Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T53: crown, king, state, life, lord, lords, live, queen, tullia, prince.
Gracious, and King, be words not known to me; I am no King, nor will be gracious But an impartial Poet of this age Who must inveigh at Kings and Kingly grace: I must a multitude of woes rehearse And stab my audience with Iambic verse: Rail at the peevish humour of a slave Whose rude examples be notorious. Attend my whole narration (royal Dukes) Remember how I did the Forest rule, How I amongst the troop of Elephants, Foxes, and Tigers, Apes, and Leopards, Was, by appointment of my father's will Left as an heir legitimate, to live And re-establish my true parent's blood: Remember and imagine I did rule Like an audacious Lion of the lawns, Who by misfortune have caught a prick Which doth distemper his presuming paw meets with a heartless Pilgrim, doth salute His coward fancy with a peal of fears Then doth submit (some ceremonies done) His royal stoutness to the trembling man Puts forth his pained member, shows the wound Till the distracted traveler conceives A remedy to succour that which grieves: The Lion thus allured with seeming love Protects the Pilgrim by his noble force Doth not forsake him, fawns upon the wretch Whose poor compulsive cowardice did urge That tribute at allegiance (not his love) lest life should answer what his will denied: Thus did they live till the most faithless man Grew so familiar he was not afeared To shake the sleeping Lion by the beard: Thus he pretended still to be above So slew the Lion for his Kingly love. And thus, o thus! did my Pheudippe deal: For from the dust and dunghill did I raise The needy fortunes of that naked man Without all merit, save hypocrisy Which was my thank for all his dignity: The Gods and you bear witness (noble friends) I took that fellow for the truest man That woman e'er was blessed with; did believe His birth and education both Divine, Who was indeed a devil; for whose death My brainless fury did blaspheme the Gods: O if I had election to forsake The substance of my soul's eternity, If soul and body did together die If death's corruption could corrupt the soul, (So make it vanish, and avoid control,) No speedy torment should escape, no death Be unattempted, till my life and breath Were as my soul is now, invisible: O I would climb Acro-serannian rocks, Run to the top of Aetna, or the Alps And rush down headlong like a desperate slave; Or like an Ajax, greedy of revenge, I would encounter Wolves, and Unicorns, Tempting the savage worthies to assail My careless life, and so encounter me. But sir, the soul of man is precious, Made of immortal essence, cannot die. So, I'm oppressed with immortality, And though my rotten Carcase soon decay Yet must my soul account for blasphemy: For Blasphemy, which I in zealous love To a false lewd impostor did augment With sharp invectives e'en to vex the Gods. Your love to that dissembler was extreme And all extremes beget extremities.
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Gratious, and King, be words not knowne to mee; I am no King, nor will be gratious But an impartiall Poet of this age Who must inueigh at Kings and Kingly grace: I must a multitude of woes rehearse And stab my audience with I-ambicke verse: Raile at the peeuish humour of a slaue Whose rude examples be notorious. Attend my whole narration (royall Dukes) Remember how I did the Forrest rule, How I amongst the troupe of Elephants, Foxes, and Tygers, Apes, and Leopards, Was, by appointment of my fathers will Left as an heire legitimate, to liue And re-establish my true parents bloud: Remember and imagine I did rule Like an audacious Lyon of the lawnes, Who by mis-fortune haue caught a pricke Which doth distemper his presuming paw Metes with a heart-lesse Pilgrime, doth salute His coward fancy with a peale of feares Then doth submit (some ceremonies done) His royall stoutnesse to the trembling man Puts forth his pained member, shewes the wound Till the distracted traueller con-ceiues A remedy to succour that which grieues: The Lya thus allur'd with seeming loue Protect the Pilgrime by his noble force Doth not for-sake him, fawnes vpon the wretch Whose poore compulsiue cowardise did vrge That tribut at alleageance (not his loue) Least life should answere what his will deny'd: Thus did they liue till the most faithlesse man Grew so familiar hee was not afear'd To shake the sleeping Lyon by the beard: Thus hee pretended still to be aboue So slew the Lyon for his Kingly loue. And thus, ô thus! did my Pheudippe deale: For from the dust and dunghill did I raise The needy fortunes of that naked man Without all merit, saue hypocrisy Which was my thanke for all his dignity: The Gods and you beare witnesse (noble friends) I tooke that fellow for the truest man That woman e're was bless'd with; did beleeue His birth and education both Deuine, Who was indeed a deuill; for whose death My brainelesse fury did blaspheme the Gods: O if I had election to for-sake The substance of my soules eternity, If soule and body did together die If deaths corruption could corrupt the soule, (So make it vanish, and auoide controule,) No speedy torment should escape, no death Be vn-attempted, till my life and breath Were as my soule is now, inuisible: O I would climbe Acro-serannian rockes, Run to the top of Aeta, or the Alpes And rush downe head-long like a desperate slaue; Or like an Aiax, greedy of reuenge, I would in-counter Woules, and Vnicornes, Tempting the sauage worthies to assaile My carelesse life, and so in-counter mee. But sir, the soule of man is pretious, Made of immortall essence, cannot die. So, I'me oppress'd with immortality, And though my rotten Carkasse soone decay Yet must my soule account for blasphemy: For Blasphemy, which I in zealous loue To a false lewd impostor did augment With sharpe invectiues eeu'n to vex the Gods. Your loue to that dissembler was extreme And all extremes beget extremities.