Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.78 · 477 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Captain OTTER, sir; he is a kind of gamester: but he has had command, both by sea, and by land. O, than he is animal amphibium? I, sir: his wife was the rich China-woman, that the courtiers visited so often, that gave the rare entertainment. She commands all at home. Then, she is Captain OTTER? You say very well, sir: she is my kinswoman, a LA-FOOLE by the mother side, and will invite, any great ladies, for my sake. Not of the LA-FOOLES of Essex? No, sir, the LA-FOOLES of London. Now, he's in. They all come out of our house, the LA-FOOLES o' the north, the LA-FOOLES of the west, the LA-FOOLES of the east, and south— we are as ancient a family, as any is in Europe— but I myself am descended lineally of the french LA-FOOLES— and, we do bear for our coat Yellow, or Or, checkered Azure, and Gules, and some three or four colours more, which is a very noted coat, and has, sometimes, been solemnly worn by divers nobility of our house— but let that go, antiquity is not respected now— I had a brace of fat Does sent me, gentlemen, & halfe a dozen of pheasants, a dozen or two of godwits, and some other fowl, which I would have eaten, while they are good, and in good company— there will be a great lady, or two, my lady HAUGHTY, my lady CENTAURE, mistress DOL MAVIS— and they come a'purpose, to see the silent gentlewoman, mistress EPICOENE, that honest sir JOHN DAW has promised to bring thither— and then, mistress TRUSTY, my lady's woman, will be there too, and this honourable Knight, sir DAUPHINE, with yourself, master CLERIMONT— and we'll be very merry, and have fiddlers, and dance— I have been a mad wag, in my time, and have spent some crowns since I was a page in court, to my lord LOFTY, and after, my lady's gentleman-usher, who got me knighted in Ireland, since it pleased my elder brother to die— I had as fair a gold jerkin on that day, as any was worn in the Island-voyage, or at Calais, none dispraised, and I came over in it hither, showed myself to my friends, in court, and after went down to my tenants, in the country, and surveyed my lands, let new leases, took their money, spent it in the eye o' the land here, upon ladies— and now I can take up at my pleasure. Can you take up ladies, sir? O, let him breath, he has not recovered. Would I were your half, in that commodity— No, sir, excuse me: I meant money, which can take up any thing. I have another guest, or two, to invite, and say as much to, gentlemen. I'll take my leave abruptly, in hope you will not fail— Your servant.
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Length
477 words · 692 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.783 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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Captaine OTTER, sir; he is a kind of gamster: but he has had command, both by sea, and by land. O, then he is animal amphibium? I, sir: his wife was the rich China-woman, that the courtiers visited so often, that gaue the rare entertainment. She commands all at home. Then, shee is Captaine OTTER? You say very well, sir: she is my kins-woman, a LA-FOOLE by the mother side, and will inuite, any great ladies, for my sake. Not of the LA-FOOLES of Essex? No, sir, the LA-FOOLES of London. Now, h'is in. They all come out of our house, the LA-FOOLES o' the north, the LA-FOOLES of the west, the LA-FOOLES of the east, and south—we are as ancient a family, as any is in Europe—but I my selfe am descended lineally of the french LA-FOOLES—and, wee doe beare for our coate Yellow, or Or, checker'd Azure, and Gules, and some three or foure colours more, which is a very noted coate, and has, some-times, beene solemnely worne by diuers nobilitie of our house—but let that goe, antiquitie is not respected now—I had a brace of fat Does sent me, gentlemen, & halfe a dosen of phesants, a dosen or two of godwits, and some other fowle, which I would haue eaten, while they are good, and in good company— there will bee a great lady, or two, my lady HAVGHTY, my lady CENTAVRE, mistris DOL MAVIS—and they come a'purpose, to see the silent gentlewoman, mistris EPICOENE, that honest sir IOHN DAW has promis'd to bring thether—and then, mistris TRVSTY, my ladies woman, will be there too, and this honorable Knight, sir DAVPHINE, with your selfe, master CLERIMONT—and wee'll bee very merry, and haue fidlers, and daunce—I haue beene a mad wag, in my time, and haue spent some crownes since I was a page in court, to my lord LOFTY, and after, my ladies gentleman-vsher, who got mee knighted in Ireland, since it pleas'd my elder brother to die—I had as faire a gold ierkin on that day, as any was worne in the Iland-voyage, or at Caliz, none disprais'd, and I came ouer in it hither, show'd my selfe to my friends, in court, and after went downe to my tenants, in the countrey, and suruai'd my lands, let new leases, tooke their money, spent it in the eye o' the land here, vpon ladies— and now I can take vp at my pleasure. Can you take vp ladies, sir? O, let him breath, he has not recouer'd. Would I were your halfe, in that commoditie— No, sir, excuse mee: I meant money, which can take vp any thing. I haue another guest, or two, to inuite, and say as much to, gentlemen. I'll take my leaue abruptly, in hope you will not faile—Your seruant.