Jonson, Ben · published 1631 · first performed or written 1614 [Oct 31] (Annals) comedy · Lady Elizabeth's Men T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.80 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
But do you think you can get one? O, they are as common as wheelbarrows, where there are great dunghills. Every Pettifogger's wife, has 'em, for first he buys a Coach, that he may marry, and than he marries that he may be made Cuckold in't: For if their wives ride not to their Cuckolding, they do 'em no credit. Hid, and be hidden; ride, and be ridden, says the vapour of experience. BY what warrant does it say so? Ha! mad child o'the Piepowders, art thou there? fill us a fresh can, Urs, we may drink together. I may not drink without a warrant, Captain. 'Sblood, thou'll not stolen without a warrant, shortly. Whit, Give me pen, ink and paper. I'll draw him a warrant presently. It must be justice Overdoo's? I know, man, Fetch the drink, Whit. I pre dee now, be very brief, Captain; for de new Ladies stay for d'ye. O, as brief as can be, here 'tis already. Adam Overdoo. Why, now, I'll pledge you, Captain. Drink it of. I'll come to thee, anon, again. Well, Sir. You are now discharged: beware of being spied, hereafter. Sir, will it please you, enter in here, at Ursula's; and take part of a silken gown, a velvet petticoat, or a wrought smock; I am promised such: and I can spare any Gentleman a moiety. Keep it for your companions in beastliness, I am none of'hem, Sir. If I had not already forgiven you a greater trespass, or thought you yet worth my beating, I would instruct your manners, to whom you made your offers. But go your ways, talk not to me, the hangman is only fit to discourse with you; the hand of Beadle is too merciful a punishment for your Trade of life. I am sorry I employed this fellow; for he thinks me such: Facinus quos inquinat, aequat. But, it was for sport. And would I make it serious, the getting of this Licence is nothing to me, without other circumstances concur. I do think how impertinently I labour, if the word be not mine, that the ragged fellow marked: And what advantage I have given Ned Win-wife in this time now, of working her, though it be mine. he'll go near to form to her what a debauched Rascal I am, and fright her out of all good conceit of me: I should do so by him, I am sure, if I had the opportunity. But my hope is in her temper, yet; and it must needs be next to despair, that is grounded on any part of a woman's discretion. I would give by my troth, now, all I could spare (to my cloathes, and my sword) to meet my tattered soothsayer again, who was my judge i'rhe question, to know certainly whose word he has damned or saved. For, till than, I live but under a Repreive. I must seek him. Who be these?
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493 words · 693 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.795 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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But doe you thinke you can get one? O, they are as common as wheelebarrowes, where there are great dunghills. Euery Pettifoggers wife, has 'hem, for firſt he buyes a Coach, that he may marry, and then hee marries that hee may be made Cuckold in't: For if their wiues ride not to their Cuckolding, they doe 'hem no credit. Hide, and be hidden; ride, and be ridden, ſayes the vapour of experience. BY what warrant do's it ſay ſo? Ha! mad child o'the Pye-pouldres, art thou there? fill vs a freſh kan, Vrſ, wee may drinke together. I may not drinke without a warrant, Captaine. S'lood, thou'll not ſtale without a warant, ſhortly. Whit, Giue mee pen, inke and paper. I'l draw him a warrant preſently. It muſt be Iuſtice Ouerdoo's? I know, man, Fetch the drinke, Whit. I pre dee now, be very briefe, Captaine; for de new Ladies ſtay for dee. O, as briefe as can be, here 'tis already. Adam Ouerdoo. VVhy, now, I'le pledge you, Captaine. Drinke it off. I'll come to thee, anone, againe. Well, Sir. You are now diſcharg'd: beware of being ſpi'd, hereafter. Sir, will it pleaſe you, enter in here, at Vrſla's; and take part of a ſilken gowne, a veluet petticoate, or a wrought ſmocke; I am promiſ'd ſuch: and I can ſpare any Gentleman a moity. Keepe it for your companions in beaſtlineſſe, I am none of'hem, Sir. If I had not already forgiuen you a greater treſpaſſe, or thought you yet worth my beating, I would inſtruct your manners, to whom you made your offers. But goe your wayes, talke not to me, the hangman is onely fit to diſcourſe with you; the hand of Beadle is too mercifull a puniſhment for your Trade of life. I am ſorry I employ'd this fellow; for he thinks me ſuch: Facinus quos inquinat, aequat. But, it was for ſport. And would I make it ſerious, the getting of this Licence is nothing to me, without other circumſtances concurre. I do thinke how impertinently I labour, if the word bee not mine, that the ragged fellow mark'd: And what aduantage I haue giuen Ned Win-wife in this time now, of working her, though it be mine. Hee'll go neare to forme to her what a debauch'd Raſcall I am, and fright her out of all good conceipt of me: I ſhould doe ſo by him, I am ſure, if I had the opportunity. But my hope is in her temper, yet; and it muſt needs bee next to deſpaire, that is grounded on any part of a woman's diſcretion. I would giue by my troth, now, all I could ſpare (to my cloathes, and my ſword) to meete my tatter'd ſooth-ſayer againe, who was my iudge i'rhe queſtion, to know certainly whoſe word he has damn'd or ſau'd. For, till then, I liue but vnder a Repreiue. I muſt ſeeke him. Who be theſe?