Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1604 [1603-1604] (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) · before the Court T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds typicality 0.87 · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
Your worship begins to talk idly, your bed shall be made presently; if we should not lodge knaves, I wonder how we should be able to live honestly, are there honest men enough think you in a Term time to fill all the Inns in the town, and as far as I can see, a knaves Gelding eats no more hay than an honest man's: nay thieves Gelding eats less, i'll stand to't, his Master allows him a better ordinary: yet I have my eightpence day & night, 'twere more for our profit I was, you were all thieves, if you were so contented: I shall be called for: give your worship's good morrow. A royal knave i'faith: we have happened into a Godly Inn. Assure you my L. they belong all to one church. This should be some old busy turbulent fellow: villainous Law-worm, that eats holes into poor men's causes. May it please your worship to give me leave? I give you leave sir, you have your Veniam, now fill me a brown toast sirrah. Will you have no drink to't sir? Is that a question in law? Yes, in the lowest Court: i'th' cellar sir. Let me ha't removed presently sir. It shall be done sir. Now as you were saying Sir, i'll come to you immediately too. Oh very well sir: I'm a little busy sir, But as how sir? I pray sir? Has brought me into the Court, marry my adversary has not declared yet. Non declaravit Aduersarius sayst thou: what a Villain's that, I have a trick to do thee good: I will get thee out a Prox, & make him declare with a Pox to him. That will make him declare to his fore grief, I thank your good worship: but put case he do declare? Si declarasset, If he should declare there, I would be loath to stand out to the judgement of that Court Non ad judicium, do you fear corruption? then i'll relieve you again: you shall get a Suersedias, Non molest andam; and remove it higher her. Very good. Now if it should ever come to a Testificandum, what be his witnesses? I little fear his witnesses. Non metuis testes? more valiant man then Orestes Please you sir to dissolve this into Wine, Ale, or Beer, I come a hundred mile to you I protest, and leave all other counsel behind me. Nay you shall always find me a sound Card, I stood not ath Pillory for nothing in eighty eight, all the world knows that: now let me dispatch you sir; I come to you Presenter. Faith the party hath removed both body and cause with a habeas corpus. Has he that knavery? But has he put in bail above canst tell? That I can assure your worship, he has not. Why then thy best course shall be, to lay out more money, take out a Procedendo, and bring down the cause and him with a Vengeance.
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Length
499 words · 648 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T47 — Knaves, thieves and bawdscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.865 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T46 · seed 44: T41 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Your worſhip begins to talke idlely, your bed ſhall be made preſently; if we ſhould not lodge knaues, I wonder how we ſhould bee able to liue honeſtlye, are there honeſt men enough thinke you in a Terme time to fill all the Innes in the towne, and as far as I can ſee▪ a knaues Gelding eats no more hay then an honeſt mans: nay theeues Gelding eates leſſe, ile ſtād too't, his Maiſter allowes him a better Ordnarie: yet I haue my eightpece day & night, twere more for our profit I wus, you were all theeues, if you were ſo contented: I ſhall bee cald for: giue your worſhips good morrow. A royall knaue y faith: wee haue hapned into a Godly Inne. Aſſure you my L. they belong al to one church. This ſhold be ſome olde buſie turbulent fellowe: villanous Law-worme, that eates holes into poore mēs cauſes. May it pleaſe your worſhip to giue me leaue? I giue you leaue ſir, you haue your Veniam, now fill me a browne Toſte ſirha. Will you haue no drink too't ſir? Is that a queſtion in lawe? Yes, in the loweſt Court: 'ith Sellor ſir. Let me haa't remou'd preſently ſir. It ſhall bee done ſir. Now as you were ſaying Sir, ile come to you immediately too. Oh verie wel ſir: I'me a little buſie ſir, But as how ſir? I pray ſir? Ha's brought me into the Court, marry my aduerſarie ha's not declarde yet. Non declarauit Aduerſarius ſaiſt thou: what a Villain's that, I haue a tricke to doe thee good: I will get thee out a Proxe, & make him declare with a Poxe to him. That wil make him declare to his fore griefe, I thank your good worſhip: but put caſe he doe declare? Si declaraſſet, If he ſhould declare there, I would be loath to ſtād out to the iudgement of that Court Non ad iudicium, doe you feare corruption? then ile releeue you agaen: you ſhall get a Superſdiae, Non moleſt andam; and it big her. Verie good. Now if it ſhould euer come to a Teſtificandum, what be his witneſſes? I little feare his witneſſes. Non metuis teſtes? more valiant man then Oreſtes Pleaſe you ſir to diſſolue this into Wine, Ale, or Beere, I come a hundred mile to you I proteſt, and leaue all other counſell behind me. Nay you ſhal alwayes finde me a ſound Card, I ſtoode not ath Pillorie for nothing in eightie eight, all the world knowes that: now let me diſpatch you ſir; I come to you Preſenter. Faith the partie hath remou'd both bodie and cauſe with a habeas corpus. Has he that knauerie? But has hee put in baile aboue canſt tell? That I can aſſure your worſhip, he has not. Why then thy beſt courſe ſhall be, to lay out more money, take out a Procedendo, and bring downe the cauſe and him with a Vengeance.