Gascoigne, George / Ariosto, Ludovico · published 1575 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) comedy T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions typicality 0.69 · 486 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
THis amorous cause that hangeth in controversy between Domine doctor & me, may be compared to them that play at primero: of whom some one peradventure shall lose a great sum of money before he win one stake, & at last half in anger shall set up his rest: win it: & after that another, another, & another, till at last he draw the most part of the money to his heap: the other by little & little still diminishing his rest, till at last he be come as near the brink, as erst the other was: yet again peradventure fortune smiling on him, he shall as it were by piece meal, pull out the guts of his fellows bags, & bring him barer than he himself was tofore, & so in play continued still, (fortune favouring now this way, now that way) till at last the one of them is left with as many crosses as God hath brethren. O how often have I thought myself sure of the upper hand herein? but I triumphed before the victory. And then how oft again have I thought the field lost? Thus have I been tossed now over, now under, even as fortune list to whirl the wheel, neither sure to win nor certain to lose the wager. And this practice that now my servant hath devised, although hitherto it hath not succeeded amiss, yet can I not count myself assured of it: for I fear still that one mischance or other will come and turn it topsy-turvy. But look where my master cometh. Dulipo. Here sir. Go in and bid Nevola and his fellows come hither that I may tell them what they shall go about, and go you into my study: there upon the shelf you shall found a roll of writings which Iohn of the Deane made to my Father, when he sold him the Grange ferme, endorsed with both their names: bring it hither to me. It shall be done sir. Go, I will prepare other manner of writings for you than you are aware of. O fools that trust any man but themselves now adays: o spiteful fortune, thou dost me wrong I think, that from the depth of Hell pit thou haste sent me this servant to be the subversion of me and all mine. Come hither sirs, and hear what I shall say unto you: go into my study, where you shall find Dulipo, step to him all at once, take him and (with a cord that I have laid on the table for the nonce) bind him hand and foot, carry him into the dungeon under the stairs, make fast the door & bring me the key, it hangeth by upon a pin on the wall. Dispatch and do this gear as privily as you can: and thou Nevola come hither to me again with speed. Well I shall.
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edition 104 · TCP A01514 · DEEP 5007.02
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Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
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nodes 344–350 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 36 in this edition
Length
486 words · 591 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T19 — Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractionsreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.695 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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seed 43: T13 · seed 44: T16 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
THis amorous cauſe that hāgeth in cōtrouerſie betwene Domine doctor & me, may be compared to thē that play at primero: of whō ſome one peraduēture ſhal léeſe a great ſum of money before he win one ſtake, & at laſt halfe in anger ſhal ſet vp his reſt: win it: & after that another, another, & another, till at laſt he draw the moſt part of the money to his heape: ye other by litle & litle ſtil diminiſhing his reſt, til at laſt he be come as néere the brinke, as earſt ye other was: yet again peraduēture fortune ſmiling on him, he ſhal as it were by péece meale, pull out the guts of his fellows bags, & bring him barer than he himſelfe was tofore, & ſo in play continue ſtil, (fortune fauoring now this way, now yt way) til at laſt the one of thē is left with as many croſſes as God hath brethren. O howe often haue I thoughte my ſelfe ſure of the vpper hande herein? but I triumphed before the victorie. And then how ofte againe haue I thoughte the fielde loſte? Thus haue I béene toſſed nowe ouer, nowe vnder, euen as fortune liſt to whirle the whéele, neither ſure to winne nor certayne to looſe the wager. And this practiſe that nowe my ſeruaunte hath deuiſed, although hitherto it hath not ſucceeded amiſſe, yet can I not count my ſelfe aſſured of it: for I feare ſtill that one miſchance or other wyll come and turne it topſie turuie. But looke where my mayſter commeth. DVlipo. Here ſir. Go in and bid Neuola and his fellowes come hither that I may tell them what they ſhall goe about, and go you into my ſtudie: there vpon the ſhelfe you ſhall find a roule of writings which Iohn of the Deane made to my Father, when he ſolde him the Grange ferme, endorced with bothe their names: bring it hither to me. It ſhall be done ſir. Go, I wil prepare other maner of writings for you thā you are aware of. O fooles that truſt any mā but themſelues now adaies: oh ſpiteful fortune, thou doeſt me wrong I thinke, that from the depth of Hell pitte thou haſte ſente mée this ſeruaunt to be the ſubuerſion of me and all mine. Come hither ſirs, and heare what I ſhal ſay vnto you: go into my ſtudie, where you ſhall finde Dulipo, ſtep to him all at once, take him and (with a corde that I haue laide on the table for the nonce) bind him hande and foote, carie him into the dungeon vnder the ſtayres, make faſte the dore & bring me the key, it hangeth by vpon a pin on the wall. Diſpatche and doe this geare as priuily as you can: and thou Neuola come hither to me againe with ſpéede. Well I ſhall.