2 Henry the Sixth (The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster) · chunk 36 of 49
Anonymous / Marlowe, Christopher / Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written c.1590 (Annals) history · Pembroke's Men (?) T43 York and Lancaster: dynastic claims and typicality 0.83 · 484 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T43: henry, king, richard, warwick, york, edward, father, duke, crown, son.
But angry, wrathful, and inclined to blood, If you go forward: therefore yield, or dye. As for these silken-coated slaves I pass not, It is to you good people, that I speak, Over whom (in time to come) I hope to reign: For I am rightful heir unto the Crown. Villain, thy Father was a Playsterer, And thou thyself a Sheareman, art thou not? And Adam was a Gardener. And what of that? Marry, this Edmund Mortimer Earl of March, married the Duke of Clarence daughter, did he not? I sir. By her he had two children at one birth. That's false. I, there's the question; But I say, 'tis true: The elder of them being put to nurse, Was by a beggar-woman stolen away, And ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a Bricklayer, when he came to age. His son am I, deny it if you can. Nay, 'tis too true, therefore he shall be King. Sir, he made a Chimney in my Father's house, & the bricks are alive at this day to testify it: therefore deny it not. And will you credit this base Drudges Words, that speaks he knows not what. I marry will we: therefore get ye gone. Iacke Cade, the D. of York hath taught you this. He lies, for I invented it myself. Go too Sirrah, tell the King from me, that for his Father's sake Henry the fift, (in whose time, boys went to Span-counter for French Crowns) I am content he shall reign, but I'll be Protector over him: And furthermore, we'll have the Lord Says head, for selling the Dukedom of Maine. And good reason: for thereby is England maimed And fain to go with a staff, but that my puissance holds it up. Fellow-Kings, I tell you, that that Lord Say hath gelded the Commonwealth, and made it an Eunuch: & more than that, he can speak French, and therefore he is a Traitor. O gross and miserable ignorance. Nay answer if you can: The Frenchmen are our enemies: go too then, I ask but this: Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy, be a good counselor, or no? No, no, and therefore we'll have his head. Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail, Assail them with the Army of the King. Herald away, and throughout every Town, Proclaim them Traitors that are up with Cade, That those which fly before the battle ends, May even in their Wives and children's sight, Be hanged up for example at their doors: And you that be the King's Friends follow me. And you that love the Commons, follow me: Now show yourselves men, 'tis for Liberty. We will not leave one Lord, one Gentleman: Spare none, but such as go in clouted shoes, For they are thrifty honest men, and such As would (but that they dare not) take our parts.
Anonymous / Marlowe, Christopher / Shakespeare, William
Publication year (edition)
1623
First performance / composition (Annals)
c.1590
First performance (BritDrama)
1591 [1587-1592]
Company (BritDrama)
Pembroke's Men (?)
Genre (British Drama)
history
Play type
Adult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 224 · TCP A11954 · DEEP 5081.21
Edition role
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 2161–2205 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 36 of 49 in this edition
Length
484 words · 657 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T43 — York and Lancaster: dynastic claims and conflictcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.828 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T8 · seed 44: T13 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
But angry, wrathfull, and inclin'd to blood, If you go forward: therefore yeeld, or dye. As for theſe ſilken-coated ſlaues I paſſe not, It is to you good people, that I ſpeake, Ouer whom (in time to come) I hope to raigne: For I am rightfull heyre vnto the Crowne. Villaine, thy Father was a Playſterer, And thou thy ſelfe a Sheareman, art thou not? And Adam was a Gardiner. And what of that? Marry, this Edmund Mortimer Earle of March, married the Duke of Clarence daughter, did he not? I ſir. By her he had two children at one birth. That's falſe. I, there's the queſtion; But I ſay, 'tis true: The elder of them being put to nurſe, Was by a begger-woman ſtolne away, And ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a Bricklayer, when he came to age. His ſonne am I, deny it if you can. Nay, 'tis too true, therefore he ſhall be King. Sir, he made a Chimney in my Fathers houſe, & the brickes are aliue at this day to teſtifie it: therefore deny it not. And will you credit this baſe Drudges Wordes, that ſpeakes he knowes not what. I marry will we: therefore get ye gone. Iacke Cade, the D. of York hath taught you this. He lyes, for I inuented it my ſelfe. Go too Sirrah, tell the King from me, that for his Fathers ſake Henry the fift, (in whoſe time, boyes went to Span-counter for French Crownes) I am content he ſhall raigne, but Ile be Protector ouer him: And furthermore, wee'l haue the Lord Sayes head, for ſelling the Dukedome of Maine. And good reaſon: for thereby is England main'd And faine to go with a ſtaffe, but that my puiſſance holds it vp. Fellow-Kings, I tell you, that that Lord Say hath gelded the Commonwealth, and made it an Eunuch: & more then that, he can ſpeake French, and therefore hee is a Traitor. O groſſe and miſerable ignorance. Nay anſwer if you can: The Frenchmen are our enemies: go too then, I ask but this: Can he that ſpeaks with the tongue of an enemy, be a good Councellour, or no? No, no, and therefore wee'l haue his head. Well, ſeeing gentle words will not preuayle, Aſſaile them with the Army of the King. Herald away, and throughout euery Towne, Proclaime them Traitors that are vp with Cade, That thoſe which flye before the battell ends, May euen in their Wiues and Childrens ſight, Be hang'd vp for example at their doores: And you that be the Kings Friends follow me. And you that loue the Commons, follow me: Now ſhew your ſelues men, 'tis for Liberty. We will not leaue one Lord, one Gentleman: Spare none, but ſuch as go in clouted ſhooen, For they are thrifty honeſt men, and ſuch As would (but that they dare not) take our parts.