The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 34 of 39
Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T32 Rings and jewels as tokens typicality 0.85 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T32: ring, ti, gave, finger, jewel, lady, lord, love, invisible, away.
You press me far, and therefore I will yield, give me your gloves, I'll wear them for your sake, and for your love i'll take this ring from you, do not draw back your hand, i'll take no more, and you in love shall not deny me this? This ring good sir, alas it is a trifle, I will not shame myself to give you this? I will have nothing else but only this, and now me thinks I have a mind to it? There's more depends on this then on the value, the dearest ring in Venice will I give you, and find it out by proclamation, only for this I pray you pardon me? I see sir you are liberal in offers, you taught me first to beg, and now me thinks you teach me how a beggar should be answered. Good sir, this ring was given me by my wife, and when she put it on, she made me vow that I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it. That excuse serves many men to save their gifts, and if your wife be not a mad woman, and know how well I have deserved this ring, she would not hold out enemy for ever for giving it to me: well, peace be with you. My L. Bassanio, let him have the ring, let his deservings and my love withal be valued 'gainst your wives commandment. Go Gratiano, run and overtake him, give him the ring, and bring him if thou canst unto Antonio's house, away, make haste. Come, you and I will thither presently, and in the morning early will we both fly toward Belmont, come Anthonio. Inquire the Iewes house out, give him this deed, and let him sign it, we'll away to night, and be a day before our husband's home: this deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo? Fair sir, you are well o'erta'en: My L. Bassanio upon more advice, hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat your company at dinner. That cannot be; his ring I do accept most thankfully, and so I pray you tell him: furthermore, I pray you show my youth old Shylockes house. That will I do. Sir, I would speak with you: I'll see if I can get my husband's ring which I did make him swear to keep for ever. Thou mayst I warrant, we shall have old swearing that they did give the rings away to men; but we'll outface them, and outswear them to: away, make haste, thou know'st where I will tarry. Come good sir, will you show me to this house. The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, when the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, and they did make no noise, in such a night Troilus me thinks mounted the Trojan walls, and sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents where Cressida lay that night.
nodes 1535–1594 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 34 of 39 in this edition
Length
490 words · 624 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T32 — Rings and jewels as tokenscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.851 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T33 · seed 44: T32 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
You preſſe me farre, and therefore I wil yeeld, giue mee your gloues, Ile weare them for your ſake, and for your loue ile take this ring from you, doe not draw back your hand, ile take no more, and you in loue ſhall not denie me this? This ring good ſir, alas it is a trifle, I will not ſhame my ſelfe to giue you this? I will haue nothing elſe but onely this, and now me thinks I haue a minde to it? There's more depends on this then on the valew, the deareſt ring in Venice will I giue you, and finde it out by proclamation, onely for this I pray you pardon me? I ſee ſir you are liberall in offers, you taught me firſt to beg, and now me thinks you teach me how a begger ſhould be aunſwerd. Good ſir, this ring was giuen me by my wife, and when ſhe put it on, ſhe made me vowe that I ſhould neither ſell, nor giue, nor looſe it. That ſcuſe ſerues many men to ſaue their gifts, and if your wife be not a mad woman, and know how well I haue deſeru'd this ring, ſhe would not hold out enemy for euer for giuing it to me: vvell, peace be with you. My L. Baſſanio, let him haue the ring, let his deſeruings and my loue withall be valued gainſt your wiues commaundement. Goe Gratiano, runne and ouer-take him, giue him the ring, and bring him if thou canſt vnto Anthonios houſe, away, make haſt. Come, you and I will thither preſently, and in the morning early will we both flie toward Belmont, come Anthonio. Enquire the Iewes houſe out, giue him this deed, and let him ſigne it, weele away to night, and be a day before our husbands home: this deede will be well welcome to Lorenzo? Faire ſir, you are well ore-tane: My L. Baſſanio vpon more aduice, hath ſent you heere this ring, and doth intreate your company at dinner. That cannot be; his ring I doe accept moſt thankfully, and ſo I pray you tell him: furthermore, I pray you ſhew my youth old Shylockes houſe. That will I doe. Sir, I would ſpeake with you: Ile ſee if I can get my husbands ring vvhich I did make him ſweare to keepe for euer. Thou maiſt I warrant, we ſhal haue old ſwearing that they did giue the rings away to men; but wele out-face them, and out-ſweare them to: away, make haſt, thou knowſt where I will tarry. Come good ſir, will yov ſhew me to this houſe. The moone ſhines bright. In ſuch a night as this, vvhen the ſweet winde did gently kiſſe the trees, and they did make no noyſe, in ſuch a night Troylus me thinks mounted the Troian walls, and ſigh'd his ſoule toward the Grecian tents vvhere Creſſed lay that night.