Jonson, Ben · published 1620 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.85 · 517 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
Admirable Creature! I will trouble you no more: I will not sin against so sweet a simplicity. Let me now be bold to print, on those divine lips, the seal of being mine. Cutberd, I give thee the Lease of thy House free: thank me not, but with thy leg (—) I know what thou wouldst say, she's poor, and her friends deceased; she has brought a wealthy dowry in her silence, Cutberd: and in respect of her poverty, Cutberd, I shall have her more loving, and obedient, Cutberd. Go thy ways, and get me a Minister presently, with a soft, low voice to marry us, and pray him he will not be impertinent, but brief as he can; away: softly, Cutberd. Sirrah, conduct your Mistress into the dining Room, your now-Mistris. O my felicity! how I shall be revenged on mine insolent Kinsman, and his plots to fright me from marrying! This night I will get an Heir, and thrust him out of my blood like a Stranger; he would be knighted, forsooth, and thought by that means to reign over me, his Title must do it: no Kinsman, I will now make you bring me the tenth Lords, and the sixteenth Lady's Letter, Kinsman; and it shall do you no good, Kinsman. Your Knighthood itself shall come on its knees, and it shall be rejected; it shall be sued for its fees to execution, and not be redeemed; it shall cheat at the twelvepenny Ordinary, it Knighthood, for its Diet all the term-time, and tell Tales for it in the Vacation, to the Hostess: or it Knighthood shall do worse; take Sanctuary in Coleharbour, and fast. It shall fright all it friends, with borrowing Letters, and when one of the fourscore hath brought it Knighthood ten shillings, it Knighthood shall go to the Cranes, or the Bear at the Bridge-foot, and be drunk in fear: it shall not have money to discharge one Tavern reckoning, to invite the old Creditors, to forbear it Knighthood; or the new, that should be, to trust it Knighthood. It shall be the tenth name in the Bond, to take up the commodity of Pipkins and stone jugs; and the part thereof shall not furnish it Knighthood forth, for the attempting of a baker's Widow, a brown baker's Widow. It shall give it Knighthood's name, for a stallion, to all gamesome citizens' Wives, and be refused; when the Master of a dancing School, or (How do you call him) the worst Reveller in the Town is taken: it shall want Clothes, and by reason of that, wit, to fool to Lawyers. It shall not have hope to repair itself by Constantinople, Ireland, or Virginia; but the best, and last fortune to it Knighthood shall be, to make Dol Tearsheet, or Kate-Common, a Lady: and so, it Knighthood may eat. ARe you sure he is not gone by? No, I stayed in the shop ever since. But, he may take the other end of the Lane. No, I told him I would be here at this end: I appointed him hither.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 332–336 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 52 in this edition
Length
517 words · 716 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T13 — Knights, squires and ladiesreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.853 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T20 · seed 44: T17 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Admirable Creature! I will trouble you no more: I will not ſinne againſt ſo ſweet a ſimplicity. Let me now be bold to print, on thoſe diuine lips, the ſeale of being mine. Cutberd, I giue thee the Leaſe of thy Houſe free: thanke me not, but with thy legge (—) I know what thou wouldſt ſay, ſhe's poore, and her friends deceaſed; ſhe has brought a wealthy dowrie in her ſilence, Cutberd: and in reſpect of her pouertie, Cutberd, I ſhall haue her more louing, and obedient, Cutberd. Goe thy wayes, and get me a Miniſter preſently, with a ſoft, low voyce to marry vs, and pray him he will not be impertinent, but briefe as he can; away: ſoftly, Cutberd. Sirrah, conduct your Miſtris into the dining Roome, your now-Miſtris. O my felicity! how I ſhall bee reueng'd on mine inſolent Kinſman, and his plots to fright mee from marrying! This night I will get an Heire, and thruſt him out of my bloud like a Stranger; hee would bee knighted, forſooth, and thought by that meanes to raigne ouer mee, his Title muſt doe it: no Kinſman, I will now make you bring me the tenth Lords, and the ſixteenth Ladies Letter, Kinſman; and it ſhall doe you no good, Kinſman. Your Knight-hood it ſelfe ſhall come on it's knees, and it ſhall bee reiected; it ſhall bee ſued for it's fees to execution, and not be redeem'd; it ſhall cheat at the twelue-peny Ordinary, it Knight-hood, for it's Dyet all the Terme-time, and tell Tales for it in the Vacation, to the Hoſteſſe: or it Knight-hood ſhall doe worſe; take Sanctuary in Cole-harbor, and faſt. It ſhall fright all it friends, with borrowing Letters, and when one of the foure-ſcore hath brought it Knight-hood tenne ſhillings, it Knight-hood ſhall go to the Cranes, or the Beare at the Bridge-foot, and be drunke in feare: it ſhall not haue money to diſcharge one Tauerne reckoning, to inuite the old Creditors, to forbeare it Knight-hood; or the new, that ſhould bee, to truſt it Knight-hood. It ſhall bee the tenth name in the Bond, to take vp the commodity of Pipkins and ſtone Iugs; and the part thereof ſhall not furniſh it Knight-hood forth, for the attempting of a Bakers Widdow, a brown Bakers Widdow. It ſhall giue it Knight-hoods name, for a ſtallion, to all gameſome Citizens Wiues, and bee refus'd; when the Maſter of a Dauncing Schoole, or (How doe you call him) the worſt Reueller in the Towne is taken: it ſhall want Clothes, and by reaſon of that, wit, to foole to Lawyers. It ſhall not haue hope to repaire it ſelfe by Constantinople, Ireland, or Virginia; but the beſt, and laſt fortune to it Knight-hood ſhall bee, to make Dol Teare-ſheet, or Kate-Common, a Lady: and ſo, it Knight-hood may eate. ARe you ſure he is not gone by? No, I ſtaid in the ſhop euer ſince. But, he may take the other end of the Lane. No, I told him I would be here at this end: I appointed him hether.