Hercules Furens (Mad Hercules) (Seneca's First Tragedy) · chunk 7 of 28
Heywood, Jasper / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · published 1581 · first performed or written 1561 (Annals) tragedy; literary play T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma typicality 0.80 · 481 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T7: hector, troy, achilles, greeks, aeneas, priam, ulysses, troilus, trojan, trojans.
Send dut with thee, as when the tops of haughty hills undone A headlong passage making through for hasty flood to run Thou sometime stoodst, when with great might of thine asunder broke The Tempe woods wide open lay: and beaten with thy stroke The mount, now here, now there fell down: and rampire tent of stay, The raging brook of Thessaly did run a new found way. Thy parents so, thy sons, thy land repairing home to see, Break out, and lowest bond of things out bringing thence with thee, And whatsoever greedy age in all these long years race Hath hid, show forth, & ghosts that have forgot their former case, And people up before thee drive that fearful are of light. Unworthy spoils for thee they are, if thou but bring to sight What bidden is. great things, but far to much I speak for me, Unwitting of mine own estate. when shall I hap to see, The day when thee, and thy right hand, I may embrace again, And slow returns, nor yet of me once mindful, may complain? To thee for this O guide of Gods, untamed Bulls shall bring Their hundred necks: to thee O Queen of fruits on earth that spring I'll give thee secret sacrifice: to thee with much faith lo Long fire brands at Eleusis town full silent will I throw. Then to my brethren shall I think to be restored de again Their souls, and eke himself alive and guiding of his rain My father for to flourish yet. If any greater might Dor keep thee shut, we follow thee: with thy return to fight Defend us all, or else to hell draw down us all to thee. Thou shalt us draw, no God shall raise, us up that broken be. O Faithful fellow of our blood, with chaste true faithfulness The Bridebed keeping, and the son of haughty Hercules, Conceive in mind some better things, and take good heart to thee: He will come home, as after all his labours wonteth he, Of more renown What wretches do most chiefly wish of all. They soon believe. Nay what they fear to much lest it may fall, They think it never may be shunned, nor rid by remedy. Belief is ready still to dread the worser misery. Deep drowned, & whelmed, & furthermore with all the world full low Oppressed down, what way hath he to light again to go? What way I pray you had he then when through the burning cost, And tumbling after manner of the troubled Sea up tossed He went by sands: and fret that twice with ebb away doth slip, And twice upflow: and when alone with his forsaken ship, Fast caught he stuck in shallow fords of shelfy Syrtes sand, And (now his ship on ground) did pass throught seas a foot to land?
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 284–327 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 28 in this edition
Length
481 words · 600 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T7 — The Trojan war: conflict and its aftermathcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.795 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T11 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Send dut with thee, as when the tops of haughty hylles vndoon A headlong paſſage making through for haſty floude to roon Thou ſomtime ſtoodſt, whā with great might of thyne a ſunder broake The Tempye woods wyde open lay: and beaten with thy ſtroake The mount, now here, now there fell downe: and rampier tente of ſtay, The raging brooke of Theſſaly did roon a newe found way. Thy parentes ſo, thy ſonnes, thy land repayring home to ſee, Breake out, and loweſt bonde of things out bringing thence with thee, And what ſoeuer greedy age in all theſe long yeares race Hath hid, ſhew forth, & ghoſts that haue forgot theyr former caſe, And people vp before thee driue that fearefull are of light. Vnworthy ſpoyles for thee they are, if thou but bring to ſight What bidden is. great thinges, but farre to much I ſpeake for mee, Vnwotting of myne owne eſtate. when ſhall I hap to ſee, The day when thee, and thy right hand, I may embrace agayne, And ſlowe returnes, nor yet of me once myndefull, may complayne? To thee for this O guide of Gods, vntamed Bulls ſhall bring Their hundred necks: to thee O Queene of fruits on earth that ſpring I'le geue thee ſecret ſacrifice: to thee with much fayth loe Long fyre brands at Eleuſis towne full ſilent wyll I throe. Then to my brethren ſhall I thinke to bee reſtort de agayne Theyr ſoules, and eke himſelfe aliue and guiding of his reyne My father for to flouryſhe yet. If any greater might Dor keepe thee ſhet, we followe thee: with thy returne to fight Defend vs all, or els to hell drawe downe vs all to thee. Thou ſhalt vs drawe, no God ſhall rayſe, vs vp that broken bee. O Faythfull fellowe of our bloud, with chaſte true faythfullnes The Bridebed keeping, and the ſonne of haughty Hercules, Conceiue in mynde ſome better thinges, and take good heart to thee: He will come home, as after all his labours wounteth hee, Of more renowne What wretches doe moſt chiefly wiſhe of all. They ſoone beleue. Nay what they feare to much leſt it may fall, They thinke it neuer may bee ſhoon'de, nor rid by remedy. Beleefe is ready ſtill to dreade the woorſer myſery. Deepe drown▪de, & whellm'de, & farthermore with all ye world full lowe Oppreſſed downe, what way hath he to light agayne to goe? What way I pray you had he then whē through the burning coſte, And tumbling after maner of the troubled Sea vp toſte He went by ſands: and freate that twyſe with ebbe away doth ſlip, And twyſe vpflowe: and when alone with his forſaken ſhip, Faſt caught he ſtucke in ſhallowe foordes of ſhelfye Syrtes ſande, And (nowe his ſhip on grounde) did paſſe throught ſeas a foote to land?