The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 39 of 39
Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.72 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
I once did lend my body for his wealth, which but for him that had your husband's ring had quite miscarried. I dare be bound again, my soul upon the forfeit, that your Lord will never more break faith advisedly. Then you shall be his surety: give him this, and bid him keep it better than the other. Here Lord Bassanio, swear to keep this ring. By heaven it is the same I gave the Doctor. I had it of him: pardon me Bassanio, for by this ring the Doctor lay with me. And pardon me my gentle Gratiano, for that same scrubbed boy the Doctor's Clerk in lieu of this, last night did he with me. Why this is like the mending of high ways in Summer where the ways are fair enough? What, are we cuckolds ere we have deserved it. Speak not so grossly, you are all amazed; here is a letter, read it at your leisure, It comes from Padua from Bellario, there you shall find that Portia was the Doctor, Nerrissa there her Clerk. Lorenzo here shall witness I set forth as soon as you, and even but now returned: I have not yet entered my house. Anthonio you are welcome, and I have better news in store for you than you expect: unseal this letter soon, there you shall find three of your Argosies are richly come to harbour suddenly. You shall not know by what strange accident I chanced on this letter. I am dumb? Were you the Doctor, and I knew you not? Were you the Clerk that is to make me cuckold. I but the Clerk that never means to do it, unless he live until he be a man. (Sweet Doctor) you shall be my bedfellow, when I am absent then lie with my wife. (Sweet Lady) you have given me life and living; for here I read for certain that my ships are safely come to Rode. How now Lorenzo? my Clarke hath some good comforts to for you. ay, and i'll give them him without a fee. There do I give to you and Iessica from the rich Iewe, a special deed of gift after his death, of all he dies possessed of. Fair Ladies, you drop Manna in the way of starved people. It is almost morning, and yet I am sure you are not satisfied of these events at full. Let us go in, and charge us there upon intergotories, and we will answer all things faithfully. Let it be so, the first intergory that my Nerrissa shall be sworn on, is, whether till the next night she had rather stay, or go to bed now being two hours to day: But were the day come, I should wish it dark till I were couching with the Doctor's Clerk. Well, while I live, i'll fear no other thing so sore, as keeping safe Nerrissas' ring.
nodes 1850–1911 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 39 of 39 in this edition
Length
489 words · 612 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.724 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
I once did lend my body for his wealth, vvhich but for him that had your husbands ring had quite miſcaried. I dare be bound againe, my ſoule vpon the forfet, that your Lord vvill neuer more breake faith aduiſedly. Then you ſhall be his ſurety: giue him this, and bid him keepe it better then the other. Here Lord Baſſanio, ſweare to keepe this ring. By heauen it is the ſame I gaue the Doctor. I had it of him: pardon me Baſſanio, for by this ring the Doctor lay with me. And pardon me my gentle Gratiano, for that ſame ſcrubbed boy the Doctors Clarke in liew of this, laſt night did he with me. Why this is like the mending of high wayes in Sommer where the wayes are faire enough? What, are we cuckolds ere we haue deſeru'd it. Speake not ſo groſly, you are all amaz'd; Heere is a letter, reade it at your leaſure, It comes from Padua from Bellario, there you ſhall finde that Portia was the Doctor, Nerriſſa there her Clarke. Lorenzo heere ſhall witnes I ſet foorth as ſoone as you, and euen but now returnd: I haue not yet enterd my houſe. Anthonio you are welcome, and I haue better newes in ſtore for you than you exſpect: vnſeale this letter ſoone, there you ſhall finde three of your Argoſies are richly come to harbour ſodainly. You ſhall not know by what ſtrange accident I chaunced on this letter. I am dumb? Were you the Doctor, and I knew you not? Were you the Clark that is to make me cuckold. I but the Clarke that neuer meanes to doe it, vnleſſe he liue vntill he be a man. (Sweet Doctor) you ſhall be my bedfellow, vvhen I am abſent then lie with my wife. (Sweet Lady) you haue giuen me life and lyuing; for heere I reade for certaine that my ſhips are ſafely come to Rode. How now Lorenzo? my Clarke hath ſome good comforts to for you. I, and ile giue them him without a fee. There doe I giue to you and Ieſſica from the rich Iewe, a ſpeciall deede of gift after his death, of all he dies poſſeſt of. Faire Ladies, you drop Manna in the way of ſtarued people. It is almoſt morning, and yet I am ſure you are not ſatisfied of theſe euents at full. Let vs goe in, and charge vs there vpon intergotories, and we will aunſwer all things faithfully. Let it be ſo, the firſt intergory that my Nerriſſa ſhall be ſworne on, is, vvhether till the next night ſhe had rather ſtay, or goe to bed now being two houres to day: But were the day come, I ſhould wiſh it darke till I were couching with the Doctors Clarke. Well, while I liue, ile feare no other thing ſo ſore, as keeping ſafe Nerriſſas ring.