The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 27 of 42
Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T48 Addressing a lady: love, desire and inti · 454 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T48: lady, love, heart, fair, eyes, la, lord, tears, fie, face.
Madam, although I speak it in your presence, You have a noble and a true conceit Of godlike amity, which appears most strongly In bearing thus the absence of your Lord. But if you knew to whom you show this honour, How true a Gentleman you send relief, How dear a lover of my Lord your husband, I know you would be prouder of the work Then customary bounty can enforce you. I never did repent for doing good, Nor shall not now: for in companions That do converse and waste the time together, Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love, There must be needs a like proportion Of lineaments, of manners, and of spirit; Which makes me think that this Anthonio Being the bosom lover of my Lord, Must needs be like my Lord. If it be so, How little is the cost I have bestowed In purchasing the semblance of my soul; From out the state of hellish cruelty, This comes too near the praising of myself, Therefore no more of it: here other things Lorenzo I commit into your hands, The husbandry and manage of my house, Until my Lords return; for mine own part I have toward heaven breathed a secret vow, To live in prayer and contemplation, Only attended by Nerrissa here, Until her husband and my Lords return: There is a monastery too miles oft, And there we will abide. I do desire you Not to deny this imposition, The which my love and some necessity Now lays upon you. Madame, with all my heart, I shall obey you in all fair commands. My people do already know my mind, And will acknowledge you and Iessica In place of Lord Bassanio and myself. So far you well till we shall meet again. Fair thoughts & happy hours attend on you. I wish your Ladyship all hearts content. I thank you for your wish, and am well pleased To wish it back on you: faryouwell Iessica. Now Balthaser, as I have ever found thee honest true, So let me find thee still: take this same letter, And use thou all the endeavour of a man, In speed to Mantua, see thou render this Into my cousin's hand, Doctor elario, And look what notes and garments he doth give thee, Bring them I pray thee with imagined speed Unto the Tranect, to the common Ferry Which trades to Venice; waste no time in words, But get thee gone, I shall be there before thee. Madam, I go with all convenient speed. Come on Nerissa, I have work in hand That you yet know not of; we'll see our husbands Before they think of us? Shall they see us?
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)
Madam, although I ſpeake it in your preſence, You haue a noble and a true conceit Of god-like amity, which appeares moſt ſtrongly In bearing thus the abſence of your Lord. But if you knew to whom you ſhew this honour, How true a Gentleman you ſend releefe, How deere a louer of my Lord your husband, I know you would be prouder of the worke Then cuſtomary bounty can enforce you. I neuer did repent for doing good, Nor ſhall not now: for in companions That do conuerſe and waſte the time together, Whoſe ſoules doe beare an egal yoke of loue, There muſt be needs a like proportion Of lyniaments, of manners, and of ſpirit; Which makes me thinke that this Anthonio Being the boſome louer of my Lord, Muſt needs be like my Lord. If it be ſo, How little is the coſt I haue beſtowed In purchaſing the ſemblance of my ſoule; From out the ſtate of helliſh cruelty, This comes too neere the praiſing of my ſelfe, Therefore no more of it: heere other things Lorenſo I commit into your hands, The husbandry and mannage of my houſe, Vntill my Lords returne; for mine owne part I haue toward heauen breath'd a ſecret vow, To liue in prayer and contemplation, Onely attended by Nerriſſa heere, Vntill her husband and my Lords returne: There is a monaſtery too miles oft, And there we will abide. I doe deſire you Not to denie this impoſition, The which my loue and ſome neceſſity Now layes vpon you. Madame, with all my heart, I ſhall obey you in all faire commands. My people doe already know my minde, And will acknowledge you and Ieſſica In place of Lord Baſſanio and my ſelfe. So far you well till we ſhall meete againe. Faire thoughts & happy houres attend on you. I wiſh your Ladiſhip all hearts content. I thanke you for your wiſh, and am well pleas'd To wiſh it backe on you: faryouwell Ieſſica. Now Balthaſer, as I haue euer found thee honeſt true, So let me finde thee ſtill: take this ſame letter, And vſe thou all the indeauor of a man, In ſpeed to Mantua, ſee thou render this Into my coſins hand, Doctor Belari, And looke what notes and garments he doth giue thee, Bring them I pray thee with imagin'd ſpeed Vnto the Tranect, to the common Ferrie Which trades to Venice; waſte no time in words, But get thee gone, I ſhall be there before thee. Madam, I goe with all conuenient ſpeed. Come on Neriſſa, I haue worke in hand That you yet know not of; wee'll ſee our husbands Before they thinke of vs? Shall they ſee vs?