Peele, George · published 1584 · first performed or written 1581 [c.1581-1584] (Annals) pastoral · Children of the Chapel (first) (Oxford's Boys) · before the Court T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs typicality 0.76 · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T21: cupid, venus, love, ceres, diana, fair, nymphs, goddess, bow, damon.
Well gentle Nymph although thou do me wrong, That can ne tune pipe unto a song, Me lift this once, This idle talk 〈...〉. And whereon then shall be my Roundelay: For thou hast hard my store long since, dare say, How Saturn did divide his kingdom tho, To Ioue, to Neptune, and to Dis below. How mighty men made fool, Against the gods and state of How Phorcias ympe , That tangled Neptune in her golden hair, Became a Gorgon for her lewd misdeed, A pretty fable Paris for to read. A piece of cunning trust me for the That wealth and beauty alter men to stones. how Salmacis resembling idleness, Turns men to women all through wantonness. How Pluto raught Queen Ceres' daughter thence, And what did follow of that love offence. Of Daphne turned into the laurel tree, That shows a mirror of virginity. How fair Narcissus tooting on his shade, Reproves disdain, and 〈...〉. How cunning Philomela's What force in love, what wit in sorrow What pains unhappy souls abide in hell, They say because on earth they lived not well. Ixion's wheel, proud Tantal's paining woe. Prometheus' torment, and a many more. How Danaus daughters ply their endless task. What toil the toil of Sisyphus doth ask. All these are old and known I know, yet if thou wilt have any, Choose some of these, for trust me else Oenone hath not many. Nay what thou wilt: but sith my cunning not compares with thine, Begin some Toy, that I can play upon this pipe of mine. There is a pretty sonnet then, we call it Cupid's curse: They that do change old love for new, pray gods they change for worse. The note is fine and quick withal, the 〈◊〉 will agree, Paris, With that same vow of thine upon our Poplar tree: No better thing, begine it then, Oenone thou shalt see Our music, figure of the love that grows twixt thee and me. Fair and fair and twice so fair, As fair as any may be: The fairest shepherd on our green, A love for any Lady. Fair and fair and twice so fair, As fair as any may be: Thy love is fair for thee alone, And for no other Lady. My love is fair, my love is gay, As fresh as been the flowers in May, And of my love my roundelay, My merry merry merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse: They that do change old love for new, Pray Gods they change for worse. They that do change, etc. Fair and fair, etc., Fair and fair, etc. Thy love is fair etc. My love can pipe, my love can sing, My love can many a pretty thing, And of his lovely praises ring My merry merry roundelays: Amen to Cupid's curse: They that do change, etc. They that do change, etc. Fair and fair, etc.
nodes 247–313 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 5 of 21 in this edition
Length
486 words · 661 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T21 — Cupid, Venus and the nymphscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.756 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T21 · seed 44: T24 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Well gentle Nymphe although hou do me wrong, That can pype a songe, Me lift this once, This idle take . And whereon then shall be my Roundetay: For thou hast harde my stoore long since, dare say, How Saturne did deuide his kingdome tho, To Ioue, to Neptune, and to Dis below. How mightie me made , Against the gods and How Phorcias ympe , That tangled Neptune in he goldn haire, Became a Gorgo for her lewde misdeede, A pretie fable Paris for to . A peece of cunnig trust me , That wealth and beautie alter men to stoone. Howe Salmacis resembling ydlenes, Turnes men to women all through wantonnes. How Pluto raught Queene daughter thence▪ And what did followe of that loue offence. Of turned into the tree▪ That sheves a my or of virginitie. How faire Narcissus tooing on his shade, Reproues disdayne, and . How cunning Philolas , What force in loue, what wit . What paynes vnhappie soules abyde in , They say because on earth they liued not well. Ixios wheele, proude Tntals payning woe. Prometheus torment, and a many . How Danaus daughter lie their endles . What toyle the toyle of doth aske. All these are olde and knowne I knowe, yet if thou wilt haue anie, Chuse some of these, for trust me else hath not manie. Nay what thou wilt: but sith my cunning not compares with thine, Beginne some Toy, that I can play vpon this pipe of mine. There is a pretie sonnet then, we call it Cupid curse: They that do chaunge olde loue for new, pray gods they chaunge for worse. The note is fine and quicke withall, the dittie will agree, Paris, With that same vowe of thine vpon our Poplar tree: No better thing, begine it then, Oenone thou shalt see Our musicke, figure of the loue that growes twixt thee and me. Faire and fayre and twise so faire, As fayre as any may be: The fayrest sheepeherd on our gree, A loue for anie Ladie. Faire and faire and twise so fayre, As fayre as anie may bee: Thy loue is fayre for thee alone, And for no other Ladie. My loue is faire, my loue is gaie, As fresh as bine the flowers in May, And of my loue my roundylaye, My merrie merrie merrie roundelaie Concludes with Cupids curse: They that do chaunge olde loue for newe, Pray Gods they chaunge for worse. They that do chaunge, &c. Faire and faire, &c, Faire and faire, &c. Thy loue is faire &c. My loue can pype, my loue can sing, My loue can manie a pretie thing, And of his louelie prayses ring My merry merry roundelayes: Amen to Cupids curse: They that do chaunge, &c. They that do chaunge, &c. Faire and fayre, &c.