Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.70 · 508 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
Moral? no by my troth, I have no moral meaning, I meant plain holy thissell, you may think perchance that I think you are in love, nay birlady I am not such a fool to think what I list, nor I list not to think what I can, nor indeed I cannot think, if I would think my hart out of thinking, that you are in love, or that you will be in love, or that you can be in love: yet Benedick was such another, and now is he become a man, he swore he would never marry, and yet now in despite of his heart he eats his meat without grudging, and how you may be converted I know not, but me thinks you look with your eyes as other women do. What pace is this that thy tongue keeps. Not a false gallop. Madam, withdraw, the Prince, the Count, signior Benedick, Don Iohn, and all the gallants of the town are come to fetch you to Church. Help to dress me good cousin, good Meg, good Ursula. What would you with me, honest neighbour? Marry sir I would have some confidence with you, that decernes you nearly. Brief I pray you, for you see it is a busy time with me. Marry this it is sir. Yes in truth it is sir. What is it my good friends? Goodman Verges sir speaks a little of the matter, an old man sir, and his wits are not so blunt, as God help I would desire they were, but infaith honest as the skin between his brows. Yes I thank God, I am as honest as any man living, that is an old man, and no honester than I Comparisons are odorous, palabras, neighbour Verges. Neighbours, you are tedious. It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor Duke's officers, but truly for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a King I could find in my heart to bestow it all of your worship. All thy tediousness on me, ah? Yea, and 'twere a thousand times more than 'tis, for I hear as good exclamation on your Worship as of any man in the City, and though I be but a poor man, I am glad to hear it. And so am I I would fain know what you have to say. Marry sir our watch to night, excepting your worship's presence, have ta'en a couple of as arrant knaves as any in Messina. A good old man sir, he will be talking as they say, when the age is in the wit is out, God help us, it is a world to see: well said i'faith neighbour Verges, well, God's a good man, and two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind, an honest soul i'faith sir, by my troth he is, as ever broke bread, but God is to be worshipped, all men are not alike, alas good neighbour. Indeed neighbour he comes too short of you.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 735–757 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 26 of 42 in this edition
Length
508 words · 646 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.702 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Morall? no by my troth, I haue no morall meaning, I meant plaine holy thiſſell, you may thinke perchance that I thinke you are in loue, nay birlady I am not ſuch a foole to thinke what I liſt, nor I liſt not to thinke what I can, nor indeed I cannot thinke, if I would thinke my hart out of thinking, that you are in loue, or that you will be in loue, or that you can be in loue: yet Benedicke was ſuch another, and now is he become a man, he ſwore hee would neuer marry, and yet now in deſpight of his heart he eates his meat without grudging, and how you may be conuerted I know not, but me thinkes you looke with your eies as other women doe. What pace is this that thy tongue keepes. Not a falſe gallop. Madam, withdraw, the Prince, the Count, ſignior Benedicke, Don Iohn, and all the gallants of the towne are come to fetch you to Church. Helpe to dreſſe mee good coze, good Meg, good Vrſula. What would you with mee, honeſt neighbour? Mary ſir I would haue ſome confidence with you, that decernes you nearely. Briefe I pray you, for you ſee it is a buſie time with me. Mary this it is ſir. Yes in truth it is ſir. What is it my good friends? Goodman Verges ſir ſpeakes a little of the matter, an old man ſir, and his wits are not ſo blunt, as God helpe I would deſire they were, but infaith honeſt as the skin betweene his browes. Yes I thank God, I am as honeſt as any man liuing, that is an old man, and no honeſter then I. Compariſons are odorous, palabras, neighbour Verges. Neighbours, you are tedious. It pleaſes your worſhip to ſay ſo, but we are the poore Dukes officers, but truely for mine owne part, if I were as tedious as a King I could finde in my heart to beſtow it all of your worſhip. All thy tediouſneſſe on me, ah? Yea, and 'twere a thouſand times more than 'tis, for I heare as good exclamation on your Worſhip as of any man in the Citie, and though I bee but a poore man, I am glad to heare it. And ſo am I. I would faine know what you haue to ſay. Marry ſir our watch to night, excepting your worſhips preſence, haue tane a couple of as arrant knaues as any in Meſſina. A good old man ſir, hee will be talking as they ſay, when the age is in the wit is out, God helpe vs, it is a world to ſee: well ſaid yfaith neighbour Verges, well, God's a good man, and two men ride of a horſe, one muſt ride behinde, an honeſt ſoule yfaith ſir, by my troth he is, as euer broke bread, but God is to bee worſhipt, all men are not alike, alas good neighbour. Indeed neighbour he comes too ſhort of you.