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 0.84 · 505 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
O let me hug thee Angelo. A bed as soft as her hair, sheets as delicate as her skin, and as sweet as her breath, pillows imitating her breasts, and her breasts to boot, hippocras in her cups, and Nectar in her lips, Ah, the gods have been beasts for less felicity. No more good Angelo, no more, how shall I requite the happiness thou wilt bring me too? haste any mind of marriage? Not much sir, but an extraordinary wife might tempt me. By my troth and she were not promised, thou shouldest have my daughter: but come let's to our disguise, in which I long to be singing. I'll follow you presently. How now Angelo? Why sir, I am providing means to lead your old uncle out ath' way, as you willed me, by drawing him into the way of Quintiliano's wife, my sweet heart, and so make room for him by Quintiliano's room: you that lead him any way, must needs seek him out and employ him to some tavern. He will be with me presently Angelo, and here's a freshman come from Padua, whom I will powder with his acquaintance, and so make him an excellent morsel to relish his carouses. Go to Sir, by this light you'll be complained on, there cannot be a fool within twenty mile of your head, but you engross him for your own mirth: Noblemen's tables cannot be served for you. Stut, I'll complain of them man, they hunt me out and hang upon me, so that I cannot be rid on'em, but they shall get somebody else to laugh at, or I'll turn'em over to our Poets, and make all the world laugh at'em. Well Sir, here comes your man, make him sure from his wife, and I'll make the other sure with her. SEe signor Gionanelle, here comes the famous Captain you would so fain be acquainted withal; be acquainted with him at your peril: I'll defend you from his swaggering humour, but take heed of his cheating. I warrant you Sir, I have not been matriculated at the University, to be meretriculated by him: salted there to be colted here. Very well Sir, let's hear him. I have examined the particulars of your bill Master Taylor, and I find them true Orthography, thy payment shall be correspondent: marry I will set no day, because I am loath to break. Alas Sir, pray let this be the day: consider my charge. I have many children, and this my poor child here whom I have brought up at school, must lose all I have bestowed on him hitherto, if I pay not his Master presently the quarterage I owe him. Fool dost thou delight to hear thy son beg in Latin, pose him Lieutenant. How make you this in Latin boy? My father is an honest tailor. That will hardly be done in true Latin Sir. No? why so Sir? Because it is false English sir. An excellent Boy. Why is it false English?
nodes 328–351 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 18 of 45 in this edition
Length
505 words · 649 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.836 (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)
O let me hugge thee Angelo. A bed as sost as her hayre, sheets as delicate as her skinne, and as sweete as her breath, pillowes imitating her breasts, and her breasts to boote, Hypocras in her cups, and Nectar in her lips, Ah, the gods haue bene beasts for lesse felicitie. No more good Angelo, no more, how shall I requite the happinesse thou wilt bring me too? haste any mind of marriage? Not much sir, but an extraordinary wife might tempt me. By my troth and she were not promist, thou shouldest haue my daughter: but come lets to our disguise, in which I long to be singing. Ile folow you presently. How now Angelo? Why sir, I am prouiding meanes to leade your old vncle out ath'way, as you will'd me, by drawing him into the way of Quintilianoes wife, my sweet heart, and so make roome for him by Quintilianoes roome: you that lead him any way, must needes seeke him out and employ him to some tauerne. He will be with me presently Angelo, and here's a freshman come from Padua, whom I will powder with his acquaintance, and so make him an excellent morsell to rellish his carouses. Goe to Sir, by this light you'll be complain'd on, there cannot be a foole within twenty mile of your head, but you engrosse him for your owne mirth: Noble-mens tables cannot be seru'd for you. Stut, Ile complaine of them man, they hunt me out and hang vpon me, so that I cannot be ridde on'em, but they shall get some body else to laugh at, or Ile turne'em ouer to our Poets, and make all the world laugh at'em. Well Sir, here comes your man, make him sure from his wife, and I'le make the tother sure with her. SEe Signior Gionanelle, here comes the famous Captaine you would so faine bee acquainted withall; be acquainted with him at your perill: Ile defend you from his swaggering humor, but take heede of his cheating. I warrant you Sir, I haue not beene matriculated at the Vniuersity, to be meretriculated by him: salted there to be colted here. Very well Sir, lets heare him. I haue examin'd the particulars of your bill Master Taylor, and I finde them true Orthographie, thy payment shall be correspondent: marry I will set no day, because I am loth to breake. Alas Sir, pray let this be the day: consider my charge. I haue many children, and this my poore child here whom I haue brought vp at schoole, must loose all I haue bestowed on him hitherto, if I pay not his Master preseny the quartridge I owe him. Foole do'st thou delight to heare thy sonne begge in Latin, pose him Lieftenant. How make you this in Latin boy? My father is an honest Taylor. That will hardly be done in true Latin Sir. No? why so Sir? Because it is false English sir. An excellent Boy. Why is it false English?