Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written c.1595 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.67 · 511 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
How low soever the matter, I hope in God for high words. A high hope for a low heaven, God grant us patience. To hear, or forbear hearing. To hear meekly sir, and to laugh moderately, or to forbear both. Well sir, be it as the stile shall give us cause to climb in the merriness. The matter is to me sir, as concerning Iaquenetta. The manner of it is, I was taken with the manner. In what manner? In manner and form following sir all those three. I was seen with her in the Manor house, sitting with her upon the Form, and taken following her into the Park: which put together, is in manner and form following. Now sir for the manner; It is the manner of a man to speak to a woman, for the form in some form. For the following sir. As it shall follow in my correction, and God defend the right. Will you hear this Letter with attention? As we would hear an Oracle. Such is the simplicity of man to hearken after the flesh. GReat Deputy, the Welkins Vicegerent, and sole dominator of Navarre, my soul's earth's God, and body's fostering patron: Not a word of Costard yet. So it is. It may be so: but if he say it is so, he is in telling true: but so. Peace, Be to me, and every man that dares not fight. No words, Of other men's secrets I beseech you. So it is besieged with sable coloured melancholy, I did commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesome Physic of thy health-giving air: And as I am a Gentleman, betook myself to walk: the time When? about the sixth hour, When beasts most graze, birds best peck, and men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper: So much for the time When. Now for the ground Which? which I mean I walked upon, it is yclept, Thy Park. Then for the place Where? where I mean I did encounter that obscene and most preposterous event that draweth from my snowwhite pen the ebon coloured Ink, which here thou viewest, beholdest, suruayest, or seest. But to the place Where? It standeth North North-east and by East from the West corner of thy curious knotted garden; There did I see that low spirited Swain, that base Minow of thy mirth, (Clown. Me?) that unletered small knowing soul, (Clown Me?) that shallow vassal (Clow. Still me?) which as I remember, height Costard, (Clow. O me) sorted and consorted contrary to thy established proclaimed Edict and Continet, Cannon: Which with, o with, but with this I passion to say wherewith: With a Wench. With a child of our Grandmother Eve, a female; or for thy more sweet understanding a woman: him, I (as my ever esteemed duty pricks me on) have sent to thee, to receive the meed of punishment by thy sweet Grace's Officer Anthony Dull, a man of good repute, carriage, bearing, & estimation. Me, an't shall please you? I am Anthony Dull.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 186–211 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 4 of 42 in this edition
Length
511 words · 701 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.666 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 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)
How low ſoeuer the matter, I hope in God for high words. A high hope for a low heauen, God grant vs patience. To heare, or forbeare hearing. To heare meekely ſir, and to laugh moderately, or to forbeare both. Well ſir, be it as the ſtile ſhall giue vs cauſe to clime in the merrineſſe. The matter is to me ſir, as concerning Iaquenetta. The manner of it is, I was taken with the manner. In what manner? In manner and forme following ſir all thoſe three. I was ſeene with her in the Mannor houſe, ſitting with her vpon the Forme, and taken following her into the Parke: which put to gether, is in manner and forme following. Now ſir for the manner; It is the manner of a man to ſpeake to a woman, for the forme in ſome forme. For the following ſir. As it ſhall follow in my correction, and God defend the right. Will you heare this Letter with attention? As we would heare an Oracle. Such is the ſimplicitie of man to harken after the fleſh. GReat Deputie, the Welkns Vicegerent, and ſole dominator of Nauar, my ſoules earths God, and bodies foſtring patrone: Not a vvord of Coſtard yet. So it is. It may be ſo: but if he ſay it is ſo, he is in telling true: but ſo. Peace, Be to me, and euery man that dares not fight. No words, Of other mens ſecrets I beſeech you. So it is beſieged with ſable coloured melancholie, I did commend the blacke oppreſſing humour to the moſt wholeſome Phyſicke of thy health-giuing ayre: And as I am a Gentleman, betooke my ſelfe to walke: the time When? about the ſixt houre, When beaſts moſt graſe, birds beſt pecke, and men ſit downe to that nouriſhment which is called ſupper: So much for the time When. Now for the ground Which? which I meane I walkt vpon, it is ycliped, Thy Parke. Then for the place Where? where I meane I did encounter that obſcene and moſt prepoſterous euent that draweth from my ſnow-white pen the ebon coloured Inke, which heere thou vieweſt, beholdeſt, ſuruayeſt, or ſeeſt. But to the place Where? It standeth North North-eaſt and by Eaſt from the Weſt corner of thy curious knotted garden; There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, that baſe Minow of thy myrth, (Clown. Mee?) that vnletered ſmall knowing ſoule, (Clow Me?) that ſhallow vaſſall (Clow. Still mee?) which as I remember, hight Coſtard, (Clow. O me) ſorted and conſorted contrary to thy eſtabliſhed proclaymed Edict and Continet, Cannon: Which with, ô with, but with this I paſſion to ſay wherewith: With a Wench. With a childe of our Grandmother Ee, a female; or for thy more ſweet vnderſtanding a woman: him, I (as my euer eſteemed dutie prickes me on) haue ſent to thee, to receiue the meed of puniſhment by thy ſweet Graces Officer Anthony Dull, a man of good repute, carriage, bearing, & estimation. Me, an't ſhall pleaſe you? I am Anthony Dull.