Udall, Nicholas · published 1566 · first performed or written 1552 [1552-1554(?)] (Annals) comedy T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.82 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
If ye two bid me, we will with him pitch a field, I and my maids together. Let us see, be bold. Ye shall see women's war. That fight will I behold If occasion serve, taking his part full brim, I will strike at you, but the rap shall light on him. When we first appear. Then will I run away As though I were afeard. Do you that part well play And I will sue for peace. And I will set him on. Then will he look as fierce as a Cotssold lion. But when ghost thou for him? That do I very now. Ye shall find us here. Well god have mercy on you. There is no cause of fear, the least boy in the street: Nay, the least girl I have, will make him take his feet. But hark, methink they make preparation. No force, it will be a good recreation. I will stand within, and step forth speedily, And so make as though I ran away dreadfully. Now sirs, keep your ray, and see your hearts be stout, But where be these caitiffs, methink they dare not rout, How sayst thou Merrygreek? What doth Kit Custance say? I am loath to tell you. Tush speak man▪ yea or nay? Forsooth sir, I have spoken for you all that I can. But if ye win her, ye must e'en play the man, e'en to fight it out, ye must a man's heart take. Yes, they shall know, and thou knowest I have a stomach. A stomach (quoth you) yea, as good as ere man had. I trow they shall find and feel that I am a lad. By this cross I have seen you eat your meat as well, As any that ere I have seen of or heard tell, A stomach quoth you? he that will that deny I know was never at dinner in your company. Nay, the stomach of a man it is that I mean. Nay the stomach of an horse or a dog I ween. Nay a man's stomach with a weapon mean I. Ten men can scarce match you with a spoon in a pie. Nay the stomach of a man to try in strife. I never saw your stomach cloyed yet in my life. Tush I mean in strife or fighting to try. We shall see how ye will strike now being angry. Have at thy pate then, and save thy head if thou may. Nay then have at your pate again by this day, Nay thou mayst not strike at me again in no wise. I can not in fight make to you such warrantise: But as for your foes here let them the bargain buy. Nay as for they, shall every mother's child die. And in this my fume a little thing might make me, To beat down house and all, and else the devil take me.
nodes 1787–1841 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 32 of 39 in this edition
Length
489 words · 614 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.819 (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)
If ye two bidde me, we will with him pitche a fielde, I and my maides together. Let vs see, be bolde. Ye shal see womēs warre. That fight wil I behold If occasion serue, takyng his parte full brim, I will strike at you, but the rappe shall light on him. When we first appeare. Then will I runne away As though I were afeard. Do yu that part wel play And I will sue for peace. And I will set him on. Then will he looke as fierce as a Cotssold lyon. But when gost thou for him? That do I very nowe. Ye shal find vs here. Wel god haue mercy on you. There is no cause of feare, the least boy in the streete: Nay, the least girle I haue, will make him take his féete. But hearke, me thinke they make preparation. No force, it will be a good recreation. I will stande within, and steppe forth spéedily, And so make as though I ranne away dreadfully. NOwe sirs, kéepe your ray, and sée your heartes be stoute, But where be these catifes, me think they dare not route, How sayst thou Merygreeke? What doth Kit Custāce say? I am loth to tell you. Tushe speake man▪ yea or nay? Forsooth sir, I haue spoken for you all that I can. But if ye winne hir, ye must éen play the man, Een to fight it out, ye must a mans heart take. Yes, they shall know, and thou knowest I haue a stomacke. A stomacke (quod you) yea, as good as ere man had. I trowe they shall finde and féele that I am a lad. By this crosse I haue seene you eate your meate as well, As any that ere I haue sene of or heard tell, A stomacke quod you? he that will that denie I know was neuer at dynner in your companie. Nay, the stomacke of a man i is that I meane. Nay the stomacke of an horse or a dogge I wéene. Nay a mans stomacke with a weapon meane I. Ten men can scarce match you with a spoone in a pie. Nay the stomake of a man to trie in stfe. I neuer sawe your stomake cloyed yet in my lyfe. Tushe I meane in strife or fighting to trie. We shall sée how ye will strike nowe being angry. Haue at thy pate then, and saue thy head if thou may. Nay then haue at your pate agayne by this day, Nay thou mayst not strike at me againe in no wise. I can not in fight make to you suche warrantise: But as for your foes here let them the bargaine bie. Nay as for they, shall euery mothers childe die. And in this my fume a little thing might make me, To beate downe house and all, and else the deuill take me.