Anonymous · published 1598 · first performed or written 1590 [1588-1598; revised 1610] (Annals) romance · Unknown T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan typicality 0.82 · 510 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T22: shepherd, pan, shepherds, love, sheep, flocks, fair, shepherdess, swain, away.
All hail worthy shepherd. All rain lousy shepherd. Welcome my friends, from whence come you; The King and Amadine greets thee well, And after greetings done, bids thee departed the court, shepherd begun. Shepheard take law legs, fly away shepherd Whose words are these? came these from Amadine? Ay from Amadine. Ay from Amladine. Ah luckless fortune worse than Phaeton's tale, My former bliss is now become my bale. What wilt thou poison thyself? My former heaven is now become my hell. The worst ale house that I ever came in, in all my life. What shall I do. Even go hang thyself half an nower. Can Amadine so churelishly command. To banish the shepherd from her Father's court? What should shepherds do in the court. What should shepherrdes do amongst us, have we not Lords enough on us in the court? Why shepherds are men, and kings are no more. shepherds are men and masters over their flock That's a lie who pays them their wages then? Well you are always interrupting of me, But you are best look to him lest you hang for him when he is gone. And you shall hang for company, For leaving me alone. Shepheard stand forth and hear thy sentence, Shepherd begun within three days in pain of, My displeasure, shepherd begun, shepherd begun, begun, begun, begun, shepherd, shepherd, shepherd And must I go, and must I needs departed? Ye goodly groves partakers of my songs In time tofore when fortune did not frown, power forth your plaints and wail a while with me And thou bright sun my comfort in the cold, Hid, hide thy face and leave me comfortless, Ye wholesome herbs, and sweet smelling savours, Ye each thing else prolonging life of man, Change, change your wont course, That I wanting your aid, in woeful sort may die, Arinea if any body ask for me, Make some excuse till I return. What and Segasto call. Do thou the like to him, I mean not to stay long. This voice so sweet my pining spirits revives Shepherd, well met tell me how thou dost. I linger life yet wish for speedy death. Shepherd, although thy banishment already be decreed and all against thy will, yet Amadine. Ah Amadine, to hear of banishment is death, I double death to me, but since I must departed, one thing I crave. Say on with all my heart. That in absence either far or near. You honoor me as servant with your name. Not so. And why? I honour thee as sovereign with my heart. A shepherd and a sovereign nothing like. Yet like enough where there is no dislike. Yet great dislike or else no banishment. Shepherd, it is only Segasto that procures thy banishment. Unworthy wights are most in jealousy. Would God they would freethe from banishment, or likewise bamish me. Amen say I, to have your company. Well shepherd, sith thou sufferest this for my sake, with thee in exile also let me live. On this condition shepherd thou canst love.
nodes 485–549 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 10 of 22 in this edition
Length
510 words · 682 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T22 — Shepherds, flocks and Pancross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.825 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T24 · seed 44: T25 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
All hayle worthy shepheard. All rayne lowsie shepheard. Welcome my frindes, from whence come you; The King and Amadine greetes thee well, And after greetings done, bids thee depart the court, shepheard begon. Shepheard take lawe legs, flye away shepheard Whose woordes are these? came these from Amadine? Aye from Amadine. Aye from Amladine. Ah luckelesse fortune worse then Phaetons tale, My former blesse is now become my bale. What wlt thou poyson thy selfe? My former heauen is now become my hell. The worst ale house that I euer came in, in al my life. What shall I doe. Euen goe hang thy selfe halfe an nower. Can Amadine so churelishly commaund. To banish the shepheard from her Fathers court? What should shepheardes doe in the court. What should shepherrdes doe amongst vs, haue we not Lordes inough on vs in the courte? Why shepheardes are men, and kinges are no more. Shepherdes are men and maisters ouer their flocke Thats a lie who payes them their wages the? Well you are alwayes interrupting of me, But you are best looke to him least you hang for him when he is gone. And you shall hang for companie, For leauing me alone. Shepheard stand foorth and heare thy sentence, Shepheard begone within three dayes in payne of, My displeasure, shepheard begon, shepheard begon, begon, begon, begon, shepheard, shepheard, shepheard And must I goe, and must I needs depart? Ye goodly groues partakers of my songes In tyme tofore when fortune did not frowne, Powre foorth your plaints and waile a while with me And thou bright sunne my comfort in the cold, Hide, hide thy face and leaue me comfortlesse, Ye holsome hearbes, and sweete smelling sauours, Ye each thing els prolonging life of man, Change, change your wonted course, That anting your aide, in woefull sort may die, Arinea if any body aske for mee, Make some excuse till I returne. What and Segasto call. Do thou the like to him, I mean not to stay long This voyce so sweet my pining spirites reuiues Shepheard, wel met tel me how thou doest. I linger life yet wish for speedy death. Shepheard, although thy banishment already be decreed and all agaynst thy will, yet Amadine. Ah Amadine, to heare of banishment is death, I double death to me, but since I must depart, one thing I craue. Say on with all my heart. That in absence either farre or neere. You honoor me as seruant with your name. Not so. And vvhy? I honour thee as soueraigne with my heart. A shepheard and a soueraigne nothing like. Yet like enough where there is no dislike. Yet great dislike or els no banishment. Shepheard, it is onely Segasto that procures thy banishment. Vnworthy wightes are most in ielosie. Would God they would freethe from banishment, or likewise bamish mee. Amen say I, to haue your companie. Well shepheard, sith thou sufferest this for my sake, with thee in exile also let me liue. On this condition shepheard thou canst loue.