Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John · published 1619 · first performed or written 1611 (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men · Globe T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.84 · 507 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
Brother, I say you palter, the must three times together; I wear as sharp steel as another man, And my Fox bites as deep, musted my dear brother: But to the cause again: Nay, look you Gentlemen. In a word I ha' done. A tall man, but untemperate; 'tis great pity: Once more suppose the boy kicked. Forward. And being thoroughly kicked, laughs at the kick. So much for us; proceed. And in this beaten scorn, as I may call it, Delivers up his weapon: where lies the error? It lies i'th' beating Sir, I found it four days since. The error, and a sore one, as I take it; Lies in the thing kicking. I understand that well, 'tis sore indeed Sir. That is according to the man that did it. There springs a new branch: whose was the fool? Ah Lords. The cause is mighty, but had it been two Lords, And both had kicked you, if you laughed, 'tis clear. I did laugh, But how will that help me Gentlemen? Yes, it shall help you, if you laughed aloud. As loud as a kicked man could laugh, I laughed Sir: My reason now; the valiant man is known By suffering and contemning, you have Enough of both, and you are valiant. If he be sure he has been kicked enough: For that brave sufferance you speak of brother, Consists not in a beating, and away, But in a cudgeled body, from eighteen To eight and thirty: in a head rebuked With pots of all Size, daggers, stools, and bedstaves, This shows a valiant man. Then I am valiant, as valiant, as the proudest, For these are all familiar things to me: Familiar as my sleep, or want of money. All my whole body's but one bruise with beating, I think I have been cudgeled with all nations, And almost all Religions. Embrace him brother, this man is valiant, I know it by myself he's valiant. Captain thou art a valiant Gentleman To abide upon't, a very valiant man. My equal friends ath' sword, I must request your hands to this. 'tis fit it should be. Boy get some wine, and pen and ink within: Am I clear Gentlemen? Sir when the world has taken notice what we have done, Make much of your body, for I'll pawn my steel, Men will be coyer of their legs hereafter. I must request you go along, and testify to the Lord Bacurius, whose foot has struck me, how you find my cause. We will, and tell that Lord he must be ruled, Or there be those abroad will rule his Lordship. Sir her's the Princess. Leave us then alone. For the main cause of her imprisonment Must not be heard by any but herself: You are welcome Sister, and I would to God I could so bid you by another name, If you above love not such sins as these, Circle my heart with thoughts as cold as snow To quench these rising flames that harbour here.
nodes 1850–1914 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 36 of 49 in this edition
Length
507 words · 671 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.835 (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)
Brother, I ſay you palter, the muſt three times together; I weare as ſharpe ſteele as another man, And my Foxe bites as deepe, muſt my deare brother: But to the cauſe againe: Nay, looke you Gentlemen. In a word I ha done. A tall man, but vntemperate; tis great pittie: Once more ſuppoſe the boy kickt. Forward. And being throughly kickt, laughes at the kicker▪ So much for vs; proceede. And in this beaten ſcorne, as I may call it, Deliuers vp his weapon: where lies the error? It lies ith beating Sir, I found it foure dayes ſince. The error, and a ſore one, as I take it; Lies in the thing kicking. I vnderſtand that well, tis ſore indeed Sir. That is according to the man that did it. There ſprings a new branch: whoſe was the fooe? Ah Lords. The cauſe is mightie, but had it beene two Lords, And both had kickt you, if you laught, tis cleere. I did laugh, But how will that helpe me Gentlemen? Yes, it ſhall helpe you, if you laught alowd. As lowd as a kickt man could laugh, I laught Sir: My reaſon now; the valiant man is knowne By ſuffering and contemning, you haue Enough of both, and you are valiant. If he be ſure he has beene kickt enough: For that braue ſufferance you ſpeake of brother, Conſiſts not in a beating, and away, But in a cudgeld bodie, from eighteene To eight and thirtie: in a head rebuk't With pots of all Size, daggers, ſtooles, and bedſtaues, This ſhewes a valiant man. Then I am valiant, as valiant, as the proudeſt, For theſe are all familiar things to me: Familiar as my ſleepe, or want of money. All my whole bodi's but one bruize with beating, I thinke I haue beene cudgeld with all nations, And almoſt all Religions. Imbrace him brother, this man is valiant, I know it by my ſelfe hees valiant. Captaine thou art a valiant Gentleman To abide vpon't, a very valiant man. My equall friends ath'ſword, I muſt requeſt your hands to this. Tis fit it ſhould be. Boy get ſome wine, and pen and inke within: Am I cleare Gentlemen? Sir when the world has taken notice what we haue done, Make much of your bodie, for Ile pawne my ſteele, Men will be coyer of their legs hereafter. I muſt requeſt you goe along, and teſtifie to the Lord Bacurius, whoſe foot has ſtrucke me, how you find my cauſe. We will, and tell that Lord he muſt be rul'd, Or there be thoſe abroad will rule his Lordſhip. Sir her's the Princeſſe. Leaue vs then alone. For the maine cauſe of her impriſonment Muſt not be heard by any but her ſelfe: You are welcome Siſter, and I would to God I could ſo bid you by another name, If you aboue loue not ſuch ſinnes as theſe▪ Circle my heart with thoughts as cold as ſnow To quench theſe riſing flames that harbour here.