Randolph, Thomas · published 1638 · first performed or written 1630 [licensed for stage, Nov 25] (Annals) moral · King's Revels Company unassigned nearest T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T7: hector, troy, achilles, greeks, aeneas, priam, ulysses, troilus, trojan, trojans.
The next are the extremes of Truth, Alazon one that arrogates that to himself which is not his, and Eiron one that out of an itch to be thought modest dissembles his qualities; the one erring in defending a falsehood, the other offending in denying a truth. I hear you're wondrous valiant. ay! alas, Who told you I was valiant? The world speaks it. She is deceived; but does she speak it truly? I am indeed the Hector of the age; But she calls you Achilles. I Achilles? No, I am no Achilles: I confess I am no coward: That the world should think That I am an Achilles! yet the world may Call me what she please. Next to my valour, Which but for yours could never hope a second, Yours is reported. I may have my share; But the last valour showed in Christendo●…e Was in Lepanto. Valour in Lepanto? He might be thought so sir, by them that knew him not; But I have found him a poor baffled snake: Sir, I have writ him, and proclaimed him coward On every post i'th' City. Who? Lepanto, The valour sir that you so much renown. Lepanto was no man sir, but the place Made famous by the somuch mentioned battle Betwixt the Turks and Christians. Cry you mercy! Then the Lepanto that I meant, it seems Was but that Lepanto's namesake. I can Find that you are well skilled in History. Not a whit; A novice, I! I could perchance Discourse from Adam downward; but what's that To History? All that I know is only Th' original, continuance, height, and alteration Of every Common wealth. I have read nothing But Plutarch, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, Appian, Dion, Iunius, P●…terculus, With Florus, Iustine, Sallust, and some few More of the Latin: For the modern, I Have all without book Gallo-belgicus, Philip De-Comino, Machiavele, Guiccardine, The Turkish and Egyptian Histories, With those of Spain, France, and the Netherlands. For England, Polydore Virgil, Camden, Speed, And a matter of forty more, nothing Alas to one that's read in Histories. In the Greek I have a smack or so, at Zenophon, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Stows Chronicle. Believe me sir, and that Stows Chronicle is very good Greek; you little Think who writ it! Do you not see him? are You blind? I am the man. Then I must number You with my best Authors in my Library. Sir, the rest too are mine, but that I venture '●…m With other names, to shun the opinion Of arrogance; so the subt'le Cardinal Calls one book Bellarmine,' nother Tostatus, Yet one man's labour both. You talk of numbering; You cannot choose but hear how loud fame speaks Of my experience in Arithmetic: She says you too grow near perfection. far from it I; some insight, but no more. I count the stars, can give the Totall sum, How many sands there be i'th' sea, but these Are trifles to the expert, that have studied
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The next are the extreames of Truth, Alazon one that arrogates that to himselfe which is not his, and Eiron one that out of an itch to be thought modest dissembles his qualities; the one erring in defending a falshood, the other offending in denying a truth. I heare you're wondrous valiant. I! alas, Who told you I was valiant? The world speaks it. She is deceiv'd; but does she speak it truly? I am indeed the Hector of the age; But she calls you Achilles. I Achilles? No, I am no Achilles: I confesse I am no coward: That the world should think That I am an Achilles! yet the world may Call me what she please. Next to my valour, Which but for yours could never hope a second, Yours is reported. I may have my share; But the last valour shew'd in Christendoe Was in Lepanto. Valour in Lepanto? He might be thought so sir, by them that knew him not; But I have found him a poore baffel'd snake: Sir, I have writ him, and proclaim'd him coward On every post i'th' City. Who? Lepanto, The valour sir that you so much renowne. Lepanto was no man sir, but the place Made famous by the so-much mention'd battaile Betwixt the Turks and Christians. Cry you mercy! Then the Lepanto that I meant, it seemes Was but that Lepanto's name-sake. I can Find that you are well skill'd in History. Not a whit; A novice, I! I could perchance Discourse from Adam downward; but what's that To History? All that I know is only Th' originall, continuance, height, and alteration Of every Common wealth. I have read nothing But Plutarch, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, Appian, Dion, Iunius, Pterculus, With Florus, Iustine, Salust, and some few More of the Latine: For the moderne, I Have all without book Gallo-belgicus, Phillip De-Comino, Machiavele, Guiccardine, The Turkish and Aegyptian Histories, With those of Spaine, France, and the Netherlands. For England, Polydore Virgil, Camden, Speed, And a matter of forty more, nothing Alas to one that's read in Histories. In the Greeke I have a smack or so, at Zenophon, Herodotus, Thucidides, and Stowes Cronicle. Believe me sir, and that Stowes Cronicle is very good Greeke; you litle Think who writ it! Doe you not see him? are You blind? I am the man. Then I must number You with my best Authors in my Library. Sir, the rest too are mine, but that I venture 'm With other names, to shunne the opinion Of arrogance; so the subt'le Cardinall Calls one book Bellarmine, 'nother Tostatus, Yet one mans labour both. You talk of numbring; You cannot choose but heare how lowd fame speaks Of my experience in Arithmetique: She sayes you too grow neare perfection. Farre from it I; some in-sight, but no more. I count the starres, can give the Totall summe, How many sands there be i'th' sea, but these Are triflles to the expert, that have studied