilt andyrons?— Againe! would the andyrons were in your great guttes, for mee. I doe vanish, wife. How shall I doe, Master CRISPINVS? here will bee all the brauest ladies in court presently, to see your cousin CYTHERIS: Ô the gods! how might I behaue my selfe now, as to entertayne them most courtly? Mary, ladie, if you will entertaine them most courtly, you must doe thus: as soone as euer your maide, or your man brings you word they are come; you must say (A poxe on 'hem, what doe they here.) And yet when they come, speake them as faire, and giue them the kindest welcome in wordes, that can be. Is that the fashion of courtiers, CRISPINVS? I assure you, it is, ladie, I haue obseru'd it. For your poxe, sir, it is easily hit on; but, 'tis not so easily to speake faire after, me thinkes? O wife, the coaches are come, on my word, a number of coaches, and courtiers. A poxe on them: what doe they here? How now wife! wouldst thou not haue 'hem come? Come? come, you are a foole, you: He knowes not the trick on't. Call CYTHERIS, I pray you: and good master CRISPINVS, you can obserue, you say; let me intreat you for all the ladies behauiours, iewels, iests, and attires, that you marking as well as I, we may put both our markes together, when they are gone, and conferre of them. I warrant you, sweet ladie; let mee alone to obserue, till I turne my selfe to nothing but obseruation. Good morrow cousin CYTHERIS.