Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
My Lord, I do acknowledge it a debt As to their loves: Only your Princely care To grace our new return hath so surpassed The former expectation we conceived, That I am forced now to confess I live A desperate bankrupt to your royal favours. Your good deserts may soon requite our love, But tell us, How does learning flourish now In Athens? just as Virtue at the Court; For with the times affecting ignorance 'T has banished true industrious labour thence; And vicious looseness finding none resist, Has so engrossed the most refined wits, And by the terrors of her sensual threats, Bred such deluding Crocodiles in their brains, That like the thirsty swift Egyptian dogs, They scarcely taste of those fair sevenfold streams, Into whose depth their industry should dive: And having only got a seeming face Of superficial knowledge, 'mongst the gross And beastlike sense-conceiving multitude, They most ambitiously seek and pursue Vulgar applause for their poor outside skill, " And by such mudwall stairs do often rise Up to the top of abused dignities. How can deserving virtue flourish then, If sacred learning be so slightly sought? As twin-born sisters, both do share alike Their equal portions in the world's esteem, For in those hallowed places, which a true And careful liberality did consecrate As pure religious shrines to god like Skill, Where Virtue richly invested with her best And precious ornaments, might give a full And glorious lustre like a noontide Sun; There ugly Vice, even in the basest forms, Climbing by steps of Art up to the height Of horror, standeth in a praecipiti, And thrust but one step farther, with her fall Will crush herself, and overwhelm the world. To grieve at this, were in these senseless times To become monstrous; and to feel no grief, Were to be senseless with the times themselves. Observe him good my Lord, and let your eye Be jealous now— Have patience good Adrasta, We strive in vain to bandy with love's power And unresisted Charter of the gods, Which time and absence ne'er could violate. As is your soul. O be prodigious then! And in despite of custom let the world See that it's possible a woman's mind Can rest in one: you must be valiant too, And dare th'affrighting dangers that we meet, I fear we have swelling passages to wade, " For we must feel amidst a world of evils, A woman's Spleen, worse than the worst of devils. Now Lady Iulia let this confirm your welcome, And yours Althaea: trust me I could wish The season so disposed, since that our sons Happy and safe return has made us glad, That we might dedicate a longer time To harmless mirth: but now the night grows old, And we shall wrong your patience too too much.
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My Lord, I doe acknowledge it a debt As to their loves: Onely your Princely care To grace our new returne hath ſo ſurpaſs'd The former expectation we conceiv'd, That I am forc'd now to confeſſe I live A deſperate bankerout to your royall favours. Your good deſerts may ſoone requite our love, But tell us, How does learning flouriſh now In Athens? Iuſt as Vertue at the Court; For with the times affecting ignorance 'T has baniſh'd true induſtrious labour thence; And vicious looſneſſe finding none reſiſt, Has ſo ingros'd the moſt refined wits, And by the terrours of her ſenſuall threats, Bred ſuch deluding Crocodiles in their braines, That like the thirſty ſwift Egyptian dogges, They ſcarcely taſte of thoſe faire ſeven-fold ſtreames, Into whoſe depth their induſtrie ſhould dive: And having onely got a ſeeming face Of ſuperficiall knowledge, 'mongſt the groſſe And beaſt-like ſenſe-conceiving multitude, They moſt ambitiouſly ſeeke and purſue Vulgar applauſe for their poore out-ſide skill, "And by ſuch mudwall ſtayres doe often riſe "Vp to the top of abus'd dignities. How can deſerving vertue flouriſh then, If ſacred learning be ſo ſleightly ſought? As twinn-borne ſiſters, both doe ſhare alike Their equall portions in the worlds eſteeme, For in thoſe hallow'd places, which a true And carefull liberalitie did conſecrate As pure religious ſhrines to god like Skill, Where Vertue richly inveſted with her beſt And precious ornaments, might give a full And glorious luſtre like a noone-tide Sunne; There ugly Vice, even in the baſeſt formes, Climing by ſteps of Art up to the height Of horror, ſtandeth in a praecipit, And thruſt but one ſtep farther, with her fall Will cruſh her ſelfe, and overwhelme the world. To grieve at this, were in theſe ſenſeleſſe times To become monſtrous; and to feele no griefe, Were to be ſenſeleſſe with the times themſelves. Obſerve him good my Lord, and let your eye Be jealous now — Have patience good Adraſta, We ſtrive in vaine to bandy with loves power And unreſiſted Charter of the gods, Which time and abſence ne'r could violate. — As is your ſoule. O be prodigious then! And in deſpight of cuſtome let the world See that it's poſſible a womans minde Can reſt in one: you muſt be valiant too, And dare th'affrighting dangers that we meet, I feare we have ſwelling paſſages to wade, "For we muſt feele amidſt a world of evils, "A womans Spleene, worſe than the worſt of devils. Now Lady Iulia let this cōfirme your welcome, And yours Althea: truſt me I could wiſh The ſeaſon ſo diſpos'd, ſince that our ſonnes Happy and ſafe returne has made us glad, That we might dedicate a longer time To harmleſſe mirth: but now the night growes old, And we ſhall wrong your patience too too much.