Day, John · published 1633 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.83 · 507 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.
And let our discourse go so smoothly apparelled, that it move not the patience of the most tender ear. About it then, though his intent be base, Our enterprise shall wear a noble face. Arcadia, thou heaven, within whose sphere The star that guides my motion is fixed, I court thy gracious bosom with a kiss For this admittance: in thine amorous arms, Fair Violetta, fairer than the flower That christened her, and graced her with that name, Does play the wanton: Only her Father like a covetous churl, Owner of that unvalewed Diamond, Hath made this desert I'll th'unwilling chest In which he locks her. But the fair advantage Of this large Challenge, and my stars to friend, Aided by this disguise, I shall break open His iron Casket, and enlarge my hope. This way she went sir, this way. But I say this way, I would thou shouldst know, we old Courtiers can hunt a Coney, and put her to the squeak, and make her cry out like a young married wife of the first night. For more help, as some of them have done: But there she is. I'll upon her presently: dost hear me sirrah? thou vessel of infirmity, woman, and by thy outside little better than one of the wicked, come hither and show thyself before us, show thyself before Dametas. Dametas? Lisander then dissemble, For he's the man must work thy entrance. What art thou? speak. My mother is the Queen of Amazons, Myself a Virgin, married unto Arms, And bold achievements, who have paced the world In quest of fair Antioste my sister: And turning homeward, the unconstant winds, And wrathful Neptune cast me on this shore. And what's your business now you are landed? My business is in private with the Duke. The Duke is busy, and shall speak with no body. I beseech you sir. 'tis no beseeching matter I assure you. No, never beseech for the matter, for except you could beseech with the tongue of Angels, 'tis to no purpose with him. 'tis strange, I have heard thy master is a very good man where he takes. True, where he takes he is, but he takes nothing of you, and therefore look for no kindness from him. Good, and dost thou take after thy Master? No Madam, I take commonly afore my Master, for where he takes, he takes all, and leaves nothing for me to take. Oh, I feel your meaning. Let my master have some feeling of yours, and he'll prefer your suit. 'tis not the Duke's pleasure Petitioners should buy their access. All's one, 'tis my master's pleasure, and usual fashion. And I must maintain the fashion. Worshipful Dametas, my late shipwreck as you see, hath made a defeat both of my friends and treasure; notwithstanding, Fortune hath referved me one jewel, which if I might request your Worship in love to accept, and be a means to work my admittance to the Duke, I should become a true debtor to your love.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 181–225 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 8 of 43 in this edition
Length
507 words · 677 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T0 — Court life: dukes, favour and honourcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.825 (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)
And let our diſcourſe goe ſo ſmoothly apparelled, that it mooue not the patience of the moſt tender eare. About it then, though his intent be baſe, Our enterpriſe ſhall weare a noble face. Arcadia, thou heaven, within whoſe ſpheare The ſtarre that guides my motion is fixt, I court thy gracious boſome with a kiſſe For this admittance: in thine amorous armes, Faire Violetta, fairer then the flower That chriſtned her, and grac't her with that name, Do's play the wanton: Onely her Father like a covetous churle, Owner of that vnvalewed Diamond, Hath made this deſart Ile th'unwilling cheſt In which he lockes her. But the faire advantage Of this large Challenge, and my ſtarres to friend, Ayded by this diſguiſe, I ſhall breake ope His yron Casket, and inlarge my hope. This way ſhe went ſir, this way. But I ſay this way, I would thou ſhouldſt know, we old Courtiers can hunt a Cony, and put her to the ſqueak, and make her crie out like a yong married wife of the firſt night. For more helpe, as ſome of them haue done: But there ſhe is. Ile upon her preſently: doſt heare me ſirra? thou veſſell of infirmitie, woman, and by thy out-ſide little better then one of the wicked, come hither and ſhew thy ſelfe before us, ſhew thy ſelfe before Dametas. Dametas? Liſander then diſſemble, For hee's the man muſt worke thy entrance. What art thou? ſpeake. My mother is the Queene of Amazons, My ſelfe a Virgin, married unto Armes, And bold atchieuements, who haue pac'd the world In queſt of fayre Antioſte my ſiſter: And turning homeward, the unconſtant winds, And wrathfull Neptune caſt me on this ſhore. And what's your buſineſſe now you are landed? My buſineſſe is in private with the Duke. The Duke is buſie, and ſhall ſpeake with no body. I beſeech you ſir. Tis no beſeeching matter I aſſure you. No, never beſeech for the matter, for except you could beſeech with the tongue of Angels, tis to no purpoſe with him. Tis ſtrange, I haue heard thy maſter is a very good man where hee takes. True, where he takes he is, but he takes nothing of you, and therefore looke for no kindneſſe from him. Good, and doſt thou take after thy Maſter? No Madam, I take commonly afore my Maſter, for where he takes, he takes all, and leaues nothing for me to take. Oh, I feele your meaning. Let my maſter haue ſome feeling of yours, and heele preferre your ſuit. Tis not the Dukes pleaſure Petitioners ſhould buy their acceſſe. All's one, tis my maſters pleaſure, and uſuall faſhion. And I muſt maintaine the faſhion. Worſhipfull Dametas, my late ſhipwrack as you ſee, hath made a defeat both of my friends and treaſure; notwithſtanding, Fortune hath referv'd me one jewell, which if I might requeſt your Worſhip in loue to accept, and be a meanes to worke my admittance to the Duke, I ſhould become a true debter to your loue.