The Bloody Brother (Rollo, Duke of Normandy) · chunk 1 of 39
Fletcher, John / Field, Nathan / Massinger, Philip · published 1640 · first performed or written 1617 [revised 1627-1630] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.66 · 471 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
THe brothers then are met? They are. 'tis thought they may be reconciled. 'tis rather wished. For such whose reason do direct their thoughts Without self flattery, dare not hope it Baldwin, The fires of love which the dead Duke believed His equal care of both would have united, Ambition hath divided; and there are Too many on both parts that know they cannot Or rise to wealth or honour, their main ends, Unless the tempest of the PRINCE's fury Make troubled Seas, and those Seas yield fit Billows To heave them up, and these are too well practised In their bad arts to give way to a calm, Which yielding rest to good men proves their ruin. And in the shipwreck of their hopes and fortunes The Dukedom might be saved, had it but ten That stood affected to the general good, With that confirmed zeal which brave Aubrey does. He is indeed the perfect character of a good man, And so his actions speak him. And did you observe the many doubts & cautions the brothers stood upon before they met? I did, and yet that ever brothers should Stand on more nice terms then sworn enemies After a war proclaimed would with a stranger, Wrong the reporters credit; they saluted At distance, and so strong was the suspicion Each had of other, that before they durst Embrace, they were by several servants searched, As doubting concealed weapons; antidotes ta'en openly by both, fearing the room Appointed for the interview was poisoned; The chairs and cushions with like care surveyed, And in a word, in every circumstance So jealous on both parts, that it is more Than to be feared, concord can never join Minds so divided. Yet our best endeavours Should not be wanting Gisbert. Neither shall they, But what are these? They are without my knowledge, But by their manners and behaviours They should express themselves. Since we serve Rollo The eldest Brother, we'll be Rollians, Who will maintain us as brave as Romans You stand for him? I do. Why then observe, How much the business, the so longed for business, By men that are named from their swords concerns you: Lechery, our common friend, so long kept under With whips and beating fatal hemp shall rise; And bawdry in a French-hood shall plead before her Where it shall be concluded, after twelve Virginity shall be carted. Excellent! And Hell but grant the quarrel that's between The Princes may continue, and the business That's of the sword, t'outlast three suits in law. And we will make attorneys lans prizadoes, And our brave Gownsmen practisers of backsword, The pewter of all Sergeants Maces shall be melted And turned into common flagons, In which it shall be lawful to carouse To their most lousy fortunes. Here's a statesman!
Fletcher, John / Field, Nathan / Massinger, Philip
Publication year (edition)
1640
First performance / composition (Annals)
1617 [revised 1627-1630]
First performance (BritDrama)
1617 [1617-1620]
Company (BritDrama)
King's Men
Genre (British Drama)
tragedy
Play type
Adult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 1115 · TCP A00959 · DEEP 936
Edition role
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 0–69 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 1 of 39 in this edition
Length
471 words · 604 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.665 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T0 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
THe brothers then are met? They are. Tis thought they may be reconcil'd. Tis rather wish'd. For such whose reason doe direct their thoughts Without selfe flattery, dare not hope it Baldwin, The fires of love which the dead Duke believed His equall care of both would have united, Ambition hath divided; and there are Too many on both parts that know they cannot Or rise to wealth or honour, their maine ends, Vnlesse the tempest of the Princes fury Make troubled Seas, and those Seas yeeld fit Billowes To heave them up, and these are too well practis'd In their bad arts to give way to a calme, Which yeelding rest to good men proves their ruine. And in the shipwrack of their hopes and fortunes The Dukedome might be sav'd, had it butten That stood affected to the generall good, With that confirm'd zeale which brave Aubrey does. He is indeed the perfect character of a good man, And so his actions speak him. And did you observe the many doubts & cautions the brothers stood upon before they met? I did, and yet that ever brothers should Stand on more nice termes then sworne enemies After a war proclaimd would with a stranger, Wrong the reporters credit; they saluted At distance, and so strong was the suspicion Each had of other, that before they durst Embrace, they were by severall servants searcht, As doubting conceal'd weapons; antidotes Tane openly by both, fearing the roome Appointed for the enterview was poysoned; The chaires and cushions with like care survai'd, And in a word, in every circumstance So jealous on both parts, that it is more Then to be fear'd, concord can never joyne Mindes so divided. Yet our best endeavours Should not be wanting Gisbert. Neither shall they, But what are these? They are without my knowledge, But by their manners and behaviours They should expresse themselves. Since we serve Rollo The eldest Brother, weel be Rollians, Who will maintaine us as brave as Romans You stand for him? I doe. Why then observe, How much the businesse, the so long'd for businesse, By men that are nam'd from their swords concernes you: Lechery, our common friend, so long kept under With whips and beating fatall hemp shall rise; And baudry in a French-hood shall plead before her Where it shall be concluded, after twelve Virginity shall be carted. Excellent! And Hell but grant the quarrell thats betweene The Princes may continue, and the businesse That's of the sword, t'outlast three sutes in law. And we will make Atturneys lans prizadoes, And our brave Gownmen practisers of back-sword, The pewter of all Serjeants Maces shall be melted And turn'd into common Flaggons, In which it shall be lawfull to carrouse To their most lowsey fortunes. Here's a statesman!