Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

2 Nature · chunk 7 of 17

Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals)
not in BritDrama
unassigned nearest T53 The crown: kingship claimed, resigned an · 486 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T53: crown, king, state, life, lord, lords, live, queen, tullia, prince.

Why should I ever wait nay that I nill for to be a king I may not endure continual business I was never used thereto doubtless I should not live a year if I followed you I am sure and your but of me sure I saw never your peer He ween there can nothing be do But if ye put your hand thereto and I wrs that is no need ye have servants that be true and just if it would like you to put them in trust And quite well they ●…e meed what should I attend you for to please when I see well ye set by none ease which belongeth to me Why ease what meaneth the thus to say I do but eat drink sleep and play And none other labour pard ye/ ye may say what ye will But I can never see you idle And quiet as ye should be your body laboureth as doth an hakney That bareth the burden every day That pity it is to see And your mind on that other side Is never Idle nor unoccupied I iwis it grieveth me To see you demeaned that wise I trow ye be set all on covetise Cou●…tyse/ nay let be It is a thing of greater cure That sticketh in my mind be thou sure So me thought by the road I wist as much there was some thing By your ●…o wring cheer and your sighing That was not all thing good But what is the matter I pray you heartily I iwis thou canst not devise the remedy with all the wit thou hast But this is the case to tell it shortly A thing was told me as I came hereby Now Reason puruayth fast And maketh very great labour and ordinance To dash us all out of countenance And for that purpose He hath gathered a great company What to do I wore near I But as I suppose It is to bring me in captivity And to take from my l●…berte So he hath oft said here ye that matter Nay never a dell but I care for it wit ye well Yet am I not afraid For I wist withstand it proudly and sirs I trust ye will stand thereby when it shallbe need ye by the way that god went Or he have of you his intent first shall I bleed The best blood that is in this carcase Well ease go thy way hens a pace and make therein good speed Call my company all together and bid them every man come hither That is with me affeed Marry sir that shallbe do worship in the mean time let us go To see my new apparel Will ye so. Now for your ladies sake Go do it on you and I undertake It shall become you well
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
Play2 Nature
AuthorMedwall, Henry
Publication year (edition)1530
First performance / composition (Annals)c.1496
First performance (BritDrama)1496 [1490s]
Genre (British Drama)not in BritDrama
Play typeInterlude;Nonprofessional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 28 · TCP A07395 · DEEP 5002.02
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
Positionnodes 460–535 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 17 in this edition
Length486 words · 548 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T53 — The crown: kingship claimed, resigned and seized at 0.797
Other seedsseed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ Why shuld I euer wayt nay that I nyll for to be a kyng I may not endure contynuall besynes I was neuer vsed therto doubtles I shuld not lyue a yere yf I folowed you I am sure and our ut of me sure I saw neuer your pere He wene there can nothyng be do But yf ye put your hand therto and I wrs that ys no nede ye haue seruauntys that be true and iust yf yt wold lyke you to put theym in trust And quyte well they e mede what shuld I attend you for to please whan I se well ye set by none ease whyche belongeth to me ¶ Why ease what meaneth the thus to say I do but ete drynk slepe and play And none other labour parde ¶ ye / ye may say what ye wyll But I can neuer se you ydell And quyete as ye shuld be your body laboreth as doth an hakney That bareth the burdon euery day That pytye yt ys to se And your mynde on that other syde Is neuer Idell nor vnoccupyed I wys yt greueth me To se you demeaned that wyse I trow ye be set all on couetyse ¶ Coutyse / nay let be It ys a thyng of greter cure That stycketh in my mynde be thou sure ¶ So me thought by the rode I wyst as myche there was som thyng By your o wryng chere and your syghyng That was not all thyng good But what ys the mater I pray you hartely ¶ I wys thou canst not deuyse the remedy wyth all the wyt thou hast But thys ys the case to tell yt shortely A thyng was told me as I cam hereby Now Reason puruayth fast And maketh very great labour and ordynaunce To dashe vs all out of countenaunce And for that purpose He hath gadred a great cumpany ¶ What to do ¶ I wore nere I But as I suppose It ys to bryng me in captyuyte And to take frome my lberte So he hath oft sayd ¶ ere ye that mater ¶ Nay neuer a dell but I care for yt wyt ye well Yet am I not afrayd For I wyst wythstand yt proudly and syrs I trust ye wyll stand therby whan yt shalbe nede ¶ ye by the way that god went Or he haue of you hys intent Fyrst shall I blede The best blode that ys in thys carcas ¶ Well ease go thy way hens a pace and make therin good spede Call my cumpany all togeder and byd theym euery man com heder That ys wyth me affeed ¶ Mary syr that shalbe do ¶ Wurshyp in the mean tyme let vs go To se my new apparell ¶ Wyll ye so. Now for your ladyes sake Go do yt on you and I vndertake It shall becom you well