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 0.76 · 488 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.
Where is thy conscience now? In the Duke of Glocesters' purse. So when he opens his purse to give us our reward, Thy conscience flies out. Let it go, there●●ew or none will entertain it▪ How if it come to thee again? I'll not meddle with it, it is a dangerous thing, It makes a man a coward: A man cannot steal, But it accuseth him: he cannot swear, but it checks him: He cannot lie with his neighbour▪ wife, but it detects Him. It is a blushing shamefast spirit, that mutinies In a man's bosom: it fils one full of obstacles, It made me once restore a purse of gold that I found, It beggars any man that keeps it: it is turned out of all Towns and Cittles for a dangerous thing, and every Man that means to live well, endeavours to trust to To himself, and to live without it. Zounds it is even now at my elbow persuading me Not to kill the Duke. Take the devil in thy mind, and believe him not, He would insinuate with thee to make thee sigh. Tut▪ I am strong in fraud, he cannot prevail with me, I warrant thee. Spoke like a tall fellow that respects his reputation▪ Come shall we to this gear. Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword, And then we will chop him in the malmsey But in the next room. Oh excellent device, make a sop of him. Hark he stirs, shall I strike. No▪ first let's reason with him. Where art thou keeper, give me a cup of wine. You shall have wine enough my Lo: anon. In God's name what art thou. A man as you are. But not as I am, royal. Nor you as we are, loyal. Thy voice is thunder, but thy looks are humble. My voice is now the Kings, my looks mine own. How darkly, and how deadly dost thou speak: Tell me who are you, wherefore come you hither? To, to, to. To murder me. I. You scarcely haue the hearts to tell me s, And therefore cannot have the hearts to do it. Wherein my friends have I offended you? Offended us you have not, but the King. I shallbe reconciled to him again. Never my Lo: therefore prepare to die. Are you called forth from out a world of men To slay the innocent? what is my offence. Where are the evidence that do accuse me: What lawful quest have given their verdict up Unto the frowning ludge, or who pronounced The bitter sentence of poor Clarence death, Before I be convict by course of law? To threaten me with death, is most unlawful: I charge you as you hope to have redemption, By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins, That you depart and lay no hands on me, The deed you undertake is damnable.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 883–943 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 15 of 54 in this edition
Length
488 words · 625 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.762 (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)
Where is thy conscience now? In the Duke of Glocesters purse. So when he opens his purse to giue vs our reward, Thy conscience flies out. Let it go, there ew or none will entertaine it▪ How if it come to thee againe? Ile not meddle with it, it is a dangerous thing, It makes a man a coward: A man cannot steale, But it accuseth him: he cannot sweare, but it checks him: He cannot lie with his neighbor▪ wife, but it detects Him. It is a blushing shamefast spirit, that mutinies In a mans bosome: it fil one full of obstacle, It made me once restore a purse of gold that I found, It beggers any man that keepes it: it is turned out of all Townes and Cittles for a dangerous thing, and euery Man that meanes to liue wel, endeuors to trust to To himselfe, and to lue without it. Zounds it is euen now at my lbowe perswading me Not to kill the Duke. Take the diuell in thy minde, and beleeue him not, He would insinuate with thee to make thee sigh. Tut▪ I am strong in fraud, he cannot preuaile with me, I warrant thee. Spoke like a tall fellow that respects his reputation▪ Come shall we to this geere. Take him ouer the costard with the hilts of thy sword, And then we wil chop him in the malmsey But in the next roome. Oh excellent deuice, make a sop of him. Harke he stirs, shall I strike. No▪ first lets reason with him. Where art thou keeper, giue me a cup of wine. You shall haue wine enough my L: aon. In Gods name what art thou. A man as you are. Bt not as I am, royall. Nor you as we are, loyall. Thy voice is thunder, but thy lookes are humble. My voice is now the Kings, my lookes mine owne. How darkly, and how deadly doest thou speak: Tell me who are you, wherefore come you hither? To, to, to. To murther me. I. You scarcely haue the hearts to tell me s, And therefore cannot haue the hearts to doe it. Wherein my friends haue I offended you? Offended vs you haue not, but the King. I shalbe reconcild to him againe. Neuer my Lo: therfore prepare to die. Are you cald foorth from out a wold of men To slay the innocent? what is my offence. Where are the euidence that doe accuse me: What lawfull quest haue giuen their verdict vp Vnto the frowng ludge, or who pronounst The bitte sentence of poore Clarence death, Before I be conuict by course of law? To threaten me with death, is most vnlawfull: I charge you as you hope to haue redemption, By Christs deare bloud shed for our grieuous sinnes, That you depart and lay no hands on me, The deede you vndertake is damnable.