Barry, Lording · published 1608 · first performed or written 1603 [c.1603-1607] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.72 · 497 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
Why thus: Club is the Crier, I am Poppin the Proctor and you Stickler the Doctor, he calls them to appear, I must be of their counsel, & you must atone them put 'em together we may know their cases, and be in their Elements (mark you me) but they cannot be in ours, Tut, none knows our secrets, we can speak fustian above their understanding, & make Asses ears attentive, I'll play Ambodexter tell 'em 'tis a plain Case and put 'em down with the club law; so that (as Club said well e'en now) our knavery is as near allied, as felling of wood and getting of children. Excellent excellent, by this they are at hand; let's bear these things like ourselves; I'll withdraw and put on my habiliments and then enter for the Doctor. Do so, they come, they come? welcome Master Doctor Glister and master Purge, there's a commission to be sat upon this day, to open a passage for imprisoned truth, concerning Acts yet in tenebris. True; I am brought hither by the malice of my wife And I have a just Appeal against my wife. Master Exigent (so I think you are called) I understand you have the Law at your fingers ends. I can box Cases, and scold & scratch it out amongst them Indeed fame reports you to be a good Trumpeter of causes, I must retain you sir to sound mine? My sackbut shall do it most pathetically; tell me in brief the nature of your Case? Faith sir, a scandalous Letter devised to wrong my reputation, about a Bastard in the Country which should be mine. About a Bastard in the Country which should be yours? hum; 'tis very like you then, it should seem. O no sir, understand me, only fathered upon me. Only fathered upon you, cum nemini obtrudi potest; I understand you and like you well to, you do not flatter yourself in your own Case, no: 'tis not good, well what more: And about my Niece got with child, in my own house. by’r lady burdens of some weight, which you make light of— you deny? What else sir, I have reason. I know it well, I take you for no beast: believe me (master Doctor) denial and reason are two main grounds, stand upon them and you cannot err. Your case master Purge? First take your fee master Exigent, that you may have the more feeling, and urge it home when you come to't, mine is a discovery of my wives Iniquity at the Family of love. Otherwise called the house of Venery, where they hunger and thirst for't. True sir, you have heard of the hole in the wall, where they assemble together in the day time, like so many Bees under a hive. Come home Crura Thimo plena, and lodge among hornets, is't not so? I cannot tell sir, but for my part, I am much noted as I go
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497 words · 650 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.715 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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VVhy thus: Club is the Crier, I am Poppin the Proctor and you Stickler the Doctor, he calls them to appeare, I muſt be of their counſel, & you muſt attone them put 'hem together we may know their caſes, and be in their Elements (mark you me) but they cannot be in ours, Tut, none knowes our ſecrets, we can ſpeak fuſtian aboue their vnderſtāding, & make Aſſes eares attentiue, Ile play Ambodexter tell 'hem tis a playn Caſe and put 'hem downe with the club law; ſo that (as Club ſaide well ee'now) our knauery is as neere allied, as felling of wood and getting of children. Excellent excellent, by this they are at hand; lets bear theſe things like our ſelues; Ile withdraw and put on my habiliments and then enter for the Doctor. Do ſo, they come, they come? welcome Maſter Doctor Gliſter and maiſter Purge, ther's a commiſſion to be ſat vpon this day, to open a paſſage for impriſoned trueth, concerning Acts yet in tenebris. True; I am brought hither by the malice of my wife And I haue a iuſt Appeal againſt my wife. Maiſter Exigent (ſo I think you are call'd) I vnderſtand you haue the Law at your fingers ends. I can box Caſes, and ſcould & ſcratch it out amōgſt them Indeed fame reports you to be a good Trumpeter of cauſes, I muſt retaine you ſir to ſound mine? My Sagbut ſhall do it moſt pathetically; tell me in briefe the nature of your Caſe? Faith ſir, a ſcandalous Letter deuiſd to wrong my reputation, about a Baſtard in the Country which ſhould be mine. About a Baſtard in the Country which ſhould be yours? hum; tis very like you then, it ſhould ſeeme. O no ſir, vnderſtand me, only father'd vpon me. Only father'd vpon you, cum nemini obtrudi poteſt; I vnderſtand you and like you wel to, you do not flatter your ſelfe in your own Caſe, no: tis not good, wel what more: And about my Neece got with child, in my own houſe. Byrlady burthens of ſome weight, which you make light of—you deny? What elſe ſir, I haue reaſon. I know it well, I take you for no beaſt: beleue me (maſter Doctor) denyall and reaſon are two maine grounds, ſtand vpon them and you cannot erre. Your caſe maſter Purge? Firſt take your fee maſter Exigent, that you may haue the more feeling, and vrge it home when you come toot, mine is a diſcouery of my wyues Iniquity at the Family of loue. Otherwiſe call'd the houſe of Venery, where they hunger and thurſt for't. True ſir, you haue heard of the hole in the wall, where they aſſemble together in the day time, like ſo many Bees vnder a hyue. Come home Crura Thimo plena, and lodge among hornets, is't not ſo? J cannot tell ſir, but for my part, I am much noted as I go