Chapman, George · published 1611 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.82 · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
True, or while I am beyond Sea, some sleepy wench may set fire i'th' bedstraw. Right, or there may come an earthquake, and overturn'em. Just, or there may be conjuring, and the wind may down with'em. Or some crafty pettifogger may find a hole in the title, a thousand casualties belongs to 'em. Nay, they shall walk, that's certain, I'll turn 'em into money. That's thy most husbandly course i'faith Boy, thou mayst have twenty i'th' hundred for thy life, I'll be thy man for two hundred. wilt i'faith Quint? gossave me 'tis done. For your life, not otherwise. Well, I desire no more, so you'll remember me for my lieutenantship. Remember thee? 'tis thine own already Boy, a hundred pounds shall not buy it from thee; give me thy hand. I do here create thee Lieutenant Innocentio. If you have a company Captain. If I have: damn me if such another word do not make me put thee out ath' place again; if I have a company, 'sfoot, let the Duke deny me one, I would 'twere come to that once, that employment should go with the undeserver, while men of service sit at home, and feed their anger with the blood of red lattices. Let the Duke deny me today, I'll renounce him tomorrow. I'll to the enemy point blank, I'm a villain else: And I by heaven I swear. Well if that day come, it will prove a hot day with somebody. But Captain, did not you say that you would enter me at an Ordinary, that I might learn to converse? When thou wilt Lieutenant; No better time than now, for now thouart in good clothes, which is the most material point for thy entrance there. ay but how should I behave myself? Marry Sir, when you come first in, you shall see a crew of Gallants of all sorts: Nay Captain if I come first in I shall see nobody. Tush man, you must not do so, if you have good clothes and will be noted let am all come in afore you, and then as I said shall you see a lusty crew of Gallants, some Gentlemen, some none; but that's all one: he that bears himself like a Gentleman, is worthy to have been borne a Gentleman: some aged have beards, and some have none, some have money, and some have none, yet all must have meat: Now will all these I say at your first entrance wonder at you, as at some strange Owl: Examine your person, and observe your bearing for a time. Do you then ath' tother side seem to neglect their observance as fast, let your countenance be proof against all eyes, not yielding or confessing in it any inward defect. In a word be impudent enough, for that's your chief virtue of society. Is that? faith and I need not learn that, I have that by nature I thank God.
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Length
492 words · 648 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.821 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
True, or while I am beyond Sea, some sleepy wench may set fire ith bed-straw. Right, or there may come an earthquake, and ouerturne'em. Iust, or there may be coniuring, and the winde may downe with'em. Or some crafty petty-fogger may finde a hole in the title, a thousand casualties belongs to 'em. Nay, they shall walke, thats certaine, Ile turne 'em into money. Thats thy most husbandly course yfaith Boy, thou maist haue twenty ith' hundred for thy life, Ile be thy man for two hundred. Wil't yfaith Quint? gossaue me tis done. For your life, not otherwise. Well, I desire no more, so you'll remember me for my Lieftenantship. Remember thee? 'tis thine owne already Boy, a hundred pounds shall not buy it from thee; giue me thy hand. I doe here create thee Lieftenant Innocentio. If you haue a company Captaine. If I haue: damne me if such another word doe not make me put thee out ath' place againe; if I haue a company, Sfut, let the Duke deny me one, I would twere come to that once, that employment should goe with the vndeseruer, while men of seruice sit at home, and feede their anger with the blood of red lattices. Let the Duke denie me to day, Ile renounce him to morrow. Ile to the enimy point blanke, I'me a villaine else: And I by heauen I sweare. Well if that day come, it will proue a hot day with some body. But Captaine, did not you say that you would enter me at an Ordinary, that I might learne to conuerse? When thou wilt Lieftenant; No better time then now, for now th'art in good clothes, which is the most materiall point for thy entrance there. I but how should I behaue my selfe? Marry Sir, when you come first in, you shall see a crew of Gallants of all sorts: Nay Captaine if I come first in I shall see no body. Tush man, you must not doe so, if you haue good clothes and will be noted let am all come in afore you, and then as I said shall you see a lusty crew of Gallants, some Gentlemen, some none; but thats all one: he that beares himselfe like a Gentleman, is worthy to haue beene borne a Gentleman: some aged haue beards, and some haue none, some haue money, and some haue none, yet all must haue meate: Now wil all these I say at you first entrance wonder at you, as at some strange Owle: Examine your person, and obserue your bearing for a time. Doe you then ath' tother side seeme to neglect their obseruance as fast, let your countenance be proofe against all eyes, not yeelding or confessing in it any inward defect. In a word be impudent enough, for thats your chiefe vertue of society. Is that? faith and I neede not learne that, I haue that by nature I thanke God.