The Queen's Entertainment at Woodstock · chunk 5 of 17
Anonymous · published 1585 · first performed or written 1575 [Sep] (Annals) entertainment; royal entertainment or entry T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.85 · 515 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
Her credit is so good her fame so flies, her Honour such, her wisdom so in note, Her name so known to all men's ears and eyes, as better mean could nowhere else be got, Then if he might at her hands understand, what she hath heard and seen within her land. Whereon when we resolved by joint assent, and I at her request was drawing near, To move the suit according as we meant, I met you by the way which had been here: By whom I learned a very speedy mean, to work her weal and void all terror clean. But maid where is the Duke of whom you spoke, which took this toil for your good lady's sake? Yond same is he whose strange attire, descries his grief and points at his desire. Well: I'll feel his pulse. Sir knight I hear, you are inquest your daughter here to find. In weed disguised because behaps you fear, least being known contrary to your mind. Your search might grow too long, yet may it be, your state descried you may find help of me. Alas Madam, and must it needs be so? must grief burst out? and must my careful thought, Make you by speech partaker of my woe? wherein the wrong that I have justly wrought unto myself, shall lead me on along, till her I find whose wandering is my wrong. My native Country is, where Indies stream, doth enter Sea, nigh to th' Cambaian cost, From whence I roam into this famous realm, to seek my child which by mischance I lost, There Duke I am, a Lord of fruitful soil, though Fortune's force now tax me with this toil. How hap your child did leave you so alone? was there no help but she must needs be gone? She would needs love where I misliked much, a man of mean estate of base degree, She is my only care and his case such, as, though well borne, a subject yet to me. Whom I in heat removed from her: but she in greater heat removed herself from me. methinks these words in such high state bewray more eager mind then gift of great conceit, A Princess peer a Duke should seek to stay, and not 'gainst fume with wit to work debate. Are you so far misled for want of skill, as you know not that love will have his will? He knows no peer: all states stoop to his check, he spares no prince no more than mean estate, But makes each one obey him at a beck: He takes great scorn to hear tell of a mate, But where he finds such match as he doth like, without gainsay he bends his bow to strike. Because you are a Prince of high degree, in Country where you dwell, you hold it light That Love should should wound your only heir I see, but were you of far more puissant might, And she of price as peerless as may be, love hath subdued far braver Dames than she.
seed 43: T0 · seed 44: T0 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Her credit is so good her fame so flies, her Honour such, her wisedome so in note, Her name so knowne to all mens eares and eies, as better mean could no where els be gotte, Then if he might at her hands vnderstand, what she hath heard and seen within her land. Whereon when we resolu'd by ioynt assent, and I at her request was drawing neere, To moue the suit according as we ment, I met you by the way which had byn heere: By whom I learned a very speedy meane, to worke her weale and voyde al terrour cleane. But mayde where is the Duke of whom you spake, which tooke this toyle for your good Ladies sake? Yon same is he whose strange attire, descries his griefe and points at his desire. Wel: Ile feele his pulse. Sir knight I heare, you are inquest your daughter here to find. In weed disguisd because behaps you feare, least being known contrary to your mynd. Your seerch might grow too long, yet may it be, your state descride you may find helpe of me. Alas Madam, and must it needs be so? must griefe burst out? and must my careful thought, Make you by speech partaker of my woe? wherein the wrong that I haue iustly wrought vnto my selfe, shal lead me on along, til her I find whose wandring is my wrong. My natiue Countrey is, where Indies streame, doth enter Sea, nigh to th' Cambaian coste, From whence I rome into this famous realme, to seeke my child which by mischance I lost, There Duke I am, a Lord of fruitful soyle, though Fortunes force now taxe me with this toyle. How hap your child did leaue you so alone? was there no helpe but she must needes be gone? She would needs loue where I misliked much, a man of meane estate of base degree, She is my only care and his case such, as, though wel borne, a subiect yet to me. Whom I in heate remou'd from her: but she in greater heat remou'd her self from me. Me thinks these words in such high state bewray more egar minde then gift of great conceate, A Princesse peere a Duke should seeke to stay, and not gainst fume with wit to worke debate. Are you so farre misledde for want of skill, as you know not that loue wil haue his will? He knowes no peere: al states stoupe to his checke, he spares no prince no more then meane estate, But makes ech one obey him at a becke: He takes great scorne to heare tell of a mate, But where he findes such match as he doth like, without gainsay he bends his bow to strike. Because you are a Prince of high degree, in Countrey where you dwell, you hold it light That Loue should should wound your only heire I see, but were you of farre more puissant might, And she of price as peerelesse as may be, loue hath subdu'de farre brauer Dames then she.