The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 125 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.84 · 474 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
Get you out quickly, be gone. Well, well, we are all undone I go, madame. Your great pain and torment doth likewise put boldness into me, as also that I perceive by your suspicion, you have already swallowed some part of my cure. But notwithstanding it is needful, that we bring a more manifest remedy, and more wholesome mitigation of your pain, from the house of that worthy one Calisto. Mother, I pray you, good now hold your peace; fetch not any thing from his house, that may work my good. If you love me, do not so much as once name him unto me. madam, I pray be patient. That which is the chief and principal piller▪ must not be broken. For then all our labour is lost: your wound is great, and hath need of a sharp cure. And hard 〈◊〉 hard, doth smooth and mollify more effectually and more delicately. And wise men say, That the cure of a lancing 〈...〉 behind it the greater scar: And that without danger, no danger is overcome. Have patience then with yourself. For seldom is that cured without pain, which in itself is painful. One nail drives out another. And one sorrow expels another. Do not conceive hatred nor disaffection, nor give your tongue leave to speak ill of so virtuous a person, as Calisto, whom, if you did but know him. O you kill me no! more of him, for God's sake no more. Did not I tell you, that you should not commend him unto me? and that, you should not speak a word of him neither good nor bad? madam, this is that other, and main point in my cure; which if you, by your impatience will not consent unto, my coming can little profit you. But if you will (as you promised) be patient, you shall remain found, and out of doubt, and Calisto be well apaid, and have no cause to complain. I did before acquaint you with my cures, and with this invisible needle, which before it come at you to stitch up your wound, you feel it, only but having it in my mouth, and naming it unto you. So often wilt thou name this Gentleman unto me, that neither my promise, nor the faith I plighted thee, will suffice to make me any longer to endure your words. Wherein should he be well apaid? What do I owe unto him? Wherein am I bound unto him? What charge have I ●ut him to? What hath he ever done for me? What necessity is there, that we must be driven to use him, as the instrument of my recovery? More pleasing would it be unto me, that you would tear my flesh and sinews asunder, and tear out my 〈◊〉, than 〈◊〉 utter such words as these.
nodes 826–833 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 125 of 205 in this edition
Length
474 words · 604 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.841 (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)
Get you out quickly, be gone. Well, well, we are all vndone I goe, madame. Your great paine and torment doth likewise put boldnes into me, as also that I perceiue by your suspition, you haue already swallowed some part of my cure. But notwithstanding it is needful, that we bring a more manifest remedy, and more wholesome mitigation of your paine, from the house of that worthy one Calisto. Mother, I pray you, good now hold your peace; fetch not any thing from his house, that may worke my good. If you loue me, doe not so much as once name him vnto me. Madame, I pray be patient. That which is the chiefe and principall pille ▪ must not be broken. For then all our labour is lost: your wound is great, and hath need of a sharpe cure. And hard hard, doth smooth and mollifie more effectually and more delicately. And wise men say, That the cure of a launcing behind it the greater skarre: And that without danger, no danger is ouercome. Haue patience then with your selfe. For seldome is that cured without paine, which in it selfe is painefull. One nayle driues out another. And one sorrow expels another. Doe not conceiue hatred nor disaffection, nor giue your tongue leaue to speake ill of so vertuous a person, as Calisto, whom, if you did but knowe him. O you kill meno more of him, for Gods sake no more. Did not I tell you, that you should not commend him vnto me? and that, you should not speake a word of him neither good nor bad? Madame, this is that other, and maine point in my cure; which if you, by your impatience will not consent vnto, my comming can little profit you. But if you will (as you promist) be patient, you shall remaine found, and out of doubt, and Calisto be well apaid, and haue no cause to complaine. I did before acquaint you with my cures, and with this inuisible needle, which before it come at you to stitch vp your wound, you feele it, onely but hauing it in my mouth, and naming it vnto you. So often wilt thou name this Gentleman vnto mee, that neither my promise, nor the faith I plighted thee, will suffice to make me any longer to indure your words. Wherein should he be well apaid? What doe I owe vnto him? Wherein am I bound vnto him? What charge haue I ut him to? What hath he euer done for me? What necessity is there, that wee must be driuen to vse him, as the instrument of my recouery? More pleasing would it be vnto me, that you would teare my flesh and sinewes asunder, and teare ou my , then utter such words as these.