Lingua, or The Combat of the Tongue and the Five Senses for Superiority · chunk 26 of 51
Tomkis, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1607 [1602-1607] (Annals) comedy; allegory unassigned nearest T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Tropic colours the Equinoctial, The Zodiac poles, and line Eclipticall, The Nadaz, Zenith, and Anomalies, The Azime and Ephemerideses, Stars, Orbs, and Planets, with their motions, The Orientall Regradations, Excentrics, Epicyctes, and— and— How now Visus is your heaven at a stay? Or is it his Motus trepidationis that makes him stammer: I pray you Memory set him agree again. I remember when Iupiter made Amphitryo Cuckold, and lay with his wife Alcmene, Coelum was in this taking for three days space, and stood still just like him at a non plus. Leave jesting, you'll put the fresh Actor out of countenance. Excentrics, Epicyctes, and Aspects, In Sextile, Trine, and Quadrate which effects Wonders on earth: also the Oblique part Of signs, that make the day both long and short, The Constellations, rising Cosmical, Setting of Stars, Chronicke, and heliacal, In the Orison or Meridional, And all the skill in deep Astronomy, Is to the soul derived by the eye. Visus you have made Coelum a heavenly speech, past earthly capacity, it had been as good for him he had thundered. But I pray you who taught him speak and use no action, me think it had been excellent to have turned round about in his speech. He hath so many motions he knows not which to begin withal. Nay rather it seems he's of Copernicus' opinion, and that makes him stand still. Let's hear what Terra can say— just nothing. an't like your Lordship, 'twere an indecorum Terra should speak. You are deceived, for I remember when Phaeton ruled the Sun, I shall never forget him, he was a very pretty youth, the earth opened her mouth wide, and spoke a very good speech to Iupiter. By the same token Nilus hid his head then, he could never find it since. You know Memory that was an extreme hot day, & 'tis likely Terra sweat much, and so took cold presently after, that ever since she hath lost her voice. A Chuton Ermines added to the field, is a sure sign the man that bore these Arms, was to his Prince as a defensive shield, saving him from the force of present Arms. I know this fellow of old, 'tis a Herald, many a Centaur, Chimaera, Barnacle, Crocodile, Hippotame, and such like toys, hath he stolen out of the shop of my Invention, to shape new coats for his upstart Gentlemen. Either Africa must breed more monsters, or you make fewer Gentlemen M. Herald, for you have spent all my devices already, but since you are here, let me ask you a question, in your own profession, how comes it to pass that the victorious Arms of England, quartered with the conquered Coat of France are not placed on the dexter side, but give the flower deluce the better hand? Because that the three Lions are one coat made of two French Dukedoms, Normandy and Aquitaine: but I pray you Visus, what jay is that, that follows him?
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Tropick coloures the Equinoctiall, The Zodiack poles, and line Eclipticall, The Nadaz, Zenith, and Anomalie, The Azimeth and Ephimerides, Starres, Orbes, and Plannets, with their motions, The Orientall Regradations, Excentricks, Epicyctes, and—and—and— How now Visus is your heauen at a stay? Or is it his Motus trepidationis that makes him stammer: I pray you Memory set him age againe. I remember when Iupiter made Amphitrio Cuckold, and lay with his wife Alcmena, Coelum was in this taking for three dayes space, and stood still iust like him at a non plus. Leaue iesting, youle put the fresh Actor out of ountenance. Excentricks, Epicyctes, and Aspects, In Sextile, Trine, and Quadrate which effects Wonders on earth: also the Oblique part Of signes, that make the day both long and short, The Constellations, rising Cosmicall, Setting of Starres, Chronicke, and Heliacall, In the Orizon or Meridionall, And all the skill in deepe Astronomie, Is to the soule deiued by the eye. Visus you haue made Coelum a heauenly speech, past earthly capacitie, it had beene as good for him hee had thundred. But I pray you who taught him speake and vse no action, me thinke it had beene excellent to haue turn'd round about in his speech. Hee hath so many motions hee knowes not which to begin withall. Nay rather it seemes hee's of Copernicus opinion, and that makes him stand still. Lets heare what Terra can say—iust nothing. And't like your Lordship, t'were an indecorum Terra should speake. You are deceiued, for I remember when Phaton rul'd the Sunne, I shall neuer forget him, he was a very pretty youth, the earth opened her mouth wide, and spoake a very good speech to Iupiter. By the same token Nylus hid his head then, he could neuer finde it since. You know Memory that was an extreame hotte day, & 'tis likely Terra sweat much, and so tooke cold presently after, that euer since she hath lost her voyce. A Cuton Ermines added to the field, is a sure signe the man that bore these Armes, was to his Prince as a defensiue shield, sauing him from the force of present Armes. I know this fellow of old, 'tis a Herauld, many a Centaure, Chimera, Barnacle, Crocadile, Hippotame, and such like toyes, hath he stolne out of the shop of my Inuention, to shape new coates for his vpstart Gentlemen. Either Affrica must breed more monsters, or you make fewer Gentlemen M. Herauld, for you haue spent all my deuises already, but since you are here, let me aske you a question, in your owne profession, how comes it to pase that the victorious Armes of England, quartred with the conquered Coate of France are not placed on the dexter side, but giue the flowre deluce the better hand? Because that the three Lyons are one coate made of two French Duke-domes, Normandy and Aquitaine: but I pray you Visus, what Iaye is that, that followes him?