The Woman Hater (The Hungry Courtier) · chunk 31 of 46
Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T35 Fools, wit and railing typicality 0.83 · 471 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T35: fool, wit, aristippus, achilles, wise, fools, patroclus, thersites, master, men.
Sir, but that in modesty I am bound not to affect mine own commendation, I would inquire it of you? Sure you are very honest, and yet ye have a kind of modest fear to show it: do not deny it, that face of yours, is a worthy learned modest face. Sir, I can blush. Virtue and Grace are always paired together: but I will leave to stir your blood Sir, and now to our business. Forget not my instructions. I apprehend ye Sir, I will gather myself together, with my best phrases, and so I shall discourse in some sort takingly. This was well worded Sir, and like a Scholar. The Muses favour me as my intents are virtuous; Sir ye shall be my tutor, 'tis never to late Sir to love learning: when I can once speak true latin— What do you intend Sir? Marry I will then beggar all your Bawdy writers, and undertake at the peril of my own invention, all Pageants, poesies for Chimneys, Speeches for the Duke's entertainment, whensoever and whatsoever; nay I will build at mine own charge, an Hospital, to which shall retire, all diseased opinions, all broken Poets, all Prose-men that are fallen from small sense, to mere letters; and it shall be lawful, for a Lawyer, if he be a civil man, though a have undone others & himself by the language; to retire to this poor life, and learn to be honest. Sir ye are very good, and very charitable: ye are a true pattern for the City Sir. Sir, I do know sufficiently their shop-books cannot save them, there is a further end— Oh: Sir much may be done by manuscript. I do confess it Sir, provided still they be canonical, and have some worthy hands set to 'em for probation: but we forget ourselves. Sir enter when you please, and all good language tip your tongue. All that love learning pray for my good success. Boy, whereabouts are we? Sir by all tokens this is the house, bawdy I am sure by the broken windows, the fish head is within, if ye dare venture, here you may surprise it. The misery of man may fitly be compared to a Didapper, who when she is under water past our sight, and indeed can seem no more to us, rises again, shakes but herself, and is the same she was; so is it still with transitory man, this day: oh but an hour since, & I was mighty, mighty in knowledge, mighty in my hopes, mighty in blessed means, and was so truly happy, that I durst a said, live Lazarello, and be satisfied: but now— Sir ye are yet a float and may recover, be not your own wrack, here lies the harbour, go in and ride at ease.
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Length
471 words · 597 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T35 — Fools, wit and railingcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.829 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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)
Sir, but that in modestie I am bound not to affect mine own commendation, I would inquire it of you? Sure you are very honest, and yet yee haue a kind of modest feare to shew it: doe not deny it, that face of yours, is a worthy learned modest face. Sir, I can blush. Vertue and Grace are alwaies paird together: but I will leaue to stir your blood Sir, and now to our busines. Forget not my instructions. I apprehend ye Sir, I will gather my selfe together, with my best phrases, and so I shall discourse in some sort takingly. This was well worded Sir, and like a Scholer. The Muses fauor me as my entents are vertuous; Sir ye shall be my tutor, tis neuer to late Sir to loue learning: when I can once speake true latine — What do you intend Sir? Marry I will then begger all your Bawdy writers, and vndertake at the perrill of my owne inuention, all Pageants, poesies for Chimnies, Speeches for the Dukes entertainment, whensoeuer and whatsoeuer; nay I will builde at mine owne charge, an Hospital, to which shall retyer, all diseased opinions, all broken Poets, all Prose-men that are fallen from small sence, to meere letters; and it shall be lawfull, for a Lawyer, if he bee a ciuill man, though a haue vndone others & himselfe by the language; to retyre to this poore life, and learne to be honest. Sir ye are very good, and very charitable: ye are a true patterne for the Citie Sir. Sir, I do knowe sufficiently their shop-bookes cannot saue them, there is a further end— Oh: Sir much may be done by manescript. I do confesse it Sir, prouided still they be canonicoll, and haue some worthy handes set to vm for probation: but we forget our selues. Sir enter when you please, and all good language typpe your tongue. All that loue learning pray for my good successe. Boy, where abouts are we? Sir by all tokens this is the house, bawdy I am sure by the broken windowes, the fish head is within, if ye dare venture, here you may surprise it. The miserie of man may fitly bee compared to a Didapper, who when shee is vnder water past our sight, and indeed can seeme no more to vs, rises againe, shakes but her selfe, and is the same she was; so is it stil with transsitorie man, this day: oh but an howre since, & I was mighty, mighty in knowledge, mighty in my hopes, mightie in blessed meanes, and was so truly happie, that I durst a said, liue Lazarello, and be satisfied: but now— Sir ye are yet a flote and may recouer, be not your owne wracke, here lies the harbor, goe in and ride at ease.