Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi typicality 0.68 · 513 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.
And, for a week, or two, see him locked up In some dark place, removed from company: He will talk idly else after his physic. Now, to you, sir. Th'Extremity of law Awards you to be branded in the front, For this your calumny; But, since it pleaseth HORACE (the party wronged) t'entreat, of CAESAR, A mitigation of that juster doom; With Caesar's tongue, thus we pronounce your sentence. DEMETRIUS FANNIUS, thou shalt here put on That coat, and cap; and henceforth, think thyself No other, than they make thee: vow to wear them In every fair, and generous assembly, Till the best sort of minds shall take to knowledge As well thy satisfaction, as thy wrongs. Only (grave Praetor) here, in open court, I crave the oath, for good behaviour, May be administered unto them both. HORACE, it shall: TIBULLUS, give it them. RUFUS LABERIUS CRISPINUS, and DEMETRIUS FANNIUS, Lay your hands on your hearts. You shall here solemnly attest, and swear; That never (after this instant) either, at Booksellers stalls, in taverns, twopenny rooms, tiring-houses, noblemen's butteries, puisne's chambers (the best, and farthest places, where you are admitted to come) you shall once offer, or dare (thereby to endear yourself the more to any player, ingle, or guilty gull, in your company) to malign, traduce, or detract the person, or writings of QVINTUS HORACIUS FLACCUS; or any other eminent man, transcending you in merit, whom your envy shall find cause to work upon, either, for that, or for keeping himself in better acquaintance, or enjoying better friends: Or if (transported by any sudden and desperate resolution) you do; That then, you shall not under the bastoun, or in the next presence, being an honourable assembly of his favourers, be brought as voluntary gent. to undertake the forswearing of it. Neither shall you at any time (ambitiously, affecting the title of the untrussers, or whippers of the age) suffer the itch of writing to overrun your performance in libel; upon pain of being taken up for lepers in wit, and (losing both your time, and your papers) be irrecoverably forfeited to the hospital of Fools. So help you our Roman gods, and the Genius of great CAESAR. So: now dissolve the court. And thanks to CAESAR, That thus hath exercised his patience. We have, indeed, you worthiest friends of CAESAR. It is the bane, and torment of our ears, To hear the discords of those jangling rhymers, That, with their bad and scandalous practices, Bring all true arts, and learning in contempt. But let not your high thoughts descend so low, As these despised objects; Let them fall, With their flat groveling souls: Be you yourselves. And as with our best favours you stand crowned: So let your mutual loves be still renowned. Envy will dwell, where there is want of merit, Though the deserving man should crack his spirit. BLush, folly, blush: here's none that fears The wagging of an ass's ears, Although a wolvish case he wears. Detraction is but baseness varlet; And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 2253–2292 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 53 of 57 in this edition
Length
513 words · 765 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T2 — Roman politics: senate, consuls and civil warcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.684 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T2 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
And, for a weeke, or two, see him lockt vp In some darke place, remoou'd from companie: He will talke idly else after his physicke. Now, to you, sir. Th'extremitie of law Awards you to be branded in the front, For this your calumny; But, since it pleaseth HORACE (the partie wrong'd) t'intreat, of CAESAR, A mitigation of that iuster doome; With CAESARS tongue, thus we pronounce your sentence. DEMETRIVS FANNIVS, thou shalt here put on That coate, and cap; and henceforth, thinke thy selfe No other, then they make thee: vow to weare them In euery faire, and generous assembly, Till the best sort of minds shall take to knowledge As well thy satisfaction, as thy wrongs. Only (graue Praetor) here, in open court, I craue the oath, for good behauiour, May be administred vnto them both. HORACE, it shall: TIBVLLVS, giue it them. RVFVS LABERIVS CRISPINVS, and DEMETRIVS FANNIVS, Lay your hands on your hearts. You shall here solemnely attest, and sweare; That neuer (after this instant) either, at Booke-sellers stalls, in tauernes, two-penny roomes, 'tyring-houses, noble-mens buttries, puisne's chambers (the best, and farthest places, where you are admitted to come) you shall once offer, or dare (thereby to endeare your selfe the more to any player, enghle, or guiltie gull, in your companie) to maligne, traduce, or detract the person, or writings of QVINTVS HORACIVS FLACCVS; or any other eminent man, transcending you in merit, whom your enuy shall find cause to worke vpon, either, for that, or for keeping himselfe in better acquaintance, or enioying better friends: Or if (transported by any sodaine and desperate resolution) you doe; That then, you shall not vnder the bastoun, or in the next presence, being an honorable assembly of his fauourers, bee brought as voluntary gent. to vndertake the for-swearing of it. Neither shall you at any time (ambitiously, affecting the title of the vntrussers, or whippers of the age) suffer the itch of writing to ouer-run your performance in libell; vpon paine of being taken vp for lepers in wit, and (losing both your time, and your papers) bee irrecouerably forfeited to the hospitall of Fooles. So helpe you our Roman gods, and the Genius of great CAESAR. So: now dissolue the court. And thankes to CAESAR, That thus hath exercis'd his patience. We haue, indeed, you worthiest friends of CAESAR. It is the bane, and torment of our eares, To heare the discords of those iangling rimers, That, with their bad and scandalous practices, Bring all true arts, and learning in contempt. But let not your high thoughts descend so low, As these despised obiects; Let them fall, With their flat groueling soules: Be you your selues. And as with our best fauours you stand crown'd: So let your mutuall loues be still renown'd. Enuy will dwell, where there is want of merit, Though the deseruing man should cracke his spirit. BLush, folly, blush: here's none that feares The wagging of an asses eares, Although a wooluish case he weares. Detraction is but basenesse varlet; And apes are apes, though cloth'd in scarlet.