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 0.74 · 466 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
Not guilty my Lord, as I hope to be saved not guilty. Neglect of the great charge with which the King Our Master trusted him sums up his fault. I was made a gold-finder, I desire justice for him and Mercy for myself. Silence. I have heard you with attention, and whereas To the king's death (the unhappy cause of this Assembly) you have answered with denial Which you think fortified by the queen's self's only accusation, I must tell you It frees you not, for though no manifest proofs Yet circumstances well examined make you The accidental causes of his murder. For the other part of your offence I find not You have denied your guilt, but only use Qualification and excuse; your services In themselves high and honourable, allow you No privilege to offend, but give your black, faults A black die; then justly weighing your offence, you meet In equal guilt, for though you first conveyed Away Pamela, his intention was Early as yours, and by the rules of justice The will stands for the act, both ravished Although not of the Ladies from themselves Yet from their parents and their country, which By all the Grecian Laws is paid with death. Thus then I must pronounce Daiphantas shall Be thrown from some high tower to mere his death, Palladius lose his head before Sunset The executioner shall be Dametas Which office of the common hangman he Shall for his whole life execute, a punishment For his neglect of duty. must I be hangman? oh brave, heaven preserve your Lordship, I shall quickly learn the trade, and if ever any of your honours have occasion to use me, I will owe you a good turn, and in token I have been bound to you the knot of my dutiful affection, shall tell a tale in your ear you shall thank me when you are hanged, come your ways, but I beseech your Lordship, I may be allowed a man some times I would be loath to hang or to behead myself, my wife or my own kindred, but if it happen there be more work than he can turn his hands to, I will not stick with him to hang myself, provide you malefactors and let me alone for halters. Hold stay the prisoners my Lord Protector Oh my Lord My servant Calodoulus by thy duty Reveal us not. Let me rather be dumb eternally Than two such princes be lost by my silence. My son and Nephew are they living? Your own Pyrocles and his Princely Nephew, Ask your father blessing, unhand'em rascals. The two most famous Princes in the world. 'Tis Evarchus thy father Pyrocles, my uncle king of Macedon, all ye gods, my heart is ecstasied with joy. My father
nodes 1942–1988 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 35 of 36 in this edition
Length
466 words · 583 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.744 (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)
Not guilty my Lord, as I hope to be sav'd not guilty. Neglect of the great charge with which the King Our Master trusted him summes up his fault. I was made a gould-finder, I desire Iustice for him and Mercy for my selfe. Silence. I have heard you with attention, and whereas To the Kings death (the unhappy cause of this Assembly) you have answer'd with deniall Which you thinke fortified by the Queenes Selfes only accusation, I must tell you It frees you not, for tho no manifest proofes Yet circumstances well examin'd make you The accidentall causes of his murder. For the other part of your offence I finde not You have deny'd your guilt, but onley use Quallification and excuse; your services In themselves high and honorable, allow you No priviledge to offend, but give your blacke, faults A blacke die; then justly weighing your offence, you meete In equall guilt, for tho you first conveid Away Pamela, his intention was Earely as yours, and by the rules of justice The will stands for the act, both ravished Although not of the Ladies from themselves Yet from their parents and their countrie, which By all the Grecian Lawes is paid with death. Thus then I must pronounce Daiphantas shall Be throwne from some high tower to meere his death, Palladius loose his head before Sunne-set The executioner shall be Dametas Which office of the common hangman he Shall for his whole life execute, a punishment For his neglect of duty. must I be hangman? oh brave, heaven preserve your Lordship, I shall quickly learne the trade, and if ever any of your honors have occasion to use me, I will owe you a good turne, and in token I have beene bound to you the knot of my dutifull affection, shall tella tale in your eare you shall thanke me when you are hang'd, come your wayes, but I beseech your Lordship, I may be allow'd a man some times I would be loath to hange or to behead my selfe, my wife or my owne kindred, but if it happen there be more worke then he can turne his hands to, I will not sticke with him to hang my selfe, provide you malefactors and let me alone for halters. Hold stay the prisoners my Lord Protector Oh my Lord My servant Calodoulus by thy duty Reveale us not. Let me rather be dumbe eternally Then two such princes be lost by my silence. My sonne and Nephew are they living? Your owne Pyrocles and his Princely Nephew, Aske your father blessing, unhand'em rascalls. The two most famous Princes in the world. 'Tis Evarchus thy father Pyrocles, my vncle king of Macedon, all yee gods, my heart is extaside with ioy. My father