The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 18 of 39
Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.73 · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
Why I am sure if he forfeit, thou wilt not take his flesh, what's that good for? To bait fish with all, if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge; he hath disgraced me, and hindered me halfe a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my Nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies, and what's his reason, I am a Iewe: Hath not a Iewe eyes, hath not a Iewe hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions, fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same Winter and Summer as a Christian is: if you prick us do we not bleed, if you tickle us do we not laugh, if you poison us do we not die, and if you wrong us shall we not revenge, if we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Iewe wrong a Christian, what is his humility, revenge? If a Christian wrong a Iewe, what should his sufferance be by Christian example, why revenge? The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. Gentlemen, my master Anthonio is at his house, and desires to speak with you both. We have been up and down to seek him. here comes another of the Tribe, a third cannot be matched, unless the devil himself turn jewe. Exeunt Gentlemen. How now Tubal, what news from Genowa, hast thou found my daughter? I often came where I did hear of her, but cannot find her. Why there, there, there, there, a diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankford, the curse never fell upon our Nation till now, I never felt it till now, two thousand ducats in that, & other precious precious jewels; I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear: would she were hearst at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin: no news of them, why so? and I know not what's spent in the search: why thou loss upon loss, the thief gone with so much, and so much to find the thief, and no satisfaction, no revenge, nor no ill luck stirring but what lights a my shoulders, no sighs but a my breathing, no tears but a my shedding. Yes, other men have ill luck to, Anthonio as I heard in Genowa? What, what, what, ill luck, ill luck. Hath an Argosy cast away coming from Tripoli. I thank God, I thank God, is it true, is it true. I spoke with some of the Sailors that escaped the wrack. I thank thee good Tubal, good news, good news: ha ha, here in Genowa. Your daughter spent in Genowa, as I heard, one night fourscore ducats.
nodes 658–672 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 18 of 39 in this edition
Length
486 words · 639 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.731 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Why I am ſure if he forfaite, thou wilt not take his fleſh, what's that good for? To baite fiſh with all, if it will feede nothing elſe, it will feede my reuenge; hee hath diſgrac'd me, and hindred me halfe a million, laught at my loſſes, mockt at my gaines, ſcorned my Nation, thwarted my bargaines, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies, and whats his reaſon, I am a Iewe: Hath not a Iewe eyes, hath not a Iewe hands, organs, dementions, ſences, affections, paſſions, fed with the ſame foode, hurt with the ſame weapons, ſubiect to the ſame diſeaſes, healed by the ſame meanes, warmed and cooled by the ſame Winter and Sommer as a Chriſtian is: if you pricke vs doe we not bleede, if you tickle vs doe wee not laugh, if you poyſon vs doe wee not die, and if you wrong vs ſhall wee not reuenge, if we are like you in the reſt, we will reſemble you in that. If a Iewe wrong a Chriſtian, what is his humillity, reuenge? If a Chriſtian wrong a Iewe, what ſhould his ſufferance be by Chriſtian example, why reuenge? The villanie you teach me I will execute, and it ſhall goe hard but I will better the inſtruction. Gentlemen, my maiſter Anthonio is at his houſe, and deſires to ſpeake with you both. We haue beene vp and downe to ſeeke him. Heere comes another of the Tribe, a third cannot bee matcht, vnleſſe the deuill himſelfe turne Iewe. Exeunt Gentlemen. How now Tuball, what newes from Genowa, haſt thou found my daughter? I often came where I did heare of her, but cannot finde her. Why there, there, there, there, a diamond gone coſt me two thouſand ducats in Franckford, the curſe neuer fell vpon our Nation till now, I neuer felt it till nowe, two thouſand ducats in that, & other precious precious iewels; I would my daughter were dead at my foote, and the iewels in her eare: would ſhe were hearſt at my foote, and the ducats in her coffin: no newes of them, why ſo? and I know not whats ſpent in the ſearch: why thou loſſe vpon loſſe, the theefe gone with ſo much, and ſo much to finde the theefe, and no ſatisfaction, no reuenge, nor no ill lucke ſtirring but what lights a my ſhoulders, no ſighs but a my breathing, no teares but a my ſhedding. Yes, other men haue ill lucke to, Anthonio as I heard in Genowa? What, what, what, ill lucke, ill lucke. Hath an Argoſie caſt away comming from Tripolis. I thank God, I thank God, is it true, is it true. I ſpoke with ſome of the Saylers that eſcaped the wrack. I thank thee good Tuball, good newes, good newes: ha ha, heere in Genowa. Your daughter ſpent in Genowa, as I heard, one night foureſcore ducats.