The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse · chunk 27 of 47
Dekker, Thomas / Middleton, Thomas · published 1611 · first performed or written 1611 (Annals) comedy · Prince Henry's Men · Fortune T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.63 · 515 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
One in a blue coat sir told us, that in this place an old Gentleman would watch for us, a thing contrary to our oath, for we are to watch for every wicked member in a City. You'll watch then for ten thousand, what's thy name honesty? Sergeant Curtilax I sir. An excellent name for a sergeant, Curtilax. Sergeants indeed are weapons of the law, When prodigal ruffians far in debt are grown, Should not you cut them; Citizens were o'erthrown, Thou dwellest hereby in Holborn Curtilax. That's my circuit sir, I conjure most in that circle. And what young toward whelp is this? Of the same litter, his yeoman sir, my name's Hanger. Yeoman Hanger. One pair of shears sure cut out both your coats, You have two names most dangerous to men's throats, You two are villainous loads on gentlemen's backs, Dear ware, this Hanger and this Curtilax. We are as other men are sir, I cannot see but he who makes a show of honesty and religion, if his claws can fasten to his liking, he draws blood; all that live in the world, are but great fish and little fish, and feed upon one another, some eat up whole men, a sergeant cares but for the shoulder of a man, they call us knaves and curs, but many times he that sets us on, worries more lambs one year, than we do in seven. Spoke like a noble Cerberus, is the action entered? His name is entered in the book of unbelievers. What book's that? The book where all prisoners names stand, and not one amongst forty, when he comes in, believes to come out in haste. Be as dogged to him as your office allows you to be. Oh sir. You know the unthrift Jack Dapper. ay, ay, sir, that Gull? as well as I know my yeoman. And you know his father too, Sir Davy Dapper? As damned a usurer as ever was among Jews; if he were sure his father's skin would yield him any money, he would when he dies flay it off, and sell it to cover drums for children at Bartholmew fair. What toads are these to spit poison on a man to his face? do you see (my honest rascals?) yonder grayhound is the dog he hunts with, out of that Tavern Jack Dapper will sally sa, sa; give the counter, on, set upon him. we'll charge him upo'th' back sir. Take no bail, put mace enough into his caudle, double your files, traverse your ground. Brave sir. Cry arm, arm, arm. Thus sir. There boy, there boy, away: look to your prey my true English wolves, and and so I vanish. Some warden of the Sergeants begat this old fellow upon my life, stand close. Shall the ambuscado lie in one place? No uooke thou yonder. Ralph. What says my brave Captain male and female? This Holborn is such a wrangling street, That's because lawyers walks to and fro in't. here's such justling, as if every one we met were drunk and reeled.
nodes 1299–1340 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 27 of 47 in this edition
Length
515 words · 697 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.631 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T10 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
One in a blew coate sir told vs, that in this place an old Gentleman would watchforvs, a thing contrary to our oath, for we are to watch for euery wicked member in a Citty. You'l watch then fot ten thousand, what's thy name honesty? Seriant Curtilax I sir. An excellent name for a Seriant, Curtilax. Seriants indeed are weapons of the law, When prodigall ruffians farre in debt are growne, Should not you cut them; Cittizens were orethrowne, Thou dwel'st hereby in Holborne Curtilax. That's my circuit sir, I coniure most in that circle. And what yong toward welp is this? Of the same litter, his yeoman sir, my name's Hanger. Yeoman Hanger. One paire of sheeres sure cut out both your coates, You haue two names most dangerous to mens throates, You two are villanous loades on Gentlemens backs, Deere ware, this Hanger and this Curtilax. We are as other men are sir, I cannot see but hee who makes a show of honesty and religion, if his clawes can fasten to his liking, he drawes bloud; all that liue in the world, are but great fish and little fish, and feede vpon one another, some eate vp whole men, a Seriant cares but for the shoulder of a man, they call vs knaues and curres, but many times hee that sets vs on, worries more lambes one yeare, then we do in seuen. Spoke like a noble Cerberus, is the action entred? His name is entred in the booke of vnbeleeuers. What booke's that? The booke where all prisoners names stand, and not one amongst forty, when he comes in, beleeues to come out in hast. Be as dogged to him as your office allowes you to be. Oh sir. You know the vnthrift Iacke Dapper. I, I, sir, that Gull? aswell as I know my yeoman. And you know his father too, Sir Dauy Dapper? As damn'd a vsurer as euer was among Iewes; if hee were sure his fathers skinne would yeeld him any money, hee would when he dyes flea it off, and sell it to couer drummes for children at Bartholmew faire. What toades are these to spit poyson on a man to his face? doe you see (my honest rascals?) yonder gray-hound is the dog he hunts with, out of that Tauerne Iacke Dapper will sally sa, sa; giue the counter, on, set vpon him. Wee'l charge him vppo'th backe sir. Take no baile, put mace enough into his caudle, double your files, trauerse your ground. Braue sir. Cry arme, arme, arme. Thus sir. There boy, there boy, away: looke to your prey my trew English wolues, and and so I vanish. Some warden of the Seriants begat this old fellow vpon my life, stand close. Shall the ambuscado lie in one place? No uooke thou yonder. Ralph. What sayes my braue Captaine male and female? This Holborne is such a wrangling streete, That s because Lawiers walkes to and fro in't. Heere's such iustling, as if euery one wee met were drunke and reel'd.