Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Merry Wives of Windsor · chunk 14 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 T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 493 words · other edition — not in the analysis

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T41: master, house, door, iohn, old, mistress, basket, lord, gentleman, ick.

Well I pray bear with me, M. Page pardon me. I suffer for it, I suffer for it: You suffer for a bad conscience look you now: Well I pray no more, another time I'll tell you all: The mean time go dine with me, pardon me wife, I am sorry. M. Page pray go in to dinner, Another time I'll tell you all. Well let it be so, and to morrow I invite you all To my house to dinner: and in the morning we'll A birding, I have an excellent Hawk for the bush. Let it be so: Come M. Page, come wife: I pray you come in all, your welcome, pray come in. By so kad udgme, M. Fordes is Not in his right wits: Bardolfe brew me a pottle sack presently: With Eggs sir? Simply of itself, I'll none of these pullet's sperm In my drink: go make haste. Have I lived to be carried in a basket and thrown into the Thames like a barow of Butcher's offoll. Well, and I be served such another trick, I'll give them leave to take out my brains and butter them, and give them to a dog for a new years gift. 'Sblood, the rogues slided me in with as little remorse as if they had gone to drown a blind bitches puppies in the litter: and they might know by my size I have a kind of alacrity in sinking: and the bottom had been as deep as hell I should down. I had been drowned, but that the shore was shelvy and somewhat shallow: a death that I abhor. For you know the water swells a man: and what a thing should I have been when I had been swelled: By the Lord a mountain of money. Now is the Sack brewed? I sir, there's a woman below would speak with you. Bid her come up. Let me put some Sack among this cold water, for my belly is as cold as if I had swallowed snow-balles for pills. Now what's the news with you? I come from mistresses Ford forsooth. Mistress Ford, I have had Ford enough, I have been thrown into the Ford, my belly is full Of Ford: she hath tickled me. O Lord sir, she is the sorrowfullest woman that her servants mistook, that ever lived. And sir, she would desire you of all loves you will meet her once again, to morrow sir, between ten and eleven, and she hopes to make amends for all. Ten, and eleven, sayest thou? I forsooth. Well, tell her I'll meet her. Let her but think Of man's frailty: Let her judge what man is, And then think of me. And so farewell. You'll not fail sir? I will not fail. Commend me to her. I wonder I hear not of M. Brooke, I like his Money well. By the mass here he is. God save you sir.
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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 744–781 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 14 of 23 in this edition
Length493 words · 635 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T41 — Household service: masters, doors and porters at 0.730
Other seedsseed 43: T5 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Wel I pray bear with me, M. Page pardō me. I suffer for it, I suffer for it: You suffer for a bad conscience looke you now: Well I pray no more, another time Ile tell you all: The mean time go dine with me, pardō me wife, I am sorie. M. Page pray goe in to dinner, Another time Ile tell you all. Wel let it be so, and to morrow I inuite you all To my house to dinner: and in the morning weele A birding, I haue an excellent Hauke for the bush. Let it be so: Come M. Page, come wife: I pray you come in all, your welcome, pray come in. By so kad vdgme, M. Fordes is Not in his right wittes: Bardolfe brew me a pottle sack presently: With Egges sir? Simply of it selfe, Ile none of these pullets sperme In my drinke: goe make haste. Haue I liued to be carried in a basket and throwne into the Thames like a barow of Butchers offoll. Well, and I be serued such another tricke, Ile giue them leaue to take out my braines and butter them, and giue them to a dog for a new yeares gift. Sblood, the rogues slided me in with as little remorse as if they had gone to drowne a blind bitches puppies in the litter: and they might know by my sise I haue a kind of alacritie in sinking: and the bottom had bin as deep as hell I should downe. I had bene drowned, but that the shore was sheluie and somewhat shallowe: a death that I abhorre. For you know the water swelles a man: and what a thing should I haue bene whē I had bene swelled: By the Lord a mountaine of money. Now is the Sacke brewed? I sir, there's a woman below would speake with you. Bid her come vp. Let me put some Sacke among this cold water, for my belly is as cold as if I had swallowed snow-balles for pilles. Now whats the newes with you? I come from misteris Ford forsooth. Misteris Ford, I haue had Ford inough, I haue bene throwne into the Ford, my belly is full Of Ford: she hath tickled mee. O Lord sir, she is the sorrowfullest woman that her seruants mistooke, that euer liued. And sir, she would desire you of all loues you will meet her once againe, to morrow sir, betweene ten and eleuen, and she hopes to make amends for all. Ten, and eleuen, saiest thou? I forsooth. Well, tell her Ile meet her. Let her but think Of mans frailtie: Let her iudge what man is, And then thinke of me. And so farwell. Youle not faile sir? I will not faile. Commend me to her. I wonder I heare not of M. Brooke, I like his Mony well. By the masse here he is. God saue you sir.