The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 41 of 42
Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T32 Rings and jewels as tokens typicality 0.88 · 462 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T32: ring, ti, gave, finger, jewel, lady, lord, love, invisible, away.
If you had known the virtue of the Ring, Or half her worthiness that gave the Ring, Or your own honour to contain the Ring, You would not then have parted with the Ring: What man is there so much unreasonable, If you had pleased to have defended it With any terms of Zeal: wanted the modesty To urge the thing held as a ceremony: Nerrissa teaches me what to believe, I'll die for't, but some Woman had the Ring? No by mine honour Madam, by my soul No Woman had it, but a civil Doctor, Which did refuse three thousand Ducats of me, And begged the Ring; the which I did deny him, And suffered him to go displeased away: Even he that had held up the very life Of my dear friend. What should I say sweet Lady? I was enforced to send it after him, I was beset with shame and courtesy, My honour would not let ingratitude So much besmear it. Pardon me good Lady, And by these blessed Candles of the night, Had you been there, I think you would have begged The Ring of me, to give the worthy Doctor? Let not that Doctor ere come near my house, Since he hath got the jewel that I loved, And that which you did swear to keep for me, I will become as liberal as you, I'll not deny him any thing I have, No, not my body, nor my husband's bed: Know him I shall, I am well sure of it. Lie not a night from home. Watch me like Argos, If you do not, if I be left alone, Now by mine honour which is yet mine own, I'll have the Doctor for my bedfellow. And I his Clerk: therefore be well advised How you do leave me to mine own protection. Well, do you so: let not me take him then, For if I do, i'll mar the young Clarks pen. I am th' unhappy subject of these quarrels. Sir, grieve not you, You are welcome notwithstanding. Portia, forgive me this enforced wrong, And in the hearing of these many friends I swear to thee, even by thine own fair eyes Wherein I see myself. Mark you but that? In both my eyes he doubly sees himself: In each eye one, swear by your double self, And there's an oath of credit. Nay, but hear me. Pardon this fault, and by my soul I swear I never more will break an oath with thee. I once did lend my body for thy wealth, Which but for him that had your husband's ring Had quite miscarried. I dare be bound again, My soul upon the forfeit, that your Lord Will never more break faith advisedly.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 2155–2212 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 41 of 42 in this edition
Length
462 words · 571 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T32 — Rings and jewels as tokenscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.881 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T33 · seed 44: T32 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
If you had knowne the vertue of the Ring, Or halfe her worthineſſe that gaue the Ring, Or your owne honour to containe the Ring, You would not then haue parted with the Ring: What man is there ſo much vnreaſonable, If you had pleas'd to haue defended it With any termes of Zeale: wanted the modeſtie To vrge the thing held as a ceremonie: Nerriſſa teaches me what to beleeue, Ile die for't, but ſome Woman had the Ring? No by mine honor Madam, by my ſoule No Woman had it, but a ciuill Doctor, Which did refuſe three thouſand Ducates of me, And beg'd the Ring; the which I did denie him, And ſuffer'd him to go diſpleas'd away: Euen he that had held vp the verie life Of my deere friend. What ſhould I ſay ſweete Lady? I was inforc'd to ſend it after him, I was beſet with ſhame and curteſie, My honor would not let ingratitude So much beſmeare it. Pardon me good Lady, And by theſe bleſſed Candles of the night, Had you bene there, I thinke you would haue beg'd The Ring of me, to giue the worthie Doctor? Let not that Doctor ere come neere my houſe, Since he hath got the iewell that I loued, And that which you did ſweare to keepe for me, I will become as liberall as you, Ile not deny him any thing I haue, No, not my body, nor my husbands bed: Know him I ſhall, I am well ſure of it. Lie not a night from home. Watch me like Argos, If you doe not, if I be left alone, Now by mine honour which is yet mine owne, Ile haue the Doctor for my bedfellow. And I his Clarke: therefore be well aduis'd How you doe leaue me to mine owne protection. Well, doe you ſo: let not me take him then, For if I doe, ile mar the yong Clarks pen. I am th' vnhappy ſubject of theſe quarrels. Sir, grieue not you, You are welcome notwithſtanding. Portia, forgiue me this enforced wrong, And in the hearing of theſe manie friends I ſweare to thee, euen by thine owne faire eyes Wherein I ſee my ſelfe. Marke you but that? In both my eyes he doubly ſees himſelfe: In each eye one, ſweare by your double ſelfe, And there's an oath of credit. Nay, but heare me. Pardon this fault, and by my ſoule I ſweare I neuer more will breake an oath with thee. I once did lend my bodie for thy wealth, Which but for him that had your husbands ring Had quite miſcarried. I dare be bound againe, My ſoule vpon the forfeit, that your Lord Will neuer more breake faith aduiſedlie.