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 0.75 · 516 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.
O! believe me a most secret power, look ye a Chaldean or an Assyrian, I am sure 'twas a most sweet Iew told me, court any woman in the right sign, you shall not miss: but you must take her in the right vain then: as when the sign is in Pisces, a Fishmonger's wife is very sociable: in Cancer, a Precisians wife is very flexible: in Capricorn, a Merchant's wife hardly holds out: in Libra, a Lawyer's wife is very tractable, especially, if her husband be at the term: only in Scorpio 'tis very dangerous meddling: has the Duke sent any jewel, any rich stones? ay, I think those are the best signs to take a lady in. By your favour signeor, I must discourse with the Lady Maria, Altofront's duchess: I must enter for the Duke. She here shall give you interview: I received the guardship of this Citadel from the good Altofront, and for his use I'll keep't till I am of no use. Wilt thou? O heavens, that a christian should be found in a Buff jerkin! captain Conscience: I love thee Captain. We attend, & what hope hast thou of this Duchess easiness? 'Twill go hard, she was a cold creature ever, she hated monkeys, fools, jeasters, & gentlemen-ushers extremely: she had the wild trick on't, not only to be truly modestly honourable in her own conscience, but she would avoid the least wanton carriage that might-incurre suspect, as God bless me, she had almost brought bed pressing out of fashion: I could scarce get a fine for the lease of a Lady's favour once in a fortnight. Now in the name of immodesty, how many maidenheads hast thou brought to the block? Let me see: heaven forgive us our misdeeds: here's the Duchess. God bless thee Lady. Out of thy company. We have brought thee tender of a husband. I hope I have one already. Nay, by mine honour Madam, as good ha near a husband, as a banished husband, he's in an other world now. I'll tell ye Lady, I have heard of a sect that maintained, when the husband was a sleep, the wife might lawfully entertain another man: for then her husband was as dead, much more when he is banished. Unhonest creature! Pish, honesty is but an art to seem so: pray ye what's honesty? what's constancy? but fables feigned, odd old fools chat, devised by jealous fools, to wrong our liberty. Mully, he that loves thee, is a Duke, Mendoza, he will maintain thee royally, love thee ardently, defend thee powerfully, marry thee sumptuously, & keep thee in despite of Rosiclere or Donzel del Phoebo: there's jewels, if thou wilt, so; if not, so. Captain, for God's sake save poor wretchedness From tyranny of lustful insolence: Enforce me in the deepest dungeon dwell Rather than here, here round about is hell. O my dearest Altofront, where ere thou breath, Let my soul sink into the shades beneath, Before I stain thine honour, this thou hast; And long as I can die, I will live chaste,
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1268–1292 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 32 of 38 in this edition
Length
516 words · 712 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.752 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T0 · seed 44: T0 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
O! beleeue me a most secret power, looke yee a Chaldean or an Assyrian, I am sure t'was a most sweete lew tolde me, court any woman in the right signe, you shall not misse: but you must take her in the right vaine then: as when the signe is in Pisces, a Fishmongers wife is very sociable: in Cancer, a Precisians wife is very flexible: in Capricorne, a Merchants wife hardly holdes out: in Libra, a Lawyers wife is very tractable, especially, if her husband bee at the terme: onely in Scorpio t'is very dangerous medling: haz the Duke sent any iewel, any rich stones? I, I thinke those are the best signes to take a lady in. By your fauour signeor, I must discourse with the Lady Maria, Altofronts dutches: I must enter for the Duke. Shee heere shall giue you enterview: I receiued the guardship of this Citadell from the good Altofront, and for his vse Ile keep't till I am of no vse. Wilt thou? O heauens, that a christian should be found in a Buffe jerkin! captaine Conscience: I loue thee Captaine. We attend,& what hope hast thou of this Dutches easinesse? T'will goe hard, shee was a colde creature euer, she hated monkies, fooles, jeasters, & gentlemen-vshers extreamly: shee had the vilde trick on't, not onely to be truely modestly honourable in her owne coscience, but she would auoyde the least wanton carriage that might-incurre suspect, as God blesse me, she had almost brought bed pressing out of fashion: I could scarse get a fine for the lease of a Ladies fauour once in a fortnight. Now in the name of immodesty, how many maiden-heads hast thou brought to the block? Let me see: heauen forgiue vs our misdeeds: Heere's the Dutchesse. God blesse thee Lady. Out of thy company. We haue brought thee tender of a husband. I hope I haue one already. Nay, by mine honour Madam, as good ha nere a husband, as a banisht husband, hee's in an other world now. Ile tell yee Lady, I haue heard of a sect that maintained, when the husband was a sleepe, the wife might lawfully entertaine another man: for then her husband was as dead, much more when he is banished. Vnhonest creature! Pish, honesty is but an art to seeme so: pray yee whats honesty? whats constancy? but fables fained, odde old fooles chat, deuisde by iealous fooles, to wrong our liberty. Mully, he that loues thee, is a Duke, Mendoza, he will maintaine thee royally, loue thee ardently, defend thee powerfully, marry thee sumptuously, & keep thee in despite of Rosciclere or Dōzel del Phoebo: thers jewels, if thou wilt, so; if not, so. Captaine, for Gods sake saue poore wretchednes From tyranny of lustfull insolence: Inforce me in the deepest dungeon dwell Rather then heere, heere round about is hell. O my dear'st Altofront, where ere thou breath, Let my soule sincke into the shades beneath, Before I staine thine honor, this thou hast; And long as I can die, I will liue chaste,