Agamemnon (Seneca's Eighth Tragedy) · chunk 22 of 28
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Studley, John · published 1581 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) tragedy T20 Hercules: labours, suffering and virtue typicality 0.91 · 487 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T20: hercules, hercles, ioue, deianeira, alcides, hand, lo, death, skies, hell.
But yet much troublous danger both hang over thy head I wot. What mischief may a victor dread? Even that he dreadeth not. Ye trusty many of my men come carry her away, Till of the sprite she rid herself, least fury force her say That may be prejudicial, her tongue she cannot frame. To thee O Father flinging forth the lightnings flashing flame, That dost disperse the clouds, and rule the course of every star, And guide the Globe of Earth, to whom the boots won by war With triumph victors dedicate: to thee O Iuno height The sister dear of doughty Ioue, (thy husband full of might) Both I and Greece with flesh and blood, and eke our vowed beast, And gorgeous gifts of Arabia, give worship to thy hest. O GREECE by noble Gentlemen in honour shining clear, O GREECE to wrathful JUNO thou that art the darling dear, Some jolly worthy lusty blood thou fosters evermore, Thou hast made even the Gods, that were a number odd before. That puissant mighty Hercules a noble Imp of thine deserved by his travels twelve, rapt up in heaven to shine. For whom the heavens did alter course, and Iupiter with all Did iterate the hours of night, when dampish dew doth fall. And charged Phoebus chariot swift to trot with slower pace, And leisurely bright lady Moon thy homeward Wain to trace, Bright Lucifer that year by year his name a new doth change, Came back again, to whom the name of Hesper seemed strange. Aurora to her common course her reared head addressed, And couching backward down again the same she did arrest, Upon the shoulder of her spouse, whose years with age are worn The east did feel, so felt the west, that Hercules was borne. Dame nature could not clean dispatch, to utter in one night, That boisterous lad: the whirling world did weight for such a wight. O babe whose shoulders underprop, the ample spacious sky, In clasped arms thy prowess did the crushed Lion try. Who from his fiery yawning throat spews out his broiling brand, The nimble hind in Menall mount hath known thy heavy hand▪ The Boar hath felt thy fist, which did Arcadia destroy. The monstrous conquered Bull hath roared that Creta did annoy. The Dragon dire that breeding beast in Lerna pool he slew, And chopping of one head forbade thereof to rise anew. With clubbed bruising battering bat he crankly did subdue. (The brethren twins the tewde un Teat) whereof three monsters grew. Of triple formed Geryon the spoil into the east, A drove of ECttell Hercules did fetch out of the west. Away from tyrant Diomede the Thracian horse he led, Which neither with the grass that grew by Strymon flood he fed, Nor yet on Heber banks, but them the villain did refresh His greedy munching cramming tades with aliaunts blood and flesh.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1017–1067 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 22 of 28 in this edition
Length
487 words · 642 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T20 — Hercules: labours, suffering and virtuecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.908 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T17 · seed 44: T19 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
But yet much troublous daūger both hang ouer thy head I wot. What miſchiefe may a victor dread? Euen y• hee dreadeth not. Yee truſty meny of my men come cary her away, Till of the ſpryte ſhee ryd her ſelfe, leaſt fury force her ſay That may be preiudiciall, her tongue ſhe cannot frame. To thee O Father flinging forth the lightnings flaſſhing flame, That doſt diſperſe the cloudes, and rule the courſe of euery ſtarre, And guyde the Globe of Earth, to whom the boottes woon by warre With triumphe victors dedicate: to thee O Iuno hight The ſyſter deare of doughty Ioue, (thy huſband full of might) Both I and Greece with fleſh and bloude, and eke our vowed beaſt, And gorgious gyftes of Arabie, giue worſhip to thy heſt. O GREECE by noble Gentlemen in honour ſhyning cleare, O GREECE to wrathfull IVNO thou that art the darling deare, Some iolly worthy luſty bloude thou foſters euermore, Thou haſt made euen the Gods, that were a number odde before. That puiſſaunt mighty Hercules a noble Impe of thyne Defered by his trauels twelue, rapt vp in heauen to ſhyne. For whom the heauens did alter courſe, and Iupiter with all Did iterate the howres of nyght, when dampiſhe dewe doth fall. And charged Phoebus chariot ſwyfte to trot with ſlower pace, And leaſurely bright lady Moone thy homwarde Wayne to trace, Bryght Lucier that yeare by yeare his name a newe doth chaunge, Came backe agayne, to whom the name of Heſper ſeemed ſtraunge. Aurora to her common courſe her reared head addreſt, And couching backward downe agayne the ſame ſhee did areſ, Vpon the ſhoulder of her ſpouſe, whoſe yeares with age are worne The eaſt did feele, ſo felt the weſt, that Hercules was borne. Dame nature coulde not cleae diſpatch, to vtter in one night, That boyſtous lad: the whyrling worlde did wayght for ſuch a wight. O babe whoſe ſhoulders vnderprop, the ample ſpactous ſky, In claſped armes thy preweſſe did the cruſſhed Lyon try. Who from his fyry yawning throate ſpwes out his broyling brande, The nimble hynde in Menall mount hath knowne thy heauy hande▪ The Bore hath felt thy fyſt, which did Arcadia deſtroy. The monſtrous conquerde Bull hath rorde that Creta did anoy. The Dragon dyre that breeding beaſt in Lerna poole he ſlewe, And chopping of one head forbad thereof to ryſe anewe. With clubbed bruſing battring batte he crankly did ſubdew. (The brethren twins y• tewde vn Teate) whereof three monſters grew. Of tryple formed Gerion the ſpoyle into the eaſt, A droue of ECttell Hercules did fetch out of the weaſt. Away from tyraunt Diomede the Thracian horſe he led, Which neyther with the graſſe that grew by Styrmon floud he fed, Nor yet on Heber bankes, but them the vlayne did refreſh His greedy mounching cramming tades with aliaunts bloud and fleſh.