The School of Compliment (Love Tricks) · chunk 16 of 44
Shirley, James · published 1631 · first performed or written 1625 [licensed for stage, Feb 11] (Annals) comedy · Lady Elizabeth's Men · Phoenix/Cockpit T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan typicality 0.76 · 474 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T22: shepherd, pan, shepherds, love, sheep, flocks, fair, shepherdess, swain, away.
Ienkin has risen very early this mornings, and been in studies and contemplations, to make ditties and verses upon her Mistress beauties and pulchritudes, but the devil's sure in these Poetries, they call it Furies and Raptures, look you, but Ienkins pate is almost mad, and yet her cannot all her inventions meet with these Furies and Raptures. Thus far I have passed without discovery: the morning is auspicious to my flight. Selina, what an alteration hath a day made in thee, that to prevent thy so desired marriage, thou art thus lost in a masculine habit, and dost fly him? thou didst so much love aged Rufaldo, in what a Lethargy wert thou fall'n, Selina? Iocarello, does her not name Selina? 'tis no very good manners to make interruptions, her will hear more, look you. Whither had reason so withdrawn itself? I could not make distinction of a man, From such a heap of age, aches and rheum: Sure I was mad, and doth increase my fury, To think with what a violence I ran To embrace such rottenness. O, my guilty soul Doth feel the punishment of the injury I did to Infortunio of late, Of whom as I despair, so shall the world, Ever to know again hapless Selina. This is the morn the sacred Rites should tie Me to Rufaldo, ripe in expectation, But like Ixion he shall grasp a Cloud, My empty clothes at home, Selina thus Is turned a Shepherd, and will try her fortune; Hard by the Shepherds have their shady dwellings, There let Selina end her hapless days, Father and all farewell. Thus as Felice My other Sister, I'll wear out my life, Far from your knowledge: sacred love commands Revenge and justice for my cruelty, And reason now awaked shall lead me to it, Thus I am safe, I go to find out that, Will meet me everywhere, a just sad fate. Pages, have her seen treames and apparitions: hark you, was Selina turned Shepherdess, pray you? Either we dream, or this was Selina, your Mistress, that is turned into breeches, and become a Shepherd; the case is altered. What a devil is in the matters & businesses, pray you? cases never was known such cases and alterations in all her life, womans never wear preeches in Wales, 'tis not possible, we are all in treames and visions, very treames and visions. Sure we are all awaked, sir, and it was Selina, did she not say she would obscure herself from her Father's knowledge, and live among the Shepherds hard by? It may be, but it is very impossible. I am amazed, when was she seen? Not today, sir, I have searched her Chamber, and almost turned it out ath' window, but no Selina. It is very strange, is not your man Gorgon come back?
nodes 452–486 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 16 of 44 in this edition
Length
474 words · 646 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T22 — Shepherds, flocks and Pancross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.760 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T24 · seed 44: T25 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Ienkin has risen very early this mornings, and beene in studies and contemplations, to make ditties and ferses vpon her Mistris beauties and pulchritudes, but the Deuil's sure in these Poetries, they call it Furies and Raptures, look you, but Ienkins pate is almost mad, and yet her cannot awle her inuentions meete with these Furies and Raptures. Thus farre I haue past without discouery: the morning is auspicious to my flight. Selina, what an alteration hath a day made in thee, that to preuent thy so desired marriage, thou art thus lost in a masculine habit, and dost flie him? thou didst so much loue aged Rufaldo, in what a Lethargy wert thou falne, Selina? Iocarello, does her not name Selina? 'tis no very good manners to make interruptions, her will heare more, looke you. Whither had reason so withdrawne it selfe? I could not make distinction of a man, From such a heape of age, aches and rheume: Sure I was mad, and doth encrease my fury, To thinke with what a violence I ran To imbrace such rottennesse. O, my guilty soule Doth feele the punishment of the iniury I did to Infortunio of late, Of whom as I despaire, so shall the world, Euer to know againe haplesse Selina. This is the morne the sacred Rites should tie Me to Rufaldo, ripe in expectation, But like Ixion he shall graspe a Cloud, My empty cloathes at home, Selina thus Is turn'd a Shepheard, and will try her fortune; Hard by the Shepheards haue their shady dwellings, There let Selina end her haplesse daies, Father and all farewell. Thus as Felice My other Sister, Ile weare out my life, Farre from your knowledge: sacred loue commands Reuenge and iustice for my cruelty, And reson now awak'd shall lead me to it, Thus I am safe, I goe to finde out that, Will meete me euery where, a iust sad fate. Pages, haue her seene treames and apparitions: hark you, was Selina turn'd Shepheardesse, pray you? Either we dreame, or this was Selina, your Mistris, that is turn'd into breeches, and become a Shepheard; the case is altered. What a teuill is in the matters & businesses, pray you? cases neuer was knowen such cases and alterations in awle her life, womans neuer weare preeches in Wales, 'tis not possible, we are awle in treames and visions, very treames and visions. Sure we are awle awak'd, sir, and it was Selina, did she not say she would obscure her selfe from her Fathers knowledge, and liue among the Shepheards hard by? It may be, but it is very impossible. I am amaz'd, when was she seene? Not to day, sir, I haue searcht her Chamber, and almost turn'd it out ath' window, but no Selina. It is very strange, is not your man Gorgon come back?