R., W. · published 1633 · first performed or written 1622 [1621-1623] (Annals) comedy · Red Bull (Revels) Company (first) (?) T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs typicality 0.85 · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T21: cupid, venus, love, ceres, diana, fair, nymphs, goddess, bow, damon.
How know ye? Why, he told me so. And why were you such a fool to take his own word? Because all the wit I had could get nobody's else. A Knave will ever tell you he's an honest man. But an honest man will never tell you he's a knave. Well sir, your Mistress dares look upon the honest man. And the honest man dares look upon my Mistress. 'Tis the roughest bluntest Fellow. Yet when I take young Bloodhound to a retired collection of scattered judgement, which often lies disjointed, with the confused distraction of so many: methinks he dwells in my opinion, a right ingenious spirit, veiled merely with the vanity of youth and wildness: he looks methinks like one that could retract himself from his mad starts, and when he pleased turn tame: his handsome wildness methinks becomes him, could he keep it bounded in Thrift and Temperance: but down these thoughts, my resolve rests here in private,— But from a fool, a Miser, and a man too jealous for a little sweetness love, Cupid defend me. And to a Widow wife, Nobly liberal, and discreetly Credulous, Cupid hath sent me. Pray prove as you appear a Gentleman. Why Iaruis? Look ye here's Iaruis hangs by Geometry, and here's the Gentleman. For less I am not that afar off taken with the Sainted praises of your wealthy beauty, your person, wisdom, modesty, and all that can make woman gracious, in this habit sought and obtained your service. For heaven's sake what's your intent? I love you. Pray keep off. I wood keep from you. Had my desires bodies How I could beat them into better fashion, And teach them Temperance, For I rid to find you; And at a meeting amongst many Dames, I saw you first: Oh how your taking eyes, Those active sparkling sweet discovered twins, In their strong captivating motion, told me The story of your heart, a 1000 Cupid's methought sat playing on that pair of Christails, Carrying to the swiftness of covetous Fancy, The very letters we spell love with. Fie. Fie. I have struck her to the heart, through my face Apparelled with this field of gravity, The neglected roughness of a Soldier's dart. These diamond pointed eyes but hither through, and you will see a young spring on't, but question times fair ones. They'll confess, though with a blush they have often found good wine at an old bush. My blood is young, and full of amorous heats, which but branched out into these lusty veins, Wood play, and dally, and in wanton Turnings Wood teach you strange constructions. Let time and place then with love's old friend opportunity instruct you to be wise. 'Las Sir, where learned you to catch occasions thus? Of a lawyer's clerk wench, that with six such Catches, leapt in five years from his Desk to his Coach drawn with four horses. Do ye mean marriage?
nodes 650–690 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 19 of 37 in this edition
Length
492 words · 653 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T21 — Cupid, Venus and the nymphscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.852 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T21 · seed 44: T24 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
How know yee? Why, he told me so. And why were you such a foole to take his owne word? Because all the witte I had cood get no bodies else. A Knaue will euer tell you he's an honest man. But an honest man will neuer tell you hee's a knaue. Well sir, your Mistresse dares looke vpon the honest man. And the honest man dares looke vpon my Mistresse. 'Tis the roughest bluntest Fellow. Yet when I take young Bloodhound to a retired collection of scattered iudgement, which often lyes disioynted, with the confused distraction of so many: Mee thinks he dwells in my opinion, a right ingenious spirit, vailde meerely with the vanity of youth and wildnesse: he lookes mee thinks like one that could retract himselfe from his mad starts, and when he pleased turne tame: his hansome wildnesse mee thinkes becomes him, could hee keepe it bounded in Thrift and Temperance: but downe these thoughts, my resolue rests here in priuate,—But from a foole, a Miser, and a man too iealous for a little sweetnesse loue, Cupid defend me. And to a Widdow wife, Nobly liberall, and discreetely Credulous, Cupid hath sent me. Pray prooue as you appeare a Gentleman. Why Iaruis? Looke yee here's Iaruis haangs by Geometry, and here's the Gentleman. For lesse I am not that afarre off taken with the Sainted praises of your wealthy beauty, your person, wisedome, modesty, and all that can make woman gracious, in this habite sought and obtayn'd your seruice. For heauens sake what's your intent? I loue you. Pray keepe off. I wood keepe from you. Had my desires bodies How I cood beate them into better fashion, And teach them Temperance, For I rid to finde you; And at a meeting amongst many Dames, I saw you first: Oh how your taking eyes, Those actiues sparkling sweet discouered twins, In their strong captiuating motion, told me The story of your heart, a 100 Cupids Me thought sate playing on that payre of Christails, Carrying to the swiftnesse of conetous Fancie, The very letters we spell loue with. Fie. Fie. I haue strucke her to the heart, through my face Apparelled with this field of grauity, The neglected roughnesse of a Souldiers dart. These diamond pointed eyes but hither through, and you will see a young spring on't, but question times fayre ones. They 'le confesse, tho with a blush they haue often found good wine at an old bush. My blood is young, and full of amorous heates, which but brancht out into these lusty veynes, Wood play, and dally, and in wanton Turnings Wood teach you strange constructions. Let time and place then vvith Loues old friend oportunity instruct you to be wise. 'Las Sir, where learned you to catch occasions thus? Of a Lawyers Clarke wench, that with sixe such Catches, leapt in fiue yeares from his Deske to his Coach drawne with foure horses. Doe yee meane marriage?