Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1605 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.75 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Possible! 'sblood 'tis more easy for an oman to be nought, than for a soldier to beg, and that's horrible easy, you know. ay but to coney-catch us all so grossly. Your Norfolk tumblers are but zanies to coney-catching punks. she gelded my purse of fifty pounds in ready money. I will geld all the horses in five hundred shires, but I will ride over her, and her cheaters, and her Hornets; She made a stark Ass of my Coach-horse, and there is a butterbox, whom she spread thick upon her white bread, and eat him up, I think she has sent the poor fellow to Gilderland, but I will marse pravely in and out, and pack again upon all the low countries in Christendom, as Holland and Zeland and Netherland, and Cleveland too, and I will be drunk and cast with master Hans van Belch, but I will smell him out. Do so and we'll draw all our arrows of revenge up to the head but we'll hit her for her villainy. I will traw as better, and as vrse weapons as arrows up to the head, lug you, it shallbe warrants to give her the whip deedle. But now she knows she's discovered, she'll take her bells and fly out of our reach. Fle with her pells! ownds I know a parish that sal tag downe all the pells and sell em to Capten Ienkens, to do him good▪ and if pelle will fly, weele flie too, vnles, the pell-ropes hang vs: will you amble vp and downe to maister Iustice by my side, to haue this rascall Hornet in corum, and so, to make her hold her whoars peace. I'll amble or trot with you Captain: you told me, she threatened her champions should cut for her, if so, we may have the peace of her. O mon du! u dguin! follow your leader, Ienken shall cut, and Slice, as worse as they: come I scorn to have any peace of her, or of any onam, but open wars. What? will these young Gentlemen to help us to catch this fresh Salmon, ha! Philip! are they thy friends. Yes Sir. We are beholding to you Gentlemen that you'll fill our consort I ho seen your faces methinks before; and I cannot inform myself where. May be so Sir. Shalls to horse, here's a tickler: heigh: to horse. Come Switts and Spurs! let's mount our Chevals: merry quoth a. Gentlemen shall I shoot a fools bolt out among you all, because we'll be sure to be merry. What is't? For mirth on the high way, will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails, what say ye to this, let's all practise jests one against another, and he that has the best jest thrown upon him, and is most galled, between our riding forth and coming in, shall bear the charge of the whole journey.
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491 words · 671 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.754 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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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)
Possible! Sould tis more easie for an oman to be naught, than for a soldier to beg, and thats horrible easie, you know. I but to connicatch vs all so grosly. Your Norfolke tumblers are but zanyes to connicatching punckes. Shee gelded my purse of fifty pounds in ready money. I will geld all the horses in fiue hundred Sheires, but I will ride ouer her, and her cheaters, and her Hornets; Shee made a starke Asse of my Coach-horse, and there is a putter-box, whome shee spred thick vpon her white bread, and eate him vp, I thinke shee has sent the poore fellow to Gilderland, but I will marse prauely in and out, and packe agen vpon all the low countries in Christendom, as Holland and Zeland and Netherland, and Cleueland too, and I will be drunke and cast with maister Hans van Belch, but I will smell him out. Doe so and weele draw all our arrowes of reuenge vp to the head but weele hit her for her villany. I will traw as petter, and as vrse weapons as arrewes vp to the head, lug you, it shalbe warrants to giue her the whippe deedle. But now she knowes shees discouered, sheele take her bells and fly out of our reach. Fle with her pells! ownds I know a parish that sal tag downe all the pells and sell em to Capten Ienkens, to do him good▪ and if pelle will fly, weele flie too, vnles, the pell-ropes hang vs: will you amble vp and downe to maister Iustice by my side, to haue this rascall Hornet in corum, and so, to make her hold her whoars peace. Ile amble or trot with you Capten: you told me, she threatened her champions should cut for her, if so, wee may haue the peace of her. O mon du! u dguin! follow your leader, Ienken shall cut, and Slice, as worse as they: come I scorne to haue any peace of her, or of any onam, but open warres. What? will these yong Gentlemen to helpe vs to catch this fresh Salmon, ha! Phillip! are they thy friends. Yes Sir▪ We are beholding to you Gentlmen that youle fill our consort I ho seene your faces me thinkes before; and I cannot informe my selfe where. May be so Sir. Shalls to horse, hears a tickler: heigh: to horse. Come Switts and Spurres! lets mount our Cheualls: merry quoth a. Gentlemen shall I shoote a fooles bolt out among you all, because weele be sure to be merry. What ist? For mirth on the high way, will make vs rid ground faster then if theeues were at our tayles, what say yee to this, lets all practise iests one against another, and hee that has the best iest throwne vpon him, and is most gald, betweene our riding foorth and comming in, shall beare the charge of the whole iourney.