Marston, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T35 Fools, wit and railing typicality 0.76 · 507 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T35: fool, wit, aristippus, achilles, wise, fools, patroclus, thersites, master, men.
just sure, for in good truth, or in good sooth, when wise men speak, they still must open their mouth. The brazen head has spoken. Thou art arrested. Me? And judged away. Thus silence, and grave looks with hums and haws, Makes many worshipped, when if tried theyare daws: That's the morality or lenuoy of it lenuoy of it, on. An act against privy conspiracies, by which if any with ambitious wisdom, shall hope and strive to outstrip love to cross his words, and make frustrate his sweet pleasures, if such a presumptuous wisdom fall to nothing, & die in laughter, the wizard so transgressing is ipso facto adjudged to offend in most deep treason, to forfeit all his wit at the will of the Lord, and be instantly committed to the ship of fools for ever. I marry sir, O might Oedipus riddle me out such a fellow, of all creatures breathing I do hate those things that struggle to seem wise, and yet are indeed very fools, I remember when I was a young man in my father's days, there were four gallant spirits for resolution, as proper for body, as witty in discourse as any were in Europe, nay Europe had not such, I was one of them; we four did all love one lady, a modest chaste virgin she was, we all enjoyed her, I well remember, and so enjoyed her, that despite the strictest guard was set upon her, we had her at our pleasure, I speak it for her honour and my credit: where shall you find such witty fellows now a days: Alas how easy it is in these weaker times to cross love tricks, ha ha ha alas, alas, I smile to think I must confess with some glory to mine own wisdom, to think how I found out and crossed, and curbed, and jerked, and firked, and in the end made desperate Tiberio's hope, Alas good silly youth, that dares to cope with age, and such a beard: I speak it without glory. But what yet might your well known wisdom think If such a one, as being most severe, A most protested opposite to the match Of two young lovers, who having bar them speech, interviews, all messages, all means, To plot their wished ends, even he himself, Was by their cunning made the go between. The only messenger, the token carrier, Told them the times when they might fitly meet, Nay, showed the way to one another's bed. May one have the sight of such a fellow for nothing; Doth their breath such an egregious Ass, Is there such a foolish animal in rerum natura? How is it possible such a simplicity can exist? let us not lose our laughing at him for God's sake, let folly's sceptre light upon him, and to the ship of fools with him instantly. Of all these follies I arrest your grace. Me? ha, me? me varlet? me fool? ha, toth' jail with him: what varlet call me Ass, me?
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Length
507 words · 652 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T35 — Fools, wit and railingcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.761 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T58 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Iust sure, for in good truth, or in good sooth, when wise men speake, they still must open their mouth. The brazen head haz spoken. Thou art arrested. Me? And iudg'd away. Thus silence, and graue lookes with hums and hawes, Makes many worshipp'd, when if tried the'are dawes: Thats the morality or lenuoy of it lenuoy of it, on. An act against priuie conspiracies, by which if any with ambitious wisedome, shall hope and striue to outstrippe loue to crosse his wordes, and make frustrate his sweete pleasures, if such a presumptuous wisedome fall to nothing, & die in laughter, the wizard so transgressing is ipso facto adiudged to offend in most deepe treason, to forfeite all his witt at the will of the Lord, and be instantly committed to the shippe of fooles for euer. I marrie sir, O might Edipus riddle me out such a fellow, of all creatures breathing I doe hate those thinges that strugle to seeme wise, and yet are indeed very fooles, I remember when I was a young man in my fathers dayes, there were fower gallant spirites for resolution, as proper for body, as witty in discourse as any were in Europe, nay Europe had not such, I was one of them; wee fowre did all loue one lady, a modest chaste virgin shee was, wee all inioyde her, I well remember, and so inioyde her, that despight the strictest guard was set vpon her, wee had her at our pleasure, I speake it for her honour and my credite: where shall you finde such witty fellowes now a daies: Alas how easie it is in these weaker times to crosse loue trickes, ha ha ha alas, alas, I smile to think I must cōfesse with som glory to mine own wisedom, to thinke how I found out and crossed, and curbd, and ierkt, and firkte, and in the end made desperate Tiberios hope, Alas good sillie youth, that dares to cope with age, and such a beard: I speake it without glory. But what yet might your well known wisdome thinke If such a one, as being most seuere, A most protested opposite to the match Of two young louers, who hauing bard them speech, Alt internewes, all messages, all meanes, To plot their wished ends, euen he himselfe, Was by their cunning made the goe betweene. The onely messenger, the token carrier, Tould them the times when they might fitly meete, Nay, shew'd the way to one anothers bedde. May one haue the sight of such a fellow for nothing; Doth their breath such an egregious Asse, Is there such a foolish animal in rerum natura? How is it possible such a simplicitie can exist? let vs not lose our laughing at him for gods sake, let follies scepter light vpō him, and to the shippe of fooles with him instantly. Of all these follies I arest your grace. Mee? ha, mee? me verlet? me foole? ha, toot'h Iayle with him: what varlet call me Asse, me?