Massinger, Philip · published 1632 · first performed or written 1631 [licensed for stage, Mar 11] (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T14: prince, princess, love, king, lord, queen, madam, grace, lady, life.
At both, And not alone the present, but the future Tranquillity of your mind: since in the choice Of her, you are to heat with holy fires, And make the consort of your royal bed, The certain means of glorious succession, With the true happiness of our humane being, Are wholly comprehended. How? a wife? Shall I become a votary to Hymen, Before my youth hath sacrificed to Venus? 'Tis something with the soonest, yet to show In things in different, I am not averse To your wise counsels, let me first survey Those beauties, that in being a Prince I know Are rivals for me. You will not confine me To your election, I must see dear sister With mine own eyes. 'Tis fit Sir, yet in this You may please to consider, absolute Princes Have, or should have, in Policy, less free, will Then such as are their vassals. For, you must, As you are an Emperor, in this high business Weigh with due providence, with whom alliance May be most useful for the preservation Or your increase of Empire. I approve not Such compositions for our moral ends, In what is in itself divine, nay more Decreed in heaven. Yet if our neighbour Princes, Ambitious of such nearness, shall present Their dearest pledges to me (ever reserving The caution of mine own content) I'll not Contemn their courteous offers. Bring in the pictures: Must I then judge the substances by the shadows? The Painters are most envious, if they want Good colours for preferment: virtuous ladies' Love this way to be flattered, and accuse The workman of detraction, if he add not Some grace they cannot truly call their own. Is't not so Gratianus? you may challenge Some interest in the science. A pretender To the art I truly honour, and subscribe To your majesty's opinion. Let me see, Cleanthe, daughter to the King of Epirus, AEtatis sua, the fourteenth: ripe enough, And forward too, I assure you. Let me examine The Symmetries. If Statuaries could By the foot of Hercules set down punctually His whole dimensions, and the countenance be The index of the mind, this may instruct me, With the aids of that I have read touching this subject, What she is inward: the colour of her hair, If it be, as this does promise, pale, and faint, And not a glistering white; Her brow, so so; The circles of her sight, too much contracted; Juno's fair cow eyes by old Homer are Commended to their merit, here's a sharp frost, In the tip of her nose, which by the length assures me Of storms at midnight, if I fail to pay her The tribute she expects. I like her not: What is the other. How hath he commenced Doctor in this so sweet and secret art, Without our knowledge? Some of his forward pages Have robbed us of the honour.
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At both, And not alone the present, but the future Tranquillity of your minde: since in the choice Of her, you are to heate with holy fires, And make the consort of your royall bed, The certaine meanes of glorious succession, With the true happinesse of our humane being, Are wholy comprehended. How? a wife? Shall I become a votarie to Hymen, Before my youth hath sacrific'd to Venus? 'Tis something with the soonest, yet to shew In things in different, I am not auerse To your wise counsailes, let mee first suruay Those beauties, that in being a Prince I know Are riualls for mee. You will ot confine mee To your election, I must see deere siser With mine owne eyes. 'Tis fit Sir, yet in this You may please to consider, absolute Princes Haue, or should haue, in Policie, lesse free, will Then such as are their vassals. For, you must, As you are an Emperour, in this high businesse Waigh with due prouidence, with whom alliance May bee most vsefull for the preseruation Or your increase of Empire. I approue not Such compositions for our morall ends, In what is in it selfe diuine, nay more Decreed in heauen. Yet if our neighbour Princes, Ambitious of such neerenesse, shall present Their dearest pledges to mee (euer reseruing The caution of mie owne content) Ile not Contemne their courteous offers. Bring in the pictures: Must I then iudge the substances by the shadowes? The Painters are most enuious, if they want Good colours for preferment virtuous Ladies Loue this way to bee flaterd, and accuse The workeman of detraction, if he adde not Some grace they cannot truely call their owne. Is't not o Gratianus? you may challenge Some interest in the science. A pretender To the art I truely honor, and subscribe To your maiesties opinion. Let mee see, Cleanthe, daughter to the King of Epirus, AEtatis sua, the fourteenth: ripe enough, And forward too, I assure you. Let me examine The Symmetries. If Statuaries could By the foote of Hercules set downe punctually His whole dimensions, and the countenance be The index of the minde, this may instruct me, With the aydes of that I haue read touching this subiect, What shee is inward: the colour of her haire, If it be, as this does promise, pale, and faint, And not a glistering white; Her brow, so so; The circles of her sight, too much contracted; Inno's faire cowe eyes by old Homer are Commended to their merit, heeres a sharpe frost, In the tippe of her nose, which by the length assures mee Of stormes at midnight, if I faile to pay her The tribute she expects. I like her not: What is the other. How hath hee commenc'd Doctor in this so sweete and secret art, Without our knowledge? Some of his forward pages Haue rob'd vs of the honor.