Jonson, Ben · published 1620 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T58 Gallant talk and courtship: an Epicene-c typicality 0.73 · 511 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T58: jack, john, daw, dauphine, amorous, mistress, trve, ladies, wit, madame.
About it then presently, Tru-wit is gone before to confront the Coaches, and to acquaint you with so much, if he meet you. join with him, and 'tis well. See, here comes your Antagonist, but take you no notice, but be very jovial. Are the Ladies come, Sir Iohn Daw, and your Mistress? Sir Dauphine! you are exceeding welcome, and honest Master Clerimont. Where's my cousin? did you see no Collegiates, Gentlemen? Collegiates! Do you not hear, Sir Amorous, how you are abused? How Sir! Will you speak so kindly to Sir Iohn Daw, that has done you such an affront? Wherein Gentlemen? let me be a Suitor to you to know, I beseech you! Why Sir, his Mistress is married today, to Sir Dauphine's Uncle, your cousin's Neighbour, and he has diverted all the Ladies, and all your company thither, to frustrate your provision, and stick a disgrace upon you. He was here, now, to have enticed us away from you too: but we told him his own, I think. Has Sir Iohn Daw. me so inhumanely? He has done it, Sir Amorous, most maliciously, and treacherously: but if you'll be ruled by us, you shall quit him i'faith. Good Gentlemen! I'll make one, believe it. How I pray? Marry Sir, get me your Pheasants, your Godwits, and your best meat, and dish it in Silver Dishes of your cousins presently, and say nothing, but clap me a clean Towel about you, like a Sewer; and bareheaded, march afore it with a good confidence ('tis but over the way, hard by) and we'll second you, where you shall set o' the Board, and bid 'em welcome to't, which shall show 'tis yours, and disgrace his preparation utterly: and, for your Cosen, whereas she should be troubled here at home with care of making and giving welcome, she shall transfer all that labour thither, and be a principal guest herself, sit ranked with the college-honours, and be honoured, and have her Health drunk as often, as bare, and as loud as the best of 'em. I'll go tell her presently. It shall be done, that's resolved. I thought he would not hear it out, but 'twould take him. Well, there be Guests, and meat now; how shall we do for Music? The smell of the Venison, going through the Street, will invite one noise of Fiddlers, or other. I would it would call the Trumpeters thither. Faith, there is hope, they have intelligence of all Feasts. There's good correspondence betwixt them, and the London-cooks. 'Tis twenty to one but we have 'em. 'Twill be a most solemn day for my Uncle, and an excellent fit of mirth for us. ay, if we can hold up the emulation betwixt Fool and Daw, and never bring them to expostulate. Tut, flatter 'em both (as Tru-wit says) and you may take their understandings in a pursenet. They'll believe themselves to be just such men as we make 'em, neither more nor less. They have nothing, not the use of their senses, but by tradition.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 412–431 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 21 of 52 in this edition
Length
511 words · 734 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T58 — Gallant talk and courtship: an Epicene-centred groupcontext only — excluded from the genre comparison · typicality 0.729 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T54 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
About it then preſently, Tru-wit is gone before to confront the Coaches, and to acquaint you with ſo much, if he meet you. Ioyne with him, and 'tis well. See, heere comes your Antagonist, but take you no notice, but be verie iouiall. Are the Ladies come, Sir Iohn Daw, and your Miſtris? Sir Dauphine! you are exceeding welcome, and honeſt Maſter Clerimont. Where's my Coſſen? did you ſee no Collegiats, Gentlemen? Collegiats! Doe you not heare, Sir Amorous, how you are abus'd? How Sir! Will you ſpeake ſo kindly to Sir Iohn Daw, that has done you ſuch an affront? Wherein Gentlemen? let mee be a Sut or to you to know, I beſeech you! Why Sir, his Miſtris is marryed to day, to Sir Dauphines Vncle, your Coſens Neighbour, and hee has diuerted all the Ladies, and all your company thether, to fruſtrate your prouiſion, and ſticke a diſgrace vpon you. He was here, now, to haue intic'd vs away from you too: but wee told him his owne, I thinke. Has Sir Iohn Daw wrong'd mee ſo in-humanely? Hee has done it, Sir Amorous, moſt maliciouſly, and trecherouſly: but if you'll be rul'd by vs, you ſhall quit him i'faith. Good Gentlemen! I'll make one, beleeue it. How I pray? Marry Sir, get mee your Pheſants, your Godwits, and your beſt meate, and diſh it in Siluer Diſhes of your Coſens preſently, and ſay nothing, but clap me a cleane Towell about you, like a Sewer; and bare-headed, march afore it with a good confidence ('tis but ouer the way, hard by) and wee'll ſecond you, where you ſhall ſet o' the Boord, and bid 'hem welcome to't, which ſhall ſhow 'tis yours, and diſgrace his preparation vtterly: and, for your Coſen, whereas ſhee ſhould be troubled here at home with care of making and giuing welcome, ſhe ſhall transferre all that labour thether, and be a principall gueſt her ſelfe, ſit rank'd with the Colledge-Honors, and bee honor'd, and haue her Health drunke as often, as bare, and as lowd as the beſt of 'hem. I'll goe tell her preſently. It ſhall bee done, that's reſolu'd. I thought hee would not heare it out, but 'twould take him. Well, there bee Gueſts, and meat now; how ſhall we doe for Muſique? The ſmell of the Veniſon, going through the Street, will inuite one noyſe of Fidlers, or other. I would it would call the Trumpeters thether. Faith, there is hope, they haue intelligence of all Feaſts. There's good correſpondence betwixt them, and the London-Cookes. 'Tis twenty to one but we haue 'hem. 'Twill be a moſt ſolemne day for my Vncle, and an excellent fit of mirth for vs. I, if we can hold vp the aemulation betwixt Foole and Daw, and neuer bring them to expoſtulate. Tut, flatter 'hem both (as Tru-wit ſayes) and you may take their vnderſtandings in a Purſe-net. They'll beleeue themſelues to be iuſt ſuch men as we make 'hem, neither more nor leſſe. They haue nothing, not the vſe of their ſenſes, but by tradition.