Shakespeare, William · published 1609 · first performed or written 1602 [1602-1603] (Annals) tragedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men · Globe T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma typicality 0.75 · 516 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.
This shall be told our lovers Lord Aeneas, If none of them have soul in such a kind. We left them all at home, we are soldiers, And may that soldier a mere recreant prove, That means not, hath not, or is not in love: If then one is, or hath a means to be, That one meets Hector: if none else I am he. Tell him of Nestor, one that that was a man When Hector's grandsire suckt suckt He is old now, But if there be not in our Grecian host, A noble man that hath no spark of fire To answer I'll hide my silver beard in a gold beaver, And in my vantbrace put, my withered brawns And meeting him tell him that my Lady, Was fairer than his grandam, and as chaste, As may be in the world (his youth in flood) I'll prove this troth with my three drops of blood, Now heavens for-send such scarcity of men. Amen. fair Lord Aeneas let me touch your hand, To our pavilion shall I lead you sir; Achilles shall have word of this intent, So shall each Lord of Greece from tent to tent, Yourself shall feast with us before you go, And find the welcome of a noble so. Nestor. What says Ulysses? I have a young conception in my brain, Be you my time to bring it to some shape. What ist? Blunt wedges rive hard knots, the seeded pride, That hath to this maturity blown up In rank Achilles, must or now be cropped, Or shedding breed a nursery of like evil, To ouer-bulk us all. Well and how? This challenge that the gallant Hector sends, How ever it is spread in general name Relates in purpose only to Achilles. True the purpose is perspicuous as substance, Whose grossness little characters sum up: And in the publication make no strain, But that Achilles wear his brain, as barren, As banks of libia (though Apollo knows 'tis dry enough) will with great speed of judgement, I with celerity find Hector's purpose, pointing on him. And wake him to the answer think you? Why 'tis most meet; who may you else oppose, That can from Hector bring those honours off, If not Achilles: though't be a sportful combat. Yet in the trial much opinion dwells: For here the Trojans taste our dear'st repute, With their finest palate, and trust to me Vlissis Our imputation shallbe oddly poised In this wild action, for the success, Although particular shall give a scantling Of good or bad unto the general, And in such indices (although small pricks To their subsequent volumes) there is seen, The baby figure of the giant mass, Of things to come at large: It is supposed He that meets Hector, issues from our choice, And choice (being mutual act of all our souls) Makes merit her election, and doth boil, (As 'twere from forth us all) a man distilled Out of our virtues, who miscarrying, What heart receives from hence a conquering part, To steel a strong opinion to themselves.
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Position
nodes 537–604 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 11 of 50 in this edition
Length
516 words · 672 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T7 — The Trojan war: conflict and its aftermathcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.750 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T12 · seed 44: T11 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
This shall be told our louer Lord Aeneas, If none of them haue soule in such a . We them all at , we are souldiers, And may that souldier a recreant prooue, That meanes not, hath , or is not in loue: If then one is, or hath a meanes to be, That one meetes Hector: if none else I am . Tell him of Nestor, was a man When Hectors He is old now, But if there be not in our Grecian hoste, A noble man that hath no sparke of fire To answer Ile hide my siluer eard in a gould beauer, And in my vambrace put, my braunes And meeting him tell him that my Lady, Was fairer then his grandam, and as chast, As may bee in the world (his youth in flood) Ile proue this troth with my three drps of bloud, Now heauens for-send such of men▪ Amen▪ faire Lord Aeeas let me touch your had, To our pauilion shall I leade you ; Achilles shall hau word of this intent, So shall each Lord of Greece from tent to tent, Your selfe shall feast with vs before you goe, And finde the welcome of a noble soe. Nestor. What saies Vlisses? I haue a yong conception in my braine, Be you my time to bring it to some shape. What ist? Blunt wodges true hard knos, the seeded pride, That▪ hath to this matrity blowne vp In ranke Achills, must or now be cropt, Or shedding breede a noursery of like euill, To ouer-bulk vs all. Well and how? This challeng that the gallant Hector sends, How euer it is spread in generall name Relates in purpose onely to Achilles. True the purpose is perspicuous as substance, Whose grofensse little characters sum vp▪ And in the publication make no straine, But that Achilles weare his braine, as barren, As banks of libi (though Apollo knowes Tis dry enough) will with great speed of iudgement, I with celerity finde Hectors purpose, pointing on him. And wake him to the answere thinke you? Why tis most meete; who may you ele oppose▪ That can from Hector bring those honours off, If not Achilles: though't be a sportfull combat. Yet in the triall much opinion dwells: For here the Troyans tast our derst repute, With their fin'st pallat, and tru to me Vlissis Or imputation shalbe odly poizde In this vilde action, for the successe, Although perticuler shall giue a scantling Of good or bad vnto the generall, And in such indexes (although small pricks To their subsequent volumes) there is seene, The baby figure of the gyant masse, Of things to come at large: It is suppos'd He that meetes Hector, yssues from our choice, And choice (being mutuall act of all our soules) Makes merit her election, and doth boyle, (As twere from forth vs all) a man distill'd Out of our vertues, who miscarrying, What heart receiues from hence a conquering part, To steele a strong opinion to them selues.