Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Nuce, ThomasPseudo-Seneca · published 1581 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) tragedy T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.74 · 499 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Unworth he is your spousal chamber place: But yet your destiny's force, you must embrace, And well, abide your fortune's crooked race: Nor move unkindly Nero's gauly ire. One day perchance, there will as I desire, Some God revenge your lamentable case: And once I trust a gladsome day shall be, When you shall joy afresh in wonted place. Ah. no, now, long this court (alas) we see With heavy wrath of God's displeased ire Hath overcharged been: which Venus dire With Messalinas monstrous ramping lust, She first hath brought adown into the dust. Who madly married to prince Claudius' grace, But little mindful then of that same case, And not regarding much th'appointed pain, With cursed cressets married once again. To which unlucky incestual bridal bed, That drosel dire that furious slut Erin, With hanging hair about her hellish head, And girt with snakes with deadly step went in. And flaming brands from spousal chamber caught, In both their bloods bathed, hath quenched clean: And hath incensed prince Claudius' burning thought In bloody thrattling stroke to pass all mean. My mother first of wretches all the most, With stripe of deadly sword gave up her ghost. And now extinguished quite, left me forlorn, With dolours pining pangs and mourning worn. And after her in hellish team doth hail, Unto the senseless souls of Pluto's jail Her make, and Britannic her son that way: And first this ruinous court did she betray. Let be, Madame, with tears your face to dight: Ne so renew your bitter wailing just: Cease troubling now your parents piteous sprite, That paid hath the price of raging lust. God grant the talk we heard of late, To rashly trusted everywhere, And blown abroad through each estate, No badge of truth that it may bear. And that no fresh espoused dame, Our Princes thews do enter in, But that OCTAVIA keep the same, And that the seed of GLADIV Skin, May once bring forth some pledge of peace: That to the world rest may redound, And wrangling strife may easily cease, And Rome retain her great renown. The peerless Princess Iuno height, Her brother's wedlock yoke retains: Why is Augustus' sister bright, Where like betrothed league remains, From stately pomp of court reject, What doth devoutness her avail? To sainted sire who hath respect? What doth her virgin's life prevail? And CLAVDIV Snow in ground ylaid, Even we to much unmindful be: Whose worthy steme we have betrayed through fear that made us to agree. In breast our elders did embrace, The perfect Roman puissance, The true unstained worthy race, And blood of Mars they did advance. The proud and lofty stomached train Of lusty haughty minded Kings, They could not suffer to remain Within this noble City's wings. And justly they revenged thy death, O Virgin chaste, VIRGINIA pure, deprived by sire of vital breath, That bondage thou mightst not endure: And that his shameless brutish lust, So good a meed might not enjoy:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Nuce, ThomasPseudo-Seneca
Publication year (edition)
1581
First performance / composition (Annals)
1566
First performance (BritDrama)
1566 [summer]
Genre (British Drama)
tragedy
Play type
Translation;Nonprofessional;Closet/Unacted
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 82 · TCP A11909 · DEEP 5015.09
Edition role
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 425–499 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 23 in this edition
Length
499 words · 698 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T12 — Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and Marscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.737 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T28 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Vnworth he is your ſpouſall chamber place: But yet your deſtnies force, you muſt imbrace, And wel, abyde your fortunes crooked race: Nor moue vnkyndly Neroes gauly yre. One day perchaunce, there wil as I deſyre, Some God reuenge your lamentable caſe: And once I truſt a gladſome day ſhal be, When you ſhal ioy a freſh in wonted place. Ah. no, now, long this court (alas) we ſee With heauy wrath of Gods diſpleaſed yre Hath ouercharged bene: which Venus dyre With Meſſalinas monſtrous ramping luſt, Shee firſt hath brought adowne into the duſt. Who madly maryed to prince Claudius grace, But little myndful then of that ſame caſe, And not regarding much thappoynted payne, With curſed creſſets maried once againe. To which vnlucky inceſtuall brydall bed, That droſell dyre that furious ſlut Erin, With hanging hayre aboute her helliſh hed, And gyrt with ſnakes with deadly ſtep went in. And flaming brandes from ſpouſall chamber cought, In both their blouds ybathd, hath quenched cleane: And hath incenſt prince Claudius burning thought In bloudy thratling ſtroake to paſſe all meane. My mother firſt of wretches all the moſt, With ſtripe of deadly ſword gaue vp her ghoſt. And now extinguiſht quite, left me forlorne, With dolours pyning panges and mourning worne. And after her in helliſh teame doth hayle, Vnto the ſenſeles ſoules of Plutoes iaile Her make, and Brittannick her ſonne that way: And firſt this ruinous court did ſhe betray. Let be, Madame, with teares your face to dight: Ne ſo renew your bitter wayling iuſt: Ceaſſe troubling now your parents piteous ſpright, That payed hath the price of raging luſt. God graunt the talke wee hearde of late, To rashly truſted euery where, And blowne abroad through each eſtate, No badge of truth that it may beare. And that no fresh eſpouſed dame, Our Princes thewes do enter in, But that OCTAVIA keepe the ſame, And that the ſeede of GLADIV Skin, May once bringforth ſome pledge of peace: That to the world reſt may redowne, And wrangling ſtryfe may eaſly ceaſe, And Rome retayne her great renowne. The peerleſſe Princeſſe Iuno hight, Her brothers wedlocke yoke retaynes: VVhy is AVGVSTVS ſister bright, VVhere like betroathed league remaynes, From ſtately pompe of court reiect, VVhat doth deuoutnes her auayle? To ſayncted ſyre who hath reſpectt? VVhat doth her Virgins life preuayle? And CLAVDIV Snow in ground ylayed, Euen wee to much vnmyndefull be: VVhoſe worthy ſteme we haue betrayed Throught feare that made vs to agree. In breaſt our elders did embrace, The perfect Romayne puiſſaunce, The true vnſtayned worthy race, And bloud of Mars they did aduaunce. The proude and lofty ſtomackt trayne Of luſty hauty mynded Kinges, They could not ſuffer to remayne VVithin this noble Cities winges. And iuſtly they reuengd thy death, O Virgin chaſt, VIRGINIA pure, Depriude by ſyre of vitall breath, That bondage thou mightſt not endure: And that his ſhameles brutish lust, So good a meede might not enioy: