Love's Cruelty

Shirley, James, published 1640 · tragedy · Adult Professional;Professional

33chunks

16,421words

5topics

31 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	Love's Cruelty
Author	Shirley, James
Publication year (edition)	1640
Genre (British Drama)	tragedy
Genre group (comparison)	tragedy — from the British Drama label · Annals: tragedy
Play type	Adult Professional;Professional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 573 · edition 1126 · TCP A12143 · DEEP 946
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1631 [licensed for stage, Nov 14]
First performance (BritDrama)	1631 [Nov]
Company (BritDrama)	Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
Company (Annals)	Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
Theater	Phoenix/Cockpit;Indoor Professional
Theater type	Indoor
Title-page company	Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
Printer	Cotes, Thomas
Publisher	Crooke, Andrew (1)
Format	Quarto
STC	22449
Greg	573a
Genre (Annals)	Tragedy
Genre (BritDrama)	Tragedy
BritDrama no.	2349
Title page	LOVES CRVELTIE. A TRAGEDY,
Title-page performance note	As it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private House in Drury Lane.
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 1971 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour

42.3 %

unassigned

30.5 %

T1 Death, grief and revenge

12.2 %

T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens

6.0 %

T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy

5.9 %

T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint

3.1 %

Chunks in order

#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–74	504	unassigned		YOu sha'not go, indeed you sha'not Lady. Unless the fault of your poor entertainment Nay now you trespass, and…
2	75–146	460	unassigned		You are not nice to extol him, What has he done? An act above all friendship That yet had story, 'bove all rec…
3	147–163	497	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.82	A Knight? why much good do't him, he's a gentleman may deserve it for his daughter's sake. The Duke has the ad…
4	164–223	486	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.80	I owe my preferment to you, and you may challenge my services, Friend whither in such haste If thou lov'st me …
5	224–288	484	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.81	It depends upon the PRINCE's chastity Whose example builds up virtue Or makes iniquity a trade Why should you …
6	289–351	493	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.78	Ill tell you more hereafter I do not like the Court, and yet I have His royal word no force shall touch my cha…
7	352–410	501	unassigned		But you do not hit me the neat school-way, I won't give a rush to be killed out of the school-way, you must Fa…
8	411–450	483	unassigned		Why conceal it, I am not in love with a name, and yet I have a Grudging, a suspicion, that you ha' pawned or l…
9	451–499	500	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.83	Venus grant me a speedy return, And she scapes me very hard if she have not her come again. Yet Lady have you …
10	500–505	511	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.74	Bring a Fiddlestick, come you do not know what it is to be a Duke's Mistress, to enjoy the pleasures o'the Cou…
11	506–563	489	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.82	I think I should not. And would you tempt me to do worse? Worse? To sell my honour basely for these vanities V…
12	564–628	502	unassigned		I'll sooner meet with a disease, with death; You are ignoble, do you urge it as An argument of my respect to y…
13	629–698	517	unassigned		To write upon his heart he has abused me, I like a tame fool must extol his friendship But never for his sake …
14	699–764	504	T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens	0.83	How now, he won't serve me so? We are acquainted and now you have seen My Mistress, I shall hope, we may enjoy…
15	765–819	512	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.81	Your daughter, she's a handsome Gentlewoman, there be Worse faces at Court; Her complexion is natural, she has…
16	820–882	486	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.85	D'ee not fear to talk thus? Fear? would any durst send to me such A virgin Pinnace, rigged and gay with all fl…
17	883–950	510	T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint	0.81	Oh Hippolito If you have used no charms but simple courtship, Perhaps you may condemn me in your thoughts That…
18	951–1001	511	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.82	I do not say she is, I do but ask whether she be or no, there be as handsome creatures none dispraised, that t…
19	1002–1075	500	unassigned		To take off your fears Although we need not give you satisfaction, By this white brow, she is as pure as when …
20	1076–1146	501	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.80	Alas I know not with what words to tell you Would I had never seen her, or you never Married her. Ha? stay the…
21	1147–1171	479	T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy	0.83	I'll do my best he sha' not scape Wife, friend, You hang like ulcers on me, I am bound To cut you from my hear…
22	1172–1238	513	unassigned		Now sirrah speak and tell me truly Or i'll search every corner of thy soul Why didst thou play the villain, th…
23	1239–1307	490	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.79	Treacherous serpent With this I have sometime relieved your valour And had no pity of my blood, but then I was…
24	1308–1349	497	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.85	Or if blood Must only satisfy, let your sword here bathe in revenge, the greatest sinner kill If men were not,…
25	1350–1412	485	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.85	Good Signior A blunt honest Gentleman. He does not boast much honesty, with your pardon sir. I like the freedo…
26	1413–1486	496	unassigned		Pray do not mock, if you knew how much, Delight heaven takes to hear you speak so well To the distressed Eubel…
27	1487–1540	497	T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy	0.75	And yet does not concern me in a higher nature than My friend, a scurvy chance late happened to him One that h…
28	1541–1588	500	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.81	To me? I'd rather thank him to forget it Why does he trouble me with letters? yet I'll read 'em. Ha? to be mar…
29	1589–1660	493	T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour	0.84	That title Will be above all honours the Duke can Let fall upon me, that I have been wild I must with shame re…
30	1661–1731	476	T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens	0.80	Like an honest Gentleman, he's at the garden gate. I told him how things were at home, I met him hard by, as i…
31	1732–1813	536	unassigned		You point at that which takes the Eye And is but half a handsomeness at best Unless the mind be furnished with…
32	1814–1896	502	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.84	Is this all? All the reward for losing of myself For thy sake? You're not yet quite lost What curse Made black…
33	1897–1970	506	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.82	theyare of another colour, oh forgive me Good heaven, I have wronged thee Bellament Oh wives hereafter, mean y…

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