Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1604 [1603-1604] (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) · before the Court T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.76 · 502 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Thus is true justice exercised and used, " Woe to the giver when the Bribe's refused. 'tis not their will, to have law worse than war, Where still the poor'st die first, To send a man without a sheet to his grave, Or bury him in his Papers. 'tis not their mind it should be, nor to have A suit hang longer than a man in chains Let him be near so fastened, they least know That are above, the tedious steps below. I thank my time, I do. I long to know what captain this should be: See where the Bane or every cause Returns. 'Sfoot 'tis the captain my father in law, my L. Take heed. The Divorce shall rest then, and the five hundred crowns shall stand in full force and virtue. Then do you wisely Captain. A way sail I, fare thee well. A lusty crack or wind go with thee. But ah! Hah: Remember a Scrivener I'll have him for thee. Why thus am I sought after by all professions; here's a weather beaten Captain, who not long since new married to a Lady widow, would now fain have sued a Divorce between her and him, but that her honesty is his only hindrance: to be rid of which, he does determine to turn her into white money, and there's a Lord his Chapman has bid five hundred Crowns for her already. How? Or for his part, or whole in her. Why, do she leave to sell his wife? His wife? I byth' mass, he would sell his soul if he knew what Merchant would lay out money upon't, and some of 'em have need of one they swear so fast. Why, I never heard of the like. Non audivisti, didst near here of that trick? why Pistor a Baker sold his wife other day to a cheesemonger, that made Cake and Cheese: another to a Cofferer: a third to a common player: why you see 'tis common: near fear the Captain, be has not so much wit to be a president himself: I promised to furnish him with an odd Scrivener of mine own, to draw the bargain, and sale of his Lady, your horses stand here Gentleman. ay, ay, I. I shall be busily plunged till towards bed time, above the chin in profundis. What monstrous days are these? Not only to be vicious, most men study, But in it to be ugly, strive to exceed, Each other in the most deformed deed. Was this her private choice? did she neglect The presence and opinion of her friends, for this? I wonder who that one should be, Should so disgrace that Reverend Name of Lord, So loathsomely to buy Adultery? We may make means to know. Take courage man, we'll beget some defence. I am bound by nature. I by Conscience— To sell his Lady: indeed she was a Beast to marry him, and so he makes of her, come, i'll thorough now I'm entered.
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Length
502 words · 649 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.762 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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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)
Thus is true iuſtice exerciſde and vſde, "Woe to the giuer when the Bribe's refuſde. Tis not their wil, to haue law worſe then warre, Where ſtill the poor'ſt die firſt, To ſend a man without a ſheete to his graue, Or burie him in his Papers. Tis not their minde it ſhould be, nor to haue A ſute hang longer then a man in chaines Let him be nere ſo faſtned, they leaſt know That are aboue, the tedious ſteps below. I thanke my time, I doe. I long to know what captaine this ſhould be: See where the Bane or euery cauſe Returnes. S'foote tis the captaine my father in law, my L. Take heede. The Diuorſe ſhall reſt then, and the fiue hundred crownes ſhall ſtand in full force and vertue. Then doe you wiſely Captaine. A way ſayle I, fare thee well. A luſtie cracke or winde goe with thee. But ah! Hah: Remember a Scriuener Ile haue him for thee. Why thus am I ſought after by all profeſſions; heer's a weather beaten Captaine, who not long ſince newe married to a Ladie widow, would now faine haue ſued a Diuorce betweene her and him, but that her honeſtie is his onely hinderance: to be rid of which, he do's determine to turne her into white mony, and there's a Lord his Chapman has bid fiue hundred Crownes for her alreadie. How? Or for his part, or whole in her. Why, do ſhe eaue to ſell his wife? His wife? I bith maſſe, he would ſell his ſoule if he knew what Merchant would lay out money vppon't, and ſome of 'em haue need of one they ſweare ſo faſt. Why, I neuèr heard of the like. Non audiuiſti, didſtnere heere of that tricke? why Piſtor a Baker ſold his wife tother day to a cheeſemonger, that made Cake and Cheeſe: another to a Coferer: a third to a common player: why you ſee tis cō mon: nere feare the Captaine, be ha's not ſo much witte to bee a praeſident himſelfe: I promiſd to furniſh him with an odde Scriuener of mine owne▪ to draw the bargaine, and ſale of his Lady, your horſes ſtand heere Gentleman. I, I, I. I ſhall bee buſilye plung'd till towards bed time, aboue the chin in profundis. What monſtrous daies are theſe? Not onely to be vicious, moſt men ſtudy, But in it to be vgly, ſtriue to exceed, Each other in the moſte deformed deede. Was this her priuate choice? did ſhee neglect The preſence and opinion of her friends, for this? I wonder who that one ſhould be, Should ſo diſgrace that Reuerend Name of Lord, So loathſomly to buy Adulterie? We may make meanes to knowe. Take courage man, weele beget ſome defence. I am bound by nature. I by Conſcience — To ſell his Lady: indeed ſhe was a Beaſt to marrie him, and ſo he makes of her, come, ile thorowe now 'ime entred.