Shakespeare, William · published 1630 · first performed or written 1597 [Apr 23] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.80 · 522 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
I'faith but you do in my mind. Well: I do then; yet I say, I could show you to the contrary; O mistress Page, give me some counsel. What's the matter, woman? O woman; if it were not for one trifling respect, I could come to such honour. Hang the trifle (woman) take the honour; what is it? Dispense with trifles; what is it? If I would but go to hell, for an eternal moment, or so; I could be knighted. What thou liest? Sir Alice Ford? these Knights will hack, and so thou shouldst not alter the article of thy Gentry. We burn daylight; here, read, read; perceive how I might be knighted, I shall think the worse of fat men, as long as I have an eye to make difference of men's liking; and yet he would not swear: praise women's modesty; and gave such orderly and welbehaued reproof to all uncomeliness, that I would have sworn his disposition would have gone to the truth of his words: but they do no more adhere and keep place together, than the hundred psalms to the tune of Greene-sleeues: What tempest (I troa) threw this Whale, (with so many Tuns of oil in his belly) a'shoare at Windsor? How shall I be revenged on him? I think the best way were, to entertain him with hope, till the wicked fire of lust have melted him in his own grease. Did you ever hear the like? Letter for letter; but that the name of Page and Ford differs; to thy great comfort in this mystery of ill opinions, here's the twyn-brother of thy Letter; but let thine inherit first, for I protest mine never shall: I warrant he hath a thousand of these Letters, writ with blank space for different names (sure more) & these are of the second edition; he will print them out of doubt, for he cares not what he puts into the press, when he would put us two; I had rather be a giantess & lie under Mount Pelion. Well; I will find you twenty lascioious Turtles ere one chaste man. Why this is the very same; the very hand, the very words, what doth he think of us? Nay I know not; it makes me almost ready to wrangle with mine own honesty; I'll entertain myself like one that I am not acquainted withal, for sure unless he know some strain in me, that I know not myself, he would never have boarded me in this fury. Boarding, call you it? I'll be sure to keep him above deck. So will I, if he come under my hatches, I'll never to Sea again. Let's be revenged on him; let's appoint him a meeting, give him a show of comfort in his suit, and lead him on with a fine baited delay, till he hath pawned his horses to mine Host of the Garter. Nay, I will consent to act any villainy against him, that may not sully the chariness of our honesty; oh that my husband saw this Letter; it would give eternal food to his jealousy.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 277–290 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 10 of 42 in this edition
Length
522 words · 679 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T13 — Knights, squires and ladiesreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.802 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
'Faith but you doe in my minde. Well: I doe then; yet I ſay, I could ſhew you to the contrary; O Miſtris Page, giue mee ſome counſaile. What's the matter, woman? O woman; if it were not for one trifling reſpect, I could come to ſuch honour. Hang the trifle (woman) take the honour; what is it? diſpence with trifles; what is it? If I would but goe to hell, for an eternall moment, or ſo; I could be knighted. What thou lieſt? Sir Alice Ford? theſe Knights will hacke, and ſo thou ſhouldſt not alter the article of thy Gentry. Wee burne day-light; heere, read, read; perceiue how I might be knighted, I ſhall thinke the worſe of fat men, as long as I haue an eye to make difference of mens liking; and yet hee would not ſweare: praiſe womens modeſty; and gaue ſuch orderly and welbehaued reproofe to all vncomelineſſe, that I would haue ſworn his diſpoſition would haue gone to the truth of his words: but they doe no more adhere and keepe place together, then the hundred Pſalmes to the tune of Greeneſleeues: What tempeſt (I troa) threw this Whale, (with ſo many Tuns of oyle in his belly) a'ſhoare at Windſor? How ſhall I be reuenged on him? I thinke the beſt way were, to entertaine him with hope, till the wicked fire of luſt haue melted him in his owne greaſe. Did you euer heare the like? Letter for letter; but that the name of Page and Ford differs; to thy great comfort in this myſtery of ill opinions, heer's the twyn-brother of thy Letter; but let thine inherit firſt, for I proteſt mine neuer ſhall: I warrant hee hath a thouſand of theſe Letters, writ with blancke ſpace for different names (ſure more) & theſe are of the ſecond edition; he wil print them out of doubt, for he cares not what he puts into the preſſe, when he would put vs two; I had rather be a Gianteſſe & lye vnder Mount elion. Well; I will finde you twentie laſcioious Turtles ere one chaſte man. Why this is the very ſame; the very hand, the very words, what doth he thinke of vs? Nay I know not; it makes me almoſt readie to wrangle with mine owne honeſty; Ile entertaine my ſelfe like one that I am not acquainted withall, for ſure vnleſſe hee know ſome ſtraine in mee, that I know not my ſelfe, hee would neuer haue boorded me in this furie. Boording, call you it? Ile be ſure to keepe him aboue decke. So will I, if hee come vnder my hatches, Ile neuer to Sea againe. Let's be reueng'd on him; let's appoint him a meeting, giue him a ſhow of comfort in his Suite, and lead him on with a fine baited delay, till hee hath pawn'd his horſes to mine Hoſt of the Garter. Nay, I will conſent to act any villany againſt him, that may not ſully the charineſſe of our honeſty; oh that my husband ſaw this Letter; it would giue eternall food to his iealouſie.