Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1611 (Annals) tragedy · King's Men T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi typicality 0.79 · 516 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T2: rome, caesar, senate, sulla, roman, consul, brutus, romans, men, marius.
It matters not, so they deny it all: And can but carry the lie constantly. Will CATILINE be here? I'have sent for him. And ha' you bid him to be confident? To that his own necessity will prompt him. Seem to believe nothing at all, that CICERO Relates us. It will mad him. O, and help The other party. Who is that? his brother? What new intelligence has he brought him now? Some cautions from his wife, how to behave him. Place some of them without, and some bring in. Thank their kind loves. It is a comfort yet, That all depart not from their country's cause. How now, what means this muster? Consul, ANTONIUS? I do not know, ask my colleague, he'll tell you. There is some reason in state, that I must yield to; And I have promised him: Indeed he has bought it, With giving me the Province. I profess, It grieves me, Fathers, that I am compelled To draw these arms, and aides for your defence; And, more, against a citizen of Rome, Borne here amongst you, a Patrician, A man, I must confess, of no mean house, Nor no small virtue, if he had employed Those excellent gifts of fortune, and of nature, Unto the good, not ruin of the state. But, being bred in's father's needy fortunes, Brought up in's sister's prostitution, Confirmed in civil slaughter, entering first The commonwealth, with murder of the gentry; Since, both by study, and custom, conversant With all licentiousness: what could be hoped In such a field of riot, but a course Extreme pernicious? Though, I must protest, I found his mischiefs, sooner, with mine eyes, Then with my thought; and with these hands of mine, Before they touched, at my suspicion. What are his mischiefs, Consul? you declaim Against his manners, and corrupt your own: No wiseman should, for hate of guilty men, Lose his own innocence. The noble CAESAR Speaks godlike truth. But, when he hears, I can Convince him, by his manners, of his mischiefs, He might be silent: and not cast away His sentences in vain, where they scarce look Toward his subject. Here he comes himself. If he be worthy any good man's voice, That good man sit down by him: CATO will not. If CATO leave him, I'll not keep aside. What face is this, the Senate here puts on, Against me, Fathers! Give my modesty Leave, to demand the cause of so much strangeness. It is reported here, you are the head To a strange faction, LUCIUS. ay, and will Be proved against him. Let it be. Why, Consul, If in the commonwealth, there be two bodies, One lean, weak, rotten, and that hath a head; The other strong, and healthful, but hath none: If I do give it one, do I offend? Restore yourselves, unto your temper, Fathers; And, without perturbation, hear me speak. Remember who I am, and of what place, What petty fellow this is, that opposes; One, that hath exercised his eloquence, Still to the bane of the nobility: A boasting, insolent tongue-man.
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Position
nodes 1220–1293 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 18 of 37 in this edition
Length
516 words · 719 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T2 — Roman politics: senate, consuls and civil warcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.792 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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seed 43: T1 · seed 44: T2 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
It matters not, so they denie it all: And can but carry the lye constantly. Will CATILINE be here? I'haue sent for him. And ha' you bid him to be confident? To that his owne necessitie will prompt him. Seeme to beleeue nothing at all, that CICERO Relates vs. It will mad him. O, and helpe The other partie. Who is that? his brother? What new intelligence ha's he brought him now? Some cautions from his wife, how to behaue him. Place some of them without, and some bring in. Thanke their kind loues. It is a comfort yet, That all depart not from their countries cause. How now, what meanes this muster? Consul, ANTONIVS? I doe not know, aske my colleague, hee'll tell you. There is some reason in state, that I must yeeld to; And I haue promis'd him: Indeed he has bought it, With giuing me the Prouince. I professe, It grieues me, Fathers, that I am compell'd To draw these armes, and aides for your defence; And, more, against a citizen of Rome, Borne here amongst you, a Patrician, A man, I must confesse, of no meane house, Nor no small vertue, if he had employ'd Those excellent gifts of fortune, and of nature, Vnto the good, not ruine of the state. But, being bred in's fathers needy fortunes, Brought vp in's sisters prostitution, Confirm'd in ciuill slaughter, entring first The common-wealth, with murder of the gentrie; Since, both by studie, and custome, conuersant With all licentiousnesse: what could be hop'd In such a field of riot, but a course Extreme pernicious? Though, I must protest, I found his mischiefs, sooner, with mine eyes, Then with my thought; and with these hands of mine, Before they touch'd, at my suspicion. What are his mischiefs, Consul? you declame Against his manners, and corrupt your owne: No wiseman should, for hate of guiltie men, Loose his owne innocence. The noble CAESAR Speakes god-like truth. But, when he heares, I can Conuince him, by his manners, of his mischiefs, He might be silent: and not cast away His sentences in vaine, where they scarce looke Toward his subiect. Here he comes himselfe. If he be worthy any good mans voyce, That good man sit downe by him: CATO will not. If CATO leaue him, I'le not keepe aside. What face is this, the Senate here puts on, Against me, Fathers! Giue my modestie Leaue, to demand the cause of so much strangenesse. It is reported here, you are the head To a strange faction, LVCIVS. I, and will Be prou'd against him. Let it be. Why, Consul, If in the common-wealth, there be two bodies, One leane, weake, rotten, and that hath a head; The other strong, and healthfull, but hath none: If I doe giue it one, doe I offend? Restore your selues, vnto your temper, Fathers; And, without perturbation, heare me speake. Remember who I am, and of what place, What petty fellow this is, that opposes; One, that hath exercis'd his eloquence, Still to the bane of the nobilitie: A boasting, insolent tongue-man.