The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 17 of 42
Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.79 · 488 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.
A gentle riddance: draw the curtains, go: Let all of his complexion choose me so. Why man I saw Bassanio under sail, With him is Gratiano gone along; And in their ship I am sure Lorenzo is not. The villain Iew with outcries raised the Duke. Who went with him to search Bassanios ship. He comes too late, the ship was undersaile; But there the Duke was given to understand That in a Gondilo were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Iessica. Besides, Anthonio certified the Duke They were not with Bassanio in his ship. I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable, As the dog Iew 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 and 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. Yo 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 Iewes 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 pray thee 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 straight, 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 thou fail, without more speech my Lord, You must be gone from hence immediately.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 774–838 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 42 in this edition
Length
488 words · 652 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.791 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T0 · seed 44: T0 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
A gentle riddance: draw the curtaines, go: Let all of his complexion chooſe me ſo. Why man I ſaw Baſſanio vnder ſayle, With him is Gratiano gone along; And in their ſhip I am ſure Lorenzo is not. The villaine Iew with outcries raiſd the Duke. Who went with him to ſearch Baſſanios ſhip. He comes too late, the ſhip was vnderſaile; But there the Duke was giuen to vnderſtand That in a Gondilo were ſeene together Lorenzo and his amorous Ieſſica. Beſides, Anthonio certified the Duke They were not with Baſſanio in his ſhip. I neuer heard a paſſion ſo confuſd, So ſtrange, outragious, and ſo variable, As the dogge Iew did vtter in the ſtreets; 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 and precious ſtones, Stolne by my daughter: iuſtice, finde the girle, 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 keepe 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 miſcaried A veſſell of our countrey richly fraught: I thought vpon Anthonio when he told me, And wiſht in ſilence that it were not his. Yo were beſt to tell Anthonio what you heare. Yet doe not ſuddainely, for it may grieue him. A kinder Gentleman treads not the earth, I ſaw Baſſanio and Anthonio part, Baſſanio told him he would make ſome ſpeede Of his returne: he anſwered, doe 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 imploy your chiefeſt thoughts To courtſhip, and ſuch faire oſtents of loue As ſhall conueniently become you there; And euen there his eye being big with teares, Turning his face, he put his hand behinde him, And with affection wondrous ſencible He wrung Baſſanios hand, and ſo they parted. I thinke he onely loues the world for him, I pray thee let vs goe and finde him out And quicken his embraced heauineſſe With ſome delight or other. Doe we ſo. Quick, quick I pray thee, draw the curtain ſtrait, 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 thou faile, without more ſpeech my Lord, You muſt be gone from hence immediately.