Marlowe, Christopher / Nashe, Thomas · published 1594 · first performed or written 1586 [c.1585-1586; possibly 1591] (Annals) tragedy · Children of the Chapel (first) (Oxford's Boys) T11 Siblings, kin and confidants typicality 0.80 · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T11: sister, brother, love, friend, heart, father, mother, woman, lord, hear.
Call him not wicked, sister speak him fair, And look upon him with a mermaids eye, Tell him, I never vowed at Aulis gulf The desolation of his native Troy, Nor sent a thousand ships unto the walls, Nor ever violated faith to him: Request him gently (Anna) to return, I crave but this, he stay a tide or two, That I may learn to bear it patiently, If he depart thus suddenly, I die: Run Anna, run, stay not to answer me. I go fair sister, heavens grant good success. O Dido, your little son Ascanius Is gone! he lay with me last night, And in the morning he was stolen from me, I think some Fairies have beguiled me. O cursed hag and false dissembling wretch! That slayest me with thy harsh and hellish tale, Thou for some petty gift hast let him go, And I am thus deluded of my boy: Away with her to prison presently, traitoress too keened and cursed Sorceress. I know not what you mean by treason, ay, I am as true as any one of yours. Away with her, suffer her not to speak. My sister comes, I like not her sad looks. Before I came, Aeneas was aboard, And spying me, hoist up the sails amain: But I cried out, Aeneas, false Aeneas stay. Then 'gan he wag his hand, which yet held up, Made me suppose he would have heard me speak: Then 'gan they drive into the Ocean, Which when I viewed, I cried, Aeneas stay, Dido, fair Dido wils Aeneas stay: Yet he whose heart of adamant or flint, My tears nor plaints could mollify a whit: Then carelessly I rent my hair for grief, Which seen to all, though he beheld me not, They 'gan to move him to redress my ruth, And stay a while to hear what I could say, But he clapped under hatches sailed away. O Anna, Anna, I will follow him. How can ye go when he hath all your fleet? He frame me wings of wax like Icarus, And o'er his ships will soar unto the Sun, That they may melt and I fall in his arms: Or else I'll make a prayer unto the waves, That I may swim to him like Triton's niece: O Anna, fetch Orion's Harp, That I may 'tice a Dolphin to the shore, And ride upon his back unto my love: Look sister, look lovely Aeneas ships, See see, the billows heave him up to heaven, And now down falls the keels into the deep: O sister, sister, take away the Rocks, they'll break his ships, O Proteus, Neptune, Ioue, Save, save Aeneas, Dido's liefest love! Now is he come on shore safe without hurt: But see, Achates wils him put to sea, And all the Sailors merry make for joy, But he remembering me shrinks back again: See where he comes, welcome, welcome my love. Ah sister, leave these idle fantasies, Sweet sister cease, remember who you are.
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504 words · 683 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T11 — Siblings, kin and confidantscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.797 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T15 · seed 44: T12 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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Call him not wicked, sister speake him faire, And looke vpon him with a Mermaides eye, Tell him, I neuer vow'd at Aulis gulfe The desolation of his natiue Troy, Nor sent a thousand ships vnto the walles, Nor euer violated faith to him: Request him gently (Anna) to returne, I craue but this, he stay a tide or two, That I may learne to beare it patiently, If he depart thus suddenly, I dye: Run Anna, run, stay not to answere me. I goe faire sister, heauens graunt good successe. O Dido, your little sonne Ascanius Is gone! he lay with me last night, And in the morning he was stolne from me, I thinke some Fairies haue beguiled me. O cursed hagge and false dissembling wretch! That slayest me with thy harsh and hellish tale, Thou for some pettie guift hast let him goe, And I am thus deluded of my boy: Away with her to prison presently, Traytoresse too keend and cursed Sorceresse. I know not what you meane by treason, I, I am as true as any one of yours. Away with her, suffer her not to speake. My sister comes, I like not her sad lookes. Before I came, Aeneas was abourd, And spying me, hoyst vp the sailes amaine: But I cride out, Aeneas, false Aeneas stay. Then gan he wagge his hand, which yet held vp, Made me suppose he would haue heard me speake: Then gan they driue into the Ocean, Which when I viewd, I cride, Aeneas stay, Dido, faire Dido wils Aeneas stay: Yet he whose heart of adamant or flint, My teares nor plaints could mollifie a whit: Then carelesly I rent my haire for griefe, Which seene to all, though he beheld me not, They gan to moue him to redresse my ruth, And stay a while to heare what I could say, But he clapt vnder hatches saild away. O Anna, Anna, I will follow him. How can ye goe when he hath all your fleete? He frame me wings of waxe like Icarus, And ore his ships will soare vnto the Sunne, That they may melt and I fall in his armes: Or els Ile make a prayer vnto the waues, That I may swim to him like Tritos neece: O Anna, fetch Orions Harpe, That I may tice a Dolphin to the shoare, And ride vpon his backe vnto my loue: Looke sister, looke louely Aeneas ships, See see, the billowes heaue him vp to heauen, And now downe falles the keeles into the deepe: O sister, sister, take away the Rockes, Theile breake his ships, O Proteus, Neptune, Ioue, Saue, saue Aeneas, Didos leefest loue! Now is he come on shoare safe without hurt: But see, Achates wils him put to sea, And all the Sailers merrie make for ioy, But he remembring me shrinkes backe againe: See where he comes, welcome, welcome my loue. Ah sister, leaue these idle fantasies, Sweet sister cease, remember who you are.