Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi typicality 0.62 · 467 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.
We will observe him better. LICTOR, proclaim silence, in the court. In the name of CAESAR, silence. Let the parties, the accuser, and the accused, present themselves. The accuser, and the accused; present yourselves in court. Here. read the indictment. RUFUS LABERIUS CRISPINUS, and DEMETRIUS FANIUS, hold up your hands. You are, before this time, jointly and severally indicted, and here presently to be arraigned, upon the Statute of Calumny, or Lex Remmia (The one by the name of RUFUS LABERIUS CRISPINUS, alias CRISPINAS, Poetaster, and plagiary: the other, by the name of DEMETRIUS FANNIUS, play-dresser, and plagiary) That you (not having the fear of PHOEBUS, or his shafts, before your eyes) contrary to the peace of our liege lord, AUGUSTUS CAESAR, his crown and dignity, and against the form of a Statute, in that case made, and provided; have most ignorantly, foolishly, and (more like yourselves) maliciously, gone about to deprave, and calumniate the person and writings of QVINTUS HORACIUS FLACCUS, here present, poet, and priest to the Muses: and to that end have mutually conspired, and plotted, at sundry times, as by several means, and in sundry places, for the better accomplishing your base and envious purpose; taxing him, falsely, of self-love, arrogancy, impudence, railing, filching by translation, etc. Of all which calumnies, and every of them, in manner and form aforesaid, what answer you? Are you guilty, or not guilty? Not guilty, say. Not guilty. How will you be tried? By the Roman Gods, and the noblest Romans. By the Roman Gods, and the noblest Romans. Here sits Maecenas, and CORNELIUS GALLUS: Are you contented to be tried by these? ay, so the noble Captain may be joined with them in commission, say. ay, so the noble Captain may be joined with them in commission. What says the plaintiff? I am content. Captain, then take your place. Alas, my worshipful Praetor! 'tis more of thy gentleness, then of my deserving, I wiss. But, since it hath pleased the court to make choice of my wisdom, and gravity, come, my calumnious varlets: Let's hear you talk for yourselves, now, an hour or two. What can you say? Make a noise. Act, act. Stay, turn, and take an oath first. You shall swear, By thunder-darting JOVE, the King of gods, And by the Genius of AUGUSTUS CAESAR; By your own white, and uncorrupted souls; And the deep reverence of our Roman justice; To judge this case, with truth and equity: As bound by your religion, and your laws. Now read the evidence: But first demand Of either prisoner, if that writ be theirs. Show this unto CRISPINUS. Is it yours? Say I: what? dost thou stand upon it, pimp? Do not deny thine own MINERVA, thy PALLAS, the issue of thy brain. Yes, it is mine.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1976–2008 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 48 of 57 in this edition
Length
467 words · 735 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T2 — Roman politics: senate, consuls and civil warcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.625 (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)
We will obserue him better. LICTOR, proclaime silence, in the court. In the name of CAESAR, silence. Let the parties, the accuser, and the accused, present themselues. The accuser, and the accused; present your selues in court. Here. Reade the inditement. RVFVS LABERIVS CRISPINVS, and DEMETRIVS FANIVS, hold vp your hands. You are, before this time, ioyntly and seuerally indited, and here presently to be arraigned, vpon the Statute of Calumny, or Lex Remmia (The one by the name of RVFVS LABERIVS CRISPINVS, aliàs CRISPINAS, Poetaster, and plagiary: the other, by the name of DEMETRIVS FANNIVS, play-dresser, and plagiary) That you (not hauing the feare of PHOEBVS, or his shafts, before your eyes) contrary to the peace of our liege lord, AVGVSTVS CAESAR, his crowne and dignitie, and against the forme of a Statute, in that case made, and prouided; haue most ignorantly, foolishly, and (more like your selues) maliciously, gone about to depraue, and calumniate the person and writings of QVINTVS HORACIVS FLACCVS, here present, poet, and priest to the Muses: and to that end haue mutually conspir'd, and plotted, at sundry times, as by seuerall meanes, and in sundry places, for the better accomplishing your base and enuious purpose; taxing him, falsly, of selfe-loue, arrogancy, impudence, rayling, filching by translation, &c. Of all which calumnies, and euery of them, in manner and forme aforesaid, what answere you? Are you guiltie, or not guiltie? Not guiltie, say. Not guiltie. How will you be tryed? By the Romane Gods, and the noblest Romanes. By the Romane Gods, and the noblest Romanes. Here sits MECOENAS, and CORNELIVS GALLVS: Are you contented to be tryed by these? I, so the noble Captaine may bee ioyn'd with them in commission, say. I, so the noble Captaine may bee ioyn'd with them in commission. What sayes the plaintife? I am content. Captaine, then take your place. Alas, my worshipfull Praetor! 'tis more of thy gent'nesse, then of my deseruing, I wusse. But, since it hath pleas'd the court to make choice of my wisdome, and grauitie, come, my calumnious varlets: Let's heare you talke for your selues, now, an houre or two. What can you say? Make a noise. Act, act. Stay, turne, and take an oath first. You shall sweare, By thunder-darting IOVE, the King of gods, And by the Genius of AVGVSTVS CAESAR; By your owne white, and vncorrupted soules; And the deepe reuerence of our Romane iustice; To iudge this case, with truth and equitie: As bound by your religion, and your lawes. Now reade the euidence: But first demand Of either prisoner, if that writ be theirs. Shew this vnto CRISPINVS. Is it yours? Say I: what? dost thou stand vpon it, pimpe? Doe not denie thine owne MINERVA, thy PALLAS, the issue of thy braine. Yes, it is mine.