Beaumont, Francis · published 1613 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.85 · 497 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
Sir, there is twelve shillings to pay. Thou merry Squire Tapstero, thanks to thee, For comforting our souls with double jug, And if adventurous fortune prick thee forth, Thou jovial Squire, to follow feats of arms, Take heed thou tender every lady's cause, Every truery true Knight, and every damsel fair fair; But spill the blood of treacherous Sarazens, And false enchanters, that with magic spells, Have done to death full many a noble Knight. Thou valiant Knight of the burning Pestle, give ear to me, there is twelve shillings to pay, and as I am a true Knight, I will not bate a penny. George, I pray thee tell me, must Rafe pay twelve shillings now? No Nell, no, nothing but the old Knight is merry with Rafe. O is't nothing else? Rafe will be as merry as he. Sir Knight, this mirth of yours becomes you well, But to requite this liberal courtesy, If any of your Squires will follow arms, He shall receive from my heroic hand A Knighthood, by the virtue of this Pestle. Fair Knight I thank you for noble offer, Therefore gentle Knight, twelve shillings you must pay, or I must cap you. Look George, did not I tell thee as much, the Knight of the bell is in earnest, Raph shall not be beholding to him, give him his money George, and let him go snick-up. Cap Raph? no; hold your hand sir Knight of the bell, there's your money, have you any thing to say to Raph now? Cap Raph? I would you should know it, Raph has friends that will not suffer him to be capped for ten times so much, and ten times to the end of that, now take thy course Raph. Come Michael, thou & I will go home to thy father, he hath enough left to keep us a day or two, and we'll set fellows abroad to cry our Purse & our Casket, shall we Michael? ay, I pray Mother, in truth my feet are full of chilblains with traveling. Faith and those chilblains are a foul trouble, Mistress Merrithought when your youth comes home let him rub all the soles of his feet, and the heels, and his ankles, with a mouse skin, or if none of your people can catch a mouse, when he goes to bed, let him roll his feet in the warm embers, and I warrant you he shall be well, and you may make him put his fingers between his toes & smell to them, it's very sovereign for his head if he be costive. Master Knight of the burning Pestle, my son Michael and I, bid you farewell, I thank your Worship heartily for your kindness. Farewell fair Lady and your tender Squire, If, pricking through these Deserts, I do hear Of any traitorous Knight who through his guile, Hath light upon your Casket and your Purse, I will despoil him of them and restore them.
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Sir, there is twelue shillings to pay. Thou merry Squire Tapstero, thankes to thee, For comforting our soules with double Iug, And if aduentrous fortune pricke thee forth, Thou Iouiall Squire, to follow feats of armes, Take heed thou tender euery Ladies cause, Euery truery true Knight, and euery damsell faire faire; But spill the bloud of trecherous Sarazens, And false inchanters, that with magicke spels, Haue done to death full many a noble Knight. Thou valiant Knight of the burning Pestle, giue eare to me, there is twelue shillings to pay, and as I am a true Knight, I will not bate a peny. George, I pray thee tell me, must Rafe pay twelue shillings now? No Nell, no, nothing but the old Knight is merrie with Rafe. O is't nothing else? Rafe will be as merry as he. Sir Knight, this mirth of yours becomes you well, But to requite this liberall curtesie, If any of your Squires will follow armes, Hee shall receiue from my heroicke hand A Knight-hood, by the vertue of this Pestle. Faire Knight I thanke you for noble offer, Therefore gentle Knight, Twelue shillings you must pay, or I must cap you. Looke George, did not I tell thee as much, the Knight of the Bel is in earnest, Raph shall not bee beholding to him, giue him his money George, and let him go snickvp. Cap Raph? no; holdy our hand sir Knight of the Bel, theres your mony, haue you any thing to say to Raph now? Cap Raph? I would you should know it, Raph has friends that will not suffer him to be capt for ten times so much, and tea times to the end of that, now take thy course Raph. Come Michael, thou & I wil go home to thy father, he hath enough left to keep vs a day or two, and we'le set fellows abrod to cry our Purse & our Casket, Shalwe Michael? I, I pray Mother, intruth my feete are full of chilblaines with trauelling. Faith and those chilblanes are a foule trouble, Mistresse Merie-thought when your youth comes home let him rub all the soles of his feete, and the heeles, and his ancles, with a mouse skinne, or if none of your people can catch a mouse, when hee goes to bed, let him rowle his feete in the warme embers, aud I warrant you hee shall be well, and you may make him put his fingers betweene his toes & smell to them, it's very soueraigne for his head if he be costiue. Maister Knight of the burning Pestle, my son Michael and I, bid you farewel, I thanke your Worship heartily for your kindnesse. Fare-well faire Lady and your tender Squire, If, pricking through these Desarts, I do heare Of any traiterous Knight who through his guile, Hath light vpon your Casket and your Purse, I will despoile him of them and restore them.