The Bloody Brother (Rollo, Duke of Normandy) · chunk 34 of 39
Fletcher, John / Field, Nathan / Massinger, Philip · published 1640 · first performed or written 1617 [revised 1627-1630] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men T8 Captains, gallants and cheats typicality 0.82 · 537 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T8: captain, master, money, gentleman, little, lieutenant, rogue, pray, minos, honest.
I would speak my free thoughts yet not appear so, Nor am I so ambitious of the title Of one, that dares talk any thing that runs Against the Torrent of his own opinion, That I affect to speak aught may offend you. And therefore gracious Sir, be pleased to think, My manners or discretion have informed me, That I was borne in all good ends to serve you, And not to check at what concerns me not, I look not with sore eyes on your rich outside, Nor wrack my thoughts to find out to what purpose 'Tis now employed; I wish it may be good, And that I hope offends not. For a Subject Towards his Prince in things indifferent, To use the austereness of a censuring Cato, Is arrogance not freedom. I commend This temper in you, and will cherish it. They come from Rhone, Latorch employed you. I must not now be troubled with a thought, Of any new design, good Aubrey read them, And as they shall direct you, use my power Or to reply or execute. I will Sir. And Captain bring a squadron of our guard, To the house that late was Baldwins, and there wait me. I shall. Some two hours hence. With my best care. Inspire me love, and be thy deity Or scorned or feared, as now thou favourest me. My stay to do my duty, may be wrongs Your Lordship's privacy. Captain your love Is ever welcome. I entreat your patience While I peruse these. How's this? a plot on me! What is contained In the letters that I brought that thus transports him? To be wrought on by rogues, and have my head Brought to the Axe by knaves that cheat for bread, The creatures of a Parasite, a slave, I find you here Latorch, nor wonder at it, But that this honest Captain should be made His instrument, afflicts me; I'll make trial, Whether his will or weakness made him to it. Captain you saw the Duke when he commanded I should do what these letters did direct me, And I presume you think I'll not neglect For fear or favour, to remove all dangers, How near soever that man can be to me, From whom they should have birth. It is confirmed. Nor would you Captain I believe refuse, Or for respect of thankfulness or hopes, To use your sword with fullest confidence, Where he shall bid you strike. I never have done. Nor will I think. I hope it is not questioned. The means to have it so is now proposed you, Draw, so, 'tis well, and next;— cut off my head. 'tis sir the Duke's pleasure, My innocence hath made me dangerous And I must be removed, and you the man Must act his will. I'll be a traitor first, Before I serve it thus. It must be done, And that you may not doubt it, there's your warrant, But as you read, remember Hamond that I never wronged one of your brave profession, And though it be not manly, I must grieve That man of whose love I was most ambitious, Could find no object for his hate but me,
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 2225–2299 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 34 of 39 in this edition
Length
537 words · 672 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T8 — Captains, gallants and cheatscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.817 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T11 · seed 44: T14 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
I would speak my free thoughts yet not appeare so, Nor am I so ambitious of the title Of one, that dares talke any thing that runne Against the Torrent of his owne opinion, That I affect to speake ought may offend you. And therefore gratious Sir, be pleas'd to think, My manners or discretion have inform'd mee, That I was borne in all good ends to serve you, And not to check at what concernes me not, I look not with sore eyes on your rich outside, Nor wrack my thoughts to finde out to what purpose 'Tis now employ'd; I wish it may be good, And that I hope offends not. For a Subject Towards his Prince in things indifferent, To use the austerenee of a censuring Cato, Is arrogance not freedome. I commend This temper in you, and will cherish it. They come from Rhoane, Latorch imploy'd you. I must not now be troubled with a thought, Of any new designe, good Aubrey read them And as they shall direct you, use my power Or to reply or execute. I will Sir. And Captaine bring a squadron of our guard, To the house that late was Baldwins, and there waite mee. I shall. Some two houres hence. With my best care. Inspire mee love, and be thy diety Or scorn'd or fear'd, as now thou favour'st mee. My stay to doe my duty, may be wrongs Your Lordships privacy. Captaine your love Is ever welcome. I intreat your patience While I peruse these. How's this? a plot on mee! What is contain'd In the letters that I brought that thus transports him? To be wrought on by rogues, and have my head Brought to the Axe by knaves that cheat for bread, The creatures of a Parasite, a slave, I finde you here Latorch, nor wonder at it, But that this honest Captaine should be made His instrument, afflicts mee; Ile make tryall, Whether his will or weaknesse made him to it. Captaine you saw the Duke when he commanded I should doe what these letters did direct mee, And I presume you think I'le not neglect For feare or favour, to remove all dangers, How neere soever that man can be to mee, From whom they should have birth. It is confirm'd. Nor would you Captaine I beleeve refuse, Or for respect of thankfullnesse or hopes, To use your sword with fullest confidence, Where he shall bid you strike. I never have don. Nor will I think. I hope it is not question'd. The meanes to have it so is now propos'd you, Draw, so, 'tis well, and next;—cut off my head. Tis sir the Dukes pleasure, My innocence hath made me dangerous And I must be remov'd, and you the man Must act his will. Ile be a traitor first, Before I serve it thus. It must be done, And that you may not doubt it, there's your warrant, But as you read, remember Hamond that I never wrong'd one of your brave profession, And though it be not manly, I must grieve That man of whose love I was most ambitious, Could finde no object for his hate but mee,