The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 46 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play T56 Magic, spells and conjuring typicality 0.81 · 452 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T56: magic, faustus, charms, charm, conjure, spirits, skill, ho, power, spells.
Take it to you (mother.) Lo, here it is; while you stay here, I will go up, and take my Sempronio with me. I conjure thee (thou sad god Pluto) Lord of the infernal 〈◊〉, Emperor of the damned court, Captain general and proud Commander of the wicked spirits, Grand signior of those sulphureous fires, which the flaming hills of Aetna flash forth in most fearful, and most hideous manner; Governor, and Supervisor both of the torments, and tormenters of those sinful souls, that lie bowling in Phlegeton; Prince, and chief Ruler of those three hellish Furies, Tisiphone, Meghera, and Allecto; Administrator of all the black things belonging to the kingdoms of Styx and Dis, with all their pitchy Lakes, infernal shades, and litigious Chaos; Maintainer of the flying Harpies, with all the whole rabblement of frightful Hydra's; ay Celestine, thy best known, and most noted Client, conjure thee by the virtue and force of these red Letters, by the blood of this bird of the night, wherewith they are charactered, by the power and weight of these names and signs, which are contained in this paper, by these▪ and bitter poison of those Vipers, whence this oil was extracted, wherewith I anoint this ●●ew of yarn, thou come presently without delay to obey my will, to envelop, and wrap thyself therein, and there to abide, & never depart thence, no, not the least moment of time, until that Melibea, with that prepared opportunity, which shall be offered unto her, shall buy it of me, and with it, in such sort be entangled and taken, that the more she shall behold it, the more may her heart be mollified, and the sooner wrought to yield to my request: That thou wilt open her heart to my desire, and wound her very soul with the love of Calisto; and in that extreme, and violent manner, that despising all honesty, and casting off all shame, she may discover herself unto me, and reward both my message, and my pains; Do this, and I am at thy command, to do what thou wilt have me: But if thou do not do it, thou shalt forthwith have me thy Capital foe, and Professed enemy. I shall strike with light, thy sad and darksome dungeons; I shall cruelly accuse thy continual lyings, and daily falsehoods. And lastly, with my charming words, and enchanting terms, I will chain and constringe thy most horrible name. Wherefore, again and again; once, twice, and thrice, I conjure thee to fulfil my command. And so presuming on my great power, I depart hence, that I may go to her with my clew of yarn; wherein I verily believe, I carry thyself enwrapped.
nodes 331–332 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 46 of 205 in this edition
Length
452 words · 621 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T56 — Magic, spells and conjuringcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.814 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T45 · seed 44: T51 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Take it to you (mother.) Lo, heere it is; while you stay heere, I will goe vp, and take my Sempronio with me. I coniure thee (thou sad god Pluto) Lord of the infernall , Emperor of the damned court, Captaine generall and proud Cōmander of the wicked spirits, Grand signor of those sulpureous fires, which the flaming hills of Aetna flash forth in most fearefull, and most hideous manner; Gouernour, and Superuisor both of the torments, and tormenters of those sinfull soules, that lye bowling in Phlegeton; Prince, and chiefe Ruler of those three hellish Furies, Tesiphone, Meghera, and Alecto; Administrator of all the blacke things belonging to the kingdomes of Stix and Dis, with all their pitchy Lakes, infernall shades, and litigious Chaos; Maintainer of the flying Harpies, with all the whole rabblement of frightfull Hydraes; I Celestine, thy best knowne, and most noted Clyent, coniure thee by the vertue and force of these red Letters, by the bloud of this bird of the night, wherewith they are charactred, by the power and weight of these names and signes, which are contained in this paper, by thee▪ and bitter poyson of those Vipers, whence this oyle was extracted, wherewith I anoynt this ew of yarne, thou come presently without delay to obey my will, to inuelop, and wrap thy selfe therin, and there to abide, & neuer depart thence, no, not the least moment of time, vntill that Melibea, with that prepared opportunity, which shall be offred vnto her, shall buy it of mee, and with it, in such sort be intangled and taken, that the more she shall behold it, the more may her heart be molified, and the sooner wrought to yeeld to my request: That thou wilt open her heart to my desire, and wound her very soule with the loue of Calisto; and in that extreme, and violent manner, that despising all honesty, and casting off all shame, shee may discouer her selfe vnto me, and reward both my message, and my paines; Doe this, and I am at thy command, to doe what thou wilt haue me: But if thou doe not doe it, thou shalt forthwith haue mee thy Capitall foe, and Profest enemy. I shall strike with light, thy sad and darksome dungeons; I shall cruelly accuse thy continuall lyings, and dayly false-hoods. And lastly, with my charming words, and inchanting termes, I will chaine and constringe thy most horrible name. Wherefore, againe and againe; once, twice, and thrice, I coniure thee to fulfill my command. And so presuming on my great power, I depart hence, that I may goe to her with my clew of yarne; wherein I verily beleeue, I carry thy selfe inwrapped.