Love's Metamorphosis

Lyly, John, published 1601 · pastoral; comedy · Boys Professional;Professional

21chunks

10,147words

3topics

23 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	Love's Metamorphosis
Author	Lyly, John
Publication year (edition)	1601
Genre (British Drama)	pastoral; comedy
Genre group (comparison)	pastoral — British Drama label compound or missing → Annals label used · Annals: pastoral
Play type	Boys Professional;Professional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 178 · edition 409 · TCP A06620 · DEEP 317
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1590 [c.1588-1590]
First performance (BritDrama)	1590 [1585-1590]
Company (BritDrama)	Children of Paul's (first)
Company (Annals)	Children of Paul's (first)
Title-page company	Children of the Chapel (second); Children of Paul's (first)
Printer	Stafford, Simon
Publisher	Wood, William
Format	Quarto
STC	17082
Greg	178a
Genre (Annals)	Pastoral
Genre (BritDrama)	Pastoral Comedy
BritDrama no.	841
Title page	LOVES METAMORPHOSIS. A Wittie and Courtly Pastorall,
Title-page performance note	First playd by the Children of Paules, and now by the Children of the Chappell.
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 438 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs

62.7 %

unassigned

23.4 %

T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint

8.9 %

T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma

4.9 %

Chunks in order

#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–12	431	unassigned		I Cannot see, Montanus, why it is feigned by the Poets, that Love sat upon the Chaos and created the world; si…
2	13–27	421	T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint	0.69	Or Salamints, which in the morning are white, red at noon, and in the Evening purple, for in my affections sha…
3	28–41	424	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.79	You care for nothing but a Glass, that is a flatterer. Then all men are Glasses. Some Glasses are true. No men…
4	42–45	508	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.80	Monster of men, hate of the heavens, and to the earth a burden, what hath chaste Fidelia committed? It is thy …
5	46–57	516	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.77	Ah cruel Erisychthon, that not only defacest these holy trees, but murderest also this chaste nymph. Nymph or …
6	58–68	503	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.88	Yes Madam: To let men see, they that contend with the gods, do but confound themselves. But let us to the Temp…
7	69–101	487	unassigned		Then Love, to thee I bring these white and spotless Doves, in token that my heart is as free from any thought …
8	102–140	485	unassigned		Time shall bring to pass, that Nisa shall confess there is love. Then also will love make me confess, that Nis…
9	141–179	485	T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint	0.72	Farewell, nay I will follow, and I know not how it cometh to pass; disdain increaseth desire, and the farther …
10	180–200	482	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.84	Coy Celia, bred up in skoftes! Wauering, yet wittie Niobe, but are wee all mo Yea, and met withal, if your for…
11	201–228	495	unassigned		Dear father, I will obey both to sale and slaughter, accounting it the only happiness of my life, should I liv…
12	229–254	487	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.84	Sure I am, they have gentlemen's goods. This is the Temple of our great god, let us offer our sacrifice. I am …
13	255–273	491	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.86	Dare they blaspheme my godhead, which Ioue doth worship, Neptune reverence, and all the gods tremble at? To ma…
14	274–286	486	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.82	With what sacrifice shall we show ourselves thankful, or how may we requite this benefit? You shall yearly at …
15	287–303	480	unassigned		Accursed men, whose loves have no other mean than extremities, nor hates end but mischief. Unnatural monster, …
16	304–318	501	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.74	That young cruel resembleth old Apes, who kill by culling; from the top of this Rock whereon she sitteth, will…
17	319–340	464	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.84	Art thou so cruel? To those that resist, a Lion, to those that submit, a Lamb. Canst thou make such difference…
18	341–373	486	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.78	I have heard too, that hearts of men stiffer than steel, have by love been made softer than wool, and then the…
19	374–404	482	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.86	Cupid, here is Erisychthon in his former state, restore my Nymphs to theirs, then shall they embrace these lov…
20	405–415	505	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.84	Nor I Cupid: well could I content myself to bud in the Summer, and to die in the Winter: for more good cometh …
21	416–437	528	T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs	0.87	Sweet Niobe, the farther you did seem to be from me, the nearer I was to my death, which to make it more speed…

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