The Old Wives Tale

Peele, George, published 1595 · romance · Adult Professional;Professional

15chunks

7,606words

3topics

80 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	The Old Wives Tale
Author	Peele, George
Publication year (edition)	1595
Genre (British Drama)	romance
Genre group (comparison)	romance — from the British Drama label · Annals: romance
Play type	Adult Professional;Professional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 137 · edition 264 · TCP A09232 · DEEP 211
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1590 [c.1588-1594]
First performance (BritDrama)	1592 [1588-1595]
Company (BritDrama)	Queen Elizabeth's Men
Company (Annals)	Queen Elizabeth's Men
Title-page company	Queen Elizabeth's Men
Printer	Danter, John
Publisher	Danter, John
Format	Quarto
STC	19545
Greg	137a
Genre (Annals)	Romance
Genre (BritDrama)	Romance
BritDrama no.	913
Title page	THE Old Wiues Tale. A pleasant conceited Comedie,
Title-page performance note	played by the Queenes Maiesties players.
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 542 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

unassigned

79.7 %

T1 Death, grief and revenge

7.0 %

T15 Friars and holy orders in plot

6.7 %

T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns

6.7 %

Chunks in order

#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–17	505	unassigned		HOw now fellow Frantic, what all a mort? Doth this sadness become thy madness? What though we have lost our wa…
2	18–42	514	unassigned		Welcome Clunch & good fellows all that come with my good man for my good man's sake come on sit down here is a…
3	43–83	480	unassigned		Who dressed his dinner then? Nay either hear my tale, or kiss my tail. Well said, on with your tale Gammer. O …
4	84–120	521	unassigned		Now sit thee here & tell a heavy tale. Sad in thy mood, and sober in thy cheer, Here sit thee now and to thyse…
5	121–137	495	unassigned		Well neighbour, now you have spoke, hear me speak; send them to the Well for the water of life: there shall th…
6	138–173	496	unassigned		O Lord I know him well: he is the knight of the neats feet. O he loved no Capon better, he hath oftentimes dec…
7	174–241	507	T15 Friars and holy orders in plot	0.84	At the foot of the Rock for running water, and gathering roots for your dinner sir. Ah Delia, fairer art thou …
8	242–276	530	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.72	Tell me Time, tell me just Time, When shall I Delia see? When shall I see the lodestar of my life? When shall …
9	277–305	496	unassigned		Sic argumentaris domine Loach; and we make many such matches, we may pull down the steeple, sell the Bells, an…
10	306–357	518	unassigned		Away with him into the open fields, To be a ravening prey to Crows and Kites: And for this villain let him wan…
11	358–391	519	unassigned		Marry gup with a murrain, I know wherefore thou speakest that, but go thy ways home as wise as thou camest, or…
12	392–419	497	unassigned		The Sot thinks I ask of his lands, Lob be your comfort, and Cuckold be your destiny: Hear you sir; and if you …
13	420–460	506	T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns	0.83	Yes Hosts, but it is my masters fashion to pay before he eats, therefore a reckoning good hostess. Marry shall…
14	461–503	511	unassigned		How now, what man art thou that sits so sad Why dost thou gaze upon these stately trees, Without the leave and…
15	504–541	511	unassigned		Why Iack that is impossible, he was a young man. Ah master, so he deceived them that beheld him: but he was a …

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