D., J. · published 1640 · first performed or written c.1625 [revised c.1632] (Annals) comedy · Unknown · Fortune T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.82 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Well I will: My honest friends, and please you to have the patience Till I have ended with this gentleman, And instantly I'll see you satisfied. It is enough grave sir. Now honest Sergeants: what desire you more? Nothing from you sir. I hope so honest Sergeant: you see I deal fairly. Farewell my honest Sergeants. I have told you all: only remember me to these my noble friends. With all the art My weak tongue can deliver. So, he is now at leisure. And now I come to you. Most welcome, sir, we stay for the same purpose. Now, tell me briefly, which of you is the Brownist? which the other, cannot endure a Surplice? You are pleasant, sir, We wait here, hoping to be satisfied. And to that end I stay, for these opinions So erroneous and so gross. Sir, all the opinion that we hold is that you will pay us the money. Still obstinate in error; 'tis this money, And worldly care on which so much you dote: Breeds in you these distractions. Please you to pay the money, you shall find us conformable in all things. Money my friends, are not you Sectaries? Sectaries; no, sir, we are Sergeants. Sergeants; and wait for me? I owe you money? Yes, sir, for your Nephew that was with you but now, and told you of it; & we heard you say, you would see us satisfied. The man's to me a stranger I protest, And his request was I should satisfy you In some points of Religion. Religion, sir, 'tis a theme we seldom think of, But three hundred pound is money. But I tell you, I passed my word for counsel not for coin, And this is all that you from me can have: Endure a Surplice, and beware a Knave. Had we not warning sufficient of this before? Well, howsoever, we have had good counsel, If we had the grace to follow it. ASsure me of the promised recompense, I'll bring you to his presence. Hear me a word. Now Signior, how do you feel you self? How like you marriage? Faith it's a pretty quaint thing, and there's much good sport belongs to't, would I were unmarried again? Why? are you weary of Clariflora already? Weary no, but I would have store. Hark you, sir, take my counsel; though store be no sore, meddle with no more of them, lest you make me a Prophet, and get many a sore head by the match: have you not heard the ancient saying, No man can serve two masters? That's true, but any man may serve two Mistresses. And serve their turns well. Nay, i'll leave that to the performer. Hark you Master Lodwick, you or any man may think he does well, and yet come short. Briefly, directly, and learnedly spoken, sweet Fub. I speak by proof. Go to, you are a Knave Fub.
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Length
489 words · 648 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.819 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T10 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Well I will: My honeſt friends, and pleaſe you to have the patience Till I have ended with this gentleman, And inſtantly Ile ſee you ſatisfied. It is enough grave ſir. Now honeſt Serjeants: what deſire you more? Nothing from you ſir. I hope ſo honeſt Serjeant: you ſee I deale fairely. Farewell my honeſt Serjeants. I have told you all: only remember me to theſe my noble friends. With all the art My weake tongue can deliver. So, he is now at leiſure. And now I come to you. Moſt welcome, ſir, we ſtay for the ſame purpoſe. Now, tell me briefly, which of you is the Browniſt? which the other, cannot indure a Surplice? You are pleaſant, ſir, We waite here, hoping to be ſatisfied. And to that end I ſtay, for theſe opinions So erroneons and ſo groſſe. Sir, all the opinion that we hold is that you will pay us the mony. Still obſtinate in errour; 'tis this mony, And worldly care on which ſo much you doate: Breeds in you theſe diſtractions. Pleaſe you to pay the mony, you ſhall finde us conformable in all things. Mony my friends, are not you Sectaries? Sectaries; no, ſir, we are Sergeants. Sergeants; and waite for me? I owe you mony? Yes, ſir, for your Nephew that was with you but now, and told you of it; & we heard you ſay, you would ſee us ſatisfied. The man's to me a ſtranger I proteſt, And his requeſt was I ſhould ſatisfie you In ſome points of Religion. Religion, ſir, 'tis a theam we ſeldome think of, But three hundred pound is mony. But I tell you, I paſt my word for counſell not for coine, And this is all that you from me can have: Endure a Surplice, and beware a Knave. Had we not warning ſufficient of this before? Well, howſoever, we have had good counſell, If we had the grace to follow it. ASſure me of the promiſt recompence, I'le bring you to his preſence. Heare me a word. Now Signior, how do you feele you ſelfe? How like you marriage? Faith it's a pretty quaint thing, and there's much good ſport belongs to't, would I were unmarried again? Why? are you weary of Clariflora already? Weary no, but I would have ſtore. Harke you, ſir, take my counſell; though ſtore be no ſore, meddle with no more of them, leſt you make me a Prophet, and get many a ſore head by the match: have you not heard the ancient ſaying, No man can ſerve two maſters? That's true, but any man may ſerve two Miſtreſſes. And ſerve their turns well. Nay, i'le leave that to the performer. Hark you Maſter Lodwick, you or any man may thinke he does well, and yet come ſhort. Briefly, directly, and learnedly ſpoken, ſweet Fub. I ſpeak by proof. Go to, your are a Knave Fub.