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 0.82 · 492 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.
You'll leave it to me, then? ay, Sir. I'll stand to any conditions. How now, what think you, Sirs? were't not a difficult thing to determine, which of these two feared most. Yes, but this fears the bravest: the other a whiniling dastard, Iack Daw: but La-Foole, a brave heroic coward! and is afraid in a great look, and a stout accent. I like him rarely. Had it not been pity, these two should ha'been concealed? Shall I make a motion? Briefly. For I must strike while 'tis hot. Shall I go fetch the Ladies to the Catastrophe? umh? ay, by my troth. By no mortal means. Let them continue in the state of ignorance, and err still: think 'em wits, and fine fellows, as they have done. 'Twere sin to reform them. Well, I will have 'em fetched, now I think on't, for a private purpose of mine: do, Clerimont, fetch 'em, and discourse to 'em all that's past, and bring 'em into the Gallery here. This is thy extreme vanity, now: thou think'st thou wert undone, if every jest thou mak'st were not published. Thou shalt see, how unjust thou art, presently. Clerimont, say it was Dauphine's plot. Trust me not, if the whole drift be not for thy good. There's a Carpet i' the next room, put it on, with this Scarf over thy face, and a Cushion o' thy head, and be ready when I call Amorous. Away—. Iohn Daw. What good news, Sir? Faith, I have followed, and argued with him hard for you. I told him, you were a Knight, and a Scholar; and that you knew fortitude did consist magis patiendo quam faciendo, magis ferendo quam feriendo. It doth so indeed, Sir. And that you would suffer, I told him: so, at first he demanded, by my troth, in my conceit, too much. What was it, Sir. Your upper lip, and six o' your foreteeth. 'Twas unreasonable. Nay, I told him plainly, you could not spare 'em all. So after long argument (pro & con, as you know) I brought him down to your two Butter-teeth, and them he would have. O, did you so? why, he shall have 'em. But he shall not, Sir, by your leave. The conclusion is this, Sir, because you shall be very good friends hereafter, and this never to be remembered, or upbraided; beside, that he may not boast, he has done any such thing to you in his own person: he is to come here in disguise, give you five kicks in private, Sir, take your Sword from you, and lock you up in that Study, during pleasure. Which will be but a little while, we'll get it released presently. Five kicks? he shall have six, Sir, to be friends. Believe me, you shall not overshoot yourself, to send him that word by me. Deliver it, Sir. He shall have it with all my heart, to be friends.
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nodes 885–910 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 38 of 52 in this edition
Length
492 words · 698 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T58 — Gallant talk and courtship: an Epicene-centred groupcontext only — excluded from the genre comparison · typicality 0.820 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
You'll leaue it to me, then? I, Sir. I'll ſtand to any conditions. How now, what thinke you, Sirs? were't not a difficult thing to determine, which of theſe two fear'd moſt. Yes, but this feares the braueſt: the other a whiniling daftard, Iack Daw: but La-Foole, a braue heroique coward! and is afraid in a great looke, and a ſtout accent. I like him rarely. Had it not beene pitty, theſe two ſhould ha'beene conceal'd? Shall I make a motion? Briefly. For I muſt ſtrike while 'tis hot. Shall I goe fetch the Ladies to the Catastrophe? Vmh? I, by my troth. By no mortall meanes. Let them continue in the ſtate of ignorance, and erre ſtill: thinke 'hem wits, and fine fellowes, as they haue done. 'Twere ſinne to reforme them. Well, J will haue 'hem fetch'd, now I thinke on't, for a priuate purpoſe of mine: doe, Clerimont, fetch 'hem, and diſcourſe to 'hem all that's paſt, and bring 'hem into the Gallery here. This is thy extreme vanitie, now: thou think'ſt thou wert vndone, if euery Ieſt thou mak'ſt were not publiſh'd. Thou ſhalt ſee, how vniuſt thou art, preſently. Clerimont, ſay it was Dauphine's plot. Truſt mee not, if the whole drift bee not for thy good. There's a Carpet i' the next roome, put it on, with this Scarfe ouer thy face, and a Cuſhion o' thy head, and be ready when I call Amorous. Away—.Iohn Daw. What good newes, Sir? Faith, I haue followed, and argued with him hard for you. I told him, you were a Knight, and a Scholler; and that you knew fortitude did conſiſt magis patiendo quam faciendo, magis ferendo quam feriendo. It doth ſo indeed, Sir. And that you would ſuffer, I told him: ſo, at firſt he demanded, by my troth, in my conceipt, too much. What was it, Sir. Your vpper lip, and ſix o' your fore-teeth. 'Twas vnreaſonable. Nay, I told him plainly, you could not ſpare 'hem all. So after long argument (pro & con, as you know) I brought him downe to your two Butter-teeth, and them he would haue. O, did you ſo? why, he ſhall haue 'hem. But he ſhall not, Sir, by your leaue. The concluſion is this, Sir, becauſe you ſhall be very good friends hereafter, and this neuer to be remembred, or vpbrayded; beſides, that he may not boaſt, he has done any ſuch thing to you in his owne perſon: hee is to come here in diſguiſe, giue you fiue kicks in priuate, Sir, take your Sword from you, and lock you vp in that Studie, during pleaſure. Which will be but a little while, wee'll get it releas'd preſently. Fiue kicks? he ſhall haue ſix, Sir, to be friends. Beleeue me, you ſhall not ouer-ſhoot your ſelfe, to ſend him that word by me. Deliuer it, Sir. He ſhall haue it with all my heart, to be friends.