Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.74 · 500 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Yes, sir. The great God, JUPITER, Of his licentious goodness, Willing to make this feast, no fast From any manner of pleasure; Nor to bind any God or Goddess, To be any thing the more god or goddess, for their names: He gives them all free licence, To speak no wiser, than persons of baser titles; And to be nothing better, than common men, or women. And therefore no God Shall need to keep himself more strictly to his Goddess, Than any man does to his wife. Nor any Goddess Shall need to keep herself more strictly to her God, Than any woman does to her husband. But, since it is no part of wisdom, In these days, to come into bonds; It shall be lawful for every lover, To break loving oaths, To change their lovers, and make love to others, As the heat of every one's blood, And the spirit of our nectar shall inspire. And JUPITER, save JUPITER. The great, etc. Of his, etc. Willing, etc. From any, etc. Nor to, etc. To be, etc. He gives, etc. To speak, etc. And to, etc. And there, etc. Shall need, etc. Then any, etc. Nor any, etc. Shall need, etc. Then any, etc. But, since, etc. In these, etc. It shall, etc. To break, etc. To change, etc. As the, etc. And the, etc. And JUPI. etc. So: now we may play the fools, by authority. To play the fool by authority, is wisdom. Away with your mattery sentences, Momus; they are too grave, and wise, for this meeting. MERCURY, give our jester a stool, let him sit by; and reach him of our cates. Dost hear, mad JUPITER? we'll have it enacted; He, that speaks the first wise word, shall be made cuckold. What sayst thou? Is't not a good motion? Deities, are you all agreed? Agreed, great JUPITER. I have read in a book, that to play the fool wisely, is high wisdom. How now, VULCAN! will you be the first wizard? Take his wife, MARS, and make him cuckold, quickly. Come, cockatrice. No, let me alone with him, JUPITER: I'll make you take heed, sir, while you live again; if there be twelve in a company, that you be not the wisest of 'em. No more, I will not indeed, wife, hereafter; I'll be here: mum. Fill us a bowl of nectar, GANYMEDE: we will drink to our daughter VENUS. Look to your wife, VULCAN: JUPITER begins to court her. Nay, let MARS look to it: VULCAN must do, as VENUS does, bear. Sirrah, boy: catamite. Look, you play GANYMEDE well now, you slave. Do not spill your nectar; Carry your cup even: so. You should have rubbed your face, with whites of eggs, you rascal; till your brows had shone like our sooty brothers here, as sleek as a hornbook: or ha' steeped your lips in wine, till you made 'em so plump, that JUNO might have been jealous of'em. Punk, kiss me, punk.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1197–1260 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 34 of 57 in this edition
Length
500 words · 739 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T12 — Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and Marscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.739 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T22 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Yes, sir. The great God, IVPITER, Of his licentious goodnesse, Willing to make this feast, no fast From any manner of pleasure; Nor to bind any God or Goddesse, To be any thing the more god or goddess, for their names: He giues them all free licence, To speake no wiser, then persons of baser titles; And to be nothing better▪ then common men, or women. And therefore no God Shall need to keep himselfe more strictly to his Goddesse, Then any man do's to his wife. Nor any Goddesse Shall need to keepe her selfe more strictly to her God, Then any woman do's to her husband. But, since it is no part of wisdome, In these daies, to come into bonds; It shall be lawfull for euery louer, To breake louing oathes, To change their louers, and make loue to others, As the heate of euery ones bloud, And the spirit of our nectar shall inspire. And IVPITER, saue IVPITER. The great, &c. Of his, &c. Willing, &c. From any, &c. Nor to, &c. To be, &c. He giues, &c. To speake, &c. And to, &c. And there, &c. Shall need, &c. Then any▪ &c. Nor any, &c. Shall need, &c. Then any, &c. But, since, &c. In these, &c. It shall, &c. To breake, &c. To change, &c. As the, &c. And the, &c. And IVPI. &c. So: now we may play the fooles, by authoritie. To play the foole by authoritie, is wisdome. Away with your matterie sentences, Momus; they are too graue, and wise, for this meeting. MERCVRY, giue our iester a stoole, let him sit by; and reach him of our cates. Do'st heare, mad IVPITER? Wee'll haue it enacted; He, that speakes the first wise word, shall be made cuckold. What sai'st thou? Is't not a good motion? Deities, are you all agreed? Agreed, great IVPITER. I haue read in a booke, that to play the foole wisely, is high wisdome. How now, VULCAN! will you be the first wizard? Take his wife, MARS, and make him cuckold, quickly. Come, cockatrice. No, let me alone with him, IVPITER: I'le make you take heed, sir, while you liue againe; if there be twelue in a companie, that you bee not the wisest of 'hem. No more, I will not indeed, wife, hereafter; I'le be here: mum. Fill vs a bowle of nectar, GANYMEDE: we will drinke to our daughter VENVS. Looke to your wife, VULCAN: IVPITER begins to court her. Nay, let MARS looke to it: VULCAN must doe, as VENVS doe's, beare. Sirrah, boy: catamite. Looke, you play GANYMEDE well now, you slaue. Doe not spill your nectar; Carrie your cup euen: so. You should haue rub'd your face, with whites of egges, you rascall; till your browes had shone like our sooty brothers here, as sleeke as a horn-booke: or ha' steept your lips in wine, till you made 'hem so plump, that IVNO might haue beene iealous of'hem. Punke, kisse me, punke.