Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue

Jonson, Ben, published 1641 · masque · Occasional;Nonprofessional

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2,185words
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Metadata

TitlePleasure Reconciled to Virtue
AuthorJonson, Ben
Publication year (edition)1641
Genre (British Drama)masque
Genre group (comparison)masque — from the British Drama label · Annals: masque
Play typeOccasional;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEPwork 608 · edition 1164 · TCP A72473 · DEEP 5124.04
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)1618 [Jan 6]
First performance (BritDrama)1618 [Jan 6]
Theaterbefore the Court;
FormatFolio
Greg608a
Genre (Annals)Masque
Genre (BritDrama)Masque
BritDrama no.1854
Title page[HT; D3v] PLEASURE RECONCILED TO VERTVE. A Masque.
Title-page performance noteAS IT WAS PRESENTED AT COVRT BEFORE KING IAMES. 1619.
Corpus buildcorpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 247 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

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#nodeswordstopictyp.opening
10–23213unassignedRoom, room, make room for the bouncing belly, First father of sauce, and deviser of jelly; Prime master of Art…
224–24512unassignedDO you hear my friends? to whom did you sing all this now? pardon me only that I ask you, for I do not look fo…
325–88448T20 Hercules: labours, suffering and virtue0.79WHat Rites are these? breeds earth more monsters yet? Antaeus' scarce is cold: what can beget This store? (and…
489–161488T20 Hercules: labours, suffering and virtue0.76REst still thou active friend of virtue; These Should not disturb the peace of Hercules. Earth's worms, and Ho…
5162–246524T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions0.72COme on, come on; and where you go, so interweave the curious knot, As even th'observer scarce may know which …