Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1597 [c.1597-1598] (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T18 Rebels, barons and the king's wars at ho typicality 0.77 · 475 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T18: king, lord, wallace, earl, edward, england, scotland, rebels, bruce, english.
Sweet Earl, divorce not wisdom from your Honor. The lives of all your loving Complices Leane-on your health, the which if you give o'er To stormy Passion, must perforce decay. You cast th' event of War (my Noble Lord) And summed the account of Chance, before you said Let us make head: It was your presurmize, That in the dole of blows, your Son might drop. You knew he walked o'er perils, on an edge More likely to fall in, then to get o'er: You were advised his flesh was capable Of Wounds, and Scars; and that his forward Spirit Would lift him, where most trade of danger ranged, Yet did you say go forth: and none of this (Though strongly apprehended) could restrain The stiffe-borne Action: What hath then befallen? Or what hath this bold enterprise bring forth, More than that Being, which was like to be? We all that are engaged to this loss, Knew that we ventured on such dangerous Seas, That if we wrought out life, was ten to one: And yet we ventured for the gain proposed, Choked the respect of likely peril feared, And since we are o're-set, venture again. Come, we will all put forth; Body, and Goods, 'Tis more than time: And (my most Noble Lord) I hear for certain, and do speak the truth: The gentle Archbishop of York is up With well appointed Powers: he is a man Who with a double Surety binds his Followers. My Lord (your Son) had only but the Corpses, But shadows, and the shows of men to fight. For that same word (Rebellion) did divide The action of their bodies, from their souls, And they did fight with queasiness, constrained As men drink Potions; that their Weapons only Seemed on our side: but for their Spirits and Souls, This word (Rebellion) it had froze them up, As Fish are in a Pond. But now the Bishop Turns Insurrection to Religion, Supposed sincere, and holy in his Thoughts: He's followed both with Body, and with Mind: And doth enlarge his Rising, with the blood Of fair King Richard, scraped from Pomfret stones, Derives from heaven, his Quarrel, and his Cause: Tells them, he doth bestride a bleeding Land, Gasping for life, under great Bullingbrooke, And more, and less, do flock to follow him. I knew of this before. But to speak truth, This present grief had wiped it from my mind. Go in with me, and council every man The aptest way for safety, and revenge: Get Posts, and Letters, and make Friends with speed, Never so few, nor never yet more need. Sirrah, you giant, what says the Doct. to my water? He said sir, the water itself was a good healthy water: but for the party that owed it, he might have more diseases than he knew for.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 208–263 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 4 of 51 in this edition
Length
475 words · 628 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T18 — Rebels, barons and the king's wars at homecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.775 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T22 · seed 44: T13 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Sweet Earle, diuorce not wiſedom from your Honor. The liues of all your louing Complices Leane-on your health, the which if you giue o're To ſtormy Paſſion, muſt perforce decay. You caſt th' euent of Warre (my Noble Lord) And ſumm'd the accompt of Chance, before you ſaid Let vs make head: It was your preſurmize, That in the dole of blowes, your Son might drop. You knew he walk'd o're perils, on an edge More likely to fall in, then to get o're: You were aduis'd his fleſh was capeable Of Wounds, and Scarres; and that his forward Spirit Would lift him, where moſt trade of danger rang'd, Yet did you ſay go forth: and none of this (Though ſtrongly apprehended) could reſtraine The ſtiffe-borne Action: What hath then befalne? Or what hath this bold enterprize bring forth, More then that Being, which was like to be? We all that are engaged to this loſſe, Knew that we ventur'd on ſuch dangerous Seas, That if we wrought out life, was ten to one: And yet we ventur'd for the gaine propos'd, Choak'd the reſpect of likely perill fear'd, And ſince we are o're-ſet, venture againe. Come, we will all put forth; Body, and Goods, 'Tis more then time: And (my moſt Noble Lord) I heare for certaine, and do ſpeake the truth: The gentle Arch-biſhop of Yorke is vp With well appointed Powres: he is a man Who with a double Surety bindes his Followers. My Lord (your Sonne) had onely but the Corpes, But ſhadowes, and the ſhewes of men to fight. For that ſame word (Rebellion) did diuide The action of their bodies, from their ſoules, And they did fight with queaſineſſe, conſtrain'd As men drinke Potions; that their Weapons only Seem'd on our ſide: but for their Spirits and Soules, This word (Rebellion) it had froze them vp, As Fiſh are in a Pond. But now the Biſhop Turnes Inſurrection to Religion, Suppos'd ſincere, and holy in his Thoughts: He's follow'd both with Body, and with Minde: And doth enlarge his Riſing, with the blood Of faire King Richard, ſcrap'd from Pomfret ſtones, Deriues from heauen, his Quarrell, and his Cauſe: Tels them, he doth beſtride a bleeding Land, Gaſping for life, vnder great Bullingbrooke, And more, and leſſe, do flocke to follow him. I knew of this before. But to ſpeake truth, This preſent greefe had wip'd it from my minde. Go in with me, and councell euery man The apteſt way for ſafety, and reuenge: Get Poſts, and Letters, and make Friends with ſpeed, Neuer ſo few, nor neuer yet more need. Sirra, you giant, what ſaies the Doct. to my water? He ſaid ſir, the water it ſelfe was a good healthy water: but for the party that ow'd it, he might haue more diſeaſes then he knew for.