Comus (The Masque at Ludlow Castle)

Milton, John, published 1637 · pastoral; masque · Occasional;Nonprofessional

15chunks

7,464words

4topics

40 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	Comus (The Masque at Ludlow Castle)
Author	Milton, John
Publication year (edition)	1637
Genre (British Drama)	pastoral; masque
Genre group (comparison)	other/multi — no single main genre in British Drama or Annals → outside the single-genre comparison · Annals: masque;morality
Play type	Occasional;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 524 · edition 1057 · TCP A07555 · DEEP 877
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1634 [Sep 29]
First performance (BritDrama)	1634 [Sep 29]
Printer	Mathewes, Augustine
Publisher	Robinson, Humphrey
Format	Quarto
STC	17937
Greg	524a
Genre (Annals)	Moral Masque
Genre (BritDrama)	Pastoral Masque
BritDrama no.	2445
Title page	A MASKE
Title-page performance note	PRESENTED At Ludlow Castle, 1634: On Michaelsmasse night, before the RIGHT HONORABLE, IOHN Earle of Bridgewater, Vicount BRACKLY, Lord Præsident of WALES, And one of His MAIESTIES most honorable Privie Counsell.
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 1040 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

unassigned

39.8 %

T56 Magic, spells and conjuring

32.7 %

T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan

13.7 %

T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint

6.9 %

T11 Siblings, kin and confidants

6.8 %

Chunks in order

#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–65	509	unassigned		BEfore the starry threshold of Ioves Court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial Spirits…
2	66–139	506	T56 Magic, spells and conjuring	0.73	(For most do taste through fond intemperate thirst) Soon as the Potion works, their humane countenance Th'expr…
3	140–204	501	T56 Magic, spells and conjuring	0.80	And to the tell-tale Sun descry Our concealed Solemnity. Come, knit hands, and heat the ground In a light fant…
4	205–275	501	unassigned		Begin to throng into my memory Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable …
5	276–343	502	T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan	0.77	What chance good Lady hath bereft you thus? Dim darkness, and this leafy Labyrinth. Could that divide you from…
6	344–410	509	T11 Siblings, kin and confidants	0.75	Or if our eyes: Be barred that happiness, might we but hear The folded flocks penned in their wattled coats, O…
7	411–480	508	unassigned		I do not brother Infer, as if I thought my sister's state Secure without all doubt, or controversy: Yet where …
8	481–550	520	T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan	0.79	How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lu…
9	551–619	523	T56 Magic, spells and conjuring	0.79	I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began Wrap…
10	620–679	454	T56 Magic, spells and conjuring	0.83	Alas good venturous youth, I love thy courage yet, and bold Emprise, But here thy sword can do thee little ste…
11	680–746	517	unassigned		Why are you vexed Lady, why do you frown? Here dwell no frowns, nor anger, from these gates Sorrow flies far: …
12	747–814	517	T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint	0.74	The sea o'erfraught would swell, and th'unsought diamonds Would so emblaze he forehead of the Deep, And so bes…
13	815–873	460	T56 Magic, spells and conjuring	0.80	She fables not, I feel that I do fear Her words set off by some superior power; And though not mortal, yet a c…
14	874–959	468	unassigned		Sabrina fair Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lili…
15	960–1039	469	unassigned		I shall be your faithful guide Through this gloomy covert wide, And not many furlongs thence Is your Father's …

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