Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1605 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T41 Household service: masters, doors and po typicality 0.74 · 502 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T41: master, house, door, iohn, old, mistress, basket, lord, gentleman, ick.
Ick vare well God danke you: Nay I'm an apt scholar and can take. Datt is good, dott is good: Ick can néet stay long: for Ick heben skip come now upon de vater: O mine schoomen vro, we sall dance lanteera, teera, and sing Ick brinks to you min here, van:— what man is dat uro. Nay pray sir on. Wat honds foot is dat Dorothy. 'tis my father. Gotts Sacrament! your vader! why seyghen you niet so to me! mine heart 'tis mine all great desire, to call you mine vader ta for Ick love dis schonen vro your dochterkin. Sir you are welcome in the way of honesty. Ick bedanck you: Ick heb so ghe founden vader. What's your name I pray. Mun nom been Hans van Belch. Hans Van Belch! Yau, yau, 'tis so, 'tis so, de drunken man is alteet remember me. Do you play the merchant, son Belch. Yau vader: Ick heb de skip swim now upon de vater if you endouty, go up in de little Skip dat go so, and be pulled up to Wapping, Ick shall bear you on my back, and hang you about min neck into min groet Skip. He Says Doll, he would have thee to Wapping and hang thee. No Father I understand him, but master Hans, I would not be seen hanging about any man's neck, to be counted his jewel, for any gold. Is your father living Master Hans. Yau, yau, min vader heb schonen husen in Ausburgh groet mine hear is mine vaders brother, mine vader heb land, and been full of see, dat is beasts, cattle He's lousy belike. Min vader been be grotest fooker in all Ausbrough. The greatest what? Fooker he says. Out upon him. Yaw yaw, fooker is en groet min here he's en elderman vane City, gets sacrament, what is de clock? Ick met stay. Call his watch before you, if you can. Her's a pretty thing: do these wheels spin up the hours! what's o'clock. Acht: yaw 'tis acht. We can hear neither clock, nor Iack going, we dwell in such a place that I fear I shall never find the way to Church, because the bells hang so far; Such a watch as this, would make me go down with the Lamb, and be up with the Lark. Seghen you so, dor it to. O fie: I do but jest, for in truth I could never abide a watch. Gotts sacrament, Ick niet heb it any more. another peal! good father launch out this hollander. Come Master Belch, I will bring you to the waterside, perhaps to Wapping, and there i'll leave you. Ick bedanck you vader. They say Whores and bawds go by clocks, but what a Manasses is this to buy twelve hours so dearly, and then be begged out of'em so easily? he'll be out at heels shortly sure for he's out about the clocks already: O foolish young man how dost thou spend thy time?
seed 43: T27 · seed 44: T21 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Ick vare well God danke you: Nay Ime an apt scholler and can take. Datt is good, dott is good: Ick can néet stay long: for Ick hben skip come now vpon de vater: O mine schoomen vro, wee sall dance lanteera, teera, and sing Ick brincks to you min here, van: —wat man is dat vro. Nay pray sir on. Wat honds foot is dat Dorrothy. Tis my father. Gotts Sacrament! your vader! why seyghen you niet so to me! mine heart tis mine all great desire, to call you mine vader ta for Ick loue dis schonen vro your dochterkin. Sir you are welcome in the way of honesty. Ick bedanck you: Ick heb so ghe founden vader. Whats your name I pray. Mun nom bin Hans van Belch. Hans Van Belch! Yau, yau, tis so, tis so, de dronken man is alteet remenber me. Doe you play the marchant, sonne Belch. Yau vader: Ick heb de skip swim now vpon de vater if you endouty, goe vp in de little Skip dat goe so, and bée puld vp to Wapping, Ick sal beare you on my backe, and hang you about min neck into min groet Skip. He Sayes Doll, he would haue thee to Wapping and hang thee. No Father I vnderstand him, but maister Hans, I would not be seene hanging about any mans neck, to be counted his Iewell, for any gold. Is your father liuing Maister Hans. Yau, yau, min vader heb schonen husen in Ausburgh groet mine heare is mine vaders broder, mine vader heb land, and bin full of see, dat is beasts, cattell He's lowzy be-like. Min vader bin be grotest fooker in all Ausbrough. The greatest what? Fooker he saies. Out vpon him. Yaw yaw, fooker is en groet min here hees en elderman vane Citty, gots sacrament, wat is de clock? Ick met stay. Call his watch before you, if you can. Her's a pretty thing: do these wheeles spin vp the houres! what's a clock. Acht: yaw tis acht. We can heare neither clock, nor Iack going, wee dwell in such a place that I feare I shall neuer finde the way to Church, because the bells hang so farre; Such a watch as this, would make me go downe with the Lamb, and be vp with the Larke. Seghen you so, dor it to. O fie: I doe but iest, for in trueth I could neuer abide a watch. Gotts sacrament, Ick niet heb it any more. An other peale! good father lanch out this hollander. Come Maister Belch, I will bring you to the water-side, perhaps to Wapping, and there ile leaue you. Ick bedanck you vader. They say Whores and bawdes go by clocks, but what a Manasses is this to buy twelue houres so deerely, and then bee begd out of'em so easily? heele be out at heeles shortly sure for he's out about the clockes already: O foolish young man how doest thou spend thy time?