Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Merry Wives of Windsor · chunk 5 of 23

Shakespeare, William · published 1602 · first performed or written 1597 [Apr 23] (Annals)
comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men · before the Court
unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 494 words · other edition — not in the analysis

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.

Here give dat same to sir Hu, it ber ve challenge Begar tell him I will cut his nase, will you? I sir, I'll tell him so. Dat be well, my Rapier Iohn Rugby, follow may, Well my friend, I cannot tarry, tell your Master I'll do what I can for him, And so farewell. Mary will I, I am glad I am got hence. Mistress Page I love you. Ask me no reason, Because their impossible to allege. Your fair, And I am fat. You love sack, so do I: As I am sure I have no mind but to love, So I know you have no heart but to grant A soldier doth not use many words, where a knows A letter may serve for a sentence. I love you, And so I leave you. Now Ieshu bless me, am I methomorphised? I think I know not myself. Why what a God's name doth this man see in me, that thus he shoots at my honesty? Well but that I know my own heart, I should scarcely persuade myself I were hand. Why what an unreasonable woolsack is this. He was never twice in my company, and if then I thought I gave such assurance with my eyes, I'd pull them out, they should never see more holy days. Well, I shall trust fat men the worse while I live for his sake. O God that I knew how to be revenged of him. But in good time, here's mistress Ford. How now Mistress Page, are you reading Love Letters? How do you woman? O woman I am I know not what: In love up to the hard ears. I was never in such a case in my life. In love, now in the name of God with whom? With one that swears he loves me, And I must not choose but do the like again: I prithee look on that Letter. I'll match your letter just with the like, Line for line, word for word. Only the name Of mistresses Page, and mistresses Ford disagrees: Do me the kindness to look upon this. Why this is right my letter. O most notorious villain! Why what a bladder of iniquity is this? Let's be revenged what so ere we do. Revenged, if we live we'll be revenged. O Lord if my husband should see this Letter, I faith this would even give edge to his jealousy. See where our husbands are, Mine's as far from jealousy, As I am from wronging him. Ford the words I speak are forced: Beware, take heed, for Falstaff loves thy wife: When Pistol lies do this. Why sir my wife is not young. He woos both young and old, both rich and poor None comes amiss. I say he loves thy wife: Fair warning did I give, take heed, For summer comes, and Cuckoo birds appear: Page believe him what he says. Away sir Corporal Nym.
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
PlayThe Merry Wives of Windsor
AuthorShakespeare, William
Publication year (edition)1602
First performance / composition (Annals)1597 [Apr 23]
First performance (BritDrama)1597 [1597-1602] [revised after 1606]
Company (BritDrama)Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men
Theaterbefore the Court;
Genre (British Drama)comedy
Play typeAdult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 425 · TCP A11983 · DEEP 328
Edition roleOther edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Positionnodes 223–271 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 5 of 23 in this edition
Length494 words · 628 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T4 — Love-longing and the lover's complaint at 0.712
Other seedsseed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Here giue dat same to sir Hu, it ber ve chalēge Begar tell him I will cut his nase, will you? I sir, Ile tell him so. Dat be vell, my Rapier Iohn Rugby, follow may, VVell my friend, I cannot tarry, tell your Maister Ile doo what I can for him, And so farewell. Mary will I, I am glad I am got hence. Mistresse Page I loue you. Aske me no reason, Because theyr impossible to alledge. Your faire, And I am fat. You loue sack, so do I: As I am sure I haue no mind but to loue, So I know you haue no hart but to grant A souldier doth not vse many words, where a knowes A letter may serue for a sentence. I loue you, And so I leaue you. Now Ieshu blesse me, am I methomorphised? I thinke I knowe not my selfe. Why what a Gods name doth this man see in me, that thus he shootes at my honestie? Well but that I knowe my owne heart, I should scarcely perswade my selfe I were hand. Why what an vnreasonable woolsack is this. He was neuer twice in my companie, and if then I thought I gaue such assurance with my eies, Ide pul them out, they should neuer see more holie daies. Well, I shall trust fat men the worse while I liue for his sake. O God that I knew how to be reuenged of him. But in good time, heeres mistresse Foord. How now Mistris Page, are you reading Loue Letters? How do you woman? O woman I am I know not what: In loue vp to the hard eares. I was neuer in such a case in my life. In loue, now in the name of God with whom? With one that sweares he loues me, And I must not choose but do the like againe: I prethie looke on that Letter. Ile match your letter iust with the like, Line for line, word for word. Only the name Of misteris Page, and misteris Foord disagrees: Do me the kindnes to looke vpon this. Why this is right my letter. O most notorious villaine! Why what a bladder of iniquitie is this? Lets be reuenged what so ere we do. Reuenged, if we liue weel be reuenged. O Lord if my husband should see this Letter, I faith this would euen giue edge to his Iealousie. See where our husbands are, Mine's as far from Iealousie, As I am from wronging him. Ford the words I speake are forst: Beware, take heed, for Falstaffe loues thy wife: When Pistoll lies do this. Why sir my wife is not young. He wooes both yong and old, both rich and poore None comes amis. I say he loues thy wife: Faire warning did I giue, take heed, For sommer comes, and Cuckoo birds appeare: Page belieue him what he ses. Away sir Corporall Nym.