The School of Compliment (Love Tricks) · chunk 40 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 0.83 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T22: shepherd, pan, shepherds, love, sheep, flocks, fair, shepherdess, swain, away.
This: what's the matter? what makes this Shepherd here? I am Cornelio: is it with me thou wouldst? If your name Cornelio be, Contentment and felicity I bring you: I am sent from one That doth call himself your son, Young Antonio, who thus low Would beg your blessing, prays that no Affliction too much you dismay For his absence, bade me say, If you deign suspend your care, A few hours, and repair Unto the place of Shepherds by, To grace their pleasures with your eye, Antonio will himself declare, Faithfully what causes were Of his absence, and requite These dolours with a fresh delight: And so farewell. This is all: Back again I hear them call. Oh stay awhile. He's gone, sir: did I not tell you, Antonio was not dead? but this is strange. Do I not dream? Antonio among the Shepherds? if he be there, I am dressed i'faith: By any means, go sir. Is Antonio alive again? Yes verily, alive again, let not the Hangman fright away your wits any longer. I hope I shall choose my own Gallows then. Hillaria, you would not believe me: did I look as I had killed anybody? now I hope you will hold me for an innocent hereafter. Babulcus, pray let us have your company, It doth concern your freedom. Antonio living? Rufaldo, let us make a merry day on't, If it be true. If? I do sin against Discretion to distrust it. O my stars, I do acquit you all your injuries, If you possess me of Antonio. Never did man to bliss more willing go. I am glad I am reprieved: come Hillaria. 'Twere pretty if Antonio be multiplied: here's tricks indeed, I am resolved to see what will the end of this confusion be. Never was Ienkin in such Wilderness, her have walked and travelled create deal of miles in these Woods: but her can find no end nor evasions, look you: her have read in Histories, and Relations, and chronicles, very famous Knights, and prave Sentilmen of valours and chivalries have been enchanted, look you, in Castles and very strange dwellings, and Towers, and solitary places, now was have create fears and suspicions, lest Ienkin was fallen into some Wisheries and Conjurations, and was enchanted, bless us all in these Deserts and Wildernesses for her valours and magnanimities. So ho, ho, Master Ienkin. It is our Pages again. Iocarello, where have you been? you are very tilligent Boys, to lose your Master thus. I was lost myself, had not a Shepherd by chance found me, and carried me into his house under the ground, where with a great many of shepherdess we sat up all night in making Garlands for some show and pastimes to be done this day, which they call their Festival: pray, sir, since we have run a wild-goose chase so long, let's stay one day to see these sports and dancings.
nodes 1379–1419 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 40 of 44 in this edition
Length
491 words · 665 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T22 — Shepherds, flocks and Pancross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.828 (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)
This: what's the matter? what makes this Shepheard here? I am Cornelio: is it with me thou woo'dst? If your name Cornelio be, Contentment and felicity I bring you: I am sent from one That doth call himselfe your sonne, Yong Antonio, who thus low Would beg your blessing, prayes that no Affliction too much you dismay For his absence, bad me say, If you daine suspend your care, A few houres, and repaire Vnto the place of Shepheards by, To grace their pleasures with your eye, Antonio will himselfe declare, Faithfully what causes were Of his absence, and requite These dolours with a fresh delight: And so farewell. This is all: Back againe I heare them call. Oh stay awhile. He's gon, sir: did I not tell you, Antonio was not dead? but this is strange. Doe I not dreame? Antonio among the Shepheards? if he be there, I am drest Ifaith: By any meanes, goe sir. Is Antonio aliue againe? Yes verily, aliue againe, let not the Hangman fright away your wits any longer. I hope I shall choose my owne Gallowes then. Hillaria, you would not beleeue me: did I looke as I had kild any body? now I hope you will hold me for an innocent hereafter. Babulcus, pray' let vs haue your company, It doth concerne your freedome. Antonio liuing? Rufaldo, let vs make a merry day on't, If it be true. If? I doe sinne against Discretion to distrust it. O my starres, I doe acquit you all your iniuries, If you possesse me of Antonio. Neuer did man to blisse more willing goe. I am glad I am reprieu'd: come Hillaria. 'Twere pretty if Antonio bee multiplied: here's tricks indeed, I am resolu'd to see what will the end of this confusion be. Neuer was Ienkin in such Wildernesse, her haue walked and trauelled creat deale of miles in these Woods: but her can finde no end nor euasions, looke you: her haue read in Histories, and Relations, and Kernicles, very famous Knights, and praue Sentilmen of valours and shiualries haue beene enchaunted, looke you, in Castles and very strange dwellings, and Towers, and solitary places, now was haue creat feares and supicions, lest Ienkin was fallen into some Wisheries and Coniurations, and was inchaunted, blesse vs awle in these Desarts and Wildernesses for her valours and magnanimities. So ho, ho, Master Ienkin. It is our Pages agen. Iocarello, where haue you beene? you are very tilligent Poyes, to lose your Master thus. I was lost my selfe, had not a Shepheard by chance found me, and carried me into his house vnder the ground, where with a great many of Shepheardesses we sate vp all night in making Garlands for some shew and pastimes to be done this day, which they call their Festiuall: pray', sir, since we haue run a wildgoose chase so long, let's stay one day to see these sports and dancings.