Shakespeare, William · published 1608 · first performed or written 1605 [1605-1606] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men · before the Court T11 Siblings, kin and confidants typicality 0.78 · 488 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T11: sister, brother, love, friend, heart, father, mother, woman, lord, hear.
I'll tell thee, life and death! I am ashamed that thou hast power to shake my manhood thus, that these hot tears that break from me perforce, should make the worst blasts and fogs upon the untender wound of a fatherscursse, peruse every sense about the old fond eyes, beweep this cause again, i'll pluck you out, & you cast with the waters that you make to temper clay, yea, be't come to this? yet have I left a daughter, whom I am sure is kind and comfortable, when she shall hear this of thee, with her nails she'll slay thy wolvish visage, thou shalt find that i'll resume the shape, which thou dost think I have cast off for ever, thou shalt I warrant thee. Do you mark that my Lord? I cannot be so partial Goneril to the great love I bear you, Come sir no more, you, more knave than fool, after your master? Nuncle Lear, Nuncle Lear, tarry and take the fool with a fox when one has caught her, and such a daughter should sure to the slaughter, if my cap would buy a halter, so the fool follows after. What Oswald, ho. Here Madam. What have you writ this letter to my sister; Yes Madam. Take you some company, and away to horse, inform her full of my particular fears, and thereto add such reasons of your own, as may compact it more, get you gone, and after your return now my Lord, this mildie gentleness and course of yours though I dislike not, yet under pardon you're much more alapt want of wisdom, then praise for harmful mildness. How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell, striving to better aught, we mar what's well. Nay then. Well, well, the event, Go you before to Gloster with these letters, acquaint my daughter no further with any thing you know, then comes from her demand out of the letter, if your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there before you. I will not sleep my Lord, till I have delivered your letter. If a man's brains where in his heels, wert not in danger of kibes; I boy. Then I prithee be merry, thy wit shall near go slipshod. Ha ha ha. Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly, for though she's as like this, as a crab is like an apple, yet I con, what I can tell. Why what canst thou tell my boy? she'll taste as like this, as a crab doth to a crab, thou canst not tell why one's nose stand in the middle of his face? No. Why, to keep his eyes on either side's nose, that what a man cannot smell out, a may spy into. I did her wrong. Canst tell how an Oyster makes his shell. No. Nor I neither, but I can tell why a snail has a house.
before the Court;Globe;Whitehall;Outdoor Professional
Genre (British Drama)
tragedy
Play type
Adult Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 623 · TCP A11978 · DEEP 517
Edition role
Representative edition — used in the analysis
Position
nodes 436–463 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 13 of 49 in this edition
Length
488 words · 634 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T11 — Siblings, kin and confidantscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.783 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T15 · seed 44: T12 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Ile tell thee, life and death! I am asham'd that thou hast power to shake my manhood thus, that these hot teares that breake from me perforce, should make the worst blasts and fogs vpon the vntender woundings of a fatherscursse, peruse euery sence about the old fond eyes, beweepe this cause againe, ile pluck you out, & you cast with the waters that you make to temper clay, yea, ist come to this? yet haue I left a daughter, whom I am sure is kind and comfortable, when shee shall heare this of thee, with her nailes shee'l flea thy woluish visage, thou shalt find that ile resume the shape, which thou dost thinke I haue cast off for euer, thou shalt I warrant thee. Doe you marke that my Lord? I cannot bee so partiall Gonorill to the great loue I beare you, Come sir no more, you, more knaue then foole, after your master? Nunckle Lear, Nunckle Lear, tary and take the foole with a fox when one has caught her, and such a daughter should sure to the slaughter, if my cap would buy a halter, so the foole followes after. What Oswald, ho. Here Madam. What haue you writ this letter to my sister; Yes Madam. Take you some company, and away to horse, informe her full of my particular feares, and thereto add such reasons of your owne, as may compact it more, get you gon, and after your returne now my Lord, this mildie gentlenes and course of yours though I dislike not, yet vnder pardon y'are much more alapt want of wisedome, then praise for harmfull mildnes. How farre your eyes may pearce I cannot tell, striuing to better ought, we marre whats well. Nay then. Well, well, the euent, Goe you before to Gloster with these letters, acquaint my daughter no further with any thing you know, then comes from her demand out of the letter, if your diligence be not speedie, I shall be there before you. I will not sleepe my Lord, till I haue deliuered your letter. If a mans braines where in his heeles, wert not in danger of kibes; I boy. Then I prethe be mery, thy wit shal nere goe slipshod. Ha ha ha. Shalt see thy other daughter will vse thee kindly, for though shees as like this, as a crab is like an apple, yet I con, what I can tel. Why what canst thou tell my boy? Sheel tast as like this, as a crab doth to a crab, thou canst not tell why ones nose stande in the middle of his face? No. Why, to keep his eyes on either side's nose, that what a man cannot smell out, a may spie into. I did her wrong. Canst tell how an Oyster makes his shell. No. Nor I neither, but I can tell why a snayle has a house.