The Entertainment at Sir William Cokayne's in Easter Week (The Cock) · chunk 1 of 2
Middleton, Thomas · published 1621 · first performed or written 1621 [1620-1621] (Annals) entertainment; civic play T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions typicality 0.74 · 336 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
room, room, make room, You Friends to Fame, Officers of worth and Name, Make room, make room, Behold the Bird of State doth come, Make room, Clear the place, O do it all the grace; It is the King of Birds, whose chanting, And early morning Crowing, So quick and strongly flowing, does make the King of Beasts lie panting; How worthy then to be brought in with Honour, That daunts the proudest in that humble manner. TWo powers at strife about conceived wrong, To whom this Bird should properly belong, Were reconciled by Harmony: First, the Sun Called it his Bird, cause still when day begun To ope her modest Eye, this Creature then, Proclaims his glory to the world again; Minerva next, Goddess of Arms and Art, Claimed it for hers (not without just desert) He, like the Morning being the muse's friend, And then for courage, 'tis his life, his end; Without wrong then those properties related, To both, he may be justly consecrated: But, Worthy Lord, how properly to you, Whose place partakes of both; it is so true An Emblem of your worth, charge, power, & state, None, Noblier can express a Magistrate; For all that is in this Bird, Quality, Is in you Virtue, justice, Industry, What does his early morning note imply? But in you, early care and vigilancy; A Duty that begets Duty to you, So Virtue still pays, and receives her due: What does the striking of his wings import, Ere to his Neighbour he his sounds retort? But the dear labours and incessant pains Of a just Magistrate, that e'en constrains His Nerves, to give more Virtue to his word, And beat in sense into the most absurd: The Sharpest is the easiest to apply, For his quick Spur, law's sword doth signify; The execution of your Charge and Place, To cut off all crimes that are bold and base: Virtues should be with kind embraces, heaped, But with a Sword, Sins harvest must be reaped.
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ROome, roome, make roome, You Friends to Fame, Officers of worth and Name, Make roome, make roome, Behold the Bird of State doth come, Make roome, Cleere the place, O doe it all the grace; It is the King of Birds, whoſe chaunting, And early morning Crowing, So quicke and ſtrongly flowing, Doe's make the King of Beaſts lye panting; How worthy then to be brought in with Honour, That daunts the proudeſt in that humble manner. TWo powers at ſtrife about conceiued wrong, To whom this Bird ſhould properly belong, Were reconcil'd by Harmony: Firſt, the Sunne Cald it his Bird, cauſe ſtill when day begun To ope her modeſt Eye, this Creature then, Proclaimes his glory to the world agen; Minerua next, Goddeſſe of Armes and Art, Claymd it for hers (not without iuſt deſert) He, like the Morning being the Muſes friend, And then for courage, 'tis his life, his end; Without wrong then thoſe properties related, To both, hee may be iuſtly conſecrated: But, Worthy Lord, how properly to you, Whoſe place pertakes of both; it is ſo true An Emblem of your worth, charge, power, & ſtate, None, Noblier can expreſſe a Magiſtrate; For all that is in this Bird, Quality, Is in you Vertue, Iuſtice, Induſtry, What do's his early morning note imply? But in you, early care and vigilancie; A Duty that begets Duty to you, So Vertue ſtill payes, and receiues her due: What do's the ſtriking of his wings import, Ere to his Neighbour hee his ſounds retort? But the deere labours and inceſſant paines Of a iuſt Magiſtrate, that e'en conſtraines His Nerues, to giue more Vertue to his word, And beate in ſenſe into the moſt abſurd: The Sharpeſt is the eaſieſt to apply, For his quicke Spurre, Lawes ſword doth ſignifie; The execution of your Charge and Place, To cut off all crimes that are bold and baſe: ``Vertues ſhould be with kind embraces, heap'd, ``But with a Sword, Sins harueſt muſt be reap'd.