Greene's Tu Quoque, or The City Gallant · chunk 10 of 47
Cooke, John · published 1614 · first performed or written 1611 (Annals) comedy · Queen Anne's Men T11 Siblings, kin and confidants typicality 0.88 · 480 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T11: sister, brother, love, friend, heart, father, mother, woman, lord, hear.
You shall. Why go to then, you shall have my opinion of him, if he deserve thee, thou shalt delay him no longer; for if you can not find in your heart to tell him you love him, I'll sigh it out for you; come, we little creatures must help one another. How cheerfully things look in this place, 'tis always Spring-time here, such is the grace And potency of her who has the bliss, To make it still Elysium where she is: Nor doth the King of flames in's golden fires, After a tempest answer men's desires, whenas he casts his comfortable beams, Over the flowery fields and silver streams, As her illustrate Beauty strikes in me, And wraps my soul up to felicity. Do you hear sir? Why sister, what will you do? By my maidenhead, an oath which I ne'er took in vain, either go down and comfort him, or I'll call him up, and disclose all: What, will you have no mercy? but let a proper man, that might spend the spirit of his youth upon yourself, fall into a consumption, for shame sister. You're the strangest creature, what would you have me do? Marry, I would have you go to him, take him by the hand, and gripe him, say you're welcome, I love you with all my heart, you are the man must do the feat, and take him about the neck, and kiss upon the bargain. Fie how you talk, 'tis mere immodesty, The commonest strumpet would not do so much. marry the better, for such as are honest, Should still do what the common strumpet will not: Speak, will you do it? I'll lose his company for ever first. Do you hear sir? here's a Gentlewoman would speak with you. Why sister, pray sister. One that loves you with all her heart, yet is ashamed to confess it. Good sister hold your tongue, I will go down to him. Do not jest with me, for by this hand I'll either get him up, or go down myself, and read the whole History of your love to him. If you'll forbear to call, I will go down. Let me see your back then, and hear you? do not use him scurvily you were best; unset all your tyrannical looks, and bid him lovingly welcome, or as I live, I'll stretch out my voice again; uds foot, I must take some pains I see, or we shall never have this gear cotton: but to say truth, the fault is in my melancholy Monsieur, for if he had but half so much spirit, as he has flesh, he might ha' boarded her by this. But see, yonder she marches; now a passion of his side of half an hour long, his hat is off already, as if he were begging one poor pennyworth of kindness.
nodes 320–349 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 10 of 47 in this edition
Length
480 words · 618 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T11 — Siblings, kin and confidantscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.878 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T15 · seed 44: T12 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
You shall. Why goe to then, you shall haue my opinion of him, if he deserue thee, thou shalt delay him no longer; for if you can not finde in your heart to tell him you loue him, I'le sigh it out for you; come, we little creatures must helpe one another. How cheerefully things looke in this place, Tis alwayes Spring-time heere, such is the grace And potencie of her who has the blisse, To make it still Elizeum where she is: Nor doth the King of flames in's golden fires, After a tempest answer mens desires, When as he casts his comfortable beames, Ouer the flowrie fields and siluer streames, As her illustrate Beautie strikes in me, And wrappes my soule vp to felicitie. Doe you heare sir? Why sister, what will you doe? By my mayden-head, an oath which I ne'r tooke in vaine, either goe downe and comfort him, or I'le call him vp, and disclose all: What, will you haue no mercie? but let a proper man, that might spend the spirit of his youth vpon your selfe, fall into a consumption, for shame sister. Y'are the strangest creature, what would you haue me doe? Marry, I would haue you goe to him, take him by the hand, and grype him, say y'are welcome, I loue you with all my heart, you are the man must doe the feat, and take him about the necke, and kisse vpon the bargaine. Fie how you talke, 'tis meere immodestie, The common'st strumpet would not doe so much. Mary the better, for such as are honest, Should still doe what the common strumpet will no: Speake, will you doe it? Ile loose his company for euer first. Doe you heare sir? heere's a Gentlewoman would speake with you. Why sister, pray sister. One that loues you with all her heart, yet is asham'd to confesse it. Good sister hold your tongue, I will goe downe to him. Doe not ieast with me, for by this hand I'le eyther get him vp, or goe downe my selfe, and reade the whole History of your loue to him. If youle forbeare to call, I will goe downe. Let me see your backe then, and heare you? doe not vse him scuruily you were best; vnset all your tyrannical looks, and bid him louingly welcome, or as I liue, I'le stretch out my voice againe; vds foot, I must take some paines I see, or wee shall neuer haue this geare cotton: but to say truth, the fault is in my melancholy Monsieur, for if hee had but halfe so much spirit, as he has flesh, hee might ha boorded her by this. But see, yonder she marches; now a passion of his side of halfe an houre long, his hatte is off already, as if he were begging one poore penny-worth of kindnesse.