Anonymous · published 1596 · first performed or written 1594 [Oct 23] (Annals) tragicomedy · Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.78 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
What else but bands belong to guilty men, Why should my greatness cover my miss deeds? Or poor men suffer for a great man's sin? O Father root from forth your royal Court, This cursed flatterer, that seduced me: We two deserve to die. These prisoners have done thee honour, for by wounding me They have preserved their sister from a rape, Me from perpetual shame, thee from much grief: Therefore if justice punish any one, begin with us: Else will the proverb hold, smallest flies are tangled in thy twist When greater far breaks through and force the web. Seruio and Phillida, your judgement is, To lose Fortunio's bands: Fortunio's pains is to embrace old Corodinos neck: I thank my God that hath reclaimed thee, And made thee fly the vanities of youth, Now without fear shall I encounter death, When I am sure thy wanton days are past. But thou ungracious man, pass from my Court, And exiled to the world: Come my Fortunio let us enter in And establish this perpetual law hence forth, That but in causes merely capital, A noble man submitting of himself, And after being reconciled to God, Shall have his pardon without prejudice. This likes me well, now grows the world to frame, Fortunio now hath learned to know a knave: And is expert to prove an honest man. Will you buy any Coals, fine small Coals. Thus have I entered Venice in disguise, And through the streets have gotten unespied, Silence Lelio, my thinks my door doth ope, Ah yonder comes my wife and daughter forth, How fares Annetta, how doth Lucida. What Lelio, my Lord in this disguise? A happy sight to, see my father's face. O comfort of my erst esteemed life: How do your sighs revive my drooping mind? But wherefore doth my Lord thus venture life? And come to Venice for to fetch his death? I come to rid thy father from his banishment, And to endow my daughter Lucida. come reselud to Venice here to die: Come hither daughter, thou know'st it is proclaimed, That who so brings me to the Senate house, Shall have a thousand Crowns for recompense. Now therefore Lucida I yield to thee: Take thou the gold, and yield me to them strait, And let my death, end all your miseries. Cursed be that gold that's bought with blood. Happy be that death that doth so many good. Ah Lelio, we are betrayed, here cometh the Guard. Buy any Coals, small Cools, fine Cools. How now, who walks here in this disguise? Let's see thy face? This is our Collier. This is a Courtier's feat: what Lelio, you are welcome Sir, you come in happy time to bring me Crowns. Sir I am Lelio, I'll not deny my name, And I am prisoner to my Lucida, To her belongs the ransom of my head, Not to thee son of hate and nygardie.
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Length
490 words · 659 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.779 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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What elſe but bandes belong to guilty men, Why ſhould my greatnes couer my miſſe deeds? Or poore men ſuffer for a great mans ſinne? O Father roote from forth your royall Court, This curſed flatterer, that ſeduced me: We two deſerue to die. Theſe priſoners haue done thee honor, for by wounding me They haue preſerud their ſiſter from a rape, Me from perpetual ſhame, thee from much griefe: Therefore if Iuſtice puniſh any one, begin with vs: Elſe wil the prouerb hold, ſmaleſt flies are tangled in thy twiſt When greater far breakes through and force the web. Seruio and Phillida, your iudgement is, To looſe Fortunios bandes: Fortunios paines is to embrace old Corodinos necke: I thanke my God that hath reclaymed thee, And made thee flye the vanities of youth, Now without feare ſhall I incounter death, When I am ſure thy wanton daies are paſt. But thou vngratious man, paſſe from my Court, And exild to the world: Come my Fortunio let vs enter in And eſtabliſh this perpetual law hence forth, That but in cauſes meerely capitall, A noble man ſubmitting of him ſelfe, And after being reconciled to God, Shall haue his pardon without preiudice. This likes me well, now growes the world to frame, Fortunio now hath learnd to know a knaue: And is expert to prooue an honeſt man. VVill you buy any Coles, fine ſmall Coles. Thus haue I entred Venice in diſguiſe, And through the ſtreets haue gotten vneſpied, Silence Lelio, my thinkes my doore doth ope, Ah yonder comes my wife and daughter forth, How fares Annetta, how doth Lucida. VVhat Lelio, my Lord in this diſguiſe? A happie ſight to, ſee my fathers face. O comfort of my erſt eſtemed life: How do your ſighes reuiue my drouping minde? But wherefore doth my Lord thus venture life? And come to Venice for to fetch his death? I come to rid thy father from his baniſhment, And to endow my daughter Lucida. come reſelud to Venice here to die: Come hether daughter, thou knowſt it is proclaym'd, That who ſo brings me to the Senate houſe, Shall haue a thouſand Crownes for recompence. Now therefore Lucida I yeeld to thee: Take thou the gold, and yeeld me to them ſtraight, And let my death, end all your myſeries. Curſed be that gold that's bought with blood. Happie be that death that doth ſo many good. Ah Lelio, we are betrayd, heere commeth the Garde. Buy anie Coles, ſmall Cooles, fine Cooles. How now, who walkes heere in this diſguiſe? Let's ſee thy face? This is our Collier. This is a Courtiers feate: what Lelio, you are welcome Sir, you come in happie time to bring me Crownes. Sir I am Lelio, Ile not deny my name, And I am priſoner to my Lucida, To her belongs the ranſome of my head, Not to thee ſonne of hate and nygardie.