Technogamia, or The Marriages of the Arts · chunk 61 of 64
Holyday, Barten · published 1618 · first performed or written 1618 [Feb 13] (Annals) comedy · at University T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.74 · 472 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
an't please you, I know not whether it were Poison or not: I sent Historia's own servant with a Recipe, to Gallipot mine Apothecary: and if it were bad, 'twas his villainy. Well, as if he had any reason to have done so, without underhand notice from you? do not deprive yourself of an hope of pardon by an unjust pretence of innocency. Good Polites. What canst thou say for thyself, that judgement should not proceed against thee? Honoured Polites, vouchsafe to hear me speak: with grief I acknowledge mine offence, but it was need first made me bad: I was at the first an Apothecary's man, and keeping a note of Recipes that came to my Master, and inquiring of the bearers the disease of the Patient, I afterward turned Physician, but I never administered any Physic but such as I found in my Papers: and then, for fashion, I fell to reading some Physic-books: and though I could not judge of them, and make use of them, yet I by them did learn to talk with my Patients in their sickness. Oh, the confident ignorance of beggarly Empirics! Well, stand aside a little: Causidicus, can thy two tongues, make one honest defence for the justifying of thyself? what canst thou allege that judgement should not proceed against thee? My Book, honoured Polites. Thou canst not have it. Honoured Polites— Thou canst not have it. Then vouchsafe, I beseech you, to hear me speak. I likewise must accuse Poverty of my first guilt; 'twas need also that first made me bad: I was at the first a Sumner, then got to be a Scrivener, than a lawyer's clerk; and these were the first steps of my fortune: and since I have been a Lawyer, (alas!) such have been my wants, that having no Clients to save my credit, I have pretended business, and gone up and down with a Pen and Inkhorn by my side, as earnestly as if I had a dozen Causes to plead: when (alas!) I had scarce bread to live on, that, I protest unto your honour, Fortune had quite outlawed my estate. Well then, I award thee this merciful judgement: because, Causidicus, after seven years practice of the Law (for so long thou hast, I know not how justly, gone under that title) thou hast deserved to hold up thy hand at the Bar, when thou shouldst have been the defender of justice, thou shalt henceforth be called a Barrister; till by thy honest pleading you redeem yourself from that name; and hereafter when any of thy Profession plead Causes, they shall, in the admonishing remembrance of thy crime, plead at a Bar—; and that thy pleading of two Causes may be remembered, thou shalt wear, etc.— For you, Medicus, because you did happily recover Astronomia—
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472 words · 636 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.741 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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And't pleaſe you, I know not whether it were Poyſon or not: I ſent Hiſtoria's owne ſeruant with a Recipe, to Galli-pot mine Apothecarie: and if it were bad, 'twas his villanie. Well, as if he had any reaſon to haue done ſo, without vnder-hand notice from you? doe not depriue your ſelfe of an hope of pardon by an vniuſt pretence of innocencie. Good Polites. What canſt thou ſay for thy ſelfe, that iudgement ſhould not proceed againſt thee? Honour'd Polites, vouchſafe to heare mee ſpeake: with griefe I acknowledge mine offence, but it was need firſt made mee bad: I was at the firſt an Apothecaries man, and keeping a note of Recipe's that came to my Maſter, and inquiring of the bearers the diſeaſe of the Patient, I afterward turn'd Phyſician, but I neuer adminiſtred any Phyſicke but ſuch as I found in my Papers: and then, for faſhion, I fell to reading ſome Phyſick-bookes: and though I could not iudge of them, and make vſe of them, yet I by them did learne to talke with my Patients in their ſickneſſe. Oh, the confident ignorance of beggerly Emperickes! Well, ſtand aſide a little: Cauſidicus, can thy two tongues, make one honeſt defence for the iuſtifying of thy ſelfe? what canſt thou alleage that iudgement ſhould not proceed againſt thee? My Booke, honour'd Polites. Thou canſt not haue it. Hnour'd Polites— Thou canſt not haue it. Then vouchſafe, I beſeech you, to heare me ſpeake. I likewiſe muſt accuſe Pouertie of my firſt guilt; 'twas need alſo that firſt made mee bad: I was at the firſt a Sumner, then got to be a Scriuener, then a Lawyers Clarke; and theſe were the firſt ſteps of my fortune: and ſince I haue beene a Lawyer, (alas!) ſuch haue beene my wants, that hauing no Clyents to ſaue my credit, I haue pretended buſineſſe, and gone vp and downe with a Pen and Inke-horne by my ſide, as earneſtly as if I had a dozen Cauſes to plead: when (alas!) I had ſcarce bread to liue on, that, I proteſt vnto your honour, Fortune had quite out-law'd my eſtate. Well then, I award thee this mercifull iudgement: becauſe, Cauſidicus, after ſeuen yeeres practice of the Law (for ſo long thou haſt, I know not how iuſtly, gone vnder that title) thou haſt deſeru'd to hold vp thy hand at the Barre, when thou ſhouldſt haue beene the defender of Iuſtice, thou ſhalt hence-forth be call'd a Barrister; till by thy honeſt pleading you redeeme your ſelfe from that name; and hereafter when any of thy Profeſſion plead Cauſes, they ſhall, in the admoniſhing remembrance of thy crime, plead at a Barre—; and that thy pleading of two Cauſes may bee remembred, thou ſhalt weare, &c.—For you, Medicus, becauſe you did happily recouer Aſtronomia—