The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 124 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.81 · 503 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
By how much the longer you defer my cure, by so much the more do you increase my pain, and augment my passion. Either thy medicines are of the powder of infamy, and of the juice of corruption, confectionated with some other more cruel pain, then that which thy patient already feels; or else thy skill is nothing worth; For if either the one, or the other did not hinder thee, thou wouldst tell me of some other remedy boldly, and without fear, sithence I entreat thee to acquaint me therewith, my honour full preserved. madam, think it not strange, that it is harder for him that is wounded, to endure the torment of hot-scalding Turpentine, and the sharp incisions, which gall the heart, and double the pain; then the wound that is newly inflicted on him that his whole. And therefore, if you be willing to be cured, and that I should discover unto you the sharp point of my needle, without any fear at all, frame for your hands and feet a bond of patience and of quietness; for your eyes, a veil of pity and compassion; for your tongue, a bridle of silence; for your ears, the bombast, or stuffing of sufferance and bearing; and then shall you see, what effects this old Mistress in her Art, will work upon your wounds. O how thou killest me with delays! For God's love, speak what thou wilt, do what thou wilt, exercise thy skill, put thy experience in practice. For, there is not any remedy so sharp, as can equal the bitterness of my pain and torment. No, though it touch upon mine honour, though it wrong my reputation, though it afflict my body, though it rip and break up my flesh, for to pull out my grieved heart. I give thee my faith, to do what thou wilt securely; and if I may find ease of my pain, I shall liberally reward thee. My Mistress hath lost her wits: she is exceeding ill: this same sorceress hath captivated her will. One devil or other is still haunting me. One while here, another while there. I have escaped Parmeno, and have fallen upon Lucrecia. Mother, what is't you say; what said the wench unto you? I cannot tell (Lady) I did not well hear her. But let her say what she will; yet let me tell you: That there is not any thing more contrary in great Cures, before strong & stouthearted Surgeons, then weak & fainting hearts, who with their great lamentations, their pitiful words, and their sorrowful gestures strike a fear into the patient, make him despair of his recovery, and anger and trouble the Surgeon, which trouble makes him to alter his hand, and direct his needle without 〈...〉 clearly know, that it is very necessary 〈◊〉 your 〈◊〉, that there be nobody about you, no, not so much as 〈◊〉. And therefore, it is very meet, that you command her absence daughter Lucrecia, you must pardon me.
nodes 819–825 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 124 of 205 in this edition
Length
503 words · 652 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.807 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
By how much the longer you deferre my cure, by so much the more doe you increase my paine, and augment my passion. Either thy medicines are of the powder of infamy, and of the iuyce of corruption, confectionated with some other more cruell paine, then that which thy patient already feeles; or else thy skill is nothing worth; For if either the one, or the other did not hinder thee, thou wouldst tell mee of some other remedy boldly, and without feare, sithence I intreate thee to acquaint me therewith, my honour full preserued. Madame, thinke it not strange, that it is harder for him that is wounded, to indure the torment of hot-scalding Turpentine, and the sharpe incisions, which gall the heart, and double the paine; then the wound that is newly inflicted on him that his whole. And therefore, if you be willing to be cured, and that I should discouer vnto you the sharp point of my needle, without any feare at all, frame for your hands and feet a bond of patience and of quietnesse; for your eyes, a veile of pitty and compassion; for your tongue, a bridle of silence; for your eares, the bumbast, or stuffing of sufferance and bearing; and then shall you see, what effects this old Mistresse in her Art, will worke vpon your wounds. O how thou killest me with delayes! For Gods loue, speake what thou wilt, doe what thou wilt, exercice thy skill, put thy experience in practice. For, there is not any remedy so sharpe, as can equall the bitternes of my paine and torment. No, though it touch vpon mine honour, though it wrong my reputation, though it afflict my body, though it rip and breake vp my flesh, for to pull out my grieued heart. I giue thee my faith, to do what thou wilt securely; and if I may find ease of my payne, I shall liberally reward thee. My Mistresse hath lost her wits: she is exceeding ill: this same sorceresse hath captivated her will. One diuell or other is still haunting me. One while here, another while there. I haue escaped Parmeno, and haue fallen vpon Lucrecia. Mother, what is't you say; what said the wench vnto you? I cannot tell (Lady) I did not well heare her. But let her say what she wil; yet let me tell you: That there is not any thing more contrary in great Cures, before strong & stout-hearted Surgeons, then weake & fainting hearts, who with their great lamentations, their pittyfull words, and their sorrowfull gestures strike a feare into the patient, make him despaire of his recouery, and anger and trouble the Surgeon, which trouble makes him to alter his hand, and direct his needle without clearely knowe, that it is very necessary your , that there bee no body about you, no, not so much as . And therefore, it is very meete, that you command her absence daughter Lucrecia, you must pardon me.