Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T36: hell, earth, gods, death, ghosts, blood, bloody, heaven, night, ghost.
where brackish Thamis slides with silver streams, Making a breach into the grassy downs, A curious arch of costly marble fraught, Hath Locrine framed underneath the ground, The walls whereof, garnish with diamonds, With ophirs, rubies, glistering emeralds, And interlaced with sun-bright carbuncles, Lighten the room with artificial day, And from the Lee with water-flowing pipes The moisture is derived into this arch Where I have placed fair Estrild secretly, Thither eftsoons accompanied with my page, I covertly visit my heart's desire, Without suspicion of the meanest eye, For love aboundeth still with policy: And thither still means Locrine to repair, Till Atropos cut off mine uncles life. O vita miserolonga, faelici brevis, Eheu malorem fames extremum malum. Long have I lived in this desert cave, With eating haws and miserable roots, Devouring leaves and beastly excrements. caves were my beds, and stones my pillow bears, Fear was my sleep, and horror was my dream, For still methought at every boisterous blast Now Locrine comes, now Humber thou must die: So that for fear and hunger, Humbers mind Can never rest, but always trembling stands. O what Danubius now may quench my thirst? What Euphrates, what lightfoot Euripus, May now allay the fury of that heat, Which raging in my entrails eats me up? You ghastly devils of the ninefold Sticks, You damned ghosts of joyless Acheron, You mournful souls, vexed in Abissus vaults, You coal-black devils of Auernas' pond, Come with your flesh-hooks, rent my famished arms, These arms that have sustained their masters life, Come with your razors, rip my bowels up, With your sharp fireforks crack my starved bones, Use me as you will, so Humber may not live. Accursed gods that rule the starry poles, Accursed Ioue king of the cursed gods, Cast down your lightning on poor Humbers head, That I may leave this deathlike life of mine, What hear you not, and shall not Humber die? Nay I will die though all the gods say nay. And gentle abye take my troubled corpse, Take it and keep it from all mortal eyes, That none may say when I have lost my breath, The very floods conspire 'gainst Humbers death. Encaedem sequitur, caedes in caede quiesco. Humber is dead, joy heavens, leap earth, dance trees, Now mayst thou reach thy apples Tantalus, And with them feed thy hunger-bitten limbs. Now Sisyphus leave rumbling of thy rock, And rest thy restless bones upon the same. Unbind Ixion cruel Rhadamanth, And lay proud Humber on the whirling wheel. Back will I post to hell mouth Taenarus, And pass Cocytus, to the Elysian fields, And tell my father Brutus of these news.
seed 43: T32 · seed 44: T26 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
where brackish Thamis slides with siluer streames, Making a breach into the grassie downes, A curious arch of costly marble fraught, Hath Locrine framed vnderneath the ground, The walls whereof, garnish with diamonds, VVith ophirs, rubies, glistering emeralds, And interlast with sun-bright carbuncles, Lighten the roome with artificiall day, And from the Lee with water-flowing pipes The moisture is deriu'd into this arch VVhere I haue placed faire Estrild secretly, Thither eftsoones accompanied with my page, I couertly visit my harts desire, VVithout suspition of the meanest eie, For loue aboundeth still with pollicie: And thither still meanes Locrine to repaire, Till Atropos cut off mine vncles life. O vita miserolonga, faelici breuis, Ehen malorem fames extremum malum. Long haue I liued in this desart caue, VVith eating hawes and miserable rootes, Deuouring leaues and beastly excrements. Caues were my beds, and stones my pillow beaes, Feare was my sleep, and horror was my dreame, For still me thought at euery boisterous blast Now Locrine comes, now Humber thou must die: So that for feare and hunger, Humbers minde Can neuer rest, but alwaies trembling stands. O what Danubius now may quench my thirst? VVhat Euphrates, what lightfoot Euripus, May now allaie the furie of that heat, VVhich raging in my entralls eates me vp? You gastly diuels of the ninefold Stickes, You damned ghoasts of ioylesse Acheron, You mournfull soules, vext in Abissus vaults, You coleblack diuels of Auerns pond, Come with your fleshhooks, rent my famisht arms, These armes that haue sustaind their maisters life, Come with your raisours, ippe my bowels vp, VVith your sharp fireforks crack my sterued bones, Vse me as you will, so Humber may not liue. Accured gods that rule the starry poles, Accursed Ioue king of the cursed gods, Cast downe your lightning on poore Humbers head, That I may leaue this deathlike life of mine, VVhat heare you not, and shall not Humber die? Nay I will die though all the gods say nay. And gentle Aby take my troubled corps, Take it and keep it from all morall eies, That none may say when I haue lost my breath, The very flouds conspirde gainst Humbers death. Encaedem sequitur, caedes in caede quieso. Humber is dead, ioy heauens, leap earth, dance trees Now maist thou reach thy apples Tantalus, And with them feed thy hunger-bitten limmes. Now Sisiphus leaue umbling of thy rock, And rest thy restlesse bones vpon the same. Vnbind Ixion cruell Rhadamanth, And laie proud Humber on the whirling wheele. Backe will I post to hell mouth Taenarus And passe Cocitu, to the Elysian fields, And tell my father Brutus of these newes.