Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1599 [1598-1599] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T35 Fools, wit and railing typicality 0.70 · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T35: fool, wit, aristippus, achilles, wise, fools, patroclus, thersites, master, men.
So, so, is good, very good, very excellent good: and yet it is not, it is but so, so: Art thou wise? I sir, I have a pretty wit. Why, thou sayst well. I do now remember a saying: The Fool doth think he is wise, but the wiseman knows himself to be a Foole. The Heathen Philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a Grape, would open his lips when he put it into his mouth, meaning thereby, that Grapes were made to eat, and lips to open. You do love this maid? I do sit. Give me your hand: Art thou Learned? No sir. Then learn this of me, To have, is to have. For it is a figure in Rhetoric, that drink being poured out of a cup into a glass, by filling the one, doth empty the other. For all your Writers do consent, that ipse is he: now you are not ipse, for I am he. Which he sir? He sir, that must marry this woman: Therefore you Clown, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leave the society: which in the boorish, is company, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the society of this Female, or Clown thou perishest: or to thy better understanding, diest; or (to wit) I kill thee, make thee away, translate thy life into death, thy liberty into bondage: I will deal in poison with thee, or in bastinado, or in steel: I will bandy with thee in faction, I will o'errun thee with policy: I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways, therefore tremble and departed. Do good William. God rest you merry sir. Our Master and Mistress seeks you: come away, away. Trip Audery, trip Audery, I attend, I attend. Is't possible, that on so little acquaintance you should like her? that, but seeing, you should love her? And loving woe? and wooing, she should grant? And will you persever to enjoy her? Neither call the giddiness of it in question; the poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden wooing, nor sudden consenting: but say with me, I love Aliena: say with her, that she loves me; consent with both, that we may enjoy each other: it shall be to your good: for my father's house, and all the revennew, that was old Sir Rowlands will I estate upon you, and here live and die a Shepherd. You have my consent. Let your Wedding be to morrow: thither will I Invite the Duke, and all's contented followers: Go you, and prepare Aliena; for look you, here comes my Rosalinde. God save you brother. And you fair sister. Oh my dear Orlando, how it grieves me to see thee wear thy heart in a scarf. It is my arm. I thought thy heart had been wounded with the claws of a Lion. Wounded it is, but with the eyes of a Lady.
nodes 1567–1594 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 38 of 44 in this edition
Length
492 words · 658 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T35 — Fools, wit and railingcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.704 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T58 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
So, ſo, is good, very good, very excellent good: and yet it is not, it is but ſo, ſo: Art thou wiſe? I ſir, I haue a prettie wit. Why, thou ſaiſt well. I do now remember a ſaying: The Foole doth thinke he is wiſe, but the wiſeman knowes himſelfe to be a Foole. The Heathen Philoſopher, when he had a deſire to eate a Grape, would open his lips when he put it into his mouth, meaning thereby, that Grapes were made to eate, and lippes to open. You do loue this maid? I do ſit. Giue me your hand: Art thou Learned? No ſir. Then learne this of me, To haue, is to haue. For it is a figure in Rhetoricke, that drink being powr'd out of a cup into a glaſſe, by filling the one, doth empty the other. For all your Writers do conſent, that ipſe is hee: now you are not ipſe, for I am he. Which he ſir? He ſir, that muſt marrie this woman: Therefore you Clowne, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leaue the ſocietie: which in the booriſh, is companie, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the ſociety of this Female, or Clowne thou periſheſt: or to thy better vnderſtanding, dyeſt; or (to wit) I kill thee, make thee away, tranſlate thy life into death, thy libertie into bondage: I will deale in poyſon with thee, or in baſtinado, or in ſteele: I will bandy with thee in faction, I will ore-run thee with police: I will kill thee a hundred and fifty wayes, therefore tremble and depart. Do good William. God reſt you merry ſir. Our Maſter and Miſtreſſe ſeekes you: come away, away. Trip Audry, trip Audry, I attend, I attend. Is't poſſible, that on ſo little acquaintance you ſhould like her? that, but ſeeing, you ſhould loue her? And louing woo? and wooing, ſhe ſhould graunt? And will you perſeuer to enioy her? Neither call the giddineſſe of it in queſtion; the pouertie of her, the ſmall acquaintance, my ſodaine woing, nor ſodaine conſenting: but ſay with mee, I loue Aliena: ſay with her, that ſhe loues mee; conſent with both, that we may enioy each other: it ſhall be to your good: for my fathers houſe, and all the reuennew, that was old Sir Rowlands will I eſtate vpon you, and heere liue and die a Shepherd. You haue my conſent. Let your Wedding be to morrow: thither will I Inuite the Duke, and all's contented followers: Go you, and prepare Aliena; for looke you, Heere comes my Roſalinde. God ſaue you brother. And you faire ſiſter. Oh my deere Orlando, how it greeues me to ſee thee weare thy heart in a ſcarfe. It is my arme. I thought thy heart had beene wounded with the clawes of a Lion. Wounded it is, but with the eyes of a Lady.