Carlell, Lodowick · published 1629 · first performed or written 1629 [c.1622-1629] (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men · before the Court T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.82 · 514 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
Though thou deniest this with a brazen brow, Yet thou canst not deny thou wouldst have ravished me, When I did trust thee to go along with me, I being disguised then, where I to thee discovered When Lysander was; and more thou threatendst (If I did not give consent to thy base lust) To murder me, when thou hadst done, Because I should not tell. madam, I did not think that love to any man could e'er have turned that excellent wit of yours so ill away, as thus unjustly to accuse a man that is innocent, and one that honours you. Sir, I do grieve, My daughter's love unto Lysander, should Move her for to seek a most unjust revenge Against good Iacomo, whose like for honesty I know not in this Kingdom of his quality. Sir, here's a witness, that will confirm What I have said for truth. What gentle Lady? Sir, 'twas I that you rescued yesterday, From a villain that would have ravished me. Why Lady, were you in such danger? Mark you Sir, she knows of no such thing. I was the Boy you found in the wood, Whom this villain would then have ravished, Which then I told you was my master. I thought no boy could have so sweet a face, Indeed Sir, 'tis most true, I found this Lady bound, And that same villain as I think; for I had but A glimpse of him in the bushes, his fear making Him fly as soon as ever he saw me. I beseech your Majesty let him be hanged, For on my honour what I do affirm is truth. Your affirmation is to me a hundred Witnesses, yet it were in me injustice to deny The combat 'gainst this gentleman that doth accuse Him on your behalf, if Iacomo desire it. Believe it Sir, he that will do such villainies, Will never dare to fight, Sir send him to the Galleys, If he will nor fight, it shows his guilt. Hell take you all, I dare not fight might I have all the world given. I'll rather to the Galleys. I shall get out there with some trick or other, and then I'll poison twenty of you, I'll not discover what I am that will but show me more. Let him that rescued Clarinda have the land That Iacomo should have had, for discovering where Lysander was: call forth the prisoner, and proceed to execution. Weep not Clarinda, you may live happily You and the Princess may together make A kind of Marriage, each one strongly Flattering themselves, the other is Lysander; For each of you's Lysander's better part: Pardon Clarinda that I borrow from That stream of love a part to pay the Princess, Which ever yet ran constantly to the Ocean Of thy perfection only, for now a gratefulness To her, makes some of it run in another current; For which I know thou being wise, canst never Love me less, knowing that I have love enough For both, since I can marry neither.
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514 words · 651 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.815 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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Though thou deny'ſt this with a brazen brow, Yet thou canſt not denie thou wouldſt haue rauiſht me, When I did truſt thee to goe along with me, I being diſguis'd then, where I to thee diſcouer'd When Lyſander was; and more thou threatendſt (If I did not giue conſent to thy baſe luſt) To murder mee, when thou hadſt done, Becauſe I ſhould not tell. Madame, I did not thinke that loue to any man could ere haue turnd that excellent wit of yours ſo ill away, as thus vniuſtly to accuſe a man that is innocent, and one that honors you. Sir, I doe grieue, My Daughters loue vnto Lyſander, ſhould Moue her for to ſeeke a moſt vniuſt reuenge Againſt good Iacomo, whoſe like for honeſtie I know not in this Kingdome of his quality. Sir, here's a witneſſe, that will confirme What I haue ſaid for truth. What gentle Lady? Sir, 'twas I that you reſcu'd yeſterday, From a villaine that would haue rauiſht me. Why Lady, were you in ſuch danger? Marke you Sir, ſhe knowes of no ſuch thing. I was the Boy you found in the wood, Whom this villaine would then haue rauiſht, Which then I told you was my maſter. I thought no boy could haue ſo ſweet a face, Indeed Sir, tis moſt true, I found this Lady bound, And that ſame villaine as I thinke; for I had but A glimpſe of him in the buſhes, his feare making Him flie as ſoone as euer he ſaw me. I beſeech your Maieſtie let him be hang'd, For on my honor what I doe affirme is truth. Your affirmation is to me a hundred Witneſſes, yet it were in me iniuſtice to deny The combat 'gainſt this gentleman that doth accuſe Him on your behalfe, if Iacomo deſire it. Belieue it Sir, he that will do ſuch villanies, Will neuer dare to fight, Sir ſend him to the Galleyes, If he will nor fight, it ſhewes his guilt. Hell take you all, I dare not fight might I haue all the world giuen. Ile rather to the Galleys. I ſhall get out there with ſome tricke or other, and then Ile poyſon twenty of you, Ile not diſcouer what I am that will but ſhew me more. Let him that reſcu'd Clarinda haue the land That Iacomo ſhould haue had, for diſcouering where Lyſander was: call forth the priſoner, and proceed to execution. Weepe not Clarinda, you may liue happily You and the Princeſſe may together make A kinde of Marriage, each one ſtrongly Flattering themſelues, the other is Lyſander; For each of you's Lyſanders better part: Pardon Clarinda that I borrow from That ſtreame of loue a part to pay the Princeſſe, Which euer yet ran conſtantly to the Ocean Of thy perfection only, for now a gratefulneſſe To her, makes ſome of it run in another current; For which I know thou being wiſe, canſt neuer Loue me leſſe, knowing that I haue loue enough For both, ſince I can marry neither.