Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Adrasta, or The Woman's Spleen and Love's Conquest · chunk 37 of 47

Jones, John · published 1635 · first performed or written 1635 (Annals)
tragicomedy
unassigned nearest T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation · 506 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T14: prince, princess, love, king, lord, queen, madam, grace, lady, life.

That's full of hazard, for a peace being sworn, The enterprise may make them happier, Us still more miserable: But if my grief Were armed with such a hand, as would overturn The frame of all those hopes for which they sweat, And spurn that in the dust, which they would raise With hateful deeds, up to the point of state: That I might see them grieve, and wail the loss Which now afflicts my careful widowhood, Know what it were to lose a child, sole comfort Of their declining yeares, and send their a- Ged Coarses to the grave, hopelesse of issue. To make away the Prince; 'tis that you mean, Thou art within me already? And mark Assassino how easy 'tis, Since time, occasion, travail, and his soleness, thyself not known, gives advantageous means To second thine attempt: do but resolve And Fate will straight resolve to second thee In such a righteous and just revenge. Madam the enterprise is dangerous, And though I have a daring spirit that bids Me undertake the deep'st attempts of blood For your revenge, and in so just a quarrel, Yet must you think the danger I shall pass Cannot but highly merit recompense. Vowed; & propose the sum; my House, my Purse, My Means, and whatsoe'er is mine is thine: Be bold and faithful, I'll ever hold thee dear, Call thee our house's Champion, and the hand Of heaven's justice marked to punish sin, And plague the guilty thoughts of tyranny. But Madam the report of his passage is so obscure, That I can hardly learn which way he took. I have dogged the rumour of his journey, and can Exactly inform thee, come take directions, And gold to furnish thee. Then I resolved; And he shall die. Now thou dost pour fresh youth Upon my hairs, newly revivest my soul, Puttest spirits to my heart dried up with sighs, And mak'st fresh blood traverse my empty veins, For the sweetest heaven the spleens of women find Is full revenge to our aggrieved mind. It's strange I hear not from the Prince, nor Antonio, who promised to meet me here, where I have now stayed three days in expectance, and had the wind been fair, must have passed for Greece— 'Fore Heaven it's a gallant thing to be a Lord, if but in name, you shall be so applauded in every vanity, scurrile jest, and impious action: A Satin Thersites that stalks among the Peasants like the Stork that Iupiter sent among the frogs, will so bend and bow to your little Toe, fawn and protest your excellencies; Si been ructavit— Sirectum minxit— I would I had the faith that some have, I would never be unlorded again. 'Fore Heaven I must begin to fawn, and get myself created: This service done for the Prince is a good step to it. Now Captain, the wind's unconstant still, everywhere save where to steed us. Womanish my Lord, womanish. Indeed their levity has gotten them now that Simile appropriated.
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PlayAdrasta, or The Woman's Spleen and Love's Conquest
AuthorJones, John
Publication year (edition)1635
First performance / composition (Annals)1635
First performance (BritDrama)1635
Genre (British Drama)tragicomedy
Play typeCloset/Unacted;Nonprofessional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 1030 · TCP A04604 · DEEP 845
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
Positionnodes 1574–1622 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 37 of 47 in this edition
Length506 words · 669 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T14 — Royal love, favour and dynastic relationships at 0.847
Other seedsseed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
That's full of hazzard, for a peace being ſworne, The enterprize may make them happier, Vs ſtill more miſerable: But if my griefe Were arm'd with ſuch a hand, as would o'rturne The frame of all thoſe hopes for which they ſweate, And ſpurne that in the duſt, which they would raiſe With hatefull deeds, up to the point of ſtate: That I might ſee them grieve, and waile the loſſe Which now afflicts my carefull widdowhood, Know what it were to loſe a childe, ſole comfort Of their declining yeares, and ſend their a- Ged Coarſes to the grave, hopeleſſe of iſſue. To make away the Prince; 'tis that you meane, Thou art within me already? And mark Aſſaſſino how eaſie 'tis, Since time, occaſion, travaile, and his ſoleneſſe, Thy ſelfe not knowne, gives advantagious meanes To ſecond thine attempt: doe but reſolve And Fate will ſtraight reſolve to ſecond thee In ſuch a righteous and juſt revenge. Madam the enterpriſe is dangerous, And though I have a daring ſpirit that bids Mee undertake the deep'ſt attempts of blood For your revenge, and in ſo juſt a quarrell, Yet muſt you thinke the danger I ſhall paſſe Cannot but highly merit recompence. Vow't; & propoſe the ſumme; my Houſe, my Purſe, My Meanes, and whatſoe'r is mine is thine: Be bold and faithfull, Ile ever hold thee deare, Call thee our Houſes Champion, and the hand Of heaven's juſtice mark'd to puniſh ſinne, And plague the guilty thoughts of tyranny. But Madam the report of his paſſage is ſo obſcure, That I can hardly learne which way hee tooke. I have dogg'd the rumour of his journey, and can Exactly informe thee, come take directions, And gold to furniſh thee. Then I reſolv't; And he ſhall die. Now thou doſt powre freſh youth Vpon my haires, newly reviv'ſt my ſoule, Put'ſt ſpirits to my heart dry'd up with ſighes, And mak'ſt freſh blood traverſe my empty veines, For the ſweet'ſt heaven the ſpleenes of women finde Is full revenge to our aggrieved minde. It's ſtrange I heare not from the Prince, nor Antonio, who promis'd to meet mee here, where I have now ſtay'd three dayes in expectance, and had the winde bin faire, muſt have paſs'd for Greece—'Fore Heaven it's a gallant thing to be a Lord, if but in name, you ſhall be ſo applauded in every vanitie, ſcurrill jeſt, and impious action: A Satten Therſites that ſtalks among the Peſants like the Stork that Iupiter ſent among the frogs, will ſo bend and bow to your little Toe, fawne and proteſt your excellencies; Si bene ructavit—Sirectum minxit— I would I had the faith that ſome have, I would never be unlorded againe. 'Fore Heaven I muſt begin to fawne, and get my ſelfe created: This ſervice done for the Prince is a good ſtep to it. Now Captaine, the winde's unconſtant ſtill, every where ſave where to ſteed us. Womaniſh my Lord, womaniſh. Indeed their levity has gotten them now that Simile appropriated.