The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 199 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play T1 Death, grief and revenge typicality 0.78 · 376 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
His death inviteth mine; inviteth? nay, enforceth me, that it be speedily effected, and without delay; it teacheth me, that I should also fall headlong down, that I may imitate him in all things. It shall not be said of me, that those that are dead and gone, are soon forgotten. And therefore I will seek to content him in my death, since I had not time to give him content in my life. O my Love, and dear Lord, Calisto, expect me, for now I come. But stay a little, though thou dost expect me; and be not angry, I prithee, that I delay thee, being that I am now paying my last debt, and giving it my final account to my aged father, to whom I owe much more. O my best beloved father, I beseech you, if ever you did love me in this painful forepast life, that we may both be interred in one Tomb, and both our Obsequies be solemnised together. I would fain speak some words of comfort unto you, before this my gladsome and well-pleasing end, gathered and collected out of those ancient books, which for the bettering of my wit and understanding, you willed me to read, were it not that my memory fails me, being troubled and disquieted with the loss and death of my Love: as also because I see your ill endured tears trickle so fast down your wrinkled cheeks. Recommend me to my most dear and best-beloved mother; and do you inform her at large of the doleful occasion of my death. I am glad with all my heart, that she is not here present with you; for her sight would but increase my sorrow. Take (aged father) the gifts of old age; for in large days, large griefs are to be endured. Receive the pledge and earnest of thy reverend age; receive it at the hands of thy beloved daughter. I sorrow much for myself, more for you, but most for my aged mother: and so I recommend me to you both, and both of you unto your more happiness, to whom I offer up my soul; leaving the care to you, to cover this body that is now coming down unto you.
nodes 1317–1317 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · piece 1–1 of a split node · chunk 199 of 205 in this edition
Length
376 words · 473 tokens · flags: long_node_piece;under_min
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.784 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T10 · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
His death inuiteth mine; inuiteth? nay, inforceth mee, that it be speedily effected, and without delay; it teacheth mee, that I should also fall headlong down, that I may imitate him in all things. It shall not be said of mee, that those that are dead and gone, are soone forgotten. And therefore I will seeke to content him in my death, since I had not time to giue him content in my life. O my Loue, and deare Lord, Calisto, expect mee, for now I come. But stay a little, though thou dost expect mee; and be not angry, I prythee, that I delay thee, being that I am now paying my last debt, and giuing it my finall account to my aged father, to whom I owe much more. O my best beloued father, I beseech you, if euer you did loue mee in this painefull forepassed life, that we may both be interred in one Tombe, and both our Obsequies be solemnized together. I would faine speake some words of comfort vnto you, before this my gladsome and well-pleasing end, gathered and collected out of those ancient bookes, which for the bettering of my wit and vnderstanding, you willed me to reade, were it not that my memory failes me, being troubled and disquieted with the losse and death of my Loue: as also because I see your ill indured teares trickle so fast downe your wrinckled cheekes. Recommend mee to my most deare and best-beloued mother; and doe you informe her at large of the dolefull occasion of my death. I am glad with all my heart, that shee is not heere present with you; for her sight would but increase my sorrow. Take (aged father) the gifts of old age; for in large daies, large griefes are to be endured. Receiue the pledge and earnest of thy reuerend age; receiue it at the hands of thy beloued daughter. I sorrow much for my selfe, more for you, but most for my aged mother: and so I recommend me to you both, and both of you vnto your more happinesse, to whom I offer vp my soule; leauing the care to you, to couer this body that is now comming downe vnto you.