Marmion, Shackerley · published 1632 · first performed or written 1631 [Dec] (Annals) comedy · Prince Charles's Men (second) · Salisbury Court T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.86 · 502 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
No, you may keep her still. My thinks you are much dejected with your fall, I find an alteration in your face. You look like an Almanac of last years date. Or like your livery cloak, of two years wearing. Worse than the smoky wall of a bawdy house. Villain, dost thou insult on me? No faith sir, Alas, 'tis not within the reach of man, To countermine your plots. Well, slave, because I'll rid my hands of thee, I'll give thee a share. You must have none, without lawful proceeding. And that I know, you dare not. But I dare. Have you been partners all this while in mischief, And now fall out, who shall be the most knave? What do you mean? I mean to search your house For ammunition, no otherwise, Which I suspect you send unto the leaguer. Sir I have nothing there, but one cracked piece Belongs to this Gentleman, can do no service. She is spoilt in the boar. we'll have her new cast. Come, bring them away. Nay good sir, you know, That I was lately quit before a justice. And if I fall in a relapse. all's one To me, but you must satisfy the Law. Well then, I know the worst of it. Master Trimalchio, 'tis an age since I saw you. I was ne'er out of town. Not out of town? We sought you about all the Ordinaries, Taverns and bawdy-houses, we could imagine You ever haunted. You might have found us then. Nay more, we inquired at the playhouses. 'Twas once in my mind, to have had you cried. We gave you lost. Well, shall I tell you, Captain? I; do, what is't? This Gentleman and I Have passed through purgatory, since I saw you. If I should tell you all the passages At the leaguer. Thither we came to meet you, And you were gone. And then at the justices. Were you before the justice? 'Tis such a story Would fill a Chronicle. We met with a party of the enemies, Took all we had from us, and then it cost us Forty shillings in fees at the justices. That was hard dealing. The old boy and I Grew to be kin at last. He made me sure To my mistress, before we parted. How? By what strange accident? Honest Ardelio, And Misellanio, we were all together In rebellion, and quit by a Letter, That came from my mistress. Is't possible? And Miscellanio turn traitor? What. Would have your mistress from you, thinks the Letter Was sent for his sake. That I am sure he does not. Threatens, and swears that he will fight for her. If he be weary of his life, he may. Why what can he pretend to her? I know not, What has passed between them, but I am sure, He has been practising at the Fencing school, To get a trick to kill you. He kill me! I'll kill him first. I fight by Geometry.
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Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.862 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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No, you may keepe her ſtill. My thinkes you are much deiected with your fall, I finde an alteration in your face. You looke like an Almanacke of laſt yeeres date. Or like your liuery cloake, of two yeeres wearing. Worſe then the ſmoaky wall of a bawdy houſe. Villaine, doſt thou inſult on me? No fayth ſir, Alſſe, tis not within the reach of man, To countermine your plots. Well, ſlaue, becauſe Ile rid my hands of thee, Ile giue thee a ſhare. You muſt haue none, without lawfull proceeding. And that I know, you dare not. But I dare. Haue you beene partners all this while in miſchiefe, And now fall out, who ſhall bee the moſt knaue? What doe you meane? I meane to ſearch your houſe For ammunition, no otherwiſe, Which I ſuſpect you ſend vnto the Leager. Sir I haue nothing there, but one crackt piece Belongs to this Gentleman, can doe no ſeruice. She is ſpoyld in the bore. Wee'l haue her new caſt. Come, bring them away. Nay good ſir, you know, That I was lately quit before a Iuſtice. And if I fall in a relapſe. Al's one To me, but you muſt ſatisfie the Law. Well then, I know the worſt of it. Maſter Trimalchio, 'tis an age ſince I ſaw you. I was nere out of towne. Not out of towne? We ſought you about all the Ordinaries, Tauernes and Bawdyhouſes, we could imagine You euer haunted. You might haue found vs then. Nay more, we inquir'd at the Play-houſes. 'Twas once in my minde, to haue had you cryed. We gaue you loſt. Well, ſhall I tell you, Captaine? I; doe, what iſt? This Gentleman and I Haue paſt through purgatory, ſince I ſaw you. If I ſhould tell you all the paſſages At the Leager. Thither we came to meete you, And you were gone. And then at the Iuſtices. Were you before the Iuſtice? 'Tis ſuch a ſtory Would fill a Chronicle. We met with a party of the enemies, Tooke all we had from vs, and then it coſt vs Forty ſhillings in fees at the Iuſtices. That was hard dealing. The old boy and I Grew to be kin at laſt. He made me ſure To my miſtris, before we parted. How? By what ſtrange accident? Honeſt Ardelio, And Miſellanio, wee were all together In rebellion, and quit by a Letter, That came from my miſtreſſe. Iſt poſſible? And Miſcellanio turne traytor? What. Would haue your miſtreſſe from you, thinkes the Letter Was ſent for his ſake. That I am ſure hee does not. Threatens, and ſweares that he wil fight for her. If hee bee weary of his life, hee may. Why what can hee pretend to her? I know not, What has paſt betweene them, but I am ſure, He has beene practiſing at the Fencing ſchoole, To get a trick to kill you. Hee kill mee! I'll kill him firſt. I fight by Geometry.