Orlando Furioso

Greene, Robert, published 1594 · romance · Adult Professional;Professional

22chunks

10,723words

7topics

50 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	Orlando Furioso
Author	Greene, Robert
Publication year (edition)	1594
Genre (British Drama)	romance
Genre group (comparison)	romance — from the British Drama label · Annals: comedy;romance
Play type	Adult Professional;Professional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 123 · edition 236 · TCP A02125 · DEEP 189
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1591
First performance (BritDrama)	1591 [perhaps Feb] [1588-1592]
Company (BritDrama)	Queen Elizabeth's Men (on tour); Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men (in London)
Company (Annals)	Queen Elizabeth's Men and Derby's (Strange's) Men
Theater	before the Court;
Printer	Danter, John
Publisher	Burby, Cuthbert
Format	Quarto
STC	12265
Greg	123a
Genre (Annals)	Romantic Comedy
Genre (BritDrama)	Romance
BritDrama no.	876
Title page	THE HISTORIE OF Orlando Furioso One of twelue Pieres of France.
Title-page performance note	As it was plaid before the Queenes Maiestie.
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 1352 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

unassigned

50.0 %

T10 England and France: war, embassy and pea

13.4 %

T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation

9.1 %

T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint

9.0 %

T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan

4.7 %

T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm

4.7 %

T50 Fleets, armies and generals: war by sea

4.5 %

T13 Knights, squires and ladies

4.5 %

Chunks in order

#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–72	524	unassigned		VIctorious Princes summoned to appear Within the Continent of Africa, From sevenfold Nilus to Taprobany, Where…
2	73–138	485	unassigned		The bordering islands seated here in ken, Whose shores are sprinkled with rich Orient Pearl, More bright of hu…
3	139–199	459	T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation	0.72	Kings of the South, Viceroys of Africa, Sith Fathers will hangs on his daughter's choice, And I as erst Prince…
4	200–262	475	unassigned		Let him be thought a dastard to his death. That will not sell the travels he hath passed, Dearer than for a wo…
5	263–308	485	unassigned		My Lord. How basely was this Slave brought up? That knows no titles fit for dignity, To grace his Master with …
6	309–363	469	unassigned		Sirrah, thou that ruminatest to thyself a catalogue of privy conspiracies, what art thou? God save your Majest…
7	364–421	461	T10 England and France: war, embassy and pea	0.74	Frenchman between half sleeping & awake Although the misty veil strained over Cynthia, Hinders my sight from n…
8	422–483	471	T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint	0.80	Pardon my Lord, my loves are overpast, So firmly is Orlando printed in my thoughts, As love hath left no place…
9	484–550	508	T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan	0.73	Hard by for solace in a secret Grove, The County once a day fails not to walk: There solemnly he ruminates his…
10	551–617	498	T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint	0.69	Angelica. Ah sweet and heavenly name, Life to my life, and essence to my joy. But soft this gordian knot toget…
11	618–684	500	unassigned		Brave knight since fear of death enforceth still In greater minds submission and relent: Know that this Medor …
12	685–750	498	unassigned		Ah my Lord Orlando. Orlando, what of Orlando? He my Lord runs madding through the woods, Like mad Orestes in h…
13	751–795	478	unassigned		Woods, trees, leaves; leaves, trees, woods: tria sequuntur tria. Ho Minerva, salve, God morrow how do you toda…
14	796–848	487	T50 Fleets, armies and generals: war by sea	0.79	What sayst thou villain? So now you shall be both my Soldiers. Your soldiers, we shall have a mad Captain then…
15	849–910	479	T13 Knights, squires and ladies	0.80	Here my Lord. If thou be'st come of Lancelot's worthy line welcome thou art, Kneel down sir Knight, rise up si…
16	911–977	492	T10 England and France: war, embassy and pea	0.77	Brave Peers of France, sith we have passed the bounds, Whereby the wrangling billows seeks for straits To war …
17	978–1031	470	unassigned		My daughter Lords, why she's exiled, And her grieved father is content to lose The pleasance of his age to cou…
18	1032–1090	479	unassigned		But dost thou think the temper to be good And will it hold, when thus and thus we Medor do assail? Lord sir, y…
19	1091–1159	518	T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation	0.71	Time not affords to tell each circumstance? But thrice hath Cynthia changed her hue Since thou infected with a…
20	1160–1224	504	T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm	0.76	Then dead is the fatal author of my ill, Base villain, vassal, unworthy of a crown, Know that the man that str…
21	1225–1284	482	T10 England and France: war, embassy and pea	0.81	Strumpet fear not, for by fair Maia's son, This day thy soul shall vanish up in fire, As Semele when Iuno will…
22	1285–1351	501	unassigned		whenas I felt his blows upon my shield, My teeth did chatter and my thoughts conceived, Who might this be if n…

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