Shakespeare, William · published 1631 · first performed or written 1592 [c.1590-1604] (Annals) comedy · Pembroke's Men · Blackfriars T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma typicality 0.79 · 500 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
That by degrees we mean to look into, And watch our vantage in this business, we'll overreach the graybeard Gremio, The narrow prying father Minola, The acquaint Musician, amorous Litio, All for my master's sake Lucentio. Signior Gremio, came you from the Church? As willingly as ere I came from school. And is the Bride and Bridegroom coming home? A Bridegroom say you? 'tis a groom indeed, A grumling groom, and that the girl shall find. Curster than she, why 'tis impossible. Why he's a devil, a devil, a very fiend. Why she's a devil, a devil, the devil's dam. Tut, she's a Lamb, a Dove, a fool to him: I'll tell you sir Lucentio; when the Priest Should ask if Katherine should be his wife I, by goggs woones quoth he, and swore so loud, That allamazed, the Priest let fall the book, And as he stooped again to take it up, This mad-brained Bridegroom took him such a cuff, That down fell Priest and book, and book and Priest, Now take them up quoth he if any list. What said the wench when he rose again? Trembled and shook for why he stamped and swore, as if the Vicar meant to cousin him: but after many ceremonies done, he calls for wine, a health quoth he as if he had been aboard carousing to his mates after a storm, quaffed off the Muscadel, and threw the sops all in the Sexton's face: having no other reason but that his beard grew thin and hungerly: and seemed to ask him sops as he was drinking This done, he took the Bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, that at the parting all the Church did echo: and I seeing this, came thence for very shame and after me I know the rout is coming, such a mad marriage never was before: hark hark I hear the minstrels, play. Gentlemen and friends I thank you for your pains, I know you think to dine with me to day, And have prepar'd great store of wedding cheer, But so it is, my haste doth call me hence, And therefore here I mean to take my leave. Is't possible you will away to night? I must away to day before night come, Make it no wonder: If you knew my business, You would entreat me rather go then stay: And honest company, I thank you all, That have beheld me give away myself To this most patiented, sweet, and virtuous wife, Dine with my father, drink a health to me, For I must hence, and farewell to you all. Let us entreat you stay till after dinner. It may not be. Let me entreat you. It cannot be. Let me entreat you. I am content. Are you content to stay? I am content you shall entreat me stay, But yet not stay, entreat me how you can. Now if you love me stay, Grumio, my horse,
Blackfriars;Globe;Indoor Professional;Outdoor Professional
Genre (British Drama)
comedy
Play type
Adult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 230 · TCP A12016 · DEEP 184
Edition role
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1332–1381 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 24 of 41 in this edition
Length
500 words · 675 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T28 — Marriage-making: weddings, brides and matchescross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.795 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T6 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
That by degrees wee meane to looke into, And watch our vantage in this buſineſſe, Wee'l ouer-reach the graybeard Gremio, The narrow prying father Minola, The quaint Muſitian, amorous Litio, All for my maſters ſake Lucentio. Signior Gremio, came you from the Church? As willingly as ere I came from ſchoole. And is the Bride and Bridegroom comming home? A Bridegroome ſay you? 'tis a groome indeed, A grumling groome, and that the girle ſhall finde. Curſter then ſhe, why 'tis impoſſible. Why he's a deuill, a deuill, a very fiend. Why ſhe's a deuill, a deuill, the deuills damme. Tut, ſhe's a Lambe, a Doue, a foole to him: Ile tell you ſir Lucentio; when the Prieſt Should aske if Katherine ſhould be his wife I, by goggs woones quoth he, and ſwore ſo loud, That allamaz'd, the Prieſt let fall the booke, And as he ſtoop'd againe to take it vp, This mad-brain'd Bridegroome tooke him ſuch a cuffe, That down fell Prieſt and booke, and booke and Prieſt, Now take them vp quoth he if any liſt. What ſaid the wench when he roſe againe? Trembled and ſhooke for why he ſtamp'd and ſwore, as if the Vicar ment to cozen him: but after many ceremonies done, he calls for wine, a health quoth he as if he had been aboord carowſing to his mates after a ſtorme, quaft off the Muſcadell, and threw the ſops all in the Sextons face: hauing no other reaſon but that his beard grew thinne and hungerly: and ſeem'd to aske him ſops as he was drinking This done, he tooke the Bride about the neck and kiſt her lips with ſuch a clamorous ſmacke, that at the parting all the Church did eccho: and I ſeeing this, came thence for very ſhame and after mee I know the rout is comming, ſuch a mad marriage neuer was before: harke harke I heare the minſtrels, play. Gentlemen and friends I thanke you for your pains, I know you thinke to dine with mee to day, And haue prpar'd great ſtore of wedding cheere, But ſo it is, my haſte doth call mee hence, And therefore heere I meane to take my leaue. Is't poſſible you will away to night? I muſt away to day before night come, Make it no wonder: If you knew my buſineſſe, You would intreate me rather goe then ſtay: And honeſt company, I thanke you all, That haue beheld me giue away my ſelfe To this moſt patient, ſweete, and vertuous wife, Dine with my father, drinke a health to mee, For I muſt hence, and farewell to you all. Let vs intreate you ſtay till after dinner. It may not be. Let me intreate you. It cannot be. Let me intreate you. I am content. Are you content to ſtay? I am content you ſhall intreate me ſtay, But yet not ſtay, entreate me how you can. Now if you loue me ſtay, Grumio, my horſe,