Lyly, John · published 1592 · first performed or written 1589 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (first) · before the Court unassigned nearest T51 Parents and children: blessing, birthrig · 536 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
Stay Martius, though I know love to grow to such looseness, and hoarding to such misery, that I may rather grieve at both, than remedy either: yet thy animating my father to continual arms, to conquer crowns, hath only brought him into imminent danger of his own head. The love he hath followed, I fear unnatural; the riches he hath got, I know unmeasurable; the wars he hath levied, I doubt unlawful; hath drawn his body with grey hairs to the graves mouth; and his mind with eating cares to desperate determinations: ambition hath but two steps, the lowest blood; the highest envy: both these hath my unhappy father climbed, digging mines of gold with the lives of men, and now envied of the whole world, is environed with enemies round about the world, not knowing that ambition hath one heel nailed in hell, though she stretch her finger to touch the heavens. I would the Gods would remove this punishment, so that Midas would be penitent. Let him thrust thee, Eristus with thy love, into Italie, where they honour lust for a God, as the Egyptians did dogs: thee, Mellacrites with thy greediness of gold, to the utmost parts of the West, where all the guts of the earth are gold: and thee, Martius, that soundest but blood and terror, into those barbarous Nations, where nothing is to be found but blood and terror. Let Phrygia be an example of chastity, not lust; liberality, not covetousness; valour, not tyranny. I wish not your bodies banished, but your minds, that my father and your king, may be our honour, and the world's wonder. And thou Caelia, and all you Ladies, learn this of Sophronia, that beauty in a minute is both a blossom and a blast: Love, a worm which seeming to live in the eye, dies in the heart. You be all young, and fair, endeavour all to be wise & virtuous, that when, like roses, you shall fall from the stalk, you may be gathered & put to the still. Madam, I am free from love, and unfortunate to be beloved. To be free from love is strange, but to think scorn to be beloved, monstrous. Eristus, thy tongue doth itch to talk of love, and my ears tingle to hear it. I charge you all, if you owe any duty to your king, to go presently unto the temple of Bacchus, offer praise-gifts, and sacrifice, that Midas may be released of his wish, or his life: this I entreat you, this Midas commands you. Jar not with yourselves, agree in one for your king, if ever you took Midas for your lawful king. Madam we will go, and omit nothing that duty may perform, or pains. Go speedily, lest Midas die before you return: and you Caelia shall go with me, that with talk we may beguile the time, and my father think of no meat. I attend. AH my girl, is not this a golden world? It is all one as if it were led with me, and yet as golden with me as with the king, for I see it, and feel it not, he feels it, & enjoys it not.
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Stay Martius, though I know loue to growe to such losenes, and hoarding to such miserie, that I maye rather grieue at both, than remedie either: yet thy animating my father to continuall armes, to conquere crowns, hath only brought him into imminent danger of his owne head. The loue hee hath followed, I feare vnnaturall; the riches he hath got, I know vnmeasurable; the warres he hath leuied, I doubt vnlawfull; hath drawn his bodie with graie haires to the graues mouth; and his minde with eating cares to desperate determinations: ambition hath but two steps, the lowest bloud; the highest enuie: both these hath my vnhappie father climbde, digging mines of gold with the liues of men, and now enuied of the whole world, is enuironed with enemies round about the world, not knowing that ambition hath one heele nayled in hell, though she stretch her finger to touch the heauens. I woulde the Gods would remoue this punishment, so that Mydas would be penitent. Let him thrust thee, Eristus with thy loue, into Italie, where they honour lust for a God, as the Aegyptians did dogs: thee, Mellacrites with thy greedines of gold, to the vtmost partes of the West, where all the guts of the earth are gold: and thee, Martius, that soundest but bloud and terror, into those barbarous Nations, where nothing is to be found but bloud and terror. Let Phrygia be an example of chastitie, not luste; liberalitie, not couetousnes; valor, not tyrannie. I wish not your bodies banisht, but your mindes, that my father and your king, may be our honor, and the worlds wonder. And thou Caelia, and all you Ladies, learn this of Sophronia, that beautie in a minute is both a blossome and a blast: Loue, a worme which seeming to liue in the eye, dies in the hart. You be all yong, and faire, endeuor all to be wise & vertuous, that when, like roses, you shal fall from the stalke, you may be gathered & put to the still. Madam, I am free from loue, and vnfortunate to be beloued. To be free from loue is strange, but to thinke scorne to be beloued, monstrous. Eristus, thy tongue doth itch to talke of loue, and my eares tingle to heare it. I charge you all, if you owe any duetie to your king, to goe presently vnto the temple of Bacchus, offer praise-giftes, and sacrifice, that Mydas may be released of his wish, or his life: this I entreate you, this Mydas commaunds you. Iarre not with your selues, agree in one for your king, if euer you took Mydas for your lawful king. Madam we will goe, and omit nothing that duety may performe, or paynes. Goe speedelie, least Mydas die before you returne: and you Caelia shal go with me, that with talk we may beguyle the time, and my father think of no meat. I attend. AHmy girle, is not this a golden world? It is all one as if it were lead with mee, and yet as golden with mee as with the king, for I see it, and feele it not, he feeles it, & enioyes it not.