Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Cynthia's Revenge, or Maenander's Ecstasy · chunk 33 of 67

Stephens, John · published 1613 · first performed or written 1613 (Annals)
tragedy
unassigned nearest T53 The crown: kingship claimed, resigned an · 517 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T53: crown, king, state, life, lord, lords, live, queen, tullia, prince.

No (my most mindful & more sapient Prince) I am your vassal, drudge, obsequious, Not bountiful; for 'tis impossible That a dependent caitiff who doth owe His whole endeavour, and essential part, His poor existence, spirits animal, His function, his each power vegetal, To a supreme efficient, should obtain (After a free expense, to gratulate His all-respective patron, God, or Saint) One shred or title of Munificent, Of Bountiful, or Liberal, because Duty and love exact such obsequies For lawful Kings, in stead of sacrifice. What means thy mad irruption Laelio? The ambush, the ambush; strike fellow, strike. Strike this ignoble traitor, Cockatrice, The subtle vermin base Pheudippe, strike, Strike fellows, strike, as doth your General, Who hath withstood temptation actual. If dear temptation, if enticement smile, Happy is he who can himself beguile. Amazement be my death; dear captain hold: Hold from the rescue of my royal King? we were tempted to thy causeless death. Permit thee the traitor to enjoy some breath. My wounds are many, I degenerate, Lived villain-like, and die a reprobate. My husband, my dear husband is betrayed, Another's death makes guilty men afraid. Infamous change of dignity! dear friend, Loyal repentance might again restore, (Couldst thou revive) thy simple innocence. Captain, you have abused our Majesty, And thy audacious act will we revenge. Revenge a traitors ignominious death? Traitor? thou liest, admit his active blood, His nimble brain, acute sincerity, Conceived some sober means to ratify, Or to confirm opinionate belief, With trial of our unattempted love; May this deserve a stab? what insolence May term this loyal project an offence? I'll over-vex with artificial fire, Thee (slave) who didst Pheudippe's death conspire. May treachery be then accounted zeal? To his persuasive lines I do appeal. Read them, they do contain Apostasy, Foul matter of sedition: I avouch The guard to witness, I implore the Gods In their omnipotence, to testify The zeal of my affection; to resolve Whether this kingdom had not suffered woe, Thy Majesty been trampled under foot, Thy sinews cracked, thy bones unburied, Sparta been battered with intestine war, If through disloyal humour, through neglect Of homage, we had hearkened to the false, But honey-mouth of this rebellious man. Insolent sir, suppose my friend were false, (Which I can scarce imagine) or suppose Confident faith made him erroneous: Will you abridge the trial of our law? Prevent my absolution? I appeal Unto the blessed Theater of Saints, Let holiness, or let humanity, Your zeal, how much defective, testify: For though the three dimensions did concur In his offence, yet I had mercy left. Pheudippe, simple man, thy false designs ne'er knew a height in mischief so extreme, A breadth, or depth in folly so profound, So villainous, but our compassion knew A means to mitigate thy error; See My Concubine comes fraught with sober news; Begin, resolve, and so exaggerate Our heavy loss, we will intoxicate Our soul with imbibition of more change: Begin, depose an accident so strange, As repetition of two syllables May strike us with a sudden lethargy, And so conclude a king's Catastrophe.
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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 2455–2536 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 33 of 67 in this edition
Length517 words · 765 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T53 — The crown: kingship claimed, resigned and seized at 0.859
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)
No (my most mindfull & more sapient Prince) I am your vassaile, drudge, obsequious, Not bountifull; for 'tis impossible That a dependant caitie who doth owe His whole indeavour, and essentiall part, His poore existence, spirits animall, His function, his each power vegetall, To a supreame efficient, should obtaine (After a free expence, to gratulate His all-respectiue patron, God, or Saint) One shred or title of Munificent, Of Bountifull, or Liberall, because Duty and loue exact such obsequies For lawfull Kings, in stead of sacrifice. What meanes thy mad irruption Llio? The ambush, the ambush; strike fellow, strike. Strike this ignoble traytor, Cockatrice, The subtill vermin base Pheudippe, strike, Strike fellowes, strike, as doth your Generall, Who hath withstood temptation actuall. If deere temptation, if inticement smile, Happy is hee who can himselfe beguile. Amazement be my death; deere captaine hold: Hold from the rescue of my royall King? Wee were tempted to thy causelesse death. Permit the the traytor to enioy some breath. My wounds are many, I degenerate, Liu'd villain-like, and dye a reprobate. My husband, my deere husband is betraid, Anothers death makes guilty men afraid. Infamous change of dignity! deere friend, Loyall repentance might againe restore, (Couldst thou reviue) thy simple innocence. Captaine, you haue abus'd our Maiesty, And thy audacious act will wee revenge. Revenge a traytors ignominious death? Traytor? thou lyest, admit his actiue bloud, His nimble braine, acute sincerity, Conceiu'd some sober meanes to ratifie, Or to confirme opinionate beliefe, With tryall of our vn-attempted loue; May this deserue a stab? what insolence May tearme this loyall proiect an offence? Il'e over-vexe with artificiall fire, Thee (slaue) who didst Pheudippe's death conspire. May tretchery be then accounted zeale? To his perswasiue lines I do appeale. Read them, they doe containe Apostasie, Fowle matter of sedition: I avouch The guard to witnesse, I implore the Gods In their omnipotence, to testifie The zeale of my affection; to resolue Whether this kingdome had not suffred woe, Thy Maiesty beene trampled vnder foote, Thy sinewes crack'd, thy bones vn-buried, Sparta beene batter'd with intestine warre, If through dis-loyall humor, through neglect Of homage, we had hearken'd to the false, But honey-mouth of this rebellious man. Insolent sit, suppose my friend were false, (Which I can scarce imagine) or suppose Confident faith made him erronious: Will you abridge the tryall of our law? Prevent my absolution? I appeale Vnto the blessed Theater of Saints, Let holinesse, or let humanity, Your zeale, how much defectiue, testifie: For though the three dimensions did concurre In his offence, yet I had mercy left. Pheudippe, simple man, thy false designes Ne're knew a height in mischiefe so extreame, A bredth, or depth in solly so profound, So villanous, but our compassion knew A meanes to mitigate thy error; See My Concubine comes fraught with sober newes; Beginne, resolue, and so ex-aggerate Our heauy losse, wee will intoxicate Our soule with im-bibition of more change: Begin, depose an accident so strange, As repetition of two syllables May strike vs with a sudden lethargy, And so conclude a Kings Catastrphe.