Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1611 (Annals) tragedy · King's Men T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim typicality 0.80 · 503 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
THose rooms do smell extremely. Bring my glass, And table hither. GALLA. Madame. Look Within, i' my blue cabinet, for the pearl I'had sent me last, and bring it. That from CLODIUS? From CAIUS CAESAR. You're for CLODIUS, still. Or CURIUS. Sirrah, if QVINTUS CURIUS come, I am not in fit mood; I keep my chamber: Give warning so, without. Is this it? madame. Yes, help to hang it in mine ear. Believe me, It is a rich one, madame. I hope so: It should not be worn there else. Make an end, And bind my hair up. As 'twas yesterday? No, nor the tother day. When knew you me Appear, two days together, in one dressing? Will you ha''t i'the globe, or spire? How thou wilt; Any way, so thou wilt do it, good impertinence. Thy company, if I slept not very well A nights, would make me, an errant fool, with questions. Alas, madame— Nay, gentle half o' the dialogue, cease. I do it, indeed, but for your exercise, As your physician bids me. How! does he bid you To anger me for exercise? Not to anger you, But stir your blood a little: There's difference Between lukewarm, and boiling, madame. JOVE! she means to cook me, I think? Pray you, ha' done. I mean to dress you, madame. O, my JUNO, Be friend to me! Offering at wit, too? Why, GALLA! Where hast thou been? Why? madam! What hast thou done With thy poor innocent self? Wherefore? sweet madame! Thus to come forth, so suddenly, a wit-worm? It pleases you to flout one. I did dream Of lady SEMPRONIA— O, the wonder is out. That has no pedigree, no house, no coat, No ensigns of a family? He'has virtue. Hang virtue, where there is no blood: 'tis vice, And, in him, sauciness. Why should he presume To be more learned, or more eloquent, Than the nobility? or boast any quality Worthy a noble man, himself not noble? 'Twas virtue only, at first, made all men noble. I yield you, it might, at first, in Rome's poor age; When both her Kings, and Consuls held the plough, Or gardened well: But, now, we ha' no need, To dig, or lose our sweat for't. We have wealth, Fortune and ease, and then their stock, to spend on, Of name, for virtue; which will bear us out 'Gainst all new comers: and can never fail us, While the succession stays. And, we must glorify, A mushroom? one of yesterday? a fine speaker? 'Cause he has sucked at Athens? and advance him, To our own loss? No, FULVIA. There are they Can speak greek too, if need were. CAESAR, and I, Have sat upon him; so hath CRASSUS, too: And others. We have all decreed his rest, For rising farther. Excellent rare lady! SEMPRONIA, you are beholden to my woman, here. She does admire you. O good GALLA, how dost thou? The better, for your learned ladyship. Is this grey powder, a good dentifrice?
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Position
nodes 363–441 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 6 of 37 in this edition
Length
503 words · 774 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T16 — Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complimentcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.798 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T5 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
THose roomes doe smell extremely. Bring my glasse, And table hither. GALLA. Madame. Looke Within, i' my blew cabinet, for the pearle I'had sent me last, and bring it. That from CLODIVS? From CAIVS CAESAR. You'are for CLODIVS, still. Or CVRIVS. Sirrha, if QVINTVS CVRIVS come, I am not in fit moode; I keepe my chamber: Giue warning so, without. Is this it? madame. Yes, helpe to hang it in mine eare. Beleeue me, It is a rich one, madame. I hope so: It should not be worne there else. Make an end, And binde my haire vp. As 'twas yesterday? No, nor the t'other day. When knew you me Appeare, two dayes together, in one dressing? Will you ha't i'the globe, or spire? How thou wilt; Any way, so thou wilt doe it, good impertinence. Thy company, if I slept not very well A nights, would make me, an errant foole, with questions. Alas, madame— Nay, gentle halfe o' the dialogue, ceas. I doe it, indeed, but for your exercise, As your physitian bids me. How! Do's he bid you To anger me for exercise? Not to anger you, But stirre your bloud a little: There's difference Betweene luke-warme, and boyling, madame. IOVE! Shee meanes to cooke me, I thinke? Pray you, ha' done. I meane to dresse you, madame. O, my IVNO, Be friend to me! Offring at wit, too? Why, GALLA! Where hast thou been? Why? madam! What hast thou done With thy poore innocent selfe? Wherefore? sweet madame! Thus to come forth, so sodainely, a wit-worme? It pleases you to flout one. I did dreame Of lady SEMPRONIA— O, the wonder is out. That has no pedigree, no house, no coate, No ensignes of a family? He'has vertue. Hang vertue, where there is no bloud: 'tis vice, And, in him, sawcinesse. Why should he presume To be more learned, or more eloquent, Then the nobilitie? or boast any qualitie Worthy a noble man, himselfe not noble? 'Twas vertue onely, at first, made all men noble. I yeeld you, it might, at first, in Romes poore age; When both her Kings, and Consuls held the plough, Or garden'd well: But, now, we ha' no need, To digge, or loose our sweat for't. We haue wealth, Fortune and ease, and then their stock, to spend on, Of name, for vertue; which will beare vs out 'Gainst all new commers: and can neuer faile vs, While the succession stayes. And, we must glorifie, A mushrome? one of yesterday? a fine speaker? 'Cause he has suck'd at Athens? and aduance him, To our owne losse? No, FVLVIA. There are they Can speake greeke too, if need were. CAESAR, and I, Haue sate vpon him; so hath CRASSVS, too: And others. We haue all decreed his rest, For rising farder. Excellent rare lady! SEMPRONIA, you are beholden to my woman, here. Shee do's admire you. O good GALLA, how dost thou? The better, for your learned ladiship. Is this grey poulder, a good dentifrice?