Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Cynthia's Revenge, or Maenander's Ecstasy · chunk 25 of 67

Stephens, John · published 1613 · first performed or written 1613 (Annals)
tragedy
unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 460 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.

Amplifications yet? begin, begin: With all remember, you (right noble Queene) Who may attend my tale, are but a woman. And whether will your prolix Lord-ship amble? To the worlds end I thinke in preamble: That (after all) you may anew begin. No (my compendious Lady) heere's an end: Obstinate silence is the safest whip To punish a peruerse disciple with. Are you enraged iolly sir i'saith? O be appeasd, leaue ambiguities; Finish thy tale (man.) Worthy Madam no, Your spple phrase shall not againe recouer One voell of narration. O abrupt! Yes (my blunt youth) if torment may vnbind Your silence, know, I will recouer The whole narration; if duulsiue rackes Haue not forsooke the Kingdome; if the King Will hearken to my spatious complaint; Or yeeld with exoration of his Queene. Your spatious? ô then Arithmeticke Hath taught you to augment and multiply: (Deere Madam) speake within the bounds of truth. (Cheape Lord) thy impudence shall smart for this. Obitter! Thy dumbe silence be inforc'd To witnesse, nay reiterate the depth Of your concealement. O pernicious. You shall rehearse, nay shall expound, this tale Of prodigies. Without your wide complaint Without all torment to enforce the same I will expound them straight; and therefore thus: Ladies by birth of late are satisfied With natures gifts, nor seeke they to resist Impediments of age, or stinking breaths, But well are guided by the heauens decree Respecting beauty lesse then the command, Of Gods aboue; be not these prodigies? They honour husbands, hallow chastity Reiect all midnight offers, liue within: Abhorre the name of lustfull visitants, Take little relish in a home-bred foole; And lesse delight in Physicke, or the knaues Who practise that purloyning office well. Be not these prodigies deere Madame? speake▪ When Ladies do bestow their idle time In scrutination of deuinity Not seeking to beguile the abused Art Of painting; or to wish fiue Iubiles Might be allotted to their tumbling tricks And coltish vntam'd pleasure; which they vse To practise without intermission; speake: Be not these prodigies deere Madame? speake When Ladies, and light-women be estrang'd From Para-kitos, Munkies, island-curres Coaches, and Coach-mares, masking nouelties; From waspish aemulation, to exceed Some eleuated Madame in her gowne; Some luy-bush attire; to engrosse The knowledge of a fcus, dentifrice, Vnguentum, plaister (for in-faith sometimes Diuerse scab'd sheepe do perish for defect Of these restoratiues) ô then resolue When Madames do estrange their facultie From inquisition, from delight in these; Will not the mouldred ashes that haue slept So many thousand yeares, againe reuiue? Will not the crazy ioints of earth dissolue? And rotten fathers be resuscitate? The finall extirpation of each dame Both light and sober may this tale portend Be not these prodigies deere Madame? speake.
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
PlayCynthia's Revenge, or Maenander's Ecstasy
AuthorStephens, John
Publication year (edition)1613
First performance / composition (Annals)1613
First performance (BritDrama)1613
Genre (British Drama)tragedy
Play typeCloset/Unacted;Nonprofessional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 720 · TCP A12954 · DEEP 598
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
Positionnodes 1838–1913 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 25 of 67 in this edition
Length460 words · 754 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T16 — Gallantry: ladies, lordships and compliment at 0.758
Other seedsseed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Amplifications yet? begin, begin: VVith all remember, you (right noble Queene) VVho may attend my tale, are but a woman. And whether will your prolix Lord-ship amble? To the worlds end I thinke in preamble: That (after all) you may anew begin. No (my compendious Lady) heere's an end: Obstinate silence is the safest whip To punish a peruerse disciple with. Are you enraged iolly sir i'saith? O be appeasd, leaue ambiguities; Finish thy tale (man.) VVorthy Madam no, Your spple phrase shall not againe recouer One voell of narration. O abrupt! Yes (my blunt youth) if torment may vnbind Your silence, know, I will recouer The whole narration; if duulsiue rackes Haue not forsooke the Kingdome; if the King Will hearken to my spatious complaint; Or yeeld with exoration of his Queene. Your spatious? ô then Arithmeticke Hath taught you to augment and multiply: (Deere Madam) speake within the bounds of truth. (Cheape Lord) thy impudence shall smart for this. Obitter! Thy dumbe silence be inforc'd To witnesse, nay reiterate the depth Of your concealement. O pernicious. You shall rehearse, nay shall expound, this tale Of prodigies. Without your wide complaint Without all torment to enforce the same I will expound them straight; and therefore thus: Ladies by birth of late are satisfied With natures gifts, nor seeke they to resist Impediments of age, or stinking breaths, But well are guided by the heauens decree Respecting beauty lesse then the command, Of Gods aboue; be not these prodigies? They honour husbands, hallow chastity Reiect all midnight offers, liue within: Abhorre the name of lustfull visitants, Take little relish in a home-bred foole; And lesse delight in Physicke, or the knaues Who practise that purloyning office well. Be not these prodigies deere Madame? speake▪ When Ladies do bestow their idle time In scrutination of deuinity Not seeking to beguile the abused Art Of painting; or to wish fiue Iubiles Might be allotted to their tumbling tricks And coltish vntam'd pleasure; which they vse To practise without intermission; speake: Be not these prodigies deere Madame? speake When Ladies, and light-women be estrang'd From Para-kitos, Munkies, island-curres Coaches, and Coach-mares, masking nouelties; From waspish aemulation, to exceed Some eleuated Madame in her gowne; Some luy-bush attire; to engrosse The knowledge of a fcus, dentifrice, Vnguentum, plaister (for in-faith sometimes Diuerse scab'd sheepe do perish for defect Of these restoratiues) ô then resolue When Madames do estrange their facultie From inquisition, from delight in these; Will not the mouldred ashes that haue slept So many thousand yeares, againe reuiue? Will not the crazy ioints of earth dissolue? And rotten fathers be resuscitate? The finall extirpation of each dame Both light and sober may this tale portend Be not these prodigies deere Madame? speake.