Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.69 · 470 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.
Spurious snotteries, chillblained, clumsy. O JUPITER! 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 ventositous are come up. O, terrible, windy words! A sign of a windy brain. O— oblatrant— furibund— Here's a deal: oblatrant, furibund, fatuate, strenuous. Now, all's come up, I trow. What a tumult he had in his belly! No: there's the often conscious damp 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: Ô—Ô—Ô—Ô. 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— Ô. Help him: it sticks strangely, whatever it is. O— clutched. Now it's come: clutched. Clutched? It's well, that's come up! It had but a narrow passage. O— Again, hold him: hold his head there. Snarling gusts— quaking custard. 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 stead of liquorice; and, at any hand, Shun 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 straight 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 Could 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 breath your insolent, and idle spite, On him, whose laughter, can your worst affright. Take him away. CRIS. JUPITER guard CAE
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 2184–2252 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 52 of 57 in this edition
Length
470 words · 761 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.686 (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)
Spurious snotteries, chilblain'd, clumsie. O IVPITER! Who would haue thought, there should ha' beene such a deale of filth in a poet? O—barmy froth— What's that? —Puffy—inflate—turgidous—ventositous. Barmy froth, puffy, inflate, turgidous, and ventositous are come vp. O, terrible, windie wordes! A signe of a windie braine. O—oblatrant—furibund—fatuate—strenuous— Here's a deale: oblatrant, furibund, fatuate, strenuous. Now, all's come vp, I trow. What a tumult hee had in his belly! No: there's the often conscious dampe behind, still. O—conscious—dampe. It's come vp, thankes to APOLLO, and AESCVLAPIVS: Yet, there's another; you were best take a pill more? O, no: Ô—Ô—Ô—Ô. Force your selfe then, a little with your finger. O—Ô—prorumped. Prorumped? What a noise it made! as if his spirit would haue prorumpt with it. O—Ô—Ô. Helpe him: it stickes strangely, what euer it is. O—clutcht. Now it's come: clutcht. Clutcht? It's well, that's come vp! It had but a narrow passage. O— Againe, hold him: hold his head there. Snarling gusts—quaking custard. How now, CRISPINVS? O—obstupefact. Nay: that are all we, I assure you. How doe you feele your selfe? Pretty, and well, I thanke you. These pills can but restore him for a time; Not cure him quite of such a maladie, Caught by so many surfets; which haue fill'd His bloud, and braine, thus full of crudities: 'Tis necessary, therefore, he obserue A strict and holsome dyet. 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 stead of lycorice; and, at any hand, Shun PLAVTVS, and old ENNIVS, they are meates Too harsh for a weake stomacke. Vse to reade (But not without a tutor) the best Greekes: As ORPHEVS, MVSAEVS, PINDARVS, HESIOD, CALLIMACHVS, 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 meet 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 cleere; 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 breathe your insolent, and idle spight, On him, whose laughter, can your worst affright. Take him away. CRIS. IVPITER guard CAE