The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 18 of 43
Shakespeare, William · published 1619 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.76 · 465 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.
I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable, As the Dog Jew did utter in the streets, My daughter, O my ducats, O my daughter, Fled with a Christian, O my christian ducats. justice, the law, my ducats, and my daughter. A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats, Of double ducats, stolen from me by my daughter, And jewels, two stones, two rich & precious stones, Stolen by my daughter: justice, find the girl, She hath the stones upon her, and the ducats. Why all the boys in Venice follow him, Crying his stones, his daughter, and his ducats. Let good Anthonio look he keep his day, Or he shall pay for this. Marry well remembered, I reasoned with a Frenchman yesterday, Who told me, in the narrow seas that part The French and English, there miscarried A vessel of our country richly fraught: I thought upon Anthonio when he told me, And wished in silence that it were not his. You were best to tell Anthonio what you hear, Yet do not suddenly, for it may grieve him. A kinder Gentleman treads not the earth, I saw Bassanio and Anthonio part: Bassanio told him he would make some speed Of his return: he answered, do not so, Slubber not business for my sake Bassanio, But stay the very riping of the time, And for the Jews bond which he hath of me, Let it not enter in your mind of love: Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To Courtship, and such fair ostents of love, As shall conveniently become you there. And even there his eye being big with tears, Turning his face, he put his hand behind him; And with affection wondrous sensible, He wrung Bassanios hand, and so they parted. I think he only loves the world for him: I prithee let us go and find him out, And quicken his embraced heaviness, With some delight or other. Do we so. Quick, quick, I pray thee, draw the Curtain strait, The Prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath, And comes to his election presently. Behold, there stand the Caskets Noble Prince, If you choose that wherein I am contained, Strait shall our nuptial rights be solemnized: But if you fail, without more speech my Lord, You must be gone from hence immediately. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. First, never to unfold to any one Which Casket 'twas I chose. Next, if I fail Of the right Casket, never in my life To woe a maid in way of marriage: Lastly, if I do fail in fortune of my choice, Immediately to leave you, and be gone. To these injunctions every one doth swear, That comes to hazard for my worthless self.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 789–849 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 18 of 43 in this edition
Length
465 words · 622 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.760 (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)
I neuer heard a paſſion ſo confuſed, So ſtrange, outragious, and ſo variable, As the Dog Iew did vtter in the ſtreetes, My daughter, O my ducats, O my daughter, Fled with a Chriſtian, O my chriſtian ducats. Iuſtice, the law, my ducats, and my daughter. A ſealed bag, two ſealed bags of ducats, Of double ducats, ſtolne from me by my daughter, And iewels, two ſtones, two rich & precious ſtones, Stolne by my daughter: iuſtice, finde the gyrle, She hath the ſtones vpon her, and the ducats. Why all the boyes in Venice follow him, Crying his ſtones, his daughter, and his ducats. Let good Anthonio looke he keep his day, Or he ſhall pay for this. Marry well remembred, I reaſon'd with a Frenchman yeſterday, Who told me, in the narrow ſeas that part The French and Engliſh, there miſcarried A veſſell of our country richly fraught: I thought vpon Anthonio when he told me, And wiſht in ſilence that it were not his. You were beſt to tell Anthonio what you heare, Yet do not ſodainely, for it may greeue him. A kinder Gentleman treades not the earth, I ſaw Baſſanio and Anthonio part: Baſſanio told him he would make ſome ſpeede Of his returne: he anſwered, do not ſo, Slubber not buſineſſe for my ſake Baſſanio, But ſtay the very riping of the time, And for the Iewes bond which he hath of me, Let it not enter in your minde of loue: Be merry, and employ your cheefeſt thoughts To Courtſhip, and ſuch faire oſtents of loue, As ſhall conueniently become you there. And euen there his eye being bigge with teares, Turning his face, he put his hand behinde him; And with affection wondrous ſenſible, He wrung Baſſanios hand, and ſo they parted. I thinke he onely loues the world for him: I prethee let vs goe and finde him out, And quicken his embraced heauineſſe, With ſome delight or other. Do we ſo. Quicke, quicke, I pray thee, draw the Curtain ſtraite, The Prince of Arragon hath tane his oath, And comes to his election preſently. Behold, there ſtand the Caskets Noble Prince, If you chooſe that wherein I am contain'd, Straight ſhall our nuptiall rights be ſolemniz'd: But if you faile, without more ſpeech my Lord, You muſt be gone from hence immediately. I am enioyn'd by oath to obſerue three things. Firſt, neuer to vnfold to any one Which Casket twas I choſe. Next, if I faile Of the right Casket, neuer in my life To woe a maide in way of marriage: Laſtly, if I do faile in fortune of my choiſe, Immediately to leaue you, and be gone. To theſe iniunctions euery one doth ſweare, That comes to hazard for my worthleſſe ſelfe.