Gascoigne, George / Ariosto, Ludovico · published 1575 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) comedy T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.80 · 483 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Then shall I give myself, as it were a pray to the Lawyers, 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 a seuennight 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 cavils 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 & this gentleman (whether he be Erostrato or Dulipo, what so ever 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 villeine 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. WHat a mishap was this? that before I could meet with Erostrato, I have light even full in the lap of Philogano: where I was constrained to deny my name, to deny my master, & to feign that I knew him not, to contend with him, & to revile him, in such sort, that hap what hap can, I can never hap well in favour with him again. Therefore if I could come to speak with the right Erostrato, I will renounce unto him both habit and credit, and away as fast as I can trudge into some strange country, where I may never see Philogano again. Alas, he that of a little child hath brought me up unto this day, and nourished me as if I had been his own: & in deed (to confess the troth) I have no father to trust unto but him. But look where Pasiphilo cometh, the fittest man in the world to go on me message to Erostrato.
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Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 104 · TCP A01514 · DEEP 5007.02
Edition role
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 528–541 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 27 of 36 in this edition
Length
483 words · 607 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.804 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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)
Then ſhall I giue my ſelfe, as it were a pray to the Lawyers, whoſe inſatiable iawes I am not able to féede, although I had here all the goods and landes which I poſſeſſe in mine own countrey: much leſſe being a ſtraunger in this miſerie. I know their cautels of old: at the firſt time I come they wil ſo extoll my cauſe, as though it were already won: but within a ſeuēnight or ten daies, if I do not continually féede them as the crow doth hir brattes, twētie times in an houre, they will begin to waxe colde, and to finde cauils in my cauſe, ſaying, that at the firſte I did not well inſtructe them, till at the laſt, they will not onely drawe the ſtuffing out of my purſe, but the marrow out of my bones. Yea ſir, but this man that I tell you of, is halfe a Saincte. And the other halfe a Deuill, I hold a pennie. Well ſayd Litio, in déede I haue but ſmal 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 ſuch hatred and euil wil betwene him & this gentlemā (whether he be Eroſtrato or Dulipo, what ſo euer he be) that I warrant you, he will doe whatſoeuer 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 eſtimatiō 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. WHat a miſhappe was this? that before I could méete with Eroſtrato, I haue light euen ful in the lap of Philogano: where I was cōſtrained to denie my name, to denie my maſter, & to faine that I knew him not, to contend with him, & to reuile him, in ſuch ſort, that hap what hap can, I cā neuer hap well in fauour with him againe. Therefore if I could come to ſpeake with ye right Eroſtrato, I will renounce vnto him both habite and credite, and away as faſt as I can trudge into ſome ſtrange countrey, where I may neuer ſee Philogano againe. Alas, he that of a litle childe hath brought me vp vnto this day, and nouriſhed me as if I had bene his owne: & in déede (to confeſſe the trouth) I haue no father to truſt vnto but him. But looke where Paſiphilo commeth, the fitteſt man in the world to goe on me meſſage to Eroſtrato.