Jonson, Ben · published 1602 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) · Blackfriars T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.70 · 472 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
What's all that, Horace? Spurious, Snotteries, Chillblained, Clumsy. O Iupiter! Who would have thought, there should ha' been such a deal of filth in a Poet? O— Barmy Froth! What's that? Puffy— Inflate— Turgidous— Barmy Froth, Puffy, Inflate, Turgidous, and Ventosity are come up. O, terrible, windy words! A sign of a windy Brain. Oblatrant— Obcaecate— Furibund— here's a deal: Oblatrant, Obcaecate, Furibund, Fatuate, Strenuous. Now, all's come up, I trow. What a Tumult he had in his Belly! No: there's the often Conscious behind, still. O— Conscious. It's come up, thanks to Apollo, and Aesculapius: Yet, there's another; you were best take a Pill more? O, no: O—O—O—O. Force yourself then, a little with your Finger. O— O— Prorumped. Prorumped? What a noise it made! as if his Spirit would have Prorumpt with it. O— O— O. Help him: it sticks strangely, what ever it is. O— Clutched. Now it's come: Clutched. Clucht? It's well, that's come up. It had but a narrow Passage. O— Again, hold him: hold his head there. Tropological— Anagogical— How now, Crispinus? O— Obstupefact. Nay: that are all we, I assure you. How do you feel yourself? Pretty, and well, I thank you. These Pills can but restore him for a Time; Not cure him quite of such a Malady, Caught by so many surfeits; which have filled His Blood, and Brain, thus full of Crudities: 'Tis necessary, therefore, he observe A strict and wholesome Diet. Look, you take Each morning, of old Cato's Principles A good draft, next your heart; that walk upon, Till it be well digested: Then come home, And taste a piece of Terence; suck his Phrase In steed of liquorice; and, at any hand, Eat Plautus, and old Ennius: They are meats Too harsh for a weak Stomach. Use to read (But not without a Tutor) the best Greeks': As Orpheus, Musaeus, Pindarus, Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theocrite, High Homer; but beware of Lycophron: He is too dark, and dangerous a Dish. You must not hunt for wild, outlandish Terms, To stuff out a peculiar Dialect; But let your Matter run before your Words: And if, at any time, you chance to meet Some Gallo-belgic Phrase, you shall not strait Rack your poor Verse to give it entertainment; But let it pass: and do not think yourself Much damnified, if you do leave it out; When, nor your Understanding, nor the Sense Can well receive it. This fair Abstinence, In time, will render you more sound, and Clear; And this have I prescribed to you, in place Of a strict Sentence: which till he perform, Attire him in that rob. And henceforth, learn To bear yourself more humbly; not to swell, Or breathe your insolent, and idle Spite, On him, whose Laughter, can your worst affright. Take him away. Iupiter guard Caesar.
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What's all that, Horace? Spurious, Snotteries, Chilblain'd, Clumſie. O Iupiter! VVho would haue thought, there ſhould ha' been ſuch a deale of filth in a Poet? O—Barmy Froth! What's that? —Puffy—Inflate—Turgidous—Ventoſity. Barmy Froth, Puffy, Inflate, Turgidous, and Ventoſity are come vp. O, terrible, windy words! A ſigne of a windy Braine. O—Oblatrant—Obcaecate—Furibund—Fatuate—Strenuous.— Heer's a deale: Oblatrant, Obcaecate, Furibund, Fatuate, Strenuous. Now, all's come vp, I trow. What a Tumult he had in his Belly! No: there's the often Conſcious behind, ſtill. O—Conſcious. It's come vp, thankes to Apollo, and Aeſculapius: Yet, there's another; you were beſt take a Pill more? O, no: O—O—O—O. Force your ſelfe then, a little with your Finger. O—O—Prorumped. Prorumped? What a noyſe it made! as if his Spirit would haue Prorumpt with it. O—O—O. Helpe him: it ſtickes ſtrangely, what euer it is. O—Clutcht. Now it's come: Clutcht. Clucht? It's well, that's come vp. It had but a narrow Paſſage. O— Againe, hold him: hold his head there. Tropologicall—Anagogicall—Loquacity—Pinnoſity. How now, Criſpinus? O—Obſtupefact. Nay: that are all we, I aſſure you. How doe you feele your ſelfe? Pretty, and well, I thanke you. Theſe Pilles can but reſtore him for a Time; Not cure him quite of ſuch a Malady, Caught by ſo many ſurfets; which haue fild His Blood, and Braine, thus full of Crudities: 'Tis neceſſary, therefore, he obſerue A ſtrict and holſome Diet. Looke, you take Each morning, of old Catoes Principles A good draught, next your heart; that walke vpon, Till it be well digeſted: Then come home, And taſte a piece of Terence; ſucke his Phraſe In ſteede of Licorice; and, at any hand, Shun Plautus, and old Ennius: They are meates Too harſh for a weake Stomacke. Vſe to read (But not without a Tutor) the beſt Greekes: As Orpheus, Muſaeus, Pindarus, Heſiod, Callimachus, and Theocrite, High Homer; but beware of Lycophron: He is too darke, and dangerous a Diſh. You muſt not hunt for wild, out-landiſh Termes, To ſtuffe out a peculiar Dialect; But let your Matter runne before your Words: And if, at any time, you chaunce to meete Some Gallo-Belgick Phraſe, you ſhall not ſtraight Racke your poore Verſe to giue it entertainement; But let it paſſe: and doe not thinke your ſelfe Much damnified, if you doe leaue it out; When, nor your Vnderſtanding, nor the Senſe Could well receiue it. This faire Abſtinence, In time, will render you more ſound, and Cleare; And this haue I preſcrib'd to you, in place Of a ſtrict Sentence: which till he performe, Attire him in that Robe. And hence-forth, learne To beare your ſelfe more humbly; not to ſwell, Or breath your inſolent, and idle Spight, On him, whoſe Laughter, can your worſt affright. Take him away. Iupiter guard Caeſar.