Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

RIOT

in The Interlude of Youth

Metadata

PlayThe Interlude of Youth
Year (catalogued)1565
Decade1560s
Speech prefix(es)Ryot. | Ryot | ryot
Words1096
Characters4962
Typicality0.33 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA04054
ClusterCluster 16 — Errand servants & brief parts

Important excerpts

Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 16 (nat, ningle, chould, numps, terry, dery…). Matches are highlighted.

here that we might go and make good there At the wine some where we will go even now with a lusty song What sir John what say you Would you be fetred now think nat to long I pray you It may fortune come soon enough It shall think it a little soc ¶That shall you see anon How soon they shall be on And after we will not tarry

Full speech

Huffa, huffa who calls after me I am Riot full iolite My heart as light as the wind And all on Riot is mi mind. where so ever I go But wot you what I do here To seek youth my compeer Fain of him I would have a sighed But my lips hang in my light God speed master youth by my fate Youth pray the have a do And to the a ene let us go And we with l drink diverse wine And the cost shall be mine Thou shalt not pay one penny iwis Yet thou shalt have a wench to kiss when so ever thou Wilt Let him come if he will He were better to bide still And he gyve the crooked laugage I will say him on the visage And that thou shalt see soon How lightly it shall be done And he will not be ruled with knocks We shall set him in the stocks To heal his soar shins I can speed the of a seruau ̄ to of price That will do the good service I see him go here be side Some men call him master Pride I swear by God in Trinity I will go fetch him unto the And that even anon High the apace and come a gain youth And bring with the that noble swain ¶what sister lechery you be welcome to our company ¶ A little ꝓretye nyset You be well him e God wot you be a little pretty pie, iwis you go full gingerle Let us go again be time That we may be at the wine Or ever that he come No sir so mote I the Let not thy servants fight within y to For it is a careful life Evermore to live in strife Therefore if you will be ruled by mi tale We will go to the ale And see how we can do I trust to God that sitteth on hie To less that little company With in and hour or two Now let us go apace And I belast there I be shrew my face No whoreson sayest thou so Hold him pride and let me go I shall fetched a prayre of Rings That shall fit to his shins And that even a none. Lo sirs look what I bring Is not this a jolly ringing By my troth I trow it be I will go wit of charity How sayest thou master charity Doth this gear please the. Sire he shall do well inowe Though he be ruled by neither of you therefore crake no longer here Least thou have on the ear And that a good knock You sir so mote I thrive Thou art not certain of thy life therefore thou were a stark fool to leave mirth and follow their scole Sir than shall you do well For we be true as stele Sir I can teach you to play at the dice At the queens game and at the Irish The Treygobet and the hazard also And many other games more Also at the cards I can teach you to play At the triumph and on and thirty Post, pinion, and also aumsase And at and other they call dewsace Yet I can tell you mor & you will con me thank Pink and drink and also at the blank And mane sports more And I forsake the utterly Fie on the caitiff lie Once a promise thou did me make That thou would me never forsake But now I see it is harden For to trust the wretched world Fare well Master's euerycheone That did my legs I tell the We thought thou did me call And I am come now here To make royal cheer And tell the how I have done So it was I be shrew your pate I come lately from Newgate But I am as ready to make good cheer As he that never came there For and I have spending I will make as merry as a king And care not what I do For I will not lie long in prison But will get forth soon For I have learned a policy That will loose me lightly And soon let me go Verily sir the rope brake And so I fell to the ground And ran away safe and found Be the way I met with a courtiers lad And twenty Nobles of gold in his purs he had I took the lad in the ear Beside his horse I called him there I took his purs in my hand And twenty nobles therein I Found Lord how I was merry. You sir I trust to God all might At the next cessions to be dubbed a knight Lo master youth here he is A pretty man and a wise He will be glad to do you service In all that ever he may ¶Lo youth I told you That he was a lastye fellow ✿A wife nay nay for God avow He shall have flesh enough For by God that me dear bought Over much of one thing is nought The devil said he had lever burn all his life than ones for to take a wife Therefore I say so God me save He shall no wife have thou haste a sister fair and from I know well his leman she will be therefore I would she were here that we might go and make good there At the wine some where we will go even now with a lusty song What sir John what say you Would you be fetred now think nat to long I pray you It may fortune come soon enough It shall think it a little soc ¶That shall you see anon How soon they shall be on And after we will not tarry long But go hence with a merry song Hark youth for God avow He would have the a Saint now But youth I shall you tell A young Saint and old devil Therefore I hold the a fool And thou follow his scole Hardly go on thy way I know well he will say nay What youth will you forsake me I will not forsake thee I am sure thou Wilt not forsake me Nor I will not forsake thee ¶Sir in faith I shall tell you true She is a Fresh and fair of he And very proper of bod e Men call her Lady Lechery