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 0.77 · 465 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.
Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in diverse functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion: To which is fixed as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the Honey Bees, Creatures that by a rule in Nature teach The Act of Order to a peopled Kingdom. They have a King, and Officers of sorts, Where some like Magistrates correct at home: Others, like Merchant's venture Trade abroad; Others, like Soldiers armed in their stings, Make boot upon the Summer, Velvet buds: Which pillage, they with merry march bring home To the Tent-royal of their Emperor: Who busied in his Majesty's surveys The singing Masons building roofs of Gold, The civil Citizens kneading up the honey; The poor Mechanic Porters, crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate: The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum, Delivering over to Executors pale The lazy yawning Drone: I this infer, That many things having full reference To one consent, may work contrariously, As many Arrows loosed several ways Come to one mark: as many ways meet in one town, As many fresh streams meet in one salt sea; As many Lynes close in the Dial's centre: So may a thousand actions once a foot, And in one purpose, and be all well borne Without defeat. Therefore to France, my Liege, Divide your happy England into four, Whereof, take you one quarter into France, And you withal shall make all Gallia shake. If we with thrice such powers left at home, Cannot defend our own doors from the dog, Let us be worried, and our Nation lose The name of hardiness and policy. Call in the Messengers sent from the Dolphin. Now are we well resolved, and by God's help And yours, the noble sinews of our power, France being ours, we'll bend it to our Awe, Or break it all to pieces. Or there we'll sit, (Ruling in large and ample Empery, Ore France, and all her (almost) Kingly Dukedoms) Or lay these bones in an unworthy Urn, Tomblesse, with no remembrance over them: Either our History shall with full mouth Speak freely of our Acts, or else our grave Like Turkish mute shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshipped with a waxed Epitaph. Now are we well prepared to know the pleasure Of our fair Cousin Dolphin: for we hear, Your greeting is from him, not from the King. May't please your Majesty to give us leave Freely to render what we have in charge: Or shall we sparingly show you far off The Dolphin's meaning, and our Embassy. We are no Tyrant, but a Christian King, Unto whose grace our passion is as subject As is our wretches fettered in our prisons, Therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness, Tell us the Dolphin's mind.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 320–382 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 6 of 51 in this edition
Length
465 words · 613 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T10 — England and France: war, embassy and peacecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.768 (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)
Therefore doth heauen diuide The ſtate of man in diuers functions, Setting endeuour in continual motion: To which is fixed as an ayme or butt, Obedience: for ſo worke the Hony Bees, Creatures that by a rule in Nature teach The Act of Order to a peopled Kingdome▪ They haue a King, and Officers of ſorts, Where ſome like Magiſtrates correct at home: Others, like Merchants venter Trade abroad; Others, like Souldiers armed in their ſtings, Make boote vpon the Summer, Veluet buddes: Which pillage, they with merry march bring home To the Tent-royal of their Emperor: Who buſied in his Maieſties ſurueyes The ſinging Maſons building roofes of Gold, The ciuil Citizens kneading vp the hony; The poore Mechanicke Porters, crowding in Their heauy burthens at his narrow gate: The ſad-ey'd Iuſtice with his ſurly humme, Deliuering ore to Executors pale The lazie yawning Drone: I this inferre, That many things hauing full reference To one conſent, may worke contrariouſly, As many Arrowes looſed ſeuerall wayes Come to one marke: as many wayes meet in one towne, As many freſh ſtreames meet in one ſalt ſea; As many Lynes cloſe in the Dials center: So may a thouſand actions once a foote, And in one purpoſe, and be all well borne Without defeat. Therefore to France, my Liege, Diuide your happy England into foure, Whereof, take you one quarter into France, And you withall ſhall make all Gallia ſhake. If we with thrice ſuch powers left at home, Cannot defend our owne doores from the dogge, Let vs be worried, and our Nation loſe The name of hardineſſe and policie. Call in the Meſſengers ſent from the Dolphin. Now are we well reſolu'd, and by Gods helpe And yours, the noble ſinewes of our power, France being ours, wee'l bend it to our Awe, Or breake it all to peeces. Or there wee'l ſit, (Ruling in large and ample Emperie, Ore France, and all her (almoſt) Kingly Dukedomes) Or lay theſe bones in an vnworthy Vrne, Tombleſſe, with no remembrance ouer them: Either our Hiſtory ſhall with full mouth Speake freely of our Acts, or elſe our graue Like Turkiſh mute ſhall haue a tongueleſſe mouth, Not worſhipt with a waxen Epitaph. Now are we well prepar'd to know the pleaſure Of our faire Coſin Dolphin: for we heare, Your greeting is from him, not from the King. May't pleaſe your Maieſtie to giue vs leaue Freely to render what we haue in charge: Or ſhall we ſparingly ſhew you farre off The Dolphins meaning, and our Embaſsie. We are no Tyrant, but a Chriſtian King, Vnto whoſe grace our paſsion is as ſubiect As is our wretches fettred in our priſons, Therefore with franke and with vncurbed plainneſſe, Tell vs the Dolphins minde.