Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding · chunk 2 of 40
Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John · published 1620 · first performed or written 1609 [May(?)] (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men · Globe T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation typicality 0.85 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T14: prince, princess, love, king, lord, queen, madam, grace, lady, life.
Fair Prince, Since heaven's great guider furthers our intents, And brought you with safety here to arrive Within our Kingdom and Court of Sicily, We bid you most welcome, Princely Pharamont, And that our Kingly bounty shall confirm, Even whilst the Heavens hold so propitious aspect we'll crown your wished desires (with our own) Lend me your hand sweet Prince, hereby enjoy A full fruition of your best contents, The interest I hold I do possess you with, Only a father's care and prayers retain, That heaven may heap on blessings, take her Prince, A sweeter Mistress than the offered Language of any dame, were she a Queen whose eye speaks common Loves; and comfort to her servants: Last Noble son, for so I now must call you, what I have done thus public, is not to add a comfort in particular to you or me, but all, and to confirm the Nobles and the Gentry of our Kingdom by oath to your succession: which shall be within this month at most. This will be hardly done. It must be ill done, if it be done. When it is at best, 'twill be but half done, whilst so brave a gentleman is wronged and slung off. I fear. Who does not? I fear not for myself, and yet I fear too: well, we shall see, we shall see: no more. Kissing your white hand Mistrisse I take leaue, to thanke your royall Father: and thus far to be my owne free trompet: vnderstand great King, and these your subiects, mine that must be, for so deseruing you haue spoke me Sir: and so deseruing I dare speake my selfe, to what a person of what Eminence, ripe expectation, of what faculties, manners and vertues you would wed your Kingdomes, and in me haue your wishes: oh this countrey, by more then all the gods, I hold it happy, happy in their deor memories, that haue bin Kings great and good; happy in yours that is, and from you as a Chronicle to keepe your noble name from rotting Age: do I open my selfe most happy: Gentlemen beleeue me in a word, a Princes word, there shalbe nothing to make vp a Kingdome mighty and flourishing, defenced feard equall to be commanded and obeyed but through the trauels of my life, ile finde it out, and tie it to this countrey. By all the gods; my Raigne shall bee as easie to the subiects, that euery man shall bee his Prince himselfe, and his owne Law; Yet I his Prince and Law. And deerest Lady, to your deerest selfe, deere in the choyce of him, whose name and lustre, must make you more and mightier: Let mee say you are the blessedst liuing: for sweete Princesse, you shall inioy a man of men, to bee your seruant, you shall make him yours, for whom great Queenes must d e.
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Faire Prince, Since heauens great guider furthers our intents, And brought you with safety here to arriue Within our Kingdome and Court of Cycele, We bid you most welcome, Princely Pharamont, And that our Kingly bounty shall confirme, Euen whilst the Heauens hold so propitious aspect Wee'le crowne your wisht desires (with our owne) Lend me your hand sweet Prince, hereby enioy A full fruition of your best contents, The interest I hold I doe possesse you with, Onely a fathers care and prayers retaine, That heauen may heape on blessings, take her Prince, A sweeter Mistrisse then the offered Language of any dame, were she a Queene whose eye speakes common Loues; and comfort to her seruants: Last Noble son, for so I now must call you, what I haue done thus publik, is not to add a comfort in particular to you or mee, but all, and to confirme the Nobles and the Gentrie of our Kingdome by oath to your succession: which shall be within this moneth at most. This will be hardly done. It must be ill done, if it be done. When it is at best, twill bee but halfe done, whilst so braue a gentleman is wrongde and slung off. I feare. Who dos not? I feare not for my selfe, and yet I feare too: well, we shall see, we shall see: no more. Kissing your white hand Mistrisse I take leaue, to thanke your royall Father: and thus far to be my owne free trompet: vnderstand great King, and these your subiects, mine that must be, for so deseruing you haue spoke me Sir: and so deseruing I dare speake my selfe, to what a person of what Eminence, ripe expectation, of what faculties, manners and vertues you would wed your Kingdomes, and in me haue your wishes: oh this countrey, by more then all the gods, I hold it happy, happy in their deor memories, that haue bin Kings great and good; happy in yours that is, and from you as a Chronicle to keepe your noble name from rotting Age: do I open my selfe most happy: Gentlemen beleeue me in a word, a Princes word, there shalbe nothing to make vp a Kingdome mighty and flourishing, defenced feard equall to be commanded and obeyed but through the trauels of my life, ile finde it out, and tie it to this countrey. By all the gods; my Raigne shall bee as easie to the subiects, that euery man shall bee his Prince himselfe, and his owne Law; Yet I his Prince and Law. And deerest Lady, to your deerest selfe, deere in the choyce of him, whose name and lustre, must make you more and mightier: Let mee say you are the blessedst liuing: for sweete Princesse, you shall inioy a man of men, to bee your seruant, you shall make him yours, for whom great Queenes must d e.