Sharpham, Edward · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.75 · 495 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
Come let's go, we'll only follow your directions. Wil't please ye have the prisoners brought forth? we can do nothing till we hear from Doctor Ferrio, to know his pleasure in these proceedings. Was any man sent to him? Yes, Fleire, the Lady Florida's man, which is not yet returned. Reverend judges: here's a Doctor at door desires admittance. Entreat him to come in. Learned Doctors, Doctor Ferrio commends him to you, and because sickness hath laid so strong a hand upon his weak decrepit body, which doth detain his presence, he entreats you to accept of me in his place, and as assurance of his earnest desire thereof, he has sent this well known ring as a token to you. Sir, we know the ring and you are very welcome, and so I pray assume his place. Is it your pleasure the Prisoners be brought forth. ay, both of them. My Lord, you are here indicted of a hateful crime, & I am very sorry to see you in this sort stand here. Thrice Reverend judges, and therefore honoured Lords, I must confess, that like a skilful dancer, I have truly footed folly, yet like a learner in my course of life, trod much out of measure, I have lived like an unbacked colt proud and wanton, my tree of life hath borne more leaves than fruit, I never was debauched & steered away my days even in a sea of sin. And in, that sea my Lord, you bore so great a sail as you have over set your bark of life, and here you are accused my Lord, even of a hateful crime, so is the Knight there for poisoning two Gentlemen, Spark and Ruffell, how do you answer this my Lord? Alas my Lord, this is soon answered, for though that I have surfeited on sin, yet have I not been drunk with blood. What say you Knight? The crime is great I must confess my Lord, but I am sure the proof can be but little. Ladies you know most, and therefore 'tis fittest most you speak. Why then my Lord, this is all we can say, this Lord and knight feasted divers of us their friends, but four of us he drenched with such a dram which soon made two discharge the debt they owed to nature. O conscience wouldst thou give me leave! And we no doubt my Lords, had long ere this breathed out our lives like them, but that we had the lesser quantity, for being esteemed the weaker vessels, they thought the lesser blow would break us. O had not death arrested me. Why then my Lord, we thus must now proceed, they that spilled innocent blood themselves must bleed; but Ladies I have heard you had a man called Fleire, what's become of him? He was sent to Doctor Ferrio, and we never saw him since. Do you know his hand Ladies? Very well.
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Length
495 words · 618 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.751 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Come lets goe, weele onely follow your directions. VVil't please yee haue the prisoners brought foorth? VVee can doe nothing till wee heare from Doctor Ferrio, to knowe his pleasure in these proceedings. Was any man sent to him? Yes, Fleire, the Lady Floridaes man, which is not yet returned. Reuerend Iudges: heere's a Doctor at doore desires admittance. Intreate him to come in. Learned Doctors, Doctor Ferrio commends him to you, and because sicknesse hath laide so strong a hand vpon his weake decrepit bodye, which dooth detayne his presence, hee intreates you to accept of mee in his place, and as assurance of his earnest desire thereof, he has sent this well knowne ring as a token to you. Sir, wee knowe the ring and you are verie welcome, and so I pra'y assume his place. Is it your pleasure the Prisoners be brought footh. I, both of them. My Lord, you are heere indited of a hatefull crime, & I am verie sorry to see you in this sort stand here. Thrice Reuerend Iudges, and therefore honored Lords, I must confesse, that like a skilfull dancer, I haue truely footed folly, yet like a learner in my course of life, trod much out of measure, I haue liu'd like an vnbackt colt proud and wanton, my tree of life hath borne more leaues then fruite, I neuer was deboash'd & steard away my daies enen in a sea of sinne. And in, that sea my Lord, you bore so great a saile as you haue ouer set your barke of life, and heere you are accused my Lord, euen of a hatefull crime, so is the Knight there for poisoning two Gentlemen, Sparke and Ruffell, how doe you answere this my Lord? Alas my Lord, this is soone answered, for though that I haue surfeited on sinne, yet haue I not bin drunke with blood. What say you Knight? The crime is great I must confesse my Lord, but I am sure the proofe can be but little. Ladies you know moste, and therefore tis fittest most you speake. Why then my Lord, this is all we can say, this Lord and knight feasted diuers of vs their friendes, but foure of vs he drench'd with such a dramme which soone made two discharge the debt they owd to nature. O conscience wonldst thou giue me leaue! And wee no doubt my Lordes, had long ere this breath'd out our liues like them, but that we had the lesser quantisie, for being esteemed the weaker vessels, they thought the lesser blow would breake vs. O had not death arrested me. VVhy then my Lord, wee thus must now proceede, they that spilt innocent blood themselues must bleed; but Ladies I haue heard you had a man cald Fleire, what's become of him? He was sent to Doctor Ferrio, and we neuer saw him since. Doe you know his hand Ladies? Very well.