Anonymous · published 1570 · first performed or written 1568 [before 1569] (Annals) moral · Children of Paul's (first)(?) T46 Swords, quarrels and valour typicality 0.77 · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
Mine one dear Wit, the hope of mine avail, My care, my comfort, my treasure and my trust, Take heart of grace, our enemy to assail, Lay up these things, which you have hard discussed. So doing, undoubtingly you can not fail. To win the field to scape. all these unhappy showers, To glad your friends, to 'cause your foes to wail, To match with us, and then the gain is yours. Here in this Closet ourself, will set and see, Your manly feats, and your success in fight: Strike home courageously, for you and me, Learn where and how to fiend, and how to smite: In any wise, be ruled by these three, They shall direct both you, and Will aright. Farewell and let our loving counsel be At every hand before you in your fight, Here in my sight good Madam sit and view: That when I lift, I may look up on you. This face this noble face, this lively hue, Shall harden me, shall make our enemy rue. O faithful mates, that have this care of me: How shall I ever recompense, your pains with gold or fee. Come now and as you please, enjoin me how to do it, And you shall see me priest, and servieable to it. Why master whither way, what haste am I no body? What Will, we may not miss thee, for no money. Welcome good Will, and do as thou art bid, This day or never, must Tediousness be rid. God speed us well, I will make one at all assays. Thou shalt watch to take him at certain bays, Come not in the throng, but save thyself always. You twain on either side, first with your sword and buckler. After the first conflict, fight with your sword and daggers, You sir with a javelin and your target in your hand, See how ye can, his deadly strokes withstand. Keep at the soyne, come not within his reach, until you see, what good advantage you may ketche. Then hardly leave him not, till time you strike him dead, And of all other parts, especially save your head. Is this all, for I would fain have done? I would we wear at it, I care not how soon. Now when ye please. I have no more to tell, But heartily to pray for you, and wish you well. I thank you, go thou and bid the battle Will. Come out thou monster fell, that hast desire to spill, The knot and linked love, of Science and of Wit, Come try the quarrel in the field, and fight with us a fit. A doughty dirt these iiii. boys will do, I will eat them by morsels two and two. Thou fyghteste for a wife a rod a rod, Had I witted this, I would have laid on load, And beat thy brain and this my cloobe together, And made thee safe enough for returning hither,
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Length
494 words · 637 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T46 — Swords, quarrels and valourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.771 (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)
Myne one deare Witte, the hope of mine auaile, My care, my comfort, my treasure and my trust, Take hart of grace, our ennemye to assaile, Lay vp these thynges, whych you haue hard discust. So doinge, vndoubtingly you can not fayle. To winne the fyeld to scape. all these vnhappy shewers, To glad your frendes, to cause your foes to wayle, To matche wyth vs, and then the gayne is youres. Here in this Closet our selfe, wil sette and sée, Your manly feates, and your successe in fyght: Strike home couragiously, for you and mée, Learne wher and howe to fende, and howe to smite: In any wyse, be ruled by these thrée, They shall direct both you, and Wyll aryght. Farewell and let our louing counsell bee At euery hande before you in your fyght, Here in my sight good Maddam sitte and viewe: That when I lift, I may loke vppe on you. This face this noble face, this liuely hiew, Shal harden mee, shal make our enemye rue. O faythful mates, that haue this care of mee: How shal I euer recompence, your paynes wyth gold or ée. Come now and as you please, enioyne me how to doe it, And you shall see me prest, and susable to it. Why mayster whyther way, what hast am I no body? What Will, we maye not mysse thee, for no money. Welcome good Wyll, and doe as thou art bydde, This daye or neuer, must Tediousnes be ridde. God spede vs well, I will make one at all assayes Thou shalt watche to take him at certayne bayes, Come not in the thronge, but saue thy selfe alwayes. You twayne on eyther syde, first wyth your sword and buckler. After the first conflict, fight wyth your sworde and daggers, You sir with a Iaueling and your Targett in your hand, See how ye can, his deadly strokes wythstand. Kepe at the soyne, come not wythin his reache, Untyll you see, what good aduauntage you may ketche. Then hardly leaue him not, tyll time you strike him dead, And of all other partes, especially saue yonr head. Is this all, for I would fayne hae done? I would we weare at it, I care not how sone. Now when ye please. I haue no more to tell, But hartely to praye for you, and wyshe you well. I thancke you, goe thou and bidde the battayle Wyll. Come out thou monster fell, that hast desire to spill, The knot and linked loue, of Science and of Witte, Come trie the quarel in the fyeld, and fyght with vs a fitte. A doughte durte these iiii. oyes will doe, I will eate them by morsels two and two. Thou fyghteste for a wyfe a rod a rodde, Had I wist this, I would haue layed on loade, And beate thy brane and thys my cloobe together, And made thee safe inoughe for retourninge hyther,