Hawkins, William · published 1627 · first performed or written 1627 [Feb 6] (Annals) comedy T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.77 · 474 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
Mother, I have heard that he was hanged that invented burch. ay, and he that invented books escaped by burning in the hand. I have almost scorched my fingers with warming it: Shrink in while I buckle it, that you may be gaunt and fine in the waist. Mother. When you go in your coach up Parnassus hill, I must sit in your lap, must I not? and hold Tisby's left ear in my hand with two fingers thus Must I not? O it is the finest Puppy. ay, darling, and hold my fan in thy other hand, and sometime shake it at the common people when we pass by them. Indeed Mother, these are very Gentlemanlike feats. I wonder the Captain has not read any lecture to me of them. The Captain is to teach thee more soldierlike tricks. I can teach thee these at home. Why jug do you see how the rose is ruffled on the top of his spur-leather, set it better with your poking finger. (valour. He has already taught me one soldier trick of What is that my sweet Baby? When you are in your Coach, if any horses, though never so well bred (except the horses of Apollo's own Chariot) shall presume to take the wall or upper hand of any of your Coach-horses, I must straight leap out of the Coach, and with my poniard stab one of those uncivil horses through both the ears at once. I see Captain Compliment is an excellent Master, he will make my child be called the son of Mars and Bellona. He deserves more stipend than I allow him for thee. Why son Gingle, this will be an action not only of valour, but of honour and duty to me. If I thus venture myself in duty to you, I pray you forget not your duty to me. You know my Father's a man of great worth, and lands, and I am his heir apparent. I pray you in good company, call not me plain son Gingle, or son Iohn, or so, but Master Iohn, or Master Gingle my son, or so. Others will do me the more honour for it. True my honourable child Master Iohn Jingle or so. If thou be'st used with such respect by me, how great honour will others yield me that bore thee? But son I doubt, if the horses be tall, thou canst not have them by the ears with thy poniard. Thou shall▪ have thy Father's long guilt Rapier. That will reach them, unless they fly as high as Pegasus. O for that Rapier. If I had it, the Captain would teach me in one day and a half, how to wear it, how high the pummel must sit above the chape, and how to wind it about when I salute.
nodes 442–457 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 46 in this edition
Length
474 words · 596 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.767 (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)
Mother, I haue heard that he was hang'd that inuented burch. I, and he that inuented bookes escaped by burning in the hand. I haue almost scorcht my fingers with warming it: Shrinke in while I buckle it, that you may bee gaunt and fine in the wast. Mother. When you goe in your coach vp Parnassus hill, I must sit in your lap, must I not? and hold Tisbies left eare in my hand with two fingers thus Must I not? O it is the finest Puppy. I, darling, and hold my fanne in thy other hand, and sometime shake it at the common people when we passe by them. Indeed Mother, these are very Gentlemanlike feates. I wonder the Captaine has not read any lecture to me of them. The Captaine is to teach thee more souldierlike trickes. I can teach thee these at home. Why Iugge doe you see how the rose is ruffled on the top of his spurleather, set it better with your poking finger. (valour. He has already taught me one soldierly tricke of What is that my sweet Babby? When you are in your Coach, if any horses, though neuer so well bred (except the horses of Apollos owne Chariot) shall presume to take the wall or vpper hand of any of your Coach-horses, I must straight leape out of the Coach, and with my ponyard stabbe one of those vnciuill horses through both the eares at once. I see Captaine Complement is an excellent Master, he will make my childe be called the sonne of Mars and Bellona. Hee deserues more stipend then I allow him for thee. Why sonne Gingle, this will be an action not onely of valour, but of honour and duty to me. If I thus venture my selfe in duty to you, I pray you forget not your duty to me. You know my Father's a man of great worth, and lands, and I am his heire apparant. I pray you in good company, call not mee plaine sonne Gingle, or sonne Iohn, or so, but Master Iohn, or Master Gingle my sonne, or so. Others will doe mee the more honour for it. True my honourable childe Master Iohn Gingle or so. If thou bee'st vs'd with such respect by mee, how great honour will others yeeld mee that bare thee? But sonne I doubt, if the horses be tall, thou canst not haue them by the eares with thy ponyard. Thou shal▪ haue thy Fathers long guilt Rapier. That will reach them, vnlesse they flye as high as Pegasus. O for that Rapier. If I had it, the Captaine would teach me in one day and a halfe, how to weare it, how high the pummell must sit aboue the chape, and how to winde it about when I salute.