The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 28 of 42
Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T51 Parents and children: blessing, birthrig · 501 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
They shall Nerrissa: but in such a habit, That they shall think we are accomplished With that we lack; I'll hold thee any wager When we are both accoutered like young men, I'll prove the prettier fellow of the two, And wear my dagger with the braver grace, And speak between the change of man and boy, With a reed voice, and turn two mincing steps Into a manly stride; and speak of frays Like a fine bragging youth: and tell acquaint lies How honourable Ladies sought my love, Which I denying, they fell sick and died. I could not do withal: then I'll repent, And wish for all that, that I had not killed them; And twenty of these puny lies I'll tell, That men shall swear I have discontinued school Above a twelve month: I have within my mind A thousand raw tricks of these bragging jacks, Which I will practise. Why, shall we turn to men? Fie, what a questions that? If thou wert ne'er a lewd interpreter: But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us At the Park gate; and therefore haste away, For we must measure twenty miles to day. Yes truly; for look you, the sins of the Father are to be laid upon the children, therefore I promise you, I fear you, I was always plain with you, and so now I speak my agitation of the matter: therefore be of good cheer, for truly I think you are damned, there is but one hope in it that can do you any good, and that is but a kind of bastard hope neither. And what hope is that I pray thee? Marry you may partly hope that your father got you not, that you are not the Iewes daughter. That were a kind of bastard hope indeed, so the sins of my mother should be visited upon me. Truly then I fear you are damned both by father and mother: thus when I shun Scylla your father, I fall into Charybdis your mother; well, you are gone both ways. I shall be saved by my husband, he hath made me a Christian. Truly the more to blame he, we were Christians enough before, e'en as many as could well live one by another: this making of Christians will raise the price of Hogs, if we grow all to be porke-eaters, we shall not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money. I'll tell my husband Lancelet what you say, here he comes. I shall grow jealous of you shortly Lancelet, if you thus get my wife into corners? Nay, you need not fear us Lorenzo, Launcelet and I are out, he tells me flatly there is no mercy for me in heaven, because I am a Iewes daughter: and he says you are no good member of the common wealth, for in converting Jews to Christians, you raise the price of Pork.
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)
They ſhall Nerriſſa: but in ſuch a habit, That they ſhall thinke we are accompliſhed With that we lacke; Ile hold thee any wager When we are both accoutered like yong men, Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, And weare my dagger with the brauer grace, And ſpeake betweene the change of man and boy, With a reede voyce, and turne two minſing ſteps Into a manly ſtride; and ſpeake of frayes Like a fine bragging youth: and tell quaint lyes How honourable Ladies ſought my loue, Which I denying, they fell ſicke and died. I could not doe withall: then Ile repent, And wiſh for all that, that I had not kil'd them; And twentie of theſe punie lies Ile tell, That men ſhall ſweare I haue diſcontinued ſchoole Aboue a twelue moneth: I haue within my minde A thouſand raw tricks of theſe bragging Iacks, Which I will practiſe. Why, ſhall wee turne to men? Fie, what a queſtions that? If thou wert nere a lewd interpreter: But come, Ile tell thee all my whole deuice When I am in my coach, which ſtayes for vs At the Parke gate; and therefore haſte away, For we muſt meaſure twentie miles to day. Yes truly; for looke you, the ſinnes of the Father are to be laid vpon the children, therefore I promiſe you, I feare you, I was alwaies plaine with you, and ſo now I ſpeake my agitation of the matter: therfore be of good cheere, for truly I thinke you are damn'd, there is but one hope in it that can doe you anie good, and that is but a kinde of baſtard hope neither. And what hope is that I pray thee? Marrie you may partlie hope that your father got you not, that you are not the Iewes daughter. That were a kinde of baſtard hope indeed, ſo the ſins of my mother ſhould be viſited vpon me. Truly then I feare you are damned both by father and mother: thus when I ſhun Scilla your father, I fall into Charibdis your mother; well, you are gone both waies. I ſhall be ſau'd by my husband, he hath made me a Chriſtian. Truly the more to blame he, we were Chriſtians enow before, ene as many as could wel liue one by another: this making of Chriſtians will raiſe the price of Hogs, if wee grow all to be porke-eaters, wee ſhall not ſhortlie haue a raſher on the coales for money. Ile tell my husband Lancelet what you ſay, heere he comes. I ſhall grow iealous of you ſhortly Lancelet, if you thus get my wife into corners? Nay, you need not feare vs Lorenzo, Launcelet and I are out, he tells me flatly there is no mercy for mee in heauen, becauſe I am a Iewes daughter: and hee ſaies you are no good member of the common wealth, for in conuerting Iewes to Chriſtians, you raiſe the price of Porke.