Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Merry Wives of Windsor · chunk 18 of 42

Shakespeare, William · published 1630 · first performed or written 1597 [Apr 23] (Annals)
comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men
T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.71 · 495 words · other edition — not in the analysis

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.

To see thee fight, to see thee foigne, to see thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant: Is he dead, my Ethiopian? Is he dead, my Francisco? Ha' Bully? what says my Esculapius? my Galen? my heart of Elder? Ha'? is he dead bully-Stale? is he dead? By gar, he is de Coward jack-priest of de vorld: he is not show his face. Thou art a Castalion-king Vrinall; Hector of Greece (my Boy) I pray you bear witness, that mee have stay, six or seven, two tree hours for him, and he is no-come. He is the wiserman (Master Doctor) he is a curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies; if you should fight, you go against the hair of your professions▪ is it not true, Master Page? Master Shallow; you have yourself been a great great fighter, though now a man of peace. Body-kins M. Page, though I now be old, and of the peace; if I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one; though we are justices, and Doctors, and churchmen (Master Page) we have some salt of our youth in us, we are the sons of women (Master Page.) 'Tis true, Mister Shallow. It will be found so, (M. Page) M. Doctor Caius, I am come to fetch you home, I am sworn of the peace you have showed yourself a wise Physician, and Sir Hugh hath shown himself a wise and patiented Churchman; you must go with me, M. Doctor. Pardon, Guest-Iustice; a Mounseur Mocke-water. Mockwater? vat is dat? Mock-water, in our English tongue, is Valour (Bully.) By gar, than I have as much mockwater as de Englishman; scurvy-Jack-dog-Priest▪ by gar, me vill his ears. He will Clapper claw thee tightly (Bully.) Clapper de claw? vat is dat? That is, he will make thee amends. By gar, me do look he shall clapperclaw me, for bygar me vill have it. And I will provoke him to't, or let him wag: Me tanck you for dat. And moreover, (Bully) but first, Master guest, and M. Page, and eke n/a Slender, go you through the Towneto Frogmore. Sir Hugh is there, is he? He is there, see what humour he is in; and I will bring the Doctor about by the Fields; will it do well? We will do it. Adieu, good Master Doctor. Bygar, me vill kill de Priest, for he speak for a jackanapes to Anne Page. Let him die; sheath thy impatience, throw cold water on thy choler; go about the fields with me through Frogmore, I will bring thee where Mistress Anne Page is, at a Farm-house a Feasting; and thou shalt woo her, Cride-game, said I well? Bygar, me danck you vor dat; by gar I love you, and I shall procure'a you de good Guest; de Earl, de Knight, de Lords▪ de Gentlemen, my patients.
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
PlayThe Merry Wives of Windsor
AuthorShakespeare, William
Publication year (edition)1630
First performance / composition (Annals)1597 [Apr 23]
First performance (BritDrama)1597 [1597-1602] [revised after 1606]
Company (BritDrama)Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men
Genre (British Drama)comedy
Play typeAdult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 428 · TCP A11988 · DEEP 330
Edition roleOther edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Positionnodes 460–486 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 18 of 42 in this edition
Length495 words · 725 tokens
Topic (seed 42)T3 — Sickness, physic and doctors cross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.705 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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)
To ſee thee fight, to ſee thee foigne, to ſee thee trauerſe, to ſee thee here, to ſee thee there, to ſee thee paſſe thy puncto, thy ſtocke, thy reuerſe, thy diſtance, thy montant: Is hee dead, my Ethiopian? Is he dead, my Franciſco? ha Bully? what ſaies my Eſculapius? my Gallen? my heart of Elder? ha? is he dead bully-Stale? is he dead? By gar, he is de Coward Iack-Prieſt of de vorld: he is not ſhow his face. Thou art a Caſtalion-king Vrinall; Hector of Greece (my Boy) I pray you beare witneſſe, that mee haue ſtay, ſixe or ſeuen, two tree howres for him, and hee is nocome. He is the wiſerman (Maſter Doctor) he is a curer of ſoules, and you a curer of bodies; if you ſhould fight, you goe againſt the haire of your profeſſions▪ is it not true, Maſter Page? Maſter Shallow; you haue your ſelfe beene a great great fighter, though now a man of peace. Body-kins M. Page, though I now be old, and of the peace; if I ſee a ſword out, my finger itches to make one; though wee are Iuſtices, and Doctors, and Churchmen (Maſter Page) wee haue ſome ſalt of our youth vs, we are the ſons of women (Maſter Page.) 'Tis true, Miſter Shallow. It will be found ſo, (M. Page) M. Doctor Caius, I am come to fetch you home, I am ſworn of the peace you haue ſhow'd your ſelfe a wiſe Phyſician, and Sir Hugh hath ſhowne himſelfe a wiſe and patient Churchman; you muſt goe with me, M. Doctor. Pardon, Gueſt-Iuſtice; a Mounſeur Mockewater. Mock-vater? vat is dat? Mock-water, in our Engliſh tongue, is Valour (Bully.) By gar, then I haue as much Mock-vater as de Engliſhman; ſcuruy-lade dog-Prieſt▪ by gar, mee vill his eares. He will Clapper claw thee tightly (Bully.) Clapper de claw? vat is dat? That is, he will make thee amends. By gar, me doe looke he ſhall clapper-de-claw me, for by-gar me vill haue it. And I will prouoke him to't, or let him wag: Me tanck you for dat. And moreouer, (Bully) but firſt, Maſter Ghueſt, and M. Page, and eeke Caualero Slender, goe you through the Towneto Frogmore. Sir Hugh is there, is he? He is there, ſee what humor hee is in; and I will bring the Doctor about by the Fields; will it doe well? Wee will doe it. Adieu, good Maſter Doctor. By-gar, me vill kill de Prieſt, for he ſpeake for a Iackan-Ape to Anne Page. Let him die; ſheath thy impatience, throw cold water on thy Choller; goe about the fields with me through Frogmore, I will bring thee where Miſtris Anne Page is, at a Farm-houſe a Feaſting; and thou ſhalt wooe her, Cridegame, ſaid I well? By-gar, me danck you vor dat; by gar I loue you, and I ſhall procure'a you de good Gueſt; de Earle, de Knight, de Lords▪ de Gentlemen, my patients.