Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1599 [1598-1599] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.71 · 497 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
If a Hart do lack a Hind, Let him seek out Rosalinde: If the Cat will after kind, so be sure will Rosalinde: Wintered garments must be lined, so must slender Rosalinde: They that reap must sheaf and bind, then to cart with Rosalinde. Sweetest nut, bath sourest rind, such a nut is Rosalinde. He that sweetest rose will find, must find Love's prick, & Rosalinde. This is the very false gallop of Verses, why do you infect yourself with them? Peace you dull folle, I found them on a tree. Truly the tree yields bad fruit. I'll graft it with you, and then I shall graft it with a Meddler: than it will be the earliest fruit i' th' country: for you'll be rotten ere you be half ripe, and that's the right virtue of the Meddler. You have said: but whether wisely or no, let the Forest judge. Peace, here comes my sister reading, stand a side. Why should this Desert be, for it is unpeopled? Noah: Tonges Isle hang on every tree, that shall civil sayings shoe. Some, how brief the Life of man runs his erring pilgrimage, That the stretching of a span, buckles in his sum of age. Some of violated vows, twixt the souls of friend, and friend: But upon the fairest bows, or at every sentence end; Will I Rosalinda write, teaching all that read, to know The quintessence of every spirit, heaven would in little show. Therefore heaven Nature charged, that one body should be filled With all Graces wide enlarged, nature presently distilled Helen's cheek, but not his heart, Cleopatra's Majesty: Attalanta's better part, sad Lucrecia's Modesty. Thus Rosalinde of many parts, by Heavenly Synod was devised, Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, to have the touches dearest prized. Heaven would that she these gifts should have, and I to live and die her slave. O most gentle Iupiter, what tedious homily of Love have you wearied your parishioners withal, and never cried, have patience good people. How now back friends: Shepherd, go off a little: go with him sirrah. Come Shepherd, let us make an honourable retreat, though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and scrippage. Didst thou hear these verses? O yes, I heard them all, and more too, for some of them had in them more feet than the Verses would bear. That's no matter: the feet might bear the verses. I, but the feet were lame, and could not bear themselves without the verse, and therefore stood lamely in the verse. But didst thou hear without wondering, how thy name should be hanged and carved upon these trees? I was seven of the nine days out of the wonder, before you came: for look here what I found on a Palm tree; I was never so berim d since Pythagoras' time that I was an Irish Rat, which I can hardly remember. Trow you, who hath done this? Is it a man?
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If a Hart doe lacke a Hinde, Let him ſeeke out Roſalinde: If the Cat will after kinde, ſo be ſure will Roſalinde: Wintred garments muſt be linde, ſo muſt ſlender Roſalinde: They that reap muſt ſheafe and binde, then to cart with Roſalinde. Sweeteſt nut, bath ſowreſt rinde, ſuch a nut is Roſalinde. He that ſweeteſt roſe will finde, muſt finde Loues pricke, & Roſalinde. This is the verie falſe gallop of Verſes, why doe you infect your ſelfe with them? Peace you dull folle, I found them on a tree. Truely the tree yeelds bad fruite. Ile graffe it with you, and then I ſhall graffe it with a Medler: then it will be the earlieſt fruit i' th country: for you'l be rotten ere you bee halfe ripe, and that's the right vertue of the Medler. You haue ſaid: but whether wiſely or no, let the Forreſt iudge. Peace, here comes my ſiſter reading, ſtand a ſide. Why ſhould this Deſert bee, for it is vnpeopled? Noe: Tonges Ile hang on euerie tree, that ſhall ciuill ſayings ſhoe. Some, how briefe the Life of man runs his erring pilgrimage, That the ſtretching of a ſpan, buckles in his ſumme of age. Some of violated vowes, twixt the ſoules of friend, and friend: But vpon the faireſt bowes, or at euerie ſentence end; Will I Roſalinda write, teaching all that reade, to know The quinteſſence of euerie ſprite, heauen would in little ſhow. Therefore heauen Nature charg'd, that one bodie ſhould be fill'd With all Graces wide enlarg'd, nature preſently diſtill'd Helens cheeke, but not his heart, Cleopatra's Maieſtie: Attalanta's better part, ſad Lucrecia's Modeſtie. Thus Roſalinde of manie parts, by Heauenly Synode was deuis'd, Of manie faces, eyes, and hearts, to haue the touches deereſt pris'd. Heauen would that ſhee theſe gifts ſhould haue, and I to liue and die her ſlaue. O moſt gentle Iupiter, what tedious homilie of Loue haue you wearied your pariſhioners withall, and neuer cri'de, haue patience good people. How now backe friends: Shepheard, go off a little: go with him ſirrah. Come Shepheard, let vs make an honorable retreit, though not with bagge and baggage, yet with ſcrip and ſcrippage. Didſt thou heare theſe verſes? O yes, I heard them all, and more too, for ſome of them had in them more feete then the Verſes would beare. That's no matter: the feet might beare ye verſes. I, but the feet were lame, and could not beare themſelues without the verſe, and therefore ſtood lamely in the verſe. But didſt thou heare without wondering, how thy name ſhould be hang'd and carued vpon theſe trees? I was ſeuen of the nine daies out of the wonder, before you came: for looke heere what I found on a Palme tree; I was neuer ſo berim d ſince Pythagoras time that I was an Iriſh Rat, which I can hardly remember. Tro you, who hath done this? Is it a man?