Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi typicality 0.76 · 504 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T2: rome, caesar, senate, sulla, roman, consul, brutus, romans, men, marius.
Throughout the city, infamously song. SERVIUS, the Praetor, threats the laws, and urn, If any at his deeds repine or spurn; The witch, CANIDIA, that ALBUCIUS got, Denounceth witchcraft, where she loveth not: THURIUS, the judge, doth thunder worlds of ill, To such, as strive with his judicial will; " All men affright their foes in what they may, Nature commands it, and men must obey. Observe with me;" The wolf his tooth doth use: The bull his horn. And, who doth this infuse, " But nature? There's luxurious SCAEVA; Trust His long-lived mother with him; His so just And scrupulous right hand no mischief will; No more, than with his heel a wolf will kill, Or Ox with jaw: Marry, let him alone With tempered poison to remove the crone. But, briefly, if to age I destined be, Or that quick deaths black wings environ me; If rich, or poor; at Rome; or fate command I shall be banished to some other land; What hue soever, my whole state shall bear, I will write satires still, in spite of fear. HORACE; I fear, thou drawest no lasting breath: And that some great man's friend will be thy death. What? when the man that first did satirize, Durst pull the skin over the ears of vice; And make, who stood in outward fashion clear, Give place, as foul within; shall I forbear? Did LAELIUS, or the man, so great with fame, That from sacked Carthage fetched his worthy name, Storm, that LUCILIUS did METELLUS pierce? Or bury LUPUS quick, in famous verse? Rulers, and subjects, by whole tribes he checked; But virtue, and her friends did still protect: And when from sight, or from the judgement seat, The virtuous SCIPIO, and wise LAELIUS met, Unbraced, with him in all light sports, they shared; Till, their most frugal suppers were prepared. whate'er I am, though both for wealth, and wit; Beneath LUCILIUS, I am pleased to sit, Yet, envy (spite of her empoisoned breast) Shall say, I lived in grace here, with the best; And, seeking in weak trash to make her wound, Shall find me solid, and her teeth unsound: 'less, learned TREBATIUS censure disagree. No, HORACE, I of force must yield to thee, Only, take heed, as being advised by me, Lest thou incur some danger: Better pause Than rue thy ignorance of the sacred laws; There's justice, and great action may be sued 'Gainst such, as wrong men's fames with verses lewd. ay, with lewd verses; such as libels be, And aimed at persons of good quality. I reverence and adore that just decree: But if they shall be sharp, yet modest rhymes That spare men's persons, and but tax their crimes, Such, shall in open court, find currant pass Were CAESAR judge, and with the maker's grace. Nay, I'll add more; if thou thyself being clear, Shalt tax in person a man, fit to boar Shame, and reproach; his suit shall quickly be Dissolved in laughter, and thou thence sit free.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 988–1050 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 28 of 57 in this edition
Length
504 words · 740 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T2 — Roman politics: senate, consuls and civil warcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.759 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T1 · seed 44: T2 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Throughout the citie, infamously song. SERVIVS, the Praetor, threats the lawes, and vrne, If any at his deedes repine or spurne; The witch, CANIDIA, that ALBVCIVS got, Denounceth witch-craft, where shee loueth not: THVRIVS, the iudge, doth thunder worlds of ill, To such, as striue with his iudiciall will; "All men affright their foes in what they may, "Nature commands it, and men must obay. Obserue with me; "The wolfe his tooth doth vse: "The bull his horne. And, who doth this infuse, "But nature? There's luxurious SCAEVA; Trust His long-liu'd mother with him; His so iust And scrupulous right hand no mischiefe will; No more, then with his heele a wolfe will kill, Or Oxe with iaw: Mary, let him alone With temper'd poison to remoue the croane. But, briefly, if to age I destin'd bee, Or that quick deaths black wings inuiron me; If rich, or poore; at Rome; or fate command I shall be banish't to some other land; What hiew soeuer, my whole state shall beare, I will write satyres still, in spight of feare. HORACE; I feare, thou draw'st no lasting breath: And that some great mans friend will be thy death. What? when the man that first did satyrise, Durst pull the skin ouer the eares of vice; And make, who stood in outward fashion cleare, Giue place, as foule within; shall I forbeare? Did LAELIVS, or the man, so great with fame, That from sackt Carthage fetcht his worthy name, Storme, that LVCILIVS did METELLVS pierce? Or bury LVPVS quick, in famous verse? Rulers, and subiects, by whole tribes he checkt; But vertue, and her friends did still protect: And when from sight, or from the iudgement seat, The vertuous SCIPIO, and wise LAELIVS met, Vnbrac't, with him in all light sports, they shar'd; Till, their most frugall suppers were prepar'd. What e're I am, though both for wealth, and wit; Beneath LVCILIVS, I am pleas'd to sit, Yet, enuy (spight of her empoisoned brest) Shall say, I liu'd in grace here, with the best; And, seeking in weake trash to make her wound, Shall find me solid, and her teeth vnsound: 'Lesse, learn'd TREBATIVS censure disagree. No, HORACE, I of force must yeeld to thee, Only, take heed, as being aduis'd by mee, Lest thou incurre some danger: Better pause Then rue thy ignorance of the sacred lawes; There's iustice, and great action may be su'd 'Gainst such, as wrong mens fames with verses lewd. I, with lewd verses; such as libels bee, And aym'd at persons of good qualitie. I reuerence and adore that iust decree: But if they shall be sharp, yet modest rimes That spare mens persons, and but taxe their crimes, Such, shall in open court, find currant passe▪ Were CAESAR iudge, and with the makers grace. Nay, I'le adde more; if thou thy selfe being cleare, Shalt taxe in person a man, fit to boare Shame, and reproch; his sute shall quickly bee Dissolu'd in laughter, and thou thence sit free.