Shirley, James · published 1639 · first performed or written 1626 [licensed for stage, Feb 9] (Annals) tragedy · Queen Henrietta Maria's Men · Phoenix/Cockpit T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.79 · 528 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
Indeed I am sure it was, he spoke all truth, And had he lived to have made his will, I know He had bequeathed me as a legacy To be your boy; alas I am willing sir To obey him in it, had he laid on me Command, to have mingled with his sacred dust, My unprofitable blood, it should have been A most glad sacrifice, and 'thad been honour To have done him such a duty sir, I know You did not kill him with a heart of malice, But in contention with your very soul To part with him. All is as true as Oracle by heaven, Dost thou believe so? Indeed I do. Yet be not rash; 'tis no advantage to belong to me, I have no power nor greatness in the Court, To raise thee to a fortune, worthy of So much observance as I shall expect when thou art mine. All the ambition of my thoughts shall be To do my duty sir. Besides, I shall afflict thy tenderness With solitude and passion, for I am Only in love with sorrow, never merry, Wear out the day in telling of sad tales, Delight in sighs and tears; sometimes I walk To a Wood or River purposely to challenge The boldest Echo, to send back my groans Ith' height I break 'em, come I shall undo thee. Sir, I shall be most happy to bear part In any of your sorrows, I ne'er had So hard a heart but I could shed a tear To bear my Master company. I will not leave thee if thou'lt dwell with me For wealth of Indies, be my loved boy, Come in with me, thus I'll begin to do Some recompense for dead Antonio. So I will dare my fortune to be cruel, And like a mountainous piece of earth that sucks The balls of hot Artillery, I will stand And weary all the gunshot; oh my soul Thou hast been too long icy Alps of snow; Have buried my whole nature, it shall now Turn Element of fire, and fill the air With bearded Comets, threatning death and horror For my wronged innocence, contemned, disgraced, Nay murdered, for with Antonio My breath expired, and I but borrow this To court revenge for justice, if there be Those furies which do wait on desperate men, As some have thought, and guide their hands to mischief. Come from the womb of night, assist a maid Ambitious to be made a monster like you; I will not dread your shapes, I am disposed To be at friendship with you, and want nought But your black aid to seal it. First i'll lock up thy Tongue, and tell thee my honourable meaning, so, To tell you the truth, it is a love-powder, I had it of the Brave Doctor, which I would have thee to sugar The Lady's cup withal, for my sake wilt do't: And if I marry her shalt find me a noble Master, and thou shalt be my chief Gentlewoman In Ordinary; keep thy body loose, and thou shalt Want no gown I warrant thee; wilt do't.
nodes 1855–1921 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 32 of 35 in this edition
Length
528 words · 650 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.795 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T7 · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Indeede I am sure it was, he spoke all truth, And had he liv'd to have made his will, I know He had bequeathed me as a legacy To be your boy; alas I am willing sir To obey him in it, had he laid on me Command, to have mingled with his sacred dust, My unprofitable blood, it should have beene A most glad sacrifice, and 'thad beene honour To have done him such a duty sir, I know You did not kill him with a heart of mallice, But in contention with your very soule To part with him. All is as true as Oracle by heaven, Dost thou beleeve so? Indeede I doe. Yet be not rash; T is no advantage to belong to me, I have no power nor greatnesse in the Court, To raise thee to a fortune, worthy of So much observance as I shall expect when thou art mine. All the ambition of my thoughts shall be To doe my dutie sir. Besides, I shall afflict thy tendernesse With sollitude and passion, for I am Onely in love with sorrow, never merry, Weare out the day in telling of sad tales, Delight in sighes and teares; sometimes I walke To a Wood or River purposely to challenge The bouldest Eccho, to send backe my groanes Ith' height I breake e'm, come I shall undoe thee. Sir, I shall be most happy to beare part In any of your sorrowes, I nere had So hard a heart but I could shed a teare To beare my Master company. I will not leave thee if thou'lt dwell with me For wealth of Indies, be my loved boy, Come in with me, thus Ile begin to do Some recompence for dead Antonio. So I will dare my fortune to be cruell, And like a mountanous peece of earth that suckes The balls of hot Artillery, I will stand And weary all the gunshot; oh my soule Thou hast beene too long icy Alpes of snow; Have buried my whole nature, it shall now Turne Element of fire, and fill the ayre With bearded Come s, threatning death and horrour For my wrong'd innocence, contemn'd, disgrac d, Nay murther'd, for with Antonio My breath expired, and I but borrow this To court revenge for justice, if there be Those furies which doe waite on desperate men, As some have thought, and guide their hands to mischiefe. Come from the wombe of night, assist a maide Ambitious to be made a monster like you; I will not dread your shapes, I am dispos'd To be at friendship with you, and want nought But your blacke aide to seale it. First ile locke up thy Tongue, and tell thee my honorable meaning, so, To tell you the truth, it is a love-powder, J had it of the Brave Doctor, which I would have thee to suger The Ladies cup withall, for my sake wo't do't: And if I marry her shat find me a noble Master, and thou shalt be my chiefe Gentlewoman In Ordinary; keepe thy body loose, and thou shalt Want no gowne I warrant thee; wo't do't.