Troas (Seneca's Sixth Tragedy)

Heywood, Jasper / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, published 1581 · tragedy · Translation;Nonprofessional;Closet/Unacted

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13,839words

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4 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	Troas (Seneca's Sixth Tragedy)
Author	Heywood, Jasper / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Publication year (edition)	1581
Genre (British Drama)	tragedy
Genre group (comparison)	tragedy — from the British Drama label · Annals: tragedy
Play type	Translation;Nonprofessional;Closet/Unacted
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 28 · edition 49 · TCP A11909 · DEEP 5015.06
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1559
First performance (BritDrama)	1558
Format	Quarto
Greg	28d
Genre (Annals)	Tragedy
Genre (BritDrama)	Tragedy
BritDrama no.	308
Title page	[HT; O1r] THE SIXTE TRAGEDIE ... entituled TROAS,
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 1385 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma

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unassigned

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#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–52	537	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.84	WHo so in pomp of proud estate, or Kingdom sets delight: Or who that joys in PRINCE's court to bear the sway o…
2	53–109	527	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.88	When in his hand he wound his locks, and drew the King to ground, And hid to hilts his wicked sword, in deep a…
3	110–174	524	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.84	Fill up your hands and make thereof no spare, For this yet lawful is from Troy to take Let down your garments …
4	175–242	558	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.81	O Ye to whom the Lord of Land and Seas, Of Life and Death hath granted here the power Lay down your lofty look…
5	243–312	544	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.88	What man so stout of all the Grecians host, That hath not sometime craved Achilles' aid, And in the Trojans, w…
6	313–363	514	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.84	Great is the ransom ought of due to me, Wherewith ye must the spirits and hell appease, Polyxena shall sacrifi…
7	364–415	516	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.79	WHat time our sails we should have spread, upon sigeon Seas, With swift return from long delay, to seek our ho…
8	416–460	516	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.87	Is turned to flight then ceased our fear we dread their bows no more. It ye well weigh his worthiness Achilles…
9	461–503	477	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.80	And shall his sprights have no reward their angers to appease? Yes very great, for all the world shall celebra…
10	504–549	477	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.81	So much the less he ought to list, that may do what he will. Thus boast ye these as though in all ye only bore…
11	550–612	516	unassigned		Or else doth all at once together die? And may no part his fatal hour delay. But with the breath the soul from…
12	613–658	485	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.83	ALas ye careful company why hale ye thus your hairs? Why beat you so your boiling breasts and stain your eyes …
13	659–701	487	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.76	Convey into some secret place our son (O faithful wife) This only hope there is to help find mean to save his …
14	702–743	483	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.85	Then shall ye boldly answer make that he in Troy was slain. What shall it help to have him hid? at length they…
15	744–791	538	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.84	Though Calchas nothing said Yet Hector tells it us himself, of whose seed are we frayed. The worthy blood of n…
16	792–839	539	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.86	With stripes with fire tormenting death we will the truth out wrest And dolour shall thee force to tell the se…
17	840–882	477	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.81	My sprite fail'th me, my limbs do quake, fear doth my wits confound And as the Ise congeals with frost, my blo…
18	883–934	519	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.83	O mischief, never durst the Greeks show yet such cruelty. Ye strain the temples and the Gods that most have fa…
19	935–991	522	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.89	And though thy grief pierce not thy tender years, Yet learn to wail thy wretched state by me, And take ensampl…
20	992–1036	497	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.91	O dear, O sweet, thy mother's pledge, farewell my only joy, Farewell the flower of honour left of beaten house…
21	1037–1092	539	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.89	O Ioue that lead'st the lamps of fire, and deckest with flaming stars the sky. Why is it ever thy desire ro ca…
22	1093–1138	517	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.89	This ill the Trojans never knew in all their griefs and pain Before this time ye never made us to rejoice in v…
23	1139–1181	490	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.85	Would God the expounder of the Gods would give his doom so right That I also on point of sword might lose the …
24	1182–1234	514	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.83	Alas what cruel, dire and ireful dealer of the doom. What god unjust doth so divide, the captives to their lor…
25	1235–1293	509	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.80	A thousand sail who seethe to drench in Seas, With better will the storm hath overpast His heavy hap doth him …
26	1294–1339	510	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.72	Some one the rocks a tiptoe stand to overlook the rest. Some on their remples wear the pine, some beech, some …
27	1340–1384	507	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.85	And all afraid, beheld the last of all their miseries. When first proceeded torches bright as guise of wedlock…

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