Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Masque of Queens

Jonson, Ben, published 1616 · masque · Occasional;Nonprofessional

4chunks
1,922words
2topics
26 %unassigned

Metadata

TitleThe Masque of Queens
AuthorJonson, Ben
Publication year (edition)1616
Genre (British Drama)masque
Genre group (comparison)masque — from the British Drama label · Annals: masque
Play typeOccasional;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEPwork 280 · edition 661 · TCP A04632 · DEEP 5074.26
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)1609 [Feb 2]
First performance (BritDrama)1609 [Feb 2]
Theaterbefore the Court;Whitehall;
FormatFolio
Greg280b
Genre (Annals)Masque
Genre (BritDrama)Masque
BritDrama no.1593
Title page[HT; 4K5r] THE MASQVE OF QVEENES,
Title-page performance noteCelebrated From the house of FAME: By the QVEENE of great BRITAINE, with her Ladies. AT WHITE-HALL. Febr. 2. 1609.
Corpus buildcorpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 270 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

50.6 %
unassigned
26.1 %
23.3 %

Chunks in order

#nodeswordstopictyp.opening
10–69502unassignedSIsters, stay, we want our Dame; Call vpon her by her name, And the charme we vse to say, That shee quickly an…
270–135500T56 Magic, spells and conjuring0.83ANd I ha'beene plucking (plants among) Hemlock, Henbane, Adders-tongue, Night-shade, Moone-wort, Libbards-bane…
3136–205473T56 Magic, spells and conjuring0.81THe stickes are a-crosse, there can be no losse, The sage is rotten, the sulphur is gotten Vp to the sky, that…
4206–269447T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions0.74SO should, at FAMES lowd sound, and VERTVES sight, All darke, and enuious witchcraft flie the light. I did not…