The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 25 of 43
Shakespeare, William · published 1619 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens · 483 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T49: mistress, gentleman, love, lady, woman, pray, gentlewoman, hear, honest, way.
Madame, you have bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, And there is such confusion in my powers, As after some Oration fairly spoke By a beloved Prince, there doth appear Among the buzzing pleased multitude. Where every something being blended together, Turns to a wild of nothing, save of joy Expressed, and not expressed: but when this ring Parts from this finger, than parts life from hence, O then be bold to say Bassanio is dead. My Lord and Lady, it is now our time That have stood by and seen our wishes prosper, To cry good joy, good joy my Lord and Lady. My Lord Bassanio, and my gentle Lady, I wish you all the joy that you can wish: For I am sure you can wish none from me: And when your honours mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith: I do beseech you Even at that time I may be married to. With all my heart, so thou canst get a wife. I thank your Lordship, you have got me one, My eyes my Lord, can look as swift as yours; You saw the Mistress, I beheld the Maid; You loved, I loved for intermission, No more pertains to me my Lord then you, Your fortune flood upon the Casket there, And so did mine too, as the matter falls: For wooing here until I sweat again, And sweeting till my very roof was dry, With oaths of Jove, at last, it promise last I got a promise of this fair one here, To have her love: provided that your fortune Achieved her Mistress. Is this true, Nerrissa? Madam it is, so you stand pleased withal. And do you Gratiano mean good faith? Yes faith my Lord. Our feast shall be much honoured in your marriage. we'll ' play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats What, and stake down? No, we shall near win at that sport and stake down. But who comes here, Lorenzo and his infidel? What, and my old venetian friend, Salerio? Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hither, If that the youth of my new interest here Have power to bid you welcome: by your leave I bid my very friends and countrymen Sweet Portia welcome. So do I my Lord, they are entirely welcome. I thank your Honour, for my part my Lord, My purpose was not to have seen you here, But meeting with Salerio by the way, He did entreat me past all saying nay, To come with him along. I did my Lord, And I have reason for it. signor Anthonio Commends him to you. Ere Jope ope his Letter, I pray you tell me how my good friend doth. Not sick my Lord, unless it be in mind, Nor well, unless in mind: his Letter there Will show you his estate.
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)
Madame, you haue bereft me of all words, Onely my blood ſpeakes to you in my veines, And there is ſuch confuſion in my powers, As after ſome Oration fairely ſpoke By a beloued Prince, there doth appeare Among the buzzing pleaſed multitude. Where euery ſomething being blent together, Turnes to a wilde of nothing, ſaue of ioy Expreſt, and not expreſt: but when this ring Parts from this finger, then parts life from hence, O then be bold to ſay Baſſanio is dead. My Lord and Lady, it is now our time That haue ſtood by and ſeene our wiſhes proſper, To cry good ioy, good ioy my Lord and Lady. My Lord Baſſanio, and my gentle Lady, I wiſh you all the ioy that you can wiſh: For I am ſure you can wiſh none from me: And when your honours meane to ſolemnize The bargaine of your faith: I do beſeech you Euen at that time I may be married to. With all my heart, ſo thou canſt get a wife. I thanke your Lordſhip, you haue got me one, My eies my Lord, can looke as ſwift as yours; You ſaw the Miſtreſſe, I beheld the Maid; You lou'd, I lou'd for intermiſſion, No more pertaines to me my Lord then you, Your fortune flood vpon the Casket there, And ſo did mine too, as the matter fals: For wooing heere vntill I ſwet againe, And ſweating till my very roofe was dry, With oathes of Ioue, at laſt, it promiſe laſt I got a promiſe of this faire one here, To haue her loue: prouided that your fortune Atchieu'd her Miſtris. Is this true, Nerriſſa? Maddam it is, ſo you ſtand pleas'd withall. And do you Gratiano meane good faith? Yes faith my Lord. Our feaſt ſhall be much honoured in your marriage. Weel' play with them the firſt boy for a thouſand ducats What, and ſtake downe? No, we ſhall nere win at that ſport and ſtake downe. But who comes heere, Lorenzo and his infidell? What, and my olde venetian friend, Salerio? Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hither, If that the youth of my new intreſt heere Haue power to bid you welcome: by your leaue I bid my very friends and countrymen Sweete Portia welcome. So do I my Lord, they are entirely welcome. I thanke your Honour, for my part my Lord, My purpoſe was not to haue ſeene you heere, But meeting with Salerio by the way, He did entreate me paſt all ſaying nay, To come with him along. I did my Lord, And I haue reaſon for it. Signior Anthonio Commends him to you. Ere Iope his Letter, I pray you tell me how my good friend doth. Not ſicke my Lord, vnleſſe it be in minde, Nor well, vnleſſe in minde: his Letter there Will ſhew you his eſtate.