Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John · published 1616 · first performed or written 1613 [1613-1616] (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.81 · 508 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Avoid old Satanus: Go daub your ruins, your face looks fouler than a storm: the footman stays you in the Lobby Lady. If you were a Gentleman I should know it by your gentle conditions? are these fit words to give a gentlewoman? As fit as they were made for ye: Sirrah, my horses. Farewell old Adage, keep your nose warm, the rheum will make it horn else. The blessings of a prodigal young heir be thy companions Welford, Marry come up my gentleman, are your gums grown so tender they cannot bite? A skittish Filly will be your fortune Welford, and fair enough for such a packsaddle. And I doubt not, (if my aim hold) to see her made to amable to your hand. Save thy brave shoulder, my young puissant Knight, and may thy backsword bite them to the bone, that love thee not: thou art an errant man, go on. The circumcised shall fall by thee Let land and labour fill the man that tills, thy sword must be thy plough, and Ioue it speed. Mecha shall sweat, and Mahomet shall fall, and thy dear name fill up his monument. It shall Captain, I mean to be a worthy. One worthy is too little, thou shalt be all. Captain I shall deserve some of your love too. Thou shalt have heart and hand to noble Moorecraft, if thou wilt lend me money. I am a man of Garrison, be ruled, and open to me those infernal gates, whence none of thy evil angels pass again, and I will style thee Noble; nay Don Diego, I'll woe thy Infanta for thee, and my Knight shall feast her with high meats, and make her apt. Pardon me Captain, you're beside my meaning. No Mr. Moorecraft, 'tis the captains meaning I should prepare her for ye. Or provoke her. Speak my modern man, I say provoke her. Captain I say so too, or stir her to it. So says the Critics. But howsoever you expound it Sir, she's very welcome, and this shall serve for witness. And widow, since you're come so happily, you shall deliver up the keys, and free possession of this house; whilst I stand by to ratify. I had rather give it back again believe me, 'Tis a misery to say you had it. Take heed. 'Tis past that widow, come, sit down; some wine there: there is a scurvy banquet if we had it. All this fair house is yours Sir. Savill. Yes Sir. Are your keys ready, I must ease your burden. I am ready Sir to be undone, when you shall call me to't. Come come, thou shalt live better. I shall have less to do, that's all, there's half a dozen of my friends i'th' fields, sunning against a bank, with half a breech among 'em, I shall be with 'em shortly. The care and continual vexation of being rich eat up this rascal. What shall become of my poor family? they are no sheep, and they must keep themselves.
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Length
508 words · 672 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.808 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Auoide olde Satanus: Goe daube your ruines, your face lookes fowler then a storme: the footcman staies you in the Lobby Ladie. If you were a Gentleman I should know it by your gentle conditions? are these fit words to giue a gentlewoman? As fit as they were made for yee: Sirrah, my horses. Farewell old Adage, keepe your nose warme, the Reume will make it horne else. The blessings of a prodigall young heire be thy companions Welforde, Marry come vp my gentleman, are your gummes growne so tender they cannot bite? A skittish Filly will be your fortune Welford, and faire enough for such a packsaddle. And I doubt not, (if my aime hold) to see her made to amable to your hand. Saue thy braue shoulder, my young puissant Knight, and may thy back-sword bite them to the bone, that loue thee not: thou art an errant man, goe on. The circumcisde shall fall by theeLet land and labour fill the man that tils, thy sword must bee thy plough, and Ioue it speede. Mecha shall sweate, and Mahomet shall fall, and thy deere name fill vp his monument. It shall Captaine, I meane to be a worthy. One worthy is too little, thou shalt be all. Captaine I shall deserue some of your loue too. Thou shalt haue heart and hand to noble Mooreraft, if thou wilt lend me money. I am a man of Garrison, be rulde, and open to me those infernall gates, whence none of thy euill angels passe againe, and I will stile thee Noble; nay Don Diego, Ile woe thy Infanta for thee, and my Knight shall feast her with high meats, and make her apt. Pardon me Captaine, y'are beside my meaning. No Mr. Moorecraft, t'is the Captaines meaning I should prepare her for yee. Or prouoke her. Speake my moderne man, I say prooke her. Captaine I say so too, or stir her to it. So saies the Criticks. But howsoeuer you expound it Sir, she's very welcome, and this shall serue for witnesse. And widdow, since y'are come so happily, you shall deliuer vp the keys, and free possession of this house; whilst I stand by to ratifie. I had rather giue it back againe beleeue me, 'Tis a misery to say you had it. Take heede. 'Tis past that widowe, come, sit downe; some wine there: there is a scury banquet if we had it. All this faire house is yours Sir. Sauill. Yes Sir. Are your keys ready, I must ease your burden. I am ready Sir to be vndone, when you shall call me to't. Come come, thou shalt liue better. I shall haue lesse to doe, thats all, ther's halfe a dozen of my friends ith fields, sunning against a banke, with halfe a breech among vm, I shall bee with vm shortly. The care and continuall vexation of being rich eate vp this rascall. What shall become of my poore familie? they are no sheepe, and they must keepe themselues.