Shirley, James · published 1640 · first performed or written 1640 (Annals) pastoral; romance · Queen Henrietta Maria's Men · Phoenix/Cockpit T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.73 · 496 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
Stay Philonax shalt have. What thou desirest, I have been a judge already Upon myself and do not desire life, That am condemned by my own killing sentence I do again confess I was the murderer Of your and my Lord, robbed Arcadia and My children of a father, ay, none but I Poisoned Basilius Palladius dost hear? Unfortunate Lady, And what could Philonax say more against me? There remains only to obey your judgement Which cannot come in any shape of death Too horrid for my sin I'm very weary Of this bad world, be just and take a life From me that else will groan itself away And mock your justice. You hear my Lord? And thus proceed to sentence Having confessed, to spare your proof how much She hath offended, an example to all times We censure thus, she shall presently Be carried to prison where she may Have food but only to sustain her life Until her husband's burial, with whom In the same vault she shall be closed alive To keep his body company from which Her cruelty divorced his soul, You're Just. My heart weeps for her 'Tis a severe sentence. Who binds my hands? Basilius I come To be a living guest in thy sad tomb. The others to the bar What are their names? Daiphantas of Licia mine Mine Palladius of Iberia. We do not dispute their titles here, they are Private persons, you may proceed. I shall, and with as much brevity Choose whom you'll first accuse. Then first this Daiphantas, this Zelmane This what you will, for he hath yet no name Nor shape that we can trust to, having knowledge Of our late master's solitary life, Came not without a purpose of this treachery And by the cunning of Gynoecia Ith' habit of a woman was received As an unsuspected guest, enjoyed the freedom, Of those whom the King placed nearest his bosom, His children not more dear, treason thus fortified They soon conspired the death of this good King, A cave this gentlewoman's, lodging was The fatal scene where the unhappy Queen By his direction forced his dear life from him I omit what lustful motive prompted her That with more licence she might twine with this hermaphrodite, and that they had appointed Where they might meet when this black deed was done, But heaven was merciful and prevented her Flight by the happy coming in of Shepherds In the mean time transported with the confidence Of her performance, that he might not leave Any revenger of this hateful murder He hastily makes up to Philoclea's Chamber, Whereby the mingling (what he could) her shame With his offence, he easily might enforce Her to be accessary to her father's death, And under her protection, and her sisters ('gainst whom they knew we were not to rebel) Soe with one gripe the state, but heaven preserv'd All by the unexpected coming up Of this Dametas.
nodes 1746–1818 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 32 of 36 in this edition
Length
496 words · 620 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.725 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Stay Philonax sh'at have. What thou desirest, I have been a judge already Vpon my selfe and doe not desire life, That am condem'd by my owne killing sentence I doe againe confesse I was the murderer Of your and my Lord, robd Arcadia and My children of a father, I, none but I Poyson'd Basilius Palladius dost heare? Vnfortunate Lady, And what could Philonax say more against me? There remaines onely to obay your Iudgement Which cannot come in any shape of death Too horrid for my sinne I'me very weary Of this bad world, be just and take a life From me that else will groane it selfe away And mocke your Iustice. You heare my Lord? And thus proceede to sentence Having confest, to spare your proofe how much She hath offended, an example to all times We censure thus, she shall presently Be carried to prison where she may Have foode but only to sustaine her life Vntill her husbands buriall, with whom In the same vault she shall be clos'd alive To keepe his body company from which Her cruelty divorc'd his soule, Ya're Iust. My heart weepes for her 'Tis a severe sentence. Who binds my hands? Basilius I come To de a living guest in thy sad tombe. The others to the barre What are their names? Daiphantas of Licia mine Mine Palladius of Iberia. We do not dispute their titles heere, they are Privat persons, you may proceede. I shall, and with as much brevitie Choose whom you'l first accuse. Then first this Daiphantas, this Zelmane This what you will, for he hath yet no name Nor shape that we can trust to, having knowledge Of our late masters solitary life, Came not without a purpose of this treachery And by the cunning of Gynecia Ith habit of a woman was received As an unsuspected guest, enjoy'd the freedome, Of those whom the King plac'd neerest his bosome, His children not more deere, treason thus fortified They soone conspird the death of this good King, A cave this Gentlewomans, lodging was The fatall sceane where the unhappy Queene By his direction forc'd his deere life from him I omit what lustfull motive prompted her That with more licence she might twine with this Hermophrodite, and that they had appointed Where they might meete when this blacke deede was done, But heaven was mercifull and prevented her Flight by the happy comming in of Shepheards In the meane time transported with the confidence Of her performance, that he might not leave Any revenger of this hatefull murder He hastily makes up to Philocleas Chamber, Whereby the mingling (what he could) her shame With his offence, he easily might enforce Her to be accessarie to her fathers death, And under her protection, and her sisters (Gainst whom they knew we were not to rebell) Soe with one gripe the state, but heaven preserv'd All by the unexpected comming up Of this Dametas.