Like Will to Like (Quoth the Devil to the Collier) · chunk 11 of 23
Fulwell, Ulpian · published 1587 · first performed or written 1568 [1562-1568] (Annals) moral T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds typicality 0.78 · 483 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
I hold twenty pound the Knave is blind, turn about Philip Fleming and look behind. Hast thou drunk so much that thine eyes be out? Lo how he snorteth like a lazy lout. Go to him for he sleepeth sound. two such paunches in all England can scant be found. Why Haunce art thou in thy prayers so devoutly? awake man and we two will quaff together stoutly. Domine dominus noster: methink I cha spied three knaves in a cluster. Stay a while for he saith his Pater noster, Sanctum benedicitum what have I dreamed? By gog's nouns chad thought ich had been in my bed. Cha dreamed such a dream that thou wilt marvel to here, methought ich was drowned in a barrel of Beer. And by and by the Barrel was turned to a Ship: Which methought the wind made lively to skip. And ich did sail therein from Flanders to France: At last ich was brought hither among a sort of knaves by chance Lo Haunce here is Philip Fleming come now, we will go drink together now, how sayst thou? I pray thee good Vilip lead me away, Give me thy hand and I will thee stay. How say you master Nichol will you keep us company? Go before master lickhole and I will come by and by. Mates matched together depart you three, I will come after you may believe me. Ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Now three knaves are gone, and I am left alone: myself here to solace: Well done gentle Joan, why begin you to moan? though they be gone I am in place. And now I will dance, now will I prance, For why I have none other work: Snip snap Butter is no bone meat: Knaves flesh is no Pork. hay tisty tosty an oil is a bird, jackanapes hath an old face: You may believe me at one bare word, how like you this merry case? A piece of ground, they think they have found, I will tell you what it is: For I them told that of beggar's manner it hid hold, a staff and a wallet I wis. Which in short space, even in this place, of me they shall receive: For when that their drift, hath spent all their thrift, their minds I shall deceive. I trow you shall see more Knaves come to me, which whensoever they do: they shall have their meed, as they deserve indeed. as you shall shortly see these two. When they do pretend to have a good end, mark well then what shall ensue: A Bag and a Bottle, or else a Rope Knottle, this shall they prove to true. But mark well this game, I see this gear frame. Lo who cometh now in such haste? It is Cutbert cutpurse and Pierce pickpurse, Give room now a little cast.
nodes 539–598 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 11 of 23 in this edition
Length
483 words · 624 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T47 — Knaves, thieves and bawdscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.777 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T46 · seed 44: T41 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ I holde twenty pound the Knaue is blinde, turn about Phillip Fleming and look behinde. Hast thou drunk so much that thine eyes be out? Lo how he snorteth like a lazy lout. Goe to him for he sleepeth sound. two such paunches in all England can scant be found. ¶ Why Haunce art thou in thy praiers so deuoutly? awake man and we two wil quasse togither stoutly. * Domine dominus noster: Me think I cha spide three knaues in a cluster. ¶ Stay a while for he saith his Pater noster, Sanctum benedicitum what haue I dremed? By gogs nowns chad thought ich had been in my bed. Cha dremed such a dreme that thou wilt meruaile to heere, Me thought ich was drowned in a barell of Beere. And by and by the Barrel was turned to a Ship: VVhich me thought the winde made liuely to skip. And ich did sail therin from Flaunders to Fraunce: At last ich was brought hether among a sort of knaues by chaunce ¶ Lo Haunce heer is Phillip Fleming come now, we wil goe drink togither now, how saist thou? ¶ I pray thee good Vilip lead me away, ¶ Giue me thy hand and I wil thee stay. ¶ How say you maister Nichol wil you keep vs company? ¶ Goe before maister lickhole and I wilcome by and by. Mates matched togither departe you three, I wil come after you may beleeue me. * Ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Now three knaues are gone, and I am left alone: my selfe heere to solace: VVel doon gentle Ione, why begin you to mone? though they be gone I am in place. And now I wil daunce, now wil I praunce, For why I haue none other woork: Snip snap Butter is no bone meat: Knaues flesh is no Porke. Hey tisty tosty an Ole is a bird, Iack a napes hath an olde face: You may beleeue me at one bare woord, how like you this mery cace? A peece of ground, they think they haue found, I wil tel you what it is: For I them tolde that of beggars maner it hid holde, a staffe and a wallet I wis. VVhich in short space, euen in this place, of me they shall receiue: For when that their drift, hath spent all their thrift, their mindes I shall deceiue. I trowe you shall see more Knaues come to me, which whensoeuer they doo: they shall haue their meed, as they deserue indeed. as you shal shortly see these two. VVhen they doo pretend to haue a good end, mark wel then what shall insue: A Bag and a Bottle, or els a Rope Knottle, this shall they proue to true. But mark wel this game, I see this geer frame. Lo who cometh now in such hast? It is Cutbert cutpursse and Pierce pickpurse, Giue room now a litle cast.