Marston, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs typicality 0.70 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T21: cupid, venus, love, ceres, diana, fair, nymphs, goddess, bow, damon.
Gallants to dancing, loud music, the dukes upon entrance Are the sports ready? Ready. 'tis enough, of whose invention is this Parliament? Ours. 'tis enough, this night we will exult, O let this night Be ever memorized with prouder triumphs, Let it be writ in lasting Character, That this night our great wisdom did discover So close a practice, that this night I say, Our policy found out, nay dashed the drifts Of the young Prince, and put him to his shifts, Nay past his shifts, ('fore Ioue we could make a good Poet) Delight us, on, we deign our princely care We are well pleased to grace you, than scorn fear. Stand 'tis wisdom to acknowledge ignorance, Of what we know not, we would not now prove foolish. Expound the meaning of your show. Triumphant Cupid that sleeps on the soft cheek Of rarest beauty, whose throne's in ladies' eyes, Whose force writhed lightning from Ioues shaking hand, Forced strong Alcides to resign his club. Plucked Neptune's trident from his mighty arm, Unhelmed Mars, he (with those trophies borne, Led in by Sloth, Pride, Plenty, Drunkenness. followed by Folly, War, Laughter, Beggary, Takes his fair throne, sit pleased for now we move, And speak not for our glory, but for love. A pretty figure, what, begins this session with ceremony? With a full health to our great Mistress Venus, Let every state of Cupid's parliament, Begin the session, quod bonum faustumque sit precor. giv't us, we'll pledge, nor shall a man that lives, In charity refuse it, I will not be so old, As not be graced to honour Cupid, giv't us full, When we were young, we could ha' trolled it off. Drunk down a Dutchman. 'tis lamentable, pity your grace has forgot it: Drunkenness, O 'tis a most fluent and swelling virtue, sure the most just of all virtues, 'tis justice itself, for if it chance to oppress and take too much, it presently restores it again. It makes the king and the peasant equal, for if they are both drunk alike, they are both beasts alike: As for that most precious light of heaven Truth, if time be the father of her, I am sure drunkenness is oftentimes the mother of her, and brings her forth, Drunkenness brings all out, for it brings all the drink out of the pot, all the wit out of the pate, and all the money out of the purse. My Lord Granuffo, this Fawn is an excellent fellow. Silence. I warrant you for my Lord here. Since multitude of laws are signs either of much tyranny in the prince, or much rebellious disobedience in the subject, we rather think it fit to study, how to have our old laws thoroughly executed, than to have new statutes cumbrously invented. Afore Ioue he speaks very well. O sir, one is very eloquent, makes all men good Orators, himself then must needs be eloquent.
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491 words · 684 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T21 — Cupid, Venus and the nymphscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.699 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T21 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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Gallāts to dancing, loud musicke, the dukes vpō entrāce Are the sportes ready? Ready. Tis enough, of whose inuention is this Parliament? Ours. T'is enough, this night we will exult, O let this night Be euer memorizd with prouder triumphes, Let it be writ in lasting Character, That this night our great wisdome did discouer So close a practise, that this night I say, Our policy found out, nay dasht the driftes Of the young Prince, and put him to his shiftes, Nay past his shiftes, (fore Ioue we could make a good Poet) Delight vs, on, we dain our princely care We are well plesd to grace you, then skorne feare. Stand t'is wisedome to acknowledge ignorance, Of what we know not, we would not now proue foolish. Expound the meaning of your shew. Triumphant Cupid that sleepes on the soft cheeke Of rarest beauty, whose thron's in Ladies eyes, Whose force writh'd lightning from Ioues shaking hand, Forc'd strong Alcides to resigne his club. Pluckt Neptunes trident from his mighty arme, Vnhelmed Mars, he (with those trophes borne, Led in by Sloth, Pride, Plenty, Drunkennes. Followde by Folly, Warre, Laughter, Beggary, Takes his faire throne, sit pleasde for now we moue, And speake not for our glorie, but for loue. A prety figure, what, begins this sessiō with ceremony? With a full health to our great Mistresse Venus, Let euery state of Cupids parliament, Begin the session, quod bonum faustumque sit precor. Giu't vs, weele pledge, nor shall a man that liues, In charity refuse it, I will not be so old, As not be grac't to honour Cupid, giu't vs full, When we were young, we could ha trold it off. Drunke down a Dutchman. T'is lamentable, pitty your grace has forgot it: Drunkennes, O t'is a most fluent and swelling vertue, sure the most iust of all vertues, t'is iustice it selfe, for if it chance to oppresse and take too much, it presently restores it againe. It makes the king and the peasant equall, for if they are both drunke alike, they are both beastes alike: As for that most precious light of heauen Truth, if time bee the father of her, I am sure drunkennes is oftentimes the mother of her, and bringes her forth, Drunkennes bringes all out, for it bringes all the drinke out of the pot, all the witte out of the pate, and all the money out of the purse. My Lord Granuffo, this Fawne is an excellent fellow. Silence. I warrant you for my Lord here. Since multitude of lawes are signes either of much tirannie in the prince, or much rebellious disobedience in the subiect, we rather thinke it fit to study, how to haue our old lawes thorowly executed, then to haue new statutes comborously inuented. Afore Ioue he speakes very well. O sir, oue is very eloquent, makes all men good Orators, himselfe then must needes be eloquent.