Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Studley, John · published 1581 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) tragedy T56 Magic, spells and conjuring typicality 0.68 · 530 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T56: magic, faustus, charms, charm, conjure, spirits, skill, ho, power, spells.
Can knit again their soldered parts, and so recover life. Help wakeful Dragon Argos, whom first magic words of mine Made Morpheus lock thy sleepy lids, and shut thy slugring eyen. Then having brought above the ground of Serpents all the rout, Of filthy weeds the rankest bane she picks, and gathers out, That spring on knotty Eryx hill where passage none is found, Among the ragged Rocks, or what on Caucasus his ground Doth grow that still is clad in Coat of hoary moary frost. That evermore unmelt abides, whose spattered field is soused With gobs of blood, that spouteth from Prometheus gaping maw, Whose guts with twitching talon out the ghastly gripe doth draw. Or any other venomous herb among the Medes that grows, That with their sheaf of arrows sharp in field do scare their foes. Or what the light held Parthian to serve her turn can send, Or else the rich Arabians, that dip their arrows end In poison strong: the juice of all Medea out doth wring, That underneath the frozen pole in Swevia land doth spring. Whose noble state Hircinus wood doth high enhance and rear, Or what the pleasant soil doth yield in prime of smiling veare, When nature bids the bird begin her shrouding nest to build, Or when the churlish Boreas blast sharp winter hath exiled, The trim array of branch and bough to clothe the naked tree, And every thing with bitter could of Snow congealed be. In any pestilent flower on stalk of any herb doth grow, Or noisome juice doth lie in rotten writhen roots allow, Hath any force in breading bane, those takes she in her hand. Some plaguy herbs did Athos yield that mount of. Thessayle land. And other Pindus' roches high and some upon the top Of Pingeus, but tender twigs the cruel sith did lop: These Tigris river nourished up, that chokes his whirlpool deep With stronger stream. Danubius those in fostering wave did keep. Those did Hidaspus minister, who by the parching zone With lukewarm silver channel runs, so rich with precious stone. And Bethis' son, who gave the name unto his country great, And with his shallow ford against the Spanish seas doth beat This herb abode the edge of knife in dawning of the day Ere Phoebus' Face 'gan peep, bedecked with glittering golden spray His slender stalk was suepped of in deep of silent night, His corn was cropped, while she with charm her poisoned nails did dight. she chops the deadly herbs, & wrings the squeezed clottered blood Of Serpents out: and filthy birds of irksome miry mud: She tempers with the same and eke: she brays the heart of Owl Foreshowing death with glaring Eyes, and moping Visage foul, Of shriek Owl hoarse alive she takes the dirty stinking guts, All these the framer of this feat in divers parcels puts. This hath in it devouring force of greedy spoiling flame, The frozen isle dulling could engenders by the same. she chants on those the magic verse, that works no lesser harm, With bustling franticly she stamps, and ceaseth not to charm. O Flittering Flocks of grisly. ghosts
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1046–1095 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 22 of 30 in this edition
Length
530 words · 739 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T56 — Magic, spells and conjuringcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.677 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T45 · seed 44: T51 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Can knit agayne their ſodred partes, and ſo recouer lyfe. Help wakefull Dragon Argos, whom firſt magicke wordes of myne Made Morpheus locke thy ſleepy liddes, and ſhut thy ſlugring eyne. Then hauing brought aboue the ground of Serpents all the rout, Of filthy weedes the ranckeſt bane ſhee pyckes, and gathers out, That ſpryng on knotty Eryx hill where paſſage none is founde, Among the ragged Rockes, or what on Caucaſus his grounde Doth grow that ſtill is clad in Coate of hoary moary froſt. That euermore vnmelt abydes, whoſe ſpattred fylde is ſoſte With gubbs of bloud, y• ſpowteth from Prometheus gaping maw, Whoſe guts with twitching talent out the gaſtly gripe doth draw. Or any other venemous herbe amonge the Medes that growes, That with their ſheafe of arowes ſharp in field do ſcare their foes. Or what the light held Parthian to ſerue her turne can ſende, Or els the rych Arabians, that dyp theyr arrowes ende In poyſon ſtrong: the iuyce of all Medea out doth wrynge, That vnderneath the froſen poale in Svveuia land doth ſprynge. Whoſe noble ſtate Hircinus woode doth high enhaunce and reare▪ Or what the pleaſaunte ſoyle doth yeelde in pryme of ſmiling veare, When nature byddes the byrd begin her ſhrowding neſt to builde, Or when the churlyſhe Boreas blaſt ſharpe winter hath exilde, The trym aray of braunche and bough to cloth the naked tree, And euery thinge with bitter coulde of Snowe congealed bee. In any peſtilent flower on ſtalke of any hearbe doth growe, Or noyſome iuyce doth lye in rotten wrythen rootes alowe, Hath any force in breading bane, thoſe takes ſhee in her hande. Some plaugy hearbes did Athos yeelde that mount of. Theſſayle lande. And other Pindus roches hye and ſome vppon the top Of Pingeus, but tender twigges the cruell Sythe did lop: Theſe Tigris ryuer noriſht vp, that choakes his whyrlpoale deepe With ſtronger ſtreame. Danubius thoſe in foſtring waue did keepe. Thoſe did Hidaſpus myniſter, who by the parching zone With lukewarme ſiluer channell runnes, ſo ryth with precious ſtone. And Bethis ſonne, who gaue the name vnto his countrey great, And with his ſhallowe oarde agaynſt the Spanyſhe ſeas doth beat This hearbe aboade the edge of knyfe in dawning of the day Ere Phoebus Face gan peepe, bedect with glittring goulden ſpray His ſlender ſtalke was ſuepped of in deepe of ſilent nyght, His corne was cropt, whyle ſhe wt charme her poyſned nayles did dight. Shee chops the deadly hearbes, & wrings the ſqueſed clottered bloud Of Serpentes out: and filthy byrdes of irkeſome miry mud: She tempers with the ſame and eake: ſhe brayes the heart of Owle Foreſhewing death with glaring Eyes, and moaping Vyſage foule, Of ſhryke Owle hoarce alyue ſhe takes the durty ſtinking guts, All theſe the framer of this feate in dyuers percels puts. This hath in it deuouring force of greedy ſpoyling flame, The froſen yſle dulling coulde engenders by the ſame. Shee chauntes on thoſe the magicke verſe, that workes no leſſer harme, With buſtling frantickely ſhee ſtampes, and ceaſeth not to charme. O Flittring Flockes of griſly. ghoſtes