Glapthorne, Henry · published 1640 · first performed or written 1636 [licensed for stage, Mar 12] (Annals) comedy · Queen Henrietta Maria's Men · before the Court T11 Siblings, kin and confidants typicality 0.89 · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T11: sister, brother, love, friend, heart, father, mother, woman, lord, hear.
Beyond wonder, well sir, We'll have her bride garters, it shall go Hard else, sister could you have thought it? You may both credit it, instantly they will return, and Then I'll wait upon you. I pity the poor girl, That she should be so sudden in her choice, Enthrall her soul i'th' manacles of fate, (For such are nuptial bonds) experience sister Enforces me to lament her Know How equally we two Divide true, sorrow sympathize in grief, As in our blood and nature: sister you When your affectionate fancy fixed your heart Upon your husband's love, had no suspicion Of his unmanly jealousy, and I When I confined my love to Free Freewit's breast, Judged him as void of falsehood, as the spring When it has rested in green robes the Earth is Of bare nakedness, but we are both Deceived by our credulity. For you, discretion may release you from the care Of his affection, you are free (as light) (Which in the darkest night retains some splendour) From the obedient slavery, due to marriage; But I no burn-marked captive is engaged With more officious zeal to serve his Lord, Than I my husband, I must either perish Like the chaste ice, when from a Christ all Rock, It feels a sad conversion into foul Corrupted waters, by his jealous flames; Or break those ties whose dissolution Would betray my innocent virtue to a ruin, Sure and eternal. But yet counsel me, I love this man so that if honour would Dispense with his offence, I should forgive him, And take him to my bosom Alas you cannot, What noble soul (though half starved) would be fed with Base reversions, conscience too forbids. The supplantation of another, sister strive to forget him Mrs. there is a gentleman without, this knocked for entrance as if he had been a Constable, his business is with you, and his name Freewit; I told him you were in bed and he swore he would come to you through the door, shall I admit him? This is his last night, his business carries weight, pray let him in. Be now propitious Love: is any with him? There is enough of him, unless he made less noise. I'll send him to you. Sister, now give him his latest answer, and resolve Upon some choice more happy: here he comes. How, as a Bridegroom? Decked with the Ensigns of young Nuptials, A wreath of Flowers, and bays, and yet methinks His hand displays a Willow: what should this Emblem? Master Freewit we scarce expected you thus late. You'll please to afford my manners an indulgent pardon, For pressing to your presence thus: but 'tis Perhaps our extremest interview, and so May challenge the prerogative of excuse, For the audacious error. Would I could, with as much safety to my honour, grant Remission to your other fault.
before the Court;Phoenix/Cockpit;Indoor Professional
Genre (British Drama)
comedy
Play type
Boys Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 1148 · TCP A01773 · DEEP 980
Edition role
Representative edition — used in the analysis
Position
nodes 1401–1458 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 35 of 40 in this edition
Length
482 words · 631 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T11 — Siblings, kin and confidantscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.890 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T15 · seed 44: T12 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Beyond wonder, well sir, We'l have her bride garters, it shall goe Hard else, sister could you have thought it? You may both credit it, instantly they will returne, and Then Ile wait upon you. I pitty the pore girle, That she should be so suddaine in her choyce, Enthrall her soule ith' manacles of fate, (For such are nuptiall bonds) sister Inforces me to her How equally we two Divide true, sorrow sympathie in griefe, As in our blood and nature: sister you When your affectionate fancy ix'd your heart Upon your husbands love, had no suspition Of his unmanly jealousie, and I When I cnfin'd my love to Free breast▪ Judg'd him as void of falshood, as the spring When it has rested in green tobes the Earth is Of bare nakednesse, but we are both Deceiv'd by our credlity▪ For you, discretion may you from the care Of his affection, you are free (as light) (Which in the darkest night retaines some splendor) From the obedient slavery, due to marriage; But I no burne-markd captive is engag'd With more officious eale to serve his Lord, Then I my husband, I must either perish Like the chaste ice, when from a Christ all Rocke, It feeles a sad conversion into fowle Corrupted waters, by his jealous flames; Or breake those ties whose dissolution Would betray my innocent vertue to a ruine, Sure and eternall. But yet counsell me, I love this man so that if honour would Dispense with his offence, I should forgive him, And take him to my bosome Alasse you cannot, What noble soule (though halse starv'd) would be fed with Base reversions, conscience too forbids. The supplantation of another, sister strive to forget him Mrs. there is a gentleman without, this knockt for entrance as if he had beene a Constable, his businesse is with you, and his name Freeit; I told him you were in bed nd he swore he would come to you through the doore, shall I admit him? This is his last night, his businesse carryes weight, pray let him in. Be now propitious Love: is any with him? There is enough of him, unlesse he made lesse noise. Ile send him to you. Sister, now give him his latest answer, and resolve Upon some choise more happy: here he comes. How, as a Bridegroome? Deckt with the Ensignes of young Nuptialls, A wreath of Flowers, and Bayes, and yet me thinkes His hand displayes a Willow: what should this Embleme? Master Freewit we scarce expected you thus late. You'll please to afford my manners an indulgent pardon, For pressing to your presence thus: but tis Perhaps our extremest enterview, and so May challenge the prerogative of excuse, For the audacious errour. Would I could, with as much safety to my honour, grant Remission to your other fault.