Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T14: prince, princess, love, king, lord, queen, madam, grace, lady, life.
My daughter? unexpected happiness! Give me then leave, sweet ravishment, to see Her glad espousal celebrated once, By which, but some conjecture may arise, To see the royal issue of her womb; And I'll go lodge in my forefather's tomb. Do all agree with this old o'erjoyed man? True subjects will commend Menander's choice. Nothing doth more prevent a PRINCE's fate, Then wise directing Councillors of State. Gross indignation! manifest repulse! Am I neglected? O disdainful Prince! May we observe thy peevish altitude, Like a contemptive groom or Sycophant, Without your glance and poor espial? judge, O judge my quarrel some ingenious man, Witness my righteous challenge of his pride; Resolve me some indifferent arbiter, How to digest this ignominious pill. My love and duty both rejected thus? My dignity esteemed so little worth? My salutations frustrate? Some poor dolt, Who pays a courtesy and supple cringe For every dram of air he sucks in, Cannot be used with less humanity. we, bending, stooped before his Majesty, He, with a crabbed countenance, clean aversed, Goes on like some dull statue; never stoops, Nor smiles, but with a frowning arrogance, Just like a moulded picture, like the frame Of a supported Image, doth move on, As by some artificial new device, Puppets are seen to make a solemn dance. He now attended with a barbal size Of sober Statesmen, doth reject my love, As if I were not in full equipage Of his own years: nay almost of degree, Excepting his high place of Sovereign. O pride of Princes! o how forcible Be scornful frowns from an offended King? This argues guilt, and makes me culpable, Without a conscious crime; without pretence Of any thing committed: In defence I therefore well may plead pure ignorance. What new suggestion should exasperate The king's displeasure? doubtless, he of late, And his big title, was more affable, More gent and courteous: but the crown perhaps Is heavy, and requires the cunning help Of those grey dotards (who indeed possess Our most deluded Monarch) to support A thing so massy, and immense; proceed, Soon may my wrathful curses overtake The proudest vein of their advanced souls: May the vast concave of Olympus crack And give a signal to our God's decree Of dissolution ready to approach, Of earth and heaven their latest period, When I repent my curse, or do abstain From an effectual means, which may procure Destruction, though delayed; yet deadly sure. Am I not noble? bred of equal stem With Sparta's chief and best Magnificoes? My Ancestors (removed but nine degrees) Knew never man below the blood of Kings Worth emulation, as a rival fit For them, admitting mighty Emperors, None as above, but as competitors: From those heroic monuments of Greece, From those Hyrudo you can testify, ourself derives a lineal descent: And by the law of Herald's dignity, A supported by antiquity) I am enrolled amid the chiefest rank Of Dukes, which govern this Peninsula: Yet shall I traverse so obsequiously, Within the glance of his huge altitude, Like some dejected melancholy Ass, Which feeds on thistles.
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My daughter? vnexpected happinesse! Giue me then leaue, sweet rauishment, to see Her glad espousall celebrated once, By which, but some coniecture may arise, To see the royall issue of her wombe; And Il'e go lodge in my forefathers tombe. Do all agree with this old or'e-ioyd man? True subiects will commend Maenanders choyce. Nothing doth more prevent a Princes fate, Then wise directing Councellors of State. Grosse indignation! manifest repulse! Am I neglected? O disdainfull Prince! May wee obserue thy peeuish altitude, Like a contemptiue groome or Sycophant, Without your glaunce and poore espyall? Iudge, O iudge my quarrell some ingenious man, Witnesse my righteous challenge of his pride; Resolue me some indifferent arbiter, How to digest this ignomious pill. My loue and duty both reiected thus? My dignity esteem'd so little worth? My salutations frustrate? Some poore doult, Who payes a curtesie and supple cringe For euery dram of aire hee suckes in, Cannot be vs'd with lesse humanity. Wee, bending, stoop'd before his Maiesty, Hee, with a crabbed countenance, cleane auers'd, Goes on like some dull statue; neuer stoopes, Nor smiles, but with a frowning arrogance, Iust like a moulded picture, like the frame Of a supported Image, doth moue on, As by some artificiall new deuice, Puppets are seene to make a solemne daunce. He now attended with a barball size Of sober Statesmen, doth reiect my loue, As if I were not in full aequipage Of his owne yeares: nay almost of degree, Excepting his high place of Soueraigne. O pride of Princes! ô how forceable Be scornfull frownes from an offended King? This argues guilt, and makes me culpable, Without a conscious crime; without pretence Of any thing committed: In defence I therefore well may pleade pure ignorance. What new suggestion should exasperate The Kings displeasure? doubtlesse, he of late, And his bigge title, was more affable, More gent and curteous: but the crowne perhap Is heauy, and requires the cunning helpe Of those gray dotards (who indeed possesse Our most deluded Monarch) to support A thing so massy, and immence; proceed, Soone may my wrathfull curses ouertake The proudest veine of their aduanced soules: May the vaste concaue of Olympus cracke And giue a signall to our Gods decree Of dissolution ready to approach, Of earth and heauen their latest period, When I repent my curse, or do abstaine From an effectuall meanes, which may procure Destruction, though delai'd; yet deadly sure. Am I not noble? bred of aequall stemme With Sparta's chiefe and best Magnificoes? My Auncestors (remou'd but nine degrees) Knew neuer man below the bloud of Kings Worth aemulation, as a riuall fit For them, admitting mighty Emperours, None as aboue, but as competitors: From those heroicke monuments of Greece, From those Hyrudo you can testifie, Our selfe deriues a lineall descent: And by the law of Heralds dignity, A supported by antiquity) I am amid the chiefest ranke Of Dukes, which gouerne this Peninsula: Yet shall I rauerse so obsequiously, Within the glaunce of his huge altitude, Like some deiected melancholy Asse, Which feeds on thistles.