How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad · chunk 21 of 43
Anonymous · published 1602 · first performed or written 1602 [c.1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Worcester's Men T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.80 · 473 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
I prithee Anselm but observe this fellow, Dost not hear him? he would die for love, That mishaped love thou wouldst condemn in him, I see in thee, I prithee note him well. Were I assured that I were such a Lover, I should be with myself quite out of love: I prithee let's persuade him still to live. That were a dangerous case, perhaps the fellow In desperation would to soothe us up, Promise repentant recantation, And after fall into that desperate course, Both which I will prevent with policy. O death come with thy dart, come death when I bthe Mors vem veni mors, and from this misery rid me. She whom I loved, whom I loved, even she my sweet pret Mar Doth but flout & mock, & jest, and dissimulary. I'll fit him finely: in this paper is The juice of Mandrake, by a Doctor made To cast a man whose leg should be cut off, Into a deep, a cold and senseless sleep, Of such approved operation, That who so takes it, is for twice twelve hours Breathless, and to all men's judgements past all sense: This will I give the pedant but in sport, For when 'tis known to take effect in him, The world will but esteem it as a jest: Besides it may be a means to save his life, For being perfect poison as it seems, His meaning is, some covetous slave for coin Will sell it him, though it be held by law To be no better than flat felony. Uphold the jest, but he hath spied us, peace. Gentiles God save you, Here is a man I have noted oft, most learned in Physic, One man he helped of the Cough, another he healed of the tisick: And I will board him thus: Salve o Salve Magister. Gratus mihi aduenis quid me cum vis. Optatum venis paucis to volo. Si quid industria nostra tibi faciet dic queso. Attend me sir, I have a simple house, But as the learned Diogenes saith In his Epistle to Tertullian, It is extremely troubled with great Rats, I have no muss puss nor grey eyed Cat To hunt them out. O could your learned Art Show me a means how I might poison them: Ts dum suus, sir Aminadab. With all my heart, I am no Rat-catcher, But if you need a poison, here is that Will pepper both your Dogs & Rats and Cats: Nay spare your purse, I give this in good will, And as it proves I pray you send to me, And let me know, would you ought else with me? Minime quidem, here's that you say will take them? A thousand thanks sweet sir, I say to you As Tully in his Aesop's Fables said, Age tibi gratias, so farewell, vale.
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Length
473 words · 637 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.799 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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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)
I prethee Anselme but obserue this fellow, Doest not heare him? he would die for loue, That mishapt loue thou wouldst condemne in him, I see in thee, I prethee note him well. Were I assurs'd that I were such a Louer, I should be with my selfe quite out of loue: I prethee lets perswade him still to liue. That were a dangerous case, perhaps the fellow In desperation would to sooth vs vp, Promise repentant recantation, And after fall into that desperate course, Both which I will preuent with policie. O death come with thy dart, come death whē I bthe Mors vem veni mors, and from this misery rid mee. She whom I lou'd, whom I lou'd, euē she my sweet pret Mar Doth but flout & mock, & Iest, and dissimulary. Ile fit him finely: in this paper is The Iuice of Mandrake, by a Doctor made To cast a man whose leg should be cut off, Into a deep, a cold and senceles sleepe, Of such approued operation, That who so takes it, is for twice twelue houres Breathlesse, and to all mens iudgements past all sence: This will I giue the pedant but in sport, For when tis knowne to take effect in him, The world will but esteeme it as a Iest: Besides it may be a meanes to saue his life, For being perfect poyson as it seemes, His meaning is, some couetous slaue for coyne Will sell it him, though it be held by lawe To be no better then flat felonie. Vphold the Iest, but he hath spied vs, peace. Gentiles God saue you, Here is a man I haue noted oft, most learned in Physick, One man he helpt of the Cough, another he heald of the tisick: And I will boord him thus: Salue ô Salue Magister. Gratus mihi aduenis quid me cum vis. Optatum venis paucis to volo. Si quid industria nostra tibi faciet dic queso. Attend me sir, I haue a simple house, But as the learned Diogenes saith In his Epistle to Tertullian, It is extremely troubled with great Ratts, I haue no mus pusse nor grey eyde Cat To hunt them out. O could your learned Art Shew me a meanes how I might poyson them: Ts dum suus, sir Aminadab. With all my hart, I am no Rat-catcher, But if you need a poyson, here is that Will pepper both your Dogs & Rats and Cats: Nay spare your purse, I giue this in good will, And as it proues I pray you send to me, And let me know, wold you ought else with me? Minime quidem, heer's that you say wil take them? A thousand thankes sweet sir, I say to you As Tully in his Aesops Fables said, Agtibi gratias, so farewell, vale.