Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T10 England and France: war, embassy and pea typicality 0.72 · 460 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T10: france, french, england, king, lord, english, edward, talbot, peace, lords.
Not here in presence. Send for him, good Uncle. Shall we call in th' Ambassador, my Liege? Not yet, my Cousin: we would be resolved, Before we hear him, of some things of weight, That task our thoughts, concerning us and France. God and his Angels guard your sacred Throne, And make you long become it. Sure we thank you. My learned Lord, we pray you to proceed, And justly and religiously unfold, Why the Law Salic, that they have in France, Or should or should not bar us in our Claim: And God forbidden, my dear and faithful Lord, That you should fashion, wrist, or bow your reading, Or nicely charge your understanding Soul, With opening Titles miscreate, whose right Suits not in native colours with the truth: For God doth know, how many now in health, Shall drop their blood, in approbation Of what your reverence shall incite us to. Therefore take heed how you impawne our Person, How you awake our sleeping Sword of War; We charge you in the Name of God take heed: For never two such Kingdoms did contend, Without much fall of blood, whose guiltless drops Are every one, a Woe, a sore Complaint, 'Gainst him, whose wrongs gives edge unto the Swords, That makes such waste in brief mortality. Under this Conjuration, speak my Lord: For we will hear, note, and believe in heart, That what you speak, is in your Conscience washed, As pure as sin with Baptism. Then hear me gracious Sovereign, & you Peers, That own yourselves, your lives, and services, To this Imperial Throne. There is no bar To make against your Highness' Claim to France, But this which they produce from Pharamont, Interram Salicam Mulieres ne succedaul, No Woman shall succeed in Salic Land: Which Salic Land, the French unjustly gloze To be the Realm of France, and Pharamont The founder of this Law, and Female Bar. Yet their own Authors faithfully affirm, That the Land Salic is in Germany, Between the Clouds of Sala and of Ell: Where Charles the Great having subdued the Saxons, There left behind and settled certain French: Who holding in disdain the Germane Women, For some dishonest manners of their life, Established then this Law; to wit, No Female Should be Inheritrix in Salic Land: Which Salic (as I said) 'twixt Ell and Sala, Is at this day in Germany, called Meisen. Then doth it well appear, the Salic Law Was not devised for the Realm of France: Nor did the French possess the Salic, Land, Until four hundred one and twenty years After defunction of King Pharamont, Idly supposed the founder of this Law, Who died within the year of our Redemption, Four hundred twenty six: and Charles the Great
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 137–198 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 3 of 51 in this edition
Length
460 words · 610 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T10 — England and France: war, embassy and peacecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.722 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T8 · seed 44: T8 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Not here in preſence. Send for him, good Vnckle. Shall we call in th' Ambaſſador, my Liege? Not yet, my Couſin: we would be reſolu'd, Before we heare him, of ſome things of weight, That taske our thoughts, concerning vs and France. God and his Angels guard your ſacred Throne, And make you long become it. Sure we thanke you. My learned Lord, we pray you to proceed, And iuſtly and religiouſly vnfold, Why the Law Salike, that they haue in France, Or ſhould or ſhould not barre vs in our Clayme: And God forbid, my deare and faithfull Lord, That you ſhould faſhion, wreſt, or bow your reading, Or nicely charge your vnderſtanding Soule, With opening Titles miſcreate, whoſe right Sutes not in natiue colours with the truth: For God doth know, how many now in health, Shall drop their blood, in approbation Of what your reuerence ſhall incite vs to. Therefore take heed how you impawne our Perſon, How you awake our ſleeping Sword of Warre; We charge you in the Name of God take heed: For neuer two ſuch Kingdomes did contend, Without much fall of blood, whoſe guiltleſſe drops Are euery one, a Woe, a ſore Complaint, 'Gainſt him, whoſe wrongs giues edge vnto the Swords, That makes ſuch waſte in briefe mortalitie. Vnder this Coniuration, ſpeake my Lord: For we will heare, note, and beleeue in heart, That what you ſpeake, is in your Conſcience waſht, As pure as ſinne with Baptiſme. Then heare me gracious Soueraign, & you Peers, That owe your ſelues, your liues, and ſeruices, To this Imperiall Throne. There is no barre To make againſt your Highneſſe Clayme to France, But this which they produce from Pharamond, Interram Salicam Mulieres ne ſuccedaul, No Woman ſhall ſucceed in Salike Land: Which Salike Land, the French vniuſtly gloze To be the Realme of France, and Pharamond The nder of this Law, and Female Barre. Yet their owne Authors faithfully affirme, That the Land Salike is in Germanie, Betweene the Clouds of Sala and of Elue: Where Charles the Great hauing ſubdu'd the Saxons, There left behind and ſettled certaine French: Who holding in diſdaine the German Women, For ſome diſhoneſt manners of their life, Eſtabliſht then this Law; to wit, No Female Should be Inheritrix in Salike Land: Which Salike (as I ſaid) 'twixt Elue and Sala, Is at this day in Germanie, call'd Meiſen. Then doth it well appeare, the Salike Law Was not deuiſed for the Realme of France: Nor did the French poſſeſſe the Salike, Land, Vntill foure hundred one and twentie yeeres After defunction of King Pharamond, Idly ſuppos'd the founder of this Law, Who died within the yeere of our Redemption, Foure hundred twentie ſix: and Charles the Great