Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Topic 5 — Christian faith, sin and salvation

Dominant work: The Conflict of Conscience · genre mix of this topic (British Drama labels): moral 47%; not in BritDrama 12%; biblical play 12%

213chunks
106,112words
47works
16works with ≥3 chunks
14 %dominant work
34 %top-3 works

All statistics on this page are on the representative editions (one per work). Including the other editions, placed after the fit: 237 chunks · 48 works · 117,945 words — those 24 chunks are listed at the end of the page and are not part of any figure above.

Classification cross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · confirmed by the researcher
Label (researcher): Christian faith, sin and salvation
Notes (researcher): sample review supports Christian faith, sin and salvation, including disputes over law, church and scriptural authority. This broader label fits the sampled polemical passages better than repentance alone. Reviewed excerpts (three different works): 84_00035; 40_00026; 131_00019.
Original AI draft — before researcher review
draft label: Sin, repentance and God's mercy · pattern basis: thematic_discourse
213 chunks, 47 works, Conflict of Conscience 14 %. Christian doctrine and devotion: God, Christ, sin, faith, mercy, scripture and the Old Testament (David, Israel); anti-papal satire (Bale) and pardoners (Heywood) alongside. Mostly interludes and biblical plays — the topic→genre direction is expected; still a real cross-work theme.
chunks read for the draft: 131_00009;40_00010;361_00012;37_00002;33_00001;216_00032;33_00002

In the analyses: author comparisons for this topic · this topic by decade.

Keywords

Class-TF-IDF (uniform rule)

godchristdavidsinholyisraellordmercysinsfaith

KeyBERT-style (cosine of word to topic centroid)

repentgodchristholyprayfaithsinsgospelmercysoul

MMR (diversified)

repentgodsinsgospelprayisraelholywordgracemercy

Amber = capitalised in ≥80 % of occurrences (probable name). Keywords are computed on the unmasked text.

Most typical chunk of each of the leading works

Woodes, Nathaniel, 1581 · moral · 30 chunks of this work here
I hear you, and will fulfil your words speedily. Good Master Philologus, I pity your case, To see you so foolish, yourself to undo: I durst yet promise to purchase you grace, If yo…
Bale, John, 1548 · moral · 22 chunks of this work here
Thus a blind crypple, I wander here alone, Abiding the time, and grace of restoration, By the son of God To whom I make my moan, My cause to pity, and grant me supportation, Lest I…
Peele, George, 1599 · biblical play; history · 21 chunks of this work here
Mourn Bethsabe, bewail thy foolishness, Thy sin, thy shame, the sorrow of thy soul, Sin, shame, and sorrow swarm about thy soul, And in the gates and entrance of my heart, Sadness …
Wager, Lewis, 1566 · moral · 19 chunks of this work here
Pleaseth it you reverend father, to give me licence To say my mind to this blasphemerand thief, In few words you shall have my sentence: Of all heretics I judge him to be the chief…
Bale, John, 1547 · biblical play · 15 chunks of this work here
If I among them, might find but five and forty Them would I not lose, for that just company. What if the city, may forty righteous make? Then will I pardon it, for those same forty…
Anonymous, 1534 · not in BritDrama · 11 chunks of this work here
It is the garment of sorrow From pain it will you borrow contrition it is That getteth forgiveness It pleaseth god passing well Everyman will you were it/ for your hele Now blessed…
Lusty Juventus typ. 0.84
Wever, R., 1565 · moral · 10 chunks of this work here
Be you so sir? I cry you mercy than, you may say I am homely, & lack learning, to liken my father's voice unto a sows groaning But I pray you show me the cause, and why that you ca…
Lodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert, 1594 · biblical play; moral · 10 chunks of this work here
My soul is buried in the hell of thoughts. Ah Aluida, I look on thee with shame. My Lords on sudden fix their eyes on ground, As if dismayed to look upon the heavens. Hence Magi, w…

Genre mix (chunks of this topic, British Drama labels)

moral
101 (47 %)
not in BritDrama
26 (12 %)
biblical play
26 (12 %)
biblical play; history
21 (10 %)
biblical play; moral
10 (5 %)
comedy
10 (5 %)
tragedy
10 (5 %)
tragicomedy
5 (2 %)

This is the direction topic → genre, on the raw British Drama labels; the share of each genre group's text that falls in this topic is on the Genre page.

Works

The Conflict of Conscience (30), The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Chr (22), The Love of King David and Fair Bathsheb (21), The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalen (19), The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God' (15), The Summoning of Everyman (11), Lusty Juventus (10), A Looking Glass for London and England (10), The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, (7), The Pedlar's Prophecy (7), The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, (6), All for Money (4), The Interlude of Youth (3), The Four P's (3), Impatient Poverty (3) …

Excerpts

The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene (1566) · typ. 0.88
…him is nothing esteemed, To destroy the same utterly he doth devise. Think you us ignorant of god's law and will, Which upon our garments do them wear. Who but we do the law of God fulfil, For his precepts with us in all places we bear. To fulfil the law requireth God's spirit, For the law is holy, just, and spiritual, Of love to be obser…
The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corru (1548) · typ. 0.86
…uld saved be. I am Christ's Gospel, and infallible verity, Soch a power of God, as saveth all that believe, No burden nor yoke, that any man will grieve. In the blood of Christ, I am a full forgiveness, Where faith is grounded, with a sure confidence. I am soch a grace, and so high tidings of gladness, As raise the sinner, and pacify his …
The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene (1566) · typ. 0.86
…my lord I have found, He is in the house of Simon I heard say, The house standeth on yonder same ground: It was told me that he dineth there to day. I was not ashamed to sin before the lords sight And shall I be ashamed before man the same to confess? To my Lord Iesus, now forth will I go right, Acknowledging to him my penitent heart doub…
Measure for Measure (1623) · typ. 0.85
…ally committed. Mutually. Then was your sin of heavier kind than his. I do confess it, and repent it (Father.) 'Tis meet so (daughter) but lest you do repent As that the sin hath brought you to this shame, Which sorrow is always toward ourselves, not heaven, Showing we would not spare heaven, as we love it, But as we stand in fear. I do r…
The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene (1566) · typ. 0.84
…d, and put away all care. The more that I accustom myself with repentance, The more I see mine own sin and iniquity, The more knowledge thereof, the more grievance, To a soul that is converted from her impiety. To all the world an example I may be, In whom the mercy of Christ is declared, O Lord, what goodness didst thou in me see? That t…
Lusty Juventus (1565) · typ. 0.84
…lare How many and great the number are, Which have deceived be: And brought clean from God's law, Unto thy yoke and awe, Through the enticement of me. I have been bused▪ since the world began, to graff thy laws in the heart of man, Where they ought to be refused: And I have so mingled gods commandments with vain zeals, & blind intents tha…
The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises (1547) · typ. 0.84
…ed be, And by the same seed, the world shall be redressed. In circumcision, shall this thing be expressed, As in a sure seal, to prove my promise true, print this in thy faith, and it shall thy soul renew, I will not one jote, Lord from thy will dissent, But to thy pleasure, be always obedient, Thy laws to fulfil, and most precious comman…
Othello, the Moor of Venice (1623) · typ. 0.84
…e hollow Mine of Earth And will not hear't. What committed? By Heaven you do me wrong. Are not you a Strumpet? No, as I am a Christian. If to preserve this vessel for my Lord, From any other foul unlawful touch Be not to be a Strumpet, I am none. What, not a Whore? No, as I shall be saved. Is't possible? Oh Heaven forgive us. I cry you me…
The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises (1547) · typ. 0.83
…reof, to sing will I be bold. O lord God Adonai, & guide of the faylhfull house of Israel, which sometime aperedest in the flaming bush to Moses, and to him didst give a law in mount Syna, come now forto redeem us in the strength of thy right hand. I Brought up children, from their first infancy, Which now despiseth, my godly institutions…
Hyde Park (1637) · typ. 0.83
…r heart, Will you not wish than you had never mixed With Atheists, and those men whose wits are vented In oaths and blasphemy, now the pride of Gentlemen, That strike at heaven, and make again of thunder. If this be true? what a wretched thing should I Appear now, if I were any thing but a Lord, I do not like myself, give me thy hand Sinc…
The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene (1566) · typ. 0.83
…y feet, No cost about that ointment she doth refuse. Blessed are they, as the Prophet doth say, Whose sins are forgiven & covered by God's mercy, Not by the deeds of the law as you think this day. But of God's good will, favour and grace freely. At this woman's sin you do greatly grudge, As though yourselves were just holy, and pure, But …
The Conflict of Conscience (1581) · typ. 0.83
…leased your authority, In reasonable causes redress it I will, But in this respect I fear I should kill My soul for ever: if against my conscience I should to the pope's laws acknowledge Obedience. Cease from those words, if your safety you love: As though no man had a soul more than you: Such nips (perchance) my Lords patience will move:…

All 213 chunks of the representative editions (chronological; click a header to sort)

chunkplayauthorpublishedgenrewordstypicality
27_000081 NatureMedwall, Henry1530not in BritDrama4880.801
28_000012 NatureMedwall, Henry1530not in BritDrama5050.735
19_00006The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor PrHeywood, John1533not in BritDrama5300.772
19_00008The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor PrHeywood, John1533not in BritDrama5300.766
19_00004The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor PrHeywood, John1533not in BritDrama5320.760
19_00000The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor PrHeywood, John1533not in BritDrama5180.727
19_00005The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor PrHeywood, John1533not in BritDrama5340.715
19_00003The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor PrHeywood, John1533not in BritDrama5200.703
9_00010The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama4730.797
9_00007The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama4600.790
9_00001The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama5040.768
9_00013The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama5180.759
9_00002The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama4740.757
9_00008The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama4820.754
9_00000The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama5210.746
9_00009The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama4660.738
9_00006The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama4710.690
9_00012The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama5020.690
9_00011The Summoning of EverymanAnonymous1534not in BritDrama5100.687
33_00001The Four P'sHeywood, John1544not in BritDrama5290.794
33_00002The Four P'sHeywood, John1544not in BritDrama5070.770
33_00000The Four P'sHeywood, John1544not in BritDrama5200.577
37_00006The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play5440.838
37_00011The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4790.834
39_00006The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play5140.823
37_00002The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4780.822
37_00005The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play5490.809
39_00003The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play5050.802
39_00007The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play4940.771
37_00015The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play5000.751
37_00009The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4460.740
37_00013The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play5050.738
37_00007The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4700.729
37_00012The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play5330.720
37_00008The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4550.720
39_00000The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play4920.719
39_00002The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play5200.719
39_00001The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play5080.718
37_00016The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4910.714
37_00004The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4960.702
37_00014The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4590.692
37_00010The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play4750.690
37_00000The Chief Promises of God unto Man (God's Promises)Bale, John1547biblical play5650.657
39_00004The Temptation of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, bBale, John1547biblical play4710.620
40_00015The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4980.864
40_00025The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5000.802
40_00023The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4840.785
40_00009The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5240.784
40_00010The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5050.781
40_00004The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5210.763
40_00027The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5040.755
40_00029The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5140.754
40_00026The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5080.754
40_00022The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4790.753
40_00024The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4880.741
40_00028The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4860.739
40_00011The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5020.736
40_00014The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4980.728
40_00002The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5100.708
40_00007The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4870.704
40_00020The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5030.695
40_00000The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5040.689
40_00012The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5230.671
40_00001The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral5090.656
40_00021The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4990.633
40_00016The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1548moral4990.602
53_00013Impatient PovertyAnonymous1561moral4940.812
53_00002Impatient PovertyAnonymous1561moral5330.759
53_00005Impatient PovertyAnonymous1561moral5110.737
74_00006Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral4970.840
74_00017Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral5070.797
74_00005Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral5020.789
74_00014Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral4810.789
32_00009The Interlude of YouthAnonymous1565not in BritDrama5000.781
74_00002Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral4880.769
32_00007The Interlude of YouthAnonymous1565not in BritDrama5080.766
32_00001The Interlude of YouthAnonymous1565not in BritDrama5010.764
74_00003Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral5030.739
74_00015Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral4810.729
74_00001Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral5240.721
74_00016Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral5020.694
74_00004Lusty JuventusWever, R.1565moral5510.656
84_00035The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4730.875
84_00032The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4850.857
84_00031The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4870.844
84_00034The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4830.832
84_00023The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral5190.826
84_00036The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4940.813
84_00020The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4630.793
84_00018The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4970.783
84_00027The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral5060.781
84_00017The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4840.771
84_00024The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral5230.764
84_00028The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral5010.762
84_00026The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4760.727
84_00001The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4930.720
84_00022The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4980.717
84_00025The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4740.710
84_00021The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral5430.698
84_00030The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral4880.672
84_00037The Life and Repentance of Mary MagdaleneWager, Lewis1566moral5030.635
91_00033Jacob and EsauUdall, Nicholas1568biblical play5050.711
91_00000Jacob and EsauUdall, Nicholas1568biblical play4970.613
99_00027Enough Is as Good as a FeastWager, William1570moral5050.794
99_00022Enough Is as Good as a FeastWager, William1570moral4750.771
121_00027The Tide Tarrieth No ManWapull, George1576moral4640.809
122_00000Abraham's SacrificeGolding, Arthur / Beza, Theodore1577biblical play4380.774
122_00015Abraham's SacrificeGolding, Arthur / Beza, Theodore1577biblical play4960.740
129_00021The Most Virtuous and Godly SusannaGarter, Thomas1578moral5010.822
129_00011The Most Virtuous and Godly SusannaGarter, Thomas1578moral5310.821
123_00031All for MoneyLupton, Thomas1578moral4750.820
123_00007All for MoneyLupton, Thomas1578moral5030.798
123_00009All for MoneyLupton, Thomas1578moral4890.771
123_00030All for MoneyLupton, Thomas1578moral4990.771
131_00022The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4830.830
131_00026The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4940.826
131_00023The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral5000.819
131_00027The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4880.811
131_00034The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4990.807
131_00040The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4860.800
131_00013The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4820.784
131_00031The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral5220.783
131_00024The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4950.783
131_00009The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4980.782
131_00037The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4710.781
131_00041The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4820.776
131_00038The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4660.770
131_00002The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral5170.761
131_00011The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4920.759
131_00036The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4760.758
131_00003The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4900.757
131_00035The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4820.754
131_00014The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4750.751
131_00033The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4840.750
131_00006The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4920.746
131_00008The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4930.743
131_00012The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4820.731
131_00021The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral5070.722
131_00039The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral5230.712
131_00019The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4970.691
131_00017The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4810.690
131_00015The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral5000.649
131_00020The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4930.642
131_00018The Conflict of ConscienceWoodes, Nathaniel1581moral4950.617
216_00033A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral4950.809
216_00024A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral4910.804
216_00016A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral4970.803
216_00038A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral5330.793
216_00029A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral5120.792
216_00030A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral5310.781
216_00034A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral5010.769
216_00035A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral5100.713
216_00032A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral4700.705
216_00002A Looking Glass for London and EnglandLodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert1594biblical play; moral4580.687
261_00023The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral4980.789
261_00021The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral4900.777
261_00025The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral5190.760
261_00024The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral5310.736
261_00014The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral5030.721
261_00022The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral5260.707
261_00000The Pedlar's ProphecyAnonymous1595moral5400.573
270_00010A Knack to Know an Honest ManAnonymous1596tragicomedy5310.793
270_00005A Knack to Know an Honest ManAnonymous1596tragicomedy5010.790
315_00003Love's Labor's LostShakespeare, William1598comedy5120.710
361_00009The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4830.750
361_00022The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5060.748
361_00016The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4790.726
361_00020The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5100.726
361_00007The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5010.724
361_00015The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4720.713
361_00011The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5000.709
361_00006The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5000.709
361_00005The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4720.702
361_00008The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5010.700
361_00025The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5190.698
361_00010The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4830.696
361_00029The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4880.688
361_00018The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5000.655
361_00003The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4510.634
361_00026The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5370.629
361_00014The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4770.626
361_00001The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4850.589
361_00012The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4820.569
361_00013The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history4830.559
361_00000The Love of King David and Fair BathshebaPeele, George1599biblical play; history5430.546
376_000131 Sir John OldcastleWilson, Robert / Drayton, Michael 1600history4740.774
365_00000Every Man Out of His HumorJonson, Ben1600comedy4720.760
415_00035Two Lamentable TragediesYarington, Robert1601tragedy5080.796
415_00014Two Lamentable TragediesYarington, Robert1601tragedy5110.788
415_00034Two Lamentable TragediesYarington, Robert1601tragedy4750.780
544_00024The Wonder of Women, or SophonisbaMarston, John1606tragedy5070.814
579_00032Bussy D'AmboisChapman, George1607tragedy5040.775
595_00041The Devil's Charter, or Pope Alexander the SixthBarnes, Barnabe1607tragedy4810.653
707_00021If It Be Not Good, the Devil Is in It (If This Be Not aDekker, Thomas1612comedy5050.796
707_00025If It Be Not Good, the Devil Is in It (If This Be Not aDekker, Thomas1612comedy4730.788
708_00021The White Devil (Vittoria Corombona)Webster, John1612tragedy5010.754
710_00030The Revenge of Bussy D'AmboisChapman, George1613tragedy5140.739
730_00026The Hog Hath Lost His PearlTailor, Robert1614comedy4720.760
730_00021The Hog Hath Lost His PearlTailor, Robert1614comedy4770.749
823_00013The World Tossed at TennisMiddleton, Thomas / Rowley, Willia1620masque4700.810
843_00035The Virgin MartyrDekker, Thomas / Massinger, Philip1622tragedy4990.813
864_00014Measure for MeasureShakespeare, William / Middleton, 1623tragicomedy5090.846
839_00039Othello, the Moor of VeniceShakespeare, William1623tragedy4990.836
864_00013Measure for MeasureShakespeare, William / Middleton, 1623tragicomedy5040.804
904_00033A Game at ChessMiddleton, Thomas1625comedy4770.749
928_00020The Grateful Servant (The Faithful Servant)Shirley, James1630comedy4770.773
977_00036The Emperor of the EastMassinger, Philip1632tragicomedy5190.780
1042_00000The Presentment of Bushell's Rock (Royal Entertainment Jordan, Thomas / Bushell, Thomas (1636entertainment; royal e5840.752
1050_00027Hyde ParkShirley, James1637comedy5080.832
1061_00001Britannia Triumphans (Britain Triumphing)Davenant, William1637not in BritDrama4680.704
1087_00005The Muses' Looking GlassRandolph, Thomas1638moral4970.784
1066_00008A Shoemaker a GentlemanRowley, William1638romance5190.697
1127_00029The Night Walker, or The Little ThiefFletcher, John / Shirley, James1640comedy5030.787

Chunks from other editions (24; placed after the fit, not in the statistics)

chunkplayauthorpublishedgenrewordstypicality
41_00015The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4880.807
41_00007The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4640.783
41_00023The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral5010.758
41_00014The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4790.745
41_00025The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral5160.737
41_00024The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral5170.737
41_00028The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4800.733
41_00008The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4720.731
41_00027The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral5080.718
41_00010The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4910.691
41_00002The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral5180.690
41_00029The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4970.685
41_00022The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4890.681
41_00000The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4930.669
41_00026The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral5090.668
41_00006The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4970.667
41_00005The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4980.655
41_00009The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4710.646
41_00020The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4900.644
41_00021The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4910.620
41_00016The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4870.610
41_00012The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted Bale, John1562moral4790.584
392_00009The Merchant of Venice (The Jew of Venice)Shakespeare, William1619comedy4870.723
316_00003Love's Labor's LostShakespeare, William1623comedy5110.666