The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Puritan Widow) · chunk 33 of 37
Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.81 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
O Mistress, Gentlemen, there's the bravest sight coming along this way. What brave sight? Oh, one going to burying, & another going to hanging. A rueful sight. 'sfoot Captain, I'll pawn my life the Corporal's coffined, and old Skirmish the soldier going to execution, & 'tis now full about the time of his walking; hold out a little longer sleepy potion, and we shall have exc'llent admiration; for I'll take upon me the cure of him. Oh here they come, here they come! Now must I close secretly with the Soldier, prevent his impatience, or else all's discovered? O lamentable seeing, these were those Brothers, that fought and bled before our door. What they were not Sister? George, look to't, I'll peach at Tyburn else. Mum,— Gentles all, vouchsafe me audience, and you especially Master Sheriff: Yond man is bound to execution, Because he wounded this that now lies coffined? True, true, he shall have the law,— and I know the law? But under favour Master Sheriff, if this man had been cured and safe again, he should have been released then? Why make you question of that Sir? Then I release him freely, and will take upon me the death that he should die, if within a little season, I do not cure him to his proper health again. How Sir? recover a dead man? That were most strange of all. Sweet Sir, I love you dearly, and could wish my best part yours,— oh do not undertake such an impossible venture. Love you me; then for your sweet sake I'll do't: Let me entreat the corpse to be set down. Bearers set down the Coffin,— this were wonderful, and worthy Stow's Chronicle. I pray bestow the freedom of the air, upon our wholesome Art,— mass, his cheeks begin to receive natural warmth: nay good Corporal wake betime, or I shall have a longer sleep than you,— 'sfoot if he should prove dead indeed now, he were fully revenged upon me for making a property on him, yet I had rather run upon the Ropes, then have the Rope like a Tetter run upon me, oh— he stirs— he stirs again— look Gentlemen, he recovers, he starts, he rises. Oh, oh, defend us— out alas. Nay pray be still; you'll make him more giddy else,— he knows nobody yet. zounds: who am I? covered with Snow? I marvel? Nay I knew he would swear the first thing he did, as soon as ever he came to his life again. 'sfoot Hostess— some hot Porridge,— oh, oh, lay on a dozen of Faggots in the Moon parlour, there. Lady, you must needs take a little pity of him i'faith, and send him in to your Kitchen fire. Oh, with all my heart sir, Nicholas and Frailty, help to bear him in. Bear him in, quotha, pray call out the Maids, I shall near have the heart to do't indeed la.
nodes 900–931 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 33 of 37 in this edition
Length
490 words · 666 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.814 (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)
O Mistris, Gentlemen, there's the brauest sight comming along this way. What braue sight? Oh, one going to burying, & another going to hanging. A ruefull sight. Sfoot Captaine, Ile pawne my life the Corporals coffind, and old Skirmish the souldier going to execution, & 'tis now full about the time of his walking; hold out a little longer sleepie potion, and we shall haue exlent admiration; for Ile take vpon me the cure of him. Oh here they come, here they come! Now must I close secretly with the Souldier, preuent his impatience, or else all's discouered? O lamentable seeing, these were those Brothers, that sought and bled before our doore. What they were not Sister? George, looke toote, Ile peach at Tyburne else. Mum,—Gentles all, vouchsafe mee audience, and you especially Maister Siffe: Yon man is bound to , Because he wounded this that now lyes coffind? True, true, he shall haue the law,—and I know the law? But vnder auour Maister Sheriffe, if this man had beene cured and safe agen, he should haue been releasde then? Why make you question of that Sir? Then I release him freely, and will take vpon mee the death that he should dye, if within a little season, I do not cure him to his proper health agen. How Sir? recouer a dead man? That were most strange of all. Sweete Sir, I loue you deerely, and could wish my best part yours, — oh do not vndertake such an impossible venture. Loue you me; then for your sweet sake Ile doo't: Let me entreate the corps to be set downe. Bearers set downe the Coffln,—this were wonderfull, and worthy Stoes Chronicle. I pray bestow the freedome of the ayre, vpon our wholsome Arte, — masse, his cheekes begin to receiue naturall warmth: nay good Corporall wake betime, or I shall haue a longer sleepe then you,—Sfoote if he should proue dead indeed now, he were fully reuengd vpon me for making a property on him, yet I had rather run vpon the Ropes, then haue the Rope like a Tetter run vpon mee, oh—he stirs—hee stirs agen—looke Gentlemen, he recouers, he starts, he rises. Oh, oh, defend vs—out alasse. Nay pray be still; youle make him more giddy else, — he knowes no body yet. Zounes: who am I? couerd with Snow? I maruaile? Nay I knew hee would sweare the first thing hee did, as soone as euer he came to his life agen. Sfoote Hostesse—some hotte Porridge,—oh, oh, lay on a dozen of Fagots in the Moone parler, there. Lady, you must needs take a little pitty of him yfaith, and send him in to your Kitchin fire. Oh, with all my heart sir, Nicholas and Frailtie, he'pe to beare him in. Beare him in, qua tha, pray call out the Maides, I shall nere haue the heart to doo't indeed la.