Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1608 [Jan 10] (Annals) masque · before the Court T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.77 · 481 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
For euer since with error hath she held Them wandring in the Ocean, and so quell'd Their hopes beneath their toyle, as (desperat now Of any least successe vnto their vow; Nor knowing to returne to expresse the grace, Wherewith they labor to this Prince, and place) One of them, meeting me at sea, did pray, That for the loue of my ORYTHYIA, (Whose verie name did heat my frostie brest, And make me shake my snow-fill'd wings and crest) To beare this sad report I would be wonne, And frame their iust excuse; which here I haue done. WOuld thou had'st not begun, vnluckie Wind, That neuer yet blew'st goodnesse to mankind; But with thy bitter, and too piercing breath, Strik'st horrors through the ayre, as sharpe as death. ALl horrors vanish, and all name of Death, Be all things here as calme as is my breath. A gentler Wind, WLTVRNVS, brings you newes The Ile is found, and that the Nymphs now vse Their rest, and ioy. The Nights black charmes are flowne. For, being made vnto their Goddesse knowne, Bright AETHIOPIA, the siluer Moone, As she was HECATE, she brake them soone: And now by vertue of their light, and grace, The glorious Isle, wherein they rest, takes place Of all the earth for Beautie. There, their Queene Hath raised them a Throne, that still is seene To turne vnto the motion of the World; Wherein they sit, and are, like Heauen, whirl'd About the Earth; whil'st, to them contrarie, (Following those nobler torches of the Skie) A world of little Loues, and chast Desires, Doe light their beauties, with still mouing fires. And who to Heauens consent can better moue, Then those that are so like it, Beautie and Loue? Hither, as to their new Elysium, The spirits of the antique Greekes are come, Poets and Singes, Linus, Orpheus, all That haue excell'd in knowledge musicall; Where, set in arbors made of myrtle, and gold, They liue, againe, these beauties to behold. And thence in flowry mazes walking forth, Sing hymnes in celebration of their worth. Whilst, to their songs, two fountaines flow, one height Of lasting Youth, the other chast Delight, That at the closes, from their bottomes spring, And strike the ayre to eccho what they sing. But, why doe I describe what all must see? By this time, neere the coast, they floating be; For, so their vertuous Goddesse, the chast Moone, Told them, the fate of th'Iland should, and soone Would fixe it selfe vnto thy continent, As being the place, by destiny fore-ment, Where they should flow forth, drest in her attyres: And, that the influence of those holy fires, (First rapt from hence) being multiplied vpon The other foure, should make their beauties one. Which now expect to see, great Neptunes sonne, And loue the miracle, which thy selfe hast done.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 60–119 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 2 of 3 in this edition
Length
481 words · 746 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T12 — Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and Marscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.772 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T53 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
For euer since with error hath she held Them wandring in the Ocean, and so quell'd Their hopes beneath their toyle, as (desperat now Of any least successe vnto their vow; Nor knowing to returne to expresse the grace, Wherewith they labor to this Prince, and place) One of them, meeting me at sea, did pray, That for the loue of my ORYTHYIA, (Whose verie name did heat my frostie brest, And make me shake my snow-fill'd wings and crest) To beare this sad report I would be wonne, And frame their iust excuse; which here I haue done. WOuld thou had'st not begun, vnluckie Wind, That neuer yet blew'st goodnesse to mankind; But with thy bitter, and too piercing breath, Strik'st horrors through the ayre, as sharpe as death. ALl horrors vanish, and all name of Death, Be all things here as calme as is my breath. A gentler Wind, VVLTVRNVS, brings you newes The Ile is found, and that the Nymphs now vse Their rest, and ioy. The Nights black charmes are flowne. For, being made vnto their Goddesse knowne, Bright AETHIOPIA, the siluer Moone, As she was HECATE, she brake them soone: And now by vertue of their light, and grace, The glorious Isle, wherein they rest, takes place Of all the earth for Beautie. There, their Queene Hath raised them a Throne, that still is seene To turne vnto the motion of the World; Wherein they sit, and are, like Heauen, whirl'd About the Earth; whil'st, to them contrarie, (Following those nobler torches of the Skie) A world of little Loues, and chast Desires, Doe light their beauties, with still mouing fires. And who to Heauens consent can better moue, Then those that are so like it, Beautie and Loue? Hither, as to their new Elysium, The spirits of the antique Greekes are come, Poets and Singes, Linus, Orpheus, all That haue excell'd in knowledge musicall; Where, set in arbors made of myrtle, and gold, They liue, againe, these beauties to behold. And thence in flowry mazes walking forth, Sing hymnes in celebration of their worth. Whilst, to their songs, two fountaines flow, one height Of lasting Youth, the other chast Delight, That at the closes, from their bottomes spring, And strike the ayre to eccho what they sing. But, why doe I describe what all must see? By this time, neere the coast, they floating be; For, so their vertuous Goddesse, the chast Moone, Told them, the fate of th'Iland should, and soone Would fixe it selfe vnto thy continent, As being the place, by destiny fore-ment, Where they should flow forth, drest in her attyres: And, that the influence of those holy fires, (First rapt from hence) being multiplied vpon The other foure, should make their beauties one. Which now expect to see, great Neptunes sonne, And loue the miracle, which thy selfe hast done.