Shakespeare, William · published 1597 · first performed or written 1592 [1591-1592] (Annals) tragedy; history · Derby's (Strange's) Men (?) T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.79 · 505 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
I do beseech you either not believe The envious slanders of her false accusers, Or if she be accused in true report, Bear with her weakness which I think proceeds From way ward sickness, and no grounded malice. Saw you the King to day, my Lo: of Derby? But now the Duke of Buckingham and I Came from visiting his Majesty. With likelihood of his amendment Lords? Madame good hope, his Grace speaks cheerfully. God grant him health, did you confer with him. Madam we did: He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers, And betwixt them and my Lord chamberlain, And sent to warn them to his royal presence. Would all were well, but that will never be. I fear our happiness is at the highest. They do me wrong and I will not endure it▪ Who are they that complains unto the King, That I forsooth am stern and love them not: By holy Paul they love his grace but lightly, That fill his ears with such discentious rumours: Because I cannot flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog▪ Duck with french nods and apish courtesy, I must be held a rancorous enemy. Cannot a plain man live and think no harm, But thus his simple truth must be abused, By silken sly insinuating jacks? To whom in all this presence speaks your Grace? To thee that hast nor honesty nor grace, When have I injured thee, when done thee wrong, Or thee or thee or any of your faction: A plague upon you all. His royal person (Whom God preserve better ●hen you would wish) Cannot be quiet scarce a breathing while, But you must trouble him with lewd complaints. Brother of Gloucester, you mistake the matter: The King of his own royal disposition, And not provoked by any suitor else, Aiming belike at your interior hatred, Which in your outward actions shows itself, Against my kindred, brother, and myself: Makes him to send that thereby he may gather The ground of your ill will and to remove it. I cannot tell, the world is grown so bad That wrens make pray where Eagles dare not perch, Since every Iacke became a Gentleman: There's many a gentle person made a lack. Come come, we know your meaning brother Gl. You envy my advancement and my friends, God grant we never may have need of you. Mean time God grants that we have need of you, Our brother is imprisoned by your means, Myself disgraced, and the nobility Held in contempt, whilst many fair promotions, Are daily given to ennoble those That scarce some two days since were worth a noble. By him that raised me to this careful height, From that contented hap which I enjoyed, I never did incense his Majesty Against the Duke of Clarence: but have been, An earnest advocate to plead for him. My Lord you do me shameful injury, Falsely to draw me in these vile suspects.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 447–511 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 8 of 54 in this edition
Length
505 words · 634 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.787 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T0 · seed 44: T0 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
I doe beseech you either not beleeue The enuious slunders of her false accusers, Or if she be accusde in true report, Beare with her weakenes which I thinke proceedes From way ward sicknesse, and no grounded malice. Saw you the King to day, my Lo: of Darby? But now the Duke of Buckingham and I Came from visiting his Maiesty. With likelihood of his amendment Lords? Madame good hope, his Grace speakes cheerfly. God grant him health, did you confer with him. Madame we did: He desires to make attonement Betwixt the Duke of Glocester and your brothers, And betwixt them and my Lord chamberlaine, And sent to warne them to his royall presence. Would all were well, but that will neuer be. I feare our happines is at the highest. They doe me wrong and I will not endure it▪ Who are they that complaines vnto the King, That I forsooth am sterne and loue them not: By holy Paul they loe his grace but lightly, That fill his eares with such discentious rumors: Because I cannot flatter and speake faire, Smile in mens faces, smoothe, dceiue and cog▪ Ducke with french nods and apish courtesie, I must be held a rankerous enimy. Cannot a plaine man liue and thinke no harme, But thus his simple truth must be abusde, By silken slie insinuating iackes? To whom in all this presence speakes your Grace? To thee that hast nor honesty nor grace, When haue I iniured thee, when done thee wrong, Or thee or thee or any of your faction: A plague vpon you all. His royall person (Whom God preserue better hen you would wish) Cannot be quiet scarce a breathing while, But you must trouble him with lewd complaints. Brother of Glocester, you mistake the matter: The King of his owne royall disposition, And not prouokt by any suiter else, Ayming belike at your interiour hatred, Which in your outward actions shewes it selfe, Against my kindred, brother, and my selfe: Makes him to send that thereby he may gather The ground of your ill will and to remoue it. I cannot tell, the world is growen so bad That wrens make pray where Eagles dare not pearch, Since euery Iacke became a Gentleman: Theres many a gentle person made a lacke. Come come, we know your meaning brother Gl. You enuy my aduancement and my friends, God graunt we neuer may haue neede of you. Meane time God grants that we haue neede of you, Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes, My selfe disgract, and the nobility Held in contempt, whilst many faire promotions, Are daily giuen to enoble those That scarce some two daies since were worth a noble. By him that raisde me to this carefull height, From that contented hap which I enioyd, I neuer did incense his Maiesty Against the Duke of Clarence: but haue beene, An earnest aduocate to pleade for him. My Lord you doe me shamefull iniury, Falsely to draw me in these vile suspects.