The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice) · chunk 42 of 42
Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1596 [1596-1598] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.70 · 449 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
Then you shall be his surety: give him this, And bid him keep it better than the other. here Lord Bassanio, swear to keep this ring. By heaven it is the same I gave the Doctor. I had it of him: pardon Bassanio, For by this ring the Doctor lay with me. And pardon me my gentle Gratiano, For that same scrubbed boy the Doctor's Clerk In lieu of this, last night did lie with me. Why this is like the mending of high ways In Summer, where the ways are fair enough: What, are we Cuckolds ere we have deserved it. Speak not so grossly, you are all amazed; here is a letter, read it at your leisure, It comes from Padua from Bellario, There you shall find that Portia was the Doctor, Nerrissa there her Clerk. Lorenzo here Shall witness I set forth as soon as you, And but even now returned: I have not yet Entered my house. Anthonio you are welcome, And I have better news in store for you Then you expect: unseal this letter soon, There you shall find three of your Argosies Are richly come to harbour so dainlie. You shall not know by what strange accident I chanced on this letter. I am dumb. Were you the Doctor, and I knew you not? Were you the Clerk that is to make me cuckold. I, but the Clerk that never means to do it, Unless he live until he be a man. (Sweet Doctor) you shall be my bedfellow, When I am absent, than he with my wife. (Sweet Lady) you have given me life & living; For here I read for certain that my ships Are safely come to Rode. How now Lorenzo? My Clerk hath some good comforts to for you. I, and I'll give them him without a fee. There do I give to you and Iessica From the rich Iewe, a special deed of gift After his death, of all he dies possessed of. Fair Ladies you drop Manna in the way Of starved people. It is almost morning, And yet I am sure you are not satisfied Of these events at full. Let us go in, And charge us there upon intergatories, And we will answer all things faithfully. Let it be so, the first interrogatory That my Nerrissa shall be sworn on, is, Whether till the next night she had rather stay, Or go to bed, now being two hours to day, But were the day come, I should wish it dark, Till I were couching with the Doctor's Clerk. Well, while I live, I'll fear no other thing So sore, as keeping safe Nerrissas ring.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 2213–2269 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 42 of 42 in this edition
Length
449 words · 568 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.703 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Then you ſhall be his ſuretie: giue him this, And bid him keepe it better then the other. Heere Lord Baſſanio, ſwear to keep this ring. By heauen it is the ſame I gaue the Doctor. I had it of him: pardon Baſſanio, For by this ring the Doctor lay with me. And pardon me my gentle Gratiano, For that ſame ſcrubbed boy the Doctors Clarke In liew of this, laſt night did lye with me. Why this is like the mending of high waies In Sommer, where the waies are faire enough: What, are we Cuckolds ere we haue deſeru'd it. Speake not ſo groſſely, you are all amaz'd; Heere is a letter, reade it at your leyſure, It comes from Padua from Bellario, There you ſhall finde that Portia was the Doctor, Nerriſſa there her Clarke. Lorenzo heere Shall witneſſe I ſet forth as ſoone as you, And but eu'n now return'd: I haue not yet Entred my houſe. Anthonio you are welcome, And I haue better newes in ſtore for you Then you expect: vnſeale this letter ſoone, There you ſhall finde three of your Argoſies Are richly come to harbour ſo dainlie. You ſhall not know by what ſtrange accident I chanced on this letter. I am dumbe. Were you the Doctor, and I knew you not? Were you the Clark that is to make me cuckold. I, but the Clark that neuer meanes to doe it, Vnleſſe he liue vntill he be a man. (Sweet Doctor) you ſhall be my bedfellow, When I am abſent, then he with my wife. (Sweet Ladie) you haue giuen me life & liuing; For heere I reade for certaine that my ſhips Are ſafelie come to Rode. How now Lorenzo? My Clarke hath ſome good comforts to for you. I, and Ile giue them him without a fee. There doe I giue to you and Ieſſica From the rich Iewe, a ſpeciall deed of gift After his death, of all he dies poſſeſſ'd of. Faire Ladies you drop Manna in the way Of ſtarued people. It is almoſt morning, And yet I am ſure you are not ſatisfied Of theſe euents at full. Let vs goe in, And charge vs there vpon intergatories, And we will anſwer all things faithfully. Let it be ſo, the firſt intergatory That my Nerriſſa ſhall be ſworne on, is, Whether till the next night ſhe had rather ſtay, Or goe to bed, now being two houres to day, But were the day come, I ſhould wiſh it darke, Till I were couching with the Doctors Clarke. Well, while I liue, Ile feare no other thing So ſore, as keeping ſafe Nerriſſas ring.