Work for Cutlers (Sword, Rapier, and Dagger) · chunk 1 of 4
Anonymous · published 1615 · first performed or written 1615 [1614-1615] (Annals) entertainment; academic entertainment · at University T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.82 · 454 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
NAy Rapier, come forth, come forth I say, I'll give thee a crown, though it be but a cracked one: what wilt not? art so hard to be drawn forth Rapier? 'Sfoot thou shalt know that Rapier dares enter: nay Backsword. Whos's this behind me? 'tis Dagger sir; what will you never leave your quarreling? Well Sword, Dagger hath defended you a good many times; but 'tis no matter, another time shall serve: shall I get you out Sword alone, that I may have you Single-sword. Yes if you'll be single Rapier too. Nay Sword, put the Case of Rapiers aside, that there were two of them, I hope you were able to buckle with them. I'll tell you what, if I go into the Field with him, hang Sword up if I do not cut Rapiers points, and lash him when I have done: nay, you shall find Sword mettle to the very back: 'sfoot, my teeth be an edge at him. If you offer but to thrust towards him Rapier, I'll strike you down. Hang him, I defy him base Spaniard. Defy me? sirrah Sword, Rapier spits i'thy face: darest meet me i'the fields, cravenly Capon? Capon? I Capon, so I say sir. Why any man may see that thou art well carved Sword; and yet me thinks that Rapier should not speak of that, for it's an hundred to one if he be not gilded too. Well Rapier, if thou goest into the fields with me, I'll make a Capon of you before I have done with you, you shall near come home uncut I'll warrant you. Nay, you shall find Sword a notable Cutter. He a Cutter? alas he near went into the fields yet, but he was sound hacked before he came out Near talk you of hacking, for it's a hundred to one if you have not the Foyle-Rapier. 'Sfoot if you be so Short-Sword, Rapier near fears you: come a long. Nay near go, for if you do, I'll send one after you, which shall scour you both. The Cutler can do it. I have seen him handle you both bravely. The Cutler, Alas we are the best Friends he has, and if it were not for us, the Cutler might soon shut up his shop. Alas Sword, you need not talk of his shutting up of Shop, and if it had not been for him, you had broken by this time Sword, Nay, near talk: For you know he can hold your nose to the Grindstone, when he list. And as for you Rapier, you know he brought you up first, and if you had stayed with him still, it might have been better for you.
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Length
454 words · 613 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.818 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T42 · seed 44: T42 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
NAy Rapier, come foorth, come forth I ſay, Ile giue thee a crowne, though it be but a crackt one: what wilt not? art ſo hard to be drawne forth Rapier? S'foot thou ſhalt know that Rapier dares enter: nay Backe-Sword. Whoſe this behinde me? Tis Dagger ſir; what will you neuer leaue your quarrelling? Well Sword, Dagger hath defended you a good many times; but tis no matter, another time ſhall ſerue: ſhall I get you out Sword alone, that I may haue you Single-ſword. Yes if youle be ſingle Rapier too. Nay Sword, put the Caſe of Rapiers aſide, that there were two of them, I hope you were able to buckle with them. Ile tell you what, if I goe into the Field with him, hang Sword vp if I doe not cut Rapiers poynts, and laſh him when I haue done: nay, you ſhall finde Sword mettle to the very backe: 'sfoot, my teeth be an edge at him. If you offer but to thruſt towards him Rapier, Ile ſtrike you downe. Hang him, I defie him baſe Spaniard. Defie me? ſirrha Sword, Rapier ſpits i'thy face: dar'ſt meete mee i'the fields, crauenly Capon? Capon? I Capon, ſo I ſay ſir. Why any man may ſee that thou art well caru'd Sword; and yet mee thinks that Rapier ſhould not ſpeake of that, for it's an hundred to one if he be not gilt too. Well Rapier, if thou goeſt into the fields with me, Ile make a Capon of you before I haue done with you, you ſhall nere come home vncut Ile warrant you. Nay, you ſhall finde Sword a notable Cutter. He a Cutter? alas he nere went into the fields yet, but he was ſoundly hackt before he came out Nere talke you of hacking, for it's a hundred to one if you haue not the Foyle-Rapier. 'Sfoot if you be ſo Short-Sword, Rapier nere feares you: come a long. Nay nere goe, for if you doe, Ile ſende one after you, which ſhall ſcowre you both. The Cutler can doe it. I haue ſeene him handle you both brauely. The Cutler, Alas wee are the beſt Friends hee has, and if it were not for vs, the Cutler might ſoone ſhut vp his ſhoppe. Alas Sword, you need not talke of his ſhutting vp of Shoppe, and if it had not beene for him, you had broken by this time Sword, Nay, nere talke: For you know hee can holde your noſe to the Grind-ſtone, when hee liſt. And as for you Rapier, you knowe hee brought you vp firſt, and if you had ſtayed with him ſtill, it might haue bene better for you.