Dominant work: Comus (The Masque at Ludlow Castle) · genre mix of this topic (British Drama labels): tragedy 26%; comedy 26%; pastoral; masque 14%
35chunks
17,383words
21works
2works with ≥3 chunks
14 %dominant work
31 %top-3 works
All statistics on this page are on the representative editions (one per work). Including the other editions, placed after the fit: 40 chunks · 22 works · 19,913 words — those 5 chunks are listed at the end of the page and are not part of any figure above.
Classificationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · confirmed by the researcher Label (researcher): Magic, spells and conjuringOriginal AI draft — before researcher review
draft label: Magic, spells and conjuring · pattern basis: thematic_discourse 35 chunks, 21 works (2 with 3+), Comus 14 %. Magic as art and threat: Faustus' necromantic books, Comus' charms, Medea's spells, conjured apparitions; Marlowe, Milton, Seneca, Barry, Goffe, Heywood. Cross-work theme (small). chunks read for the draft: 1057_00008;476_00001;79_00020;740_00020;616_00011;1008_00012;719_00020
Milton, John, 1637 · pastoral; masque · 5 chunks of this work here
Alas good venturous youth, I love thy courage yet, and bold Emprise, But here thy sword can do thee little stead, Far other arms, and other weapons must Be those that quell the mig…
Anonymous / Marlowe, Christopher, 1604 · tragedy · 4 chunks of this work here
Yes sir, I will tell you, yet if you were not dunces you would never ask me such a question, for is not he corpus naturale, and is not that mobile, then wherefore should you ask me…
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Studley, John, 1566 · tragedy · 2 chunks of this work here
MY shyvering mind amazed is, aghast, and sore dismayed: My chyllysh limbs with quaking cold do tremble all afraid. Such plagues & vengeance is at hand in what exceeding wise Do sha…
Pasqualigo, Luigi / Munday, Anthony, 1585 · comedy · 2 chunks of this work here
Read good Medusa. Ah miserable Pedante, would I were away, I quiver so fast, that I feel no ground: 'tis a company of witches I hold forty pound. When begin you sweet heart? Make h…
Greene, Robert, 1594 · comedy · 2 chunks of this work here
As it please lord Lacie, but loves foolish looks, Think footsteps Miles, and minutes to be hours. I'll hasten Peggy to make short return, But please your honour go unto the lodge, …
Jonson, Ben, 1616 · masque · 2 chunks of this work here
ANd I ha'beene plucking (plants among) Hemlock, Henbane, Adders-tongue, Night-shade, Moone-wort, Libbards-bane; And twise, by the dogges, was like to be tane. I, From the iawes of …
A., R., 1615 · history · 2 chunks of this work here
Good Angels guide thy dangerous enterprise, And bring thee back, with conquest to thy friends. Some powerful Spirit hover over the head Of my dear Lord, and guard him from the rage…
Holyday, Barten, 1618 · comedy · 2 chunks of this work here
Young say you? marry, I think, you are absolutely grounded in it, that can know all these Mysteries; ah, were it the will of the gods, I had but half of this skill, I'd give all th…
Genre mix (chunks of this topic, British Drama labels)
tragedy
9 (26 %)
comedy
9 (26 %)
pastoral; masque
5 (14 %)
pastoral
3 (9 %)
masque
2 (6 %)
history
2 (6 %)
pastoral; tragicomedy
1 (3 %)
classical legend or myth
1 (3 %)
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.
Thierry and Theodoret (1621) · typ. 0.88 Hell and furies aid me, That I may have power to avert the plagues That pressed upon me. Two days' journey sayest thou, We will set forth to meet her, in the mean time Se…
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.86 …ither go: It stands within yond bottom Be it so And I will meet there never more with thee, Thou idle shamefastness, Cloe! 'tis he. That dare I hope be bolder. Cloe. now Great Pan for Syrinx's sake bid speed our plow. From thy forehead thus I take These herbs, and charge thee not awake, Till in yonder holy well, Thrice with powerful magic…
Fedele and Fortunia (Two Italian Gentlemen) (1585) · typ. 0.85 …one? and is the Spirit come up that you do call? The greatest Fiend of hell come and take you all. With oil of Virgin wax I thee anoint, And sign, and mark thee with the holy Cross: In Venus' name, I water every joint. That love by thee may never suffer loss. Now have you done? It must be pricked, and set in greater heat: Then the Spirits…
The Two Merry Milkmaids, or The Best Words Wear th (1620) · typ. 0.84 …t being prepared, We hope, for your own good, you in the Yard Will lend your Ears, attentively to hear Things that shall flow so smoothly to your ear; That you returning home, t'your Friends shall say, howe'er you understand't, 'Tis a fine Play: For we have in't a Conjurer, a Devil, And a Clown too; but I fear the evil, In which perhaps u…
The Tempest (1623) · typ. 0.84 …so potent Art. But this rough Magic I here abjure: and when I have required Some heavenly Music (which even now I do) To work mine end upon their Senses, that This Ayrie-charme is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever Plummet sound I'll drown my book. A solemn Air, and the best comforter,…
The Masque of Queens (1616) · typ. 0.83 …And, now, our Orgies let's begin. YOu Fiends and Furies (if yet any bee Worse then our selues) you, that haue quak'd to see These knots vntied; and shrunke, when we haue charm'd. You, that (to arme vs) haue your selues disarm'd, And to our powers, resign'd your whips and brands, When we went forth, the scourge of men and lands. You, that …
The Valiant Welshman (Caradoc the Great) (1615) · typ. 0.83 …y, Then pierce the scales of this infernal Monster. About thee take this precious sovereign herb, That Mercury to wise Ulysses gave, To keep him from the rage of Circe's charms. This precious herb, maugre the force of hell, From blackest sorcery keeps sound and well. Farewell, great Prince. Thanks, gentle Father. And see, the Serpent come…
Comus (The Masque at Ludlow Castle) (1637) · typ. 0.83 …h, I love thy courage yet, and bold Emprise, But here thy sword can do thee little stead, Far other arms, and other weapons must Be those that quell the might of hellish charms, He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints And crumble all thy sinews. Why prithee shepherd How durst thou then thyself approach so near As to make this relati…
Britannia Triumphans (Britain Triumphing) (1637) · typ. 0.83 …sts his small Neglected stock of wisdom, comes from Heaven, and show How little it prevailed on earth, since all The mighty here, are of my sect. 'Tis long Since this my Magic rod hath struck the Air Yet loss of practice can no Art impair, That soars above the reach of nature's might, Thus then I charm the Spirits of the night, And unto H…
The Seven Champions of Christendom (1638) · typ. 0.83 … eyes, or else am walked Into eternal darkness: I have read how wise Ulysses saw the under world, conversed with bold Achilles and the Greeks, and then returned alive To earth again, but Fables help but weakly, Imitate what really I feel I have lost, My fellows in this endless night; till now Their voyees kept me company. Ho Denis, Denis.…
Doctor Faustus (1604) · typ. 0.83 …d on me, Go and return an old Franciscan Friar, That holy shape becomes a devil best. I see there's virtue in my heavenly words, Who would not be proficient in this art? How pliant is this Mephastophilis? Full of obedience and humility, Such is the force of Magic and my spells, No Faustus, thou art conjuror laureate That canst command gre…
The Brazen Age (The Age of Brass) (1613) · typ. 0.83 … without you is but torturing pain, And death to men distressed is double gain. That tongue more than Medea's spells enchants, And not a word, but like our exorcisms And power of charms prevails, Oh lone! thy Majesty Is greater than the triple Hecate's, Bewitching Circe's, or these hidden skills, Ascribed unto th'infernal Proserpine. I th…
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