Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1604 [c.1603-1604] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men unassigned nearest T33 Fathers, daughters and marriage negotiat · 520 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T33: daughter, marriage, father, love, davus, matter, son, chremes, wife, mother.
I pray you hear her speak? If she confess that she was halfe the wooer, Destruction on my head, if my bad blame Light on the man. Come hither gentle Mistress, Do you perceive in all this Noble Company, Where most you own obedience? My Noble Father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life, and education: My life and education both do learn me, How to respect you. You are the Lord of duty, I am hitherto your Daughter. But here's my Husband; And so much duty, as my Mother showed To you, preferring you before her Father: So much I challenge, that I may profess Due to the Moor my Lord. God be with you: I have done. Please it your Grace, on to the State Affairs; I had rather to adopt a Child, then get it. Come hither Moor; I here do give thee that with all my heart, Which but thou hast already, with all my heart I would keep from thee. For your sake (jewel) I am glad at soul, I have no other Child; For thy escape would teach me Tyranny To hang clogs on them. I have done my Lord. Let me speak like yourself: And lay a Sentence, Which as a grise, or step may help these Lovers. When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. To mourn a Mischief that is past and gone, Is the next way to draw new mischief on. What cannot be preserned, when Fortune takes: Patience, her Injury a mock'ry makes. The robbed that smiles, steals something from the Thief, He robs himself, that spends a bootless grief. So let the Turk of Cyprus us beguile, We lose it not so long as we can smile: He bears the Sentence well, that nothing bears, But the free comfort which from thence he hears. But he bears both the Sentence, and the sorrow, That to pay grief, must of poor Patience borrow. These Sentences, to Sugar, or to Gall, Being strong on both sides, are Equivocal. But words are words, I never yet did hear: That the bruised heart was pierced through the ears. I humbly beseech you proceed to th' Affairs of State. The Turk with a most mighty Preparation makes for Cyprus: Othello, the Fortitude of the place is best known to you. And though we have there a Substitute of most allowed sufficiency; yet opinion, a more sovereign Mistress of Effects, throws a more safer voice on you: you must therefore be content to slubber the gloss of your new Fortunes, with this more stubborn, and boisterous expedition. The Tyrant Custom, most Grave Senators, Hath made the flinty and Steel Coach of War My thrice-driven bed of down. I do agnize A Natural and prompt Alacartie, I find in hardness: and do undertake This present Wars against the Ottamites. Most humbly therefore bending to your State, I crave fit disposition for my Wife, Due reference of Place, and Exhibition, With such Accommodation and besort As levels with her breeding.
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I pray you heare her ſpeake? If ſhe confeſſe that ſhe was halfe the wooer, Deſtruction on my head, if my bad blame Light on the man. Come hither gentle Miſtris, Do you perceiue in all this Noble Companie, Where moſt you owe obedience? My Noble Father, I do perceiue heere a diuided dutie. To you I am bound for life, and education: My life and education both do learne me, How to reſpect you. You are the Lord of duty, I am hitherto your Daughter. But heere's my Husband; And ſo much dutie, as my Mother ſhew'd To you, preferring you before her Father: So much I challenge, that I may profeſſe Due to the Moore my Lord. God be with you: I haue done. Pleaſe it your Grace, on to the State Affaires; I had rather to adopt a Child, then get it. Come hither Moore; I here do giue thee that with all my heart, Which but thou haſt already, with all my heart I would keepe from thee. For your ſake (Iewell) I am glad at ſoule, I haue no other Child; For thy eſcape would teach me Tirranie To hang clogges on them. I haue done my Lord. Let me ſpeake like your ſelfe: And lay a Sentence, Which as a griſe, or ſtep may helpe theſe Louers. When remedies are paſt, the griefes are ended By ſeeing the worſt, which late on hopes depended. To mourne a Miſcheefe that is paſt and gon, Is the next way to draw new miſchiefe on. What cannot be preſern'd, when Fortune takes: Patience, her Iniury a mock'ry makes. The rob'd that ſmiles, ſteales ſomething from the Thiefe, He robs himſelfe, that ſpends a booteleſſe griefe. So let the Turke of Cyprus vs beguile, We looſe it not ſo long as we can ſmile: He beares the Sentence well, that nothing beares, But the free comfort which from thence he heares. But he beares both the Sentence, and the ſorrow, That to pay griefe, muſt of poore Patience borrow. Theſe Sentences, to Sugar, or to Gall, Being ſtrong on both ſides, are Equiuocall. But words are words, I neuer yet did heare: That the bruized heart was pierc'd through the eare. I humbly beſeech you proceed to th' Affaires of State. The Turke with a moſt mighty Preparation makes for Cyprus: Othello, the Fortitude of the place is beſt knowne to you. And though we haue there a Subſtitute of moſt allowed ſufficiencie; yet opinion, a more ſoueraigne Miſtris of Effects, throwes a more ſafer voice on you: you muſt therefore be content to ſlubber the gloſſe of your new Fortunes, with this more ſtubborne, and boyſtrous expedition. The Tirant Cuſtome, moſt Graue Senators, Hath made the flinty and Steele Coach of Warre My thrice-driuen bed of Downe. I do agnize A Naturall and prompt Alacartie, I finde in hardneſſe: and do vndertake This preſent Warres againſt the Ottamites. Moſt humbly therefore bending to your State, I craue fit diſpoſition for my Wife, Due reference of Place, and Exhibition, With ſuch Accomodation and beſort As leuels with her breeding.