A Christian Turned Turk (The Two Famous Pirates) · chunk 11 of 38
Daborne, Robert · published 1612 · first performed or written 1610 [1609-1612] (Annals) tragedy · Unknown T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.84 · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
We took him for a gull, but now I see he hath had command, he can cheat his Soldiers. I hope sir you will make better respect of your credit, you know your oaths and promise. My promise, if a Citizen had bought a company, he could but keep day with 'em: you must pardon him gentlemen, a fresh Soldier wants seasoning. Salt us, look to't, we shall hardly relish you sir. How? threatens and braves? Forbear, give the poor fellow leave to prate, he pays for't. Good: you are now upon your guard, we shall meet you upon discharge of the watch, and knock you down with a bill of accounts, we shall skeld. Out gull, talk to a commander, a man of war of equal sharing, we have other use for our money then to pay followers. Shall we accost these Ladies, gallants? 'tis the custom of the whole world, the greater thief preys upon the less still: how's this? The happiness of the day befall you I adyes. The night equal the days-happiness, say I. All content both night and day stand to your desires Our desires equal your wishes sir. Your desires are above my performance then. I am drawing on, if my life lie upon her honesty, I am upon the point of giving up already. That Gentleman is very moving. Could you not entreat him stay his pace. And trot in your ring, Lady, if you please. I purpose not to take a courser of your choosing, lest I be jaded sir. You presume the more of your own horsemanship. Heyday, they are riding already, 'sfoot I am like to go post to the Devil for this. Next night, time of my project, if I prove not as hot a shot as came in your quarters since the loss of your virginity, let me suffer the pains of S. Anthony's purgatory. He must necessarily be a man of deeds, he is of so few words. You shall do well to put him to the trial. Without immodesty, may I question the reason you're so heavy sir? Nay then it rings out for me, should the Iew see this, I were as good as speechless: there were but a little gasping between me and the grave. The reason of my heaviness is, that you and I might agree the better: for women love contraries, and you are light I see. How's this? you see me light, true, to be in love With one so far disdainful. What success woman? the Dutchman & I have bartered wares I have made exchange too, sold my liberty, To purchase base ingratitude, I am rejected Voads. My Mistress, Gentlemen, did you see my Mistress? Your business sirrah? You must make provision to entertain two of the richest Pirates ever landed here, one Captain Ward and Franciscus, they have brought a prize in worth three thousand ducats: beside, they sell their prisoners slaves, my master hath engrossed them all.
nodes 543–576 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 11 of 38 in this edition
Length
499 words · 646 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: 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)
We tooke him for a gull, but now I see hee hath had command, he can cheat his Souldiers. I hope sir you will make better respect of your credit, you know your oathes and promise. My promise, if a Citizen had bought a company, hee could but keepe day with 'em: you must pardon him gentlemen, a fresh Souldier wants seasoning. Salt vs, looke too't, we shall hardly relish you sir. How? threatens and braues? Forbeare, giue the poore fellow leaue to prate, he payes for't. Good: you are now vpon your guard, we shall meet you vpon discharge of the watch, and knock you downe with a bill of accounts, we shall skeld. Out gull, talke to a commander, a man of warre of equall sharing, we haue other vse for our mony then to pay followers. Shall we acost these Ladyes, gallants? Tis the custome of the whole world, the greate theefe preyes vpon the lesse still: how's this? The happinesse of the day besall you I adyes. The night equall the dayes-happinesse, say I. All content both night and day stand to your Our desires equall your wishes sir. Your desires are aboue my performance then. I am drawing on, if my life lye vpon her honesty, I a vpon the poynt of giving vp already. That Gentleman is very moving. Could you not intreate him stay his pace. And trot in your ring, Lady, if you please. I purpose not to take a courser of your choosing, lest I be iaded sir. You presume the more of your owne horsemanship. Hoy-day, they are riding already, 'sfoot I am like to go post to the Divell for this. Next night, time of my proiect, if I proue not as hot a shot as came in your quarters since the losse of your virginity, let me suffer the paines of S. Anthonies purgatory. He must necessarily be a man of deeds, he is of so few words. You shall do well to put him to the tryall. Without immodesty, may I question the reason you'r so heavy sir? Nay then it rings out for me, should the Iew see this, I were as good as speechlesse: there were but a little gasping betweene me and the graue. The reason of my heauinese is, that you and I might agree the better: for women loue contraies, and you are light I see. How's this? you see me light, true, to be in loue With one so farre disdainfull. What successe woman? the Dutchman & I haue barterd wares I haue made exchange too, sold my liberty, To purchase base ingratitude, I am rejected Voads. My Mistresse, Gentlemen, did you see my Mistresse? Your businesse irrah? You must make provision to entertaine two of the richest Pyrates ever landed here, one Captaine Ward and Francisus, they haue brought a prize in worth three thousand duckets: besides, they sell their prisoners slaues, my maister hath ingrost them all.