Nabbes, Thomas · published 1640 · first performed or written 1640 (Annals) not in BritDrama · Beeston's Boys · Phoenix/Cockpit T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.67 · 488 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
I do believe all this For certain truth. But why should you accuse Another then? I did presume this man Unknown to any here was fled, nor would Return to take a punishment: and being A stranger was not capable of shame. Now my concealing who the actor was Neither his danger nor disgrace would follow. Nephew I do admire thy love to him So ill deserves it, and I now consider What an injustice my election was. Henceforth thou art mine heir. I will employ A numerous search to find him that he may Be punished for his fact. By no means sir: Call him not back; my wound may yet have danger; And if he should return to pay his life For mine that's so unworthy— But he shall To make you give the law a satisfaction For all your villainies. Come forth my son, For so he is sir. Humbly thus I beg Your pardon sir Pray ask your father blessing: Youhave got one now. He hath sir, and shall keep him His fair desert won my conversion; And changed me from intents of punishing To an indulgent favourer. This hath been A villain to his life, and to his fortunes; Whetted by envy to such practises As merit death when you shall hear the passages. A man that's guilty; that from foul intents Proceeded to an act would fly for safety: Instead of which Theophilus repaired To me, that then was labouring with revenge, First offers restitution of my daughter; Then passing on from declaration To declaration, made so confident By his sweet innocence, he satisfied Mine anger, and gave peace unto my passions Nor was I patient to defer their joys (Which likewise are mine own but got them married This evening with a dispensation for it Before we came to you. Where by the way We met this Monsieur, and enforced him back: Whom straight his fears betrayed to a discovery Of what he was; no gentleman, but Kickshaw In's wenching clothes. Monsieur Kickshaw ●…e want plate Monsieur. Now me sall be hang again. And I want Jewels Monsieur. Jewels! me have noting but two tree babble. Pray vat be dis? A babble call you it? This gentlemen is the horn of an Aethiopian rhinoceros. An dis! The Taleon of a Bird in terra australi incognita, which the inhabitants call their great god Ruc, that preys upon Elephants, and will not be gorged under two or three in a morning This stone of a strange form and colour was brought by the learned traveller of Odcombe from the great mogul. How sir! One of the great mogul's stones, Good sir forbear a little. Now he's mine I'll own him and the rather if you will Disclaim all interest in him. For your kinsman Some wise and powerful authority Must force truth from him. My husband's authority sir is both wise and powerful
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488 words · 611 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.671 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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I doe beleeve all this For certaine truth. But why should you accuse Another then? I did presume this man Unknowne to any here was fled, nor would Returne to take a punishment: and being A stranger was not capable of shame. Now my concealing who the actor was Neither his danger nor disgrace would follow. Nephew I do admire thy love to him So ill deserves it, and I now consider What an injustice my election was. Henceforth thou art mine heire. I will employ A numerous search to find him that he may Be punisht for his act. By no meanes sir: Call him not back; my wound may yet have danger; And if he should returne to pay his life For mine that's so unworthy— But he shall To make you give the law a satisfaction For all your villanies. Come forth my sonne, For so he is sir. Humbly thus I beg Your pardon sir Pray' aske your father blessing: Y'have got one now. He hath sir, and shall keep him His faire desert won my conversion; And chang'd me from intents of punishing To an indulgent favourer. This hath been A villaine to his life, and to his fortunes; Whetted by envy to such practises As merrit death when you shall heare the passages. A man that's guilty; that from foule intents Proceeded to an act would flye for safety: Instead of which Theophilus repair'd To me, that then was laboring with revenge, First offers restitution of my daughter; Then passing on from declaration To declaration, made o confident By his sweet innocence, he satisfi'd Mine anger, and gave peace unto my passions Nor was I patient to defer their joyes (Which likewise are myne own but got them married This evening with a dispensation for it Before we came to you. Where by the way We met this Monsieur, and enforc't him back: Whom straight his feares betrayd to a discovery Of what he was; no gentleman, but Kick-shaw In's wenching clothes. Monsieur Kick-shaw e want plate Monsieur. Now me sall be hang agen. And I want Jewells Monsieur. Jewells! me have noting but two tree bable. Pray' vat be dis? A bable call you it? This gentlemen is the horne of an Aethiopian hinoceros. An dis! The Taleon of a Birde in terra austrli incognita, which the inhabitants call their great god Ruc, that preyes upon Elephants, and will not be gorged under two or three in a morning This stone of a strange forme and colour was brought by the learned traveller of Odcombe from the great Mogull. How sir! One of the great mogul's stones, Good sir forbeare a little. Now he's mine I'le own him and the rather if you will Disclaime all interest in him. For your kinsman Some wise and powerfull authority Must force truth from him. My husbands authority sir is both wise and powerfull