Gascoigne, George / Ariosto, Ludovico · published 1573 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) comedy T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.73 · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Sir, he that will go to the civil law, must be sure of four things: first, a right and a just cause: then a righteous doctor to plead: next, favour Coram judice: and above all, a good purse to procure it. I have not heard, that the law hath any respect to favour, what you mean by it I cannot tell. Have you no regard to his words, he is but a fool. I pray you sir, let him tell me what is favour? Favour call I, to have a friend near about the judge, who may so solicit thy cause, as if it be right, speedy sentence may ensue without any delays: if it be not good, than to prolong it, till at the last, thine adversary being weary, shall be glad be compound with thee. Of thus much (although I never heard thus much in this country before) doubt you not Philogano, I will bring you to an advocate that shall speed you accordingly. Then shall I give myself, as it were a prey to the doctors, whose insatiable jaws I am not able to feed, although I had here all the goods and lands which I possess in mine own country, much less being a stranger in this misery. I know their cautels of old: at the first time I come they will so extol my cause, as though it were already won: but within in seven-night or ten days, if I do not continually feed them as the crow doth her brats, twenty times in an hour, they will begin to wax cold, and to find canels in my cause, saying, that at the first I did not well instruct them: till at the last, they will not only draw the stuffing out of my purse, but the marrow out of my bones. Yea sir, but this man that I tell you of, is half a Saint. And the other half a Devil, I hold a penny. Well said Litio, in deed I have but small confidence in their smooth looks. Well sir, I think this whom I mean, is no such manner of man: but if he were, there is such hatred and evil will between him and this gentleman (whether he be Erostrato or Dulipo, whatsoever he be) that I warrant you, he will do whatsoever he can do for you, were it but to spite him. Why? what hatred is betwixt them? They are both in love and suitors to one gentlewoman, the daughter of a wealthy man in this city. Why? is the villain become of such estimation that he dare presume to be a suitor to any gentlewoman of a good family? Yea sir out of all doubt. How call you his adversary? Cleander, one of the excellentest doctors in our city. For God's love let us go to him. Go we then.
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Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 103 · TCP A01513 · DEEP 5006.01
Edition role
Representative edition — used in the analysis
Position
nodes 524–542 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 27 of 36 in this edition
Length
482 words · 593 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.729 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T9 · seed 44: T10 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Sir, he that will goe to the ciuill lawe, must be sure of foure things: first, a right and a iust cause: then a righteous doctor to pleade: next, fauour Coram Iudice: and aboue all, a good purse to procure it. I haue not heard, that the law hath any respect to fauour, what you meane by it I cannot tell. Haue you no regarde to his woordes, he is but a . I pray you sir, let him tell me what is fauour? Fauour cal I, to haue a friend néere about the Iudge, who may so sollicite thy cause, as if it be right, spéedie sentence may ensue without any delayes: if it be not good, then to prolong it, till at the last, thine aduersarie being wearie, shal be glad be compound with thée. Of thus much (although I neuer heard thus much in this countrey before) doubt you not Philogano, I will bring you to an aduocate that shall spéede you accordingly. Then shall I giue my selfe, as it were a pray to the doctors, whose insatiable iawes I am not able to féede, although I had here all the goods and landes which I possesse in mine owne coūtrey, much lesse being a straūger in this miserie. I know their cautels of old: at the first time I come they will so extoll my cause, as though it were alredy woon: but within in seuēnight or ten dayes, if I do not continually féede them as the crow doth hir brattes, twentie times in an houre, they will beginne to waxe colde, and to finde canels in my cause, saying, that at the firste I did not well instructe them: till at the laste, they will not onely drawe the stuffing oute of my purse, but the marrow oute of my bones. Yea sir, but this man that I tell you of, is halfe a Sainte. And the other halfe a Deuill, I hold a pennie. Well saide Litio, in déede I haue but small confidence in their smothe lookes. Well sir, I thinke this whom I meane, is no suche manner of man: but if he were, there is suche hatred and euill will betwene him and this gentleman (whether he be Erostrato or Dulippo, what so euer he be) that I warrant you, he will doe what so euer he can do for you, were it but to spite him. Why? what hatred is betwixt them? They are both in loue and suters to one gentlewoman, the daughter of a welthie man in this citie. Why? is the villeine become of such estimatin that he dare presume to be a suter to any gentlewomā of a good familie? Yea sir out of all doubt. How call you his aduersarie? Cleander, one of the excellentest doctors in our citie. For gods loue let vs goe to him. Goe we then.