Marmion, Shackerley · published 1633 · first performed or written 1633 [1632-1633] (Annals) comedy · Prince Charles's Men (second) · before the Court unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 515 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Death to my honour, do not question it, but do as I bid you. I have not sixpence in the world, the Cobbler had all I had, for mending of your boots. Go you must make shift, and get more then. Why if these Gentlemen come to bestow a Supper on you, let them give me money aforehand. Speak lower woman, art mad? I tell you I have not a penny in the house. Speak lower I say. Go borrow it of thy neighbours, I'll see it paid. Yes and turn me behind the door for my reckoning; You have served me so I know not how often, no I have trusted you too much already: you have not paid me a penny for your lodging, since you came to my house, besides what I have lent you out of my purse. Bane to my credit, you will exile me beyond the confines of reputation: go pawn some Pewter, or one of thy brass pots. 'Slight do not disgrace me, do any thing rather, take the sheets off from my bed. Yes, you care not what becomes of any thing. Why can you not ask them for money? 'Slife, a man may plot till his heart ache, and you still seek to cross me, you will undo me in my designs. You have more signs in your head, then hang at all the Alehouses in town again. Prithee woman, hear me what I say. I know they come to spend upon me, and will crouch, and do any thing, yet when I out of my nobleness, and beyond expectation, shall use them so courteously, 'twill be such an engagement, that I can borrow ten or twenty pieces of them at my pleasure. I tell you I can not do it, nor I will not. Faith Gentlemen I must entreat you to excuse me, my Hostess is not very well she tells me, and I think she is not so well stored with necessaries to entertain you, as I could wish; and indeed she has ne'er a spit in the house, therefore we'll defer it till tomorrow night, when 'twill be more convenient at a Tavern. Well sir, your excuse shall prevail, we are not inexorable upon extremity. In his you have won me to your observance for ever. Captain I have another thing to propound to you, here is a friend of mine has lately received injury from one Master Careless, and upon debatement of the matter, this Gentleman is so apprehensive of his disgrace, that he can not possible put it up with safety of his reputation, and therefore desires to have it determined in plain field. Now as he is informed, his adversary accepts of it, and has chosen you for his patron in the quarrel. By the shine of Phoebus, I wonder what strange impudence has possessed him. As I am a man to honour, I have brought him successively off from a hundred of these, to the peril of my life, and yet am daily obnoxious to new assaults for him.
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Death to my honour, doe not queſtion it, but doe as I bid you. I haue not ſix-pence in the world, the Cobler had all I had, for mending of your boots. Goe you muſt make ſhift, and get more then. Why if theſe Gentlemen come to beſtow a Supper on you, let them giue me money aforehand. Speake lower woman, art mad? I tell you I haue not a penny in the houſe. Speake lower I ſay. Goe borrow it of thy neighbours, Ile ſee it payd. Yes and turne mee behind the dore for my reckoning; You haue ſerv'd me ſo I know not how often, no I haue truſted you too much already: you haue not payd me a penny for your lodging, ſince you came to my houſe, beſides what I haue lent you out of my purſe. Bane to my credit, you will exile mee beyond the confine of eputation: goe pawne ſome Pewter, or one of thy braſſe pots. S'light doe not diſgrace mee, doe any thing rather, take the ſheets off from my bed. Yes, you care not what becomes of any thing. Why can you not aske them for money? S'life, a man may plot till his heart ake, and you ſtill ſeeke to croſſe mee, you will vndoe me in my deſignes. You haue more ſignes in your head, then hang at all the Alehouſes in towne againe. Prethee woman, heare mee what I ſay. I know they come to ſpend vpon mee, and will crouch, and doe any thing, yet when I out of my nobleneſſe, and beyond expectation, ſhall vſe them ſo curteouſly, 'twill be ſuch an ingagement, that I can borrow ten or twenty peeces of them at my pleaſure. I tell you I can not doe it, nor I will not. Faith Gentlemen I muſt entreat you to excuſe mee, my Hoſteſſe is not very well ſhee tells mee, and I thinke ſhee is not ſo well ſtor'd with neceſſaries to entertaine you, as I could wiſh; and indeed ſhee has nere a ſpitt in the houſe, therefore wee'l deferr it till to morrow night, when 'twill be more convenient at a Taverne. Well ſir, your excuſe ſhall prevaile, wee are not inexorable vpon extremity. In his you haue wonne mee to your obſervance for ever. Captaine I haue another thing to propound to you, heere is a friend of mine has lately receiu'd injury from one Maſter Careleſſe, and vpon debatement of the matter, this Gentleman is ſo apprehenſiue of his diſgrace, that he can not poſſible put it vp with ſafety of his reputation, and therefore deſires to haue it determined in plaine field. Now as hee is informed, his adverſary accepts of it, and has choſen you for his patron in the quarrell. By the ſhine of Phoebus, I wonder what ſtrange impudence has poſſeſt him. As I am a man to honour, I haue brought him ſucceſſiuely off from a hundred of theſe, to the perrill of my life, and yet am dayly obnoxious to new aſſaults for him.