Marston, John / Webster, John · published 1604 · first performed or written 1604 [1602-1604] (Annals) tragicomedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.73 · 495 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
My Lord, I have some books which have been dedicated to my honour, and I near read 'em, and yet they had very fine names: Physic for Fortune: Lozenges of sanctified sincerity, very pretty works of Curates, Scriveners and Schoolmasters Mary I remember one Seneca, Lucius Anneus Seneca. Out upon him, he writ of Temperance and fortitude, yet lived like a voluptuous epicure, and died like an effeminate coward. Haste thee to Florence: here, take our Letters, see 'em sealed; away; report in private to the honoured Duke, his daughters forced disgrace, tell him at length, We know, too much due compliments advance, There's nought that's safe and sweet but ignorance. Madam, I am going Ambassador for Florence, 'twill be great charges to me. No matter my Lord, you have the lease of two manors come out next Christmas; you may lay your tenants on the greater rack for it: and when you come home again, I'll teach you how you shall get two hundred pounds a year by your teeth. How Madam? Cut off so much from housekeeping, that which is saved by the teeth, you know is got by the teeth. Fore God, and so I may, I am in wondrous credit Lady. See the use of flattery, I did ever counsel you to flatter greatness, and you have profited well: any man that will do so shall be sure to be like your Scotch Barnacle, now a block, instantly a worm, and presently a great goose: this it is to rot and putrefy in the bosom of greatness. Thovia rte ever my politician, O how happy is that olde● lord that hath a politician to his young Lady! I'll have fifty gentlemen shall attend upon me; mary the most of them shallbe Farmers sons, because they shall bear their own charges, and they shall go appareled thus, in sea-water green suits, ash-color 〈◊〉, wetchet stockings, and popinjay green feathers, will not the colours do excellent? Out upon't, they'll look like Citizens riding to their friends at Whitsuntide, their apparel just so many several parishes. I'll have it so, and Passarello my fool shall go along with me, mary he shall be in velvet? A fool in velvet. ay, 'tis common for your fool to wear satin, i'll have mine in velvet. What will you wear then my Lord? Velvet too, mary it shall be embroidered, because I'll differ from the fool somewhat. I am horribly troubled with the gout, nothing grieves me but that my doctor hath forbidden me wine, and you know your Ambassador must drink. Didst thou ask thy doctor what was good for the gout? Yes, he said, else, wine and women, were good for it. Nay, thou hast such a wit, what was good to cure it, said he? Why the racke●al your Empirics could never do the like cure upon the gout the rack did in England: or your Scotch boot. The French Herlakeene will instruct you.
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495 words · 666 tokens
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T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.730 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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My Lord, I haue some bookes which haue beene dedicated to my honor, and I nere read vm, and yet they had verie fine names: Phisicke for Fortune: Lozinges of sanctified sinceritie, very pretty workes of Curates, Scriueners and Schoolemaisters Mary I remember one Seneca, Lucius Anneus Seneca. Out vpon him, he writ of Temperance and fortitude, yet liued like a voluptuous epicure, and died like an effeminate coward. Haste thee to Florence: heere, take our Letters, see vm sealed; away; report in priuate to the hoored Duke, his daughters forced disgrace, tell him at length, We know, too much due complements aduance, "Theres nought thats safe and sweete but ignorance. Madam, I am going Embassador for Florence, twill be great charges to me. No matter my Lord, you haue the lease of two mannors come out next Christmasse; you may lay your tenants on the greater racke for it: and when you come home againe, Ile teach you how you shall get two hundred poundes a yeere by your teeth. How Madam? Cut off so much from house-keeping, that which is saued by the teeth, you know is got by the teeth. Fore God, and so I may, I am in wondrous credite Lady. See the vse of flattery, I did euer counsell you to flatter greatnes, and you haue profited well: any man that will doe so shal be sure to be like your Scoch Barnacle, now a blocke, instantly a worme, and presently a great goose: this it is to rot and putrifie in the bosome of greatnes. Thouia rte euer my polititian, O how happy is that olde ord that hath a polititian to his yong Lady! Ile haue fiftie gentlemen shall attend vpon mee; mary the most of them shalbe Farmers sonnes, because they shall beare their owne charges, and they shall goe apparld thus, in sea-water greene sutes, ash-color , wetchet stockings, and popinjy greene feathers, will not the colours doe excellent? Out vpont, theile looke like Cittizens riding to their friendes at Whitsontide, their apparell iust so many seuerall paishes. Ile haue it so, and Passarello my foole shall goe along with me, mary he shall be in veluet? A foole in veluet. I, tis common for your foole to weare sattin, ile haue mine in veluet. What will you weare then my Lord? Veluet too, mary it shall be embroidered, because ile dffer from the oole somewhat. I am horribly troubled with the gowt, nothing grieues me but that my doctor hath forbidden me wine, and you know your Ambassador must drinke. Didst thou aske thy doctor what was good for the gowt? Yes, hee saide, es, wine and women, were good for it. Nay, thou hast such a witte, what was good to cure i, said he? Why the rackeal your Empericks could neuer do the like cure vpon the gowt the racke did in England: or your Scotch boote. The French Herlakeene will instruct you.