Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 498 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
I would your Grace would constrain me to tell. I charge thee on thy allegiance. You hear, Count Claudio, I can be secret as a dumb man, I would have you think so (but on my allegiance, mark you this, on my allegiance) he is in love, with who? now that is your Grace's part: mark how short his answer is, with Hero Leonatoes' short daughter. If this were so, so were it uttered. Like the old tale, my Lord, it is not so, nor 'twas not so: but indeed, God forbidden it should be so. If my passion change not shortly, God forbidden it should be otherwise. Amen, if you love her, for the Lady is very well worthy. You speak this to fetch me in, my Lord. By my troth I speak my thought. And in faith, my Lord, I spoke mine. And by my two faiths and troths, my Lord, I spoke mine. That I love her, I feel. That she is worthy, I know. That I neither feel how she should be loved, nor know how she should be worthy, is the opinion that fire can not melt out of me, I will die in it at the stake. Thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of Beauty. And never could maintain his part, but in the force of his wil. That a woman conceived me, I thank her: that she brought me up, I likewise give her most humble thanks: but that I will have a rechate wound in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldric, all women shall pardon me: because I will not do them the wrong to mistrust any, I will do myself the right to trust none: and the fine is, (for the which I may go the finer,) I will live a bacheller. I shall see thee ere I die, look pale with love. With anger, with sickness, or with hunger, my Lord, not with love: prove that ever I lose more blood with love than I will get again with drinking, pick out mine eyes with a Ballad-makers pen and hang me up at the door of a brothel house for the sign of blind Cupid. Well, if ever thou dost fall from this faith, thou wilt prove a notable argument. If I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, and shoot at me, and he that hits me, let him be clapped on the shoulder, and called Adam. Well, as time shall try: in time the savage bull doth bear the yoke. The savage bull may, but if ever the sensible Benedick bear it, pluck off the bulls horns, and set them in my forehead, and let me be vildly painted, and in such great letters as they writ, here is good horse to hire: let them signify under my sign, here you may see Benedick the married man. If this should ever happen, thou wouldst be horn mad.
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I would your Grace would constraine me to tell. I charge thee on thy allegeance. You heare, Count Claudio, I can be secret as a dumb man, I woulde haue you thinke so (but on my allegiance, marke you this, on my allegiance) he is in loue, with who? now that is your Graces part: marke how short his answer is, with Hero Leonatoes short daughter. If this were so, so were it vttred. Like the olde tale, my Lord, it is not so, nor twas not so: but indeede, God forbid it should be so. If my passion change not shortly, God forbid it should be otherwise. Amen, if you loue her, for the Lady is very well worthy. You speake this to fetch me in, my Lord. By my troth I speake my thought. And in faith, my Lord, I spoke mine. And by my two faiths and troths, my Lorde, I spoke mine. That I loue her, I feele. That she is worthy, I know. That I neither feele how she should be loued, nor know how she should be worthie, is the opinion that fire can not melt out of me, I will die in it at the stake. Thou wast euer an obstinate heretique in the despight of Beauty. And neuer could maintaine his part, but in the force of his wil. That a woman conceiued me, I thanke her: that she brought me vp, I likewise giue her most humble thankes: but that I will haue a rechate winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an inuisible baldricke, all women shall pardon mee: because I will not doe them the wrong to mistrust any, I will doe my selfe the right to trust none: and the fine is, (for the which I may go the finer,) I will liue a bacheller. I shall see thee ere I die, looke pale with loue. With anger, with sickenesse, or with hunger, my Lord, not with loue: proue that euer I loose more blood with loue then I will get againe with drinking, picke out mine eies with a Ballad-makers penne and hang me vp at the doore of a brothel house for the signe of blinde Cupid. Well, if euer thou dost fall from this faith, thou wilt prooue a notable argument. If I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, and shoote at me, and he that hits me, let him be clapt on the shoulder, and calld Adam. Well, as time shal trie: in time the sauage bull doth beare the yoake. The sauage bull may, but if euer the sensible Benedicke beare it, plucke off the bulls hornes, and set them in my forehead, and let me be vildly painted, and in such great letters as they write, here is good horse to hyre: let them signifie vnder my signe, here you may see Benedicke the married man. If this should euer happen, thou wouldst be horn madde.