The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses (The Masque at Hampton Court) · chunk 3 of 3
Daniel, Samuel · published 1604 · first performed or written 1604 [Jan 8] (Annals) masque · before the Court T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions typicality 0.68 · 469 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
DEsert, Reward, and Gratitude, The Graces of Society; Do here with hand in hand conclude The blessed chain of Amity: For we deserve, we give, we thank, Thanks, Gifts, Deserts, thus join in rank. We yield the splendent raijes of light, Unto these blessings that descend: The grace whereof with more delight, The well disposing doth commend; Whilst Gratitude, Rewards, Deserts, Please, win, draw on, & couple hearts. For worth and power and due respect, Deserves, bestows, returns with Grace: The meed, reward, the kind effect, That give the world a cheerful face, And turning in this course of right, Make Virtue move with true delight. OPower of powers, grant to our vows we pray, That these fair blessings which we now erect In Figures left us here, in substance may Be those great props of glory and respect. 1 Let kingdoms large, 2 let armed policy, (white 3 Mild love, 4 true Zeal, 5 right shouting at the Of brave disignes: 6 let wealth, 7 felicity, 8 justice, 9 & concord, 10 pleasure, 11 plenty, 12 might And power by Sea, with Grace proportionate, Make glorious both the Sovereign & his State. WHiles worth with honour make their choice For measured motions ordered right, Now let us likewise give a voice, Unto the touch of our delight. For comforts locked up without sound, Are th'unborn children of the thought: Like unto Treasures never found That buried low are left forgot. Where words, our glory doth not show, (There) like brave Actions without Fame; It seems as Plants not set to grow, Oras a Tomb without a Name. AS I was the joyful Messenger to notify the coming, so am I now the same of the departure of these divine powers. Who having clothed themselves with these appearances, do now return back again to the Spheres of their own being from, whence they came. But yet, of myself, this much I must reveal, though against the warrant of a Messenger; who I know had better to fail in obedience then in presumption, that these Deities by the motion of the all-directing Pallas, the glorious Patroncsse of this mighty Monarchy, descending in the Majesty of their invisible essence, upon yonder Mountain, found there, the best, (and most worthily the best) of LADIES, disporting with her choicest Attendants, whose forms they presently undertook, as delighting to be in the best-built-Temples of Beauty and Honour. And in them vouchsafed to appear in this manner, being otherwise no objects for mortal eyes. And no doubt, but that in respect of the persons under whose beautiful coverings they have thus presented themselves, these Deities will be pleased the rather at their invocation (knowing all their desires to be such) as evermore to grace this glorious Monarchy with the Real effects of these blessings represented.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 89–129 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 3 of 3 in this edition
Length
469 words · 644 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T19 — Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractionsreviewed — decision pending · typicality 0.684 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T13 · seed 44: T16 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
DEsert, Reward, and Gratitude, The Graces of Societie; Do here with hand in hand conclude The blessed chaine of Amitie: For we deserue, we giue, we thanke, Thanks, Gifts, Deserts, thus ioyne in ranke. We yeeld the splendant raijes of light, Vnto these blessings that descend: The grace whereof with more delight, The well disposing doth commend; Whilst Gratitude, Rewards, Deserts, Please, winne, draw on, & couple hearts. For worth and power and due respect, Deserues, bestowes, returnes with Grace: The meed, reward, the kinde effect, That giue the world a cheerfull face, And turning in this course of right, Make Vertue moue with true delight. OPower of powers, grāt to our vowes we pray, That these faire blessings which we now erect In Figures left vs here, in substance may Be those great props of glory and respect. 1 Let kingdomes large, 2 let armed policie, (white 3 Milde loue, 4 true Zeale, 5 right shouting at the Of braue disignes: 6 let wealth, 7 felicitie, 8 Iustice, 9 & cōcord, 10 pleasure, 11 plenty, 12 might And power by Sea, with Grace proportionate, Make glorious both the Soueraigne & his State. WHiles worth with honor make their choise For measured motions ordred right, Now let vs likewise giue a voyce, Vnto the touch of our delight. For comforts lock't vp without sound, Are th'vnborne children of the thought: Like vnto Treasures neuer found That buryed lowe are left forgot. VVhere words, our glory doth not shew, (There) like braue Actions without Fame; It seemes as Plants not set to grow, Oras a Tombe without a Name. AS I was the ioyfull Messenger to notifie the comming, so am I now the same of the departure of these diuine powers. Who hauing cloathed themselues with these apparances, doe now returne back againe to the Spheres of their owne being from, whence they came. But yet, of my selfe, this much I must reueale, though against the warrant of a Messenger; who I knowe had better to faile in obedience then in presumption, that these Deities by the motion of the all-directing Pallas, the glorious Patroncsse of this mightie Monarchy, descending in the Maiestie of their inuisible essence, vpon yonder Mountaine, found there, the best, (and most worthily the best) of LADIES, disporting with her choysest Attendants, whose formes they presently vndertooke, as delighting to be in the best-built-Temples of Beautie and Honour. And in them vouchsafed to appeare in this manner, being otherwise no obiects for mortall eyes. And no doubt, but that in respect of the persons vnder whose beautifull couerings they haue thus presēted themselues, these Deities will be pleased the rather at their inuocation (knowing all their desires to be such) as euermore to grace this glorious Monarchy with the Reall effects of these blessings represented.