Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
In deed as thou sayest, it doth me behove, Not so rashly to lay my gaining aside, lest so myself a fool I do prove, By shooting from my profit so wide: I consider my wealth is now at good stay, Which I would be loath should be impaired, For once rich, and after in decay, Is a miserable thing, as Hyemes hath declared. Therefore I mean thy council to take, lest of that misery I know the smart, Then is it to late any moan to make, Or from such foolishness to revert. Therefore Courage adieu unto thee, For it behoveth me hence to depart. Adieu wealthiness till again we see, Adieu great greediness with all my heart, Hath not Courage contagious now showed his kind, By encouraging Greediness unto evil: Which late was drawing to a better mind, And now again doth follow the Devil. Lo thee Neighbourhood, where Courage doth stand. What no good Neighbourhood, give me thy hand. Those two first syllables, might be put out, And than thou hittest my name without doubt. Why is not no good Neighbourhood thy name? Put away no good, and see how it will frame. For if thou do put away no good, There resteth no more but neighbourhood. Then is it neighbourhood, neither good nor bad, Nay though we leave the first, it is good the next we had. For leaving out no, put good to the rest, Then is it good neighbourhood, thus I think is best. Nay I will have them both two left out, Because of my name men should stand in doubt: For if no good neighbourhood I be named, Then of all men I shall be blamed. And if that good, to neighbourhood I have, Men will say I do it praise to crave. So I will leave out both no and good, And will be indifferent sole Neighbourhood. Then Neighbourhood be it, if so it shall be, And neighbourhood, what is thine errand to me? Sir my coming, is for occasions two, The first is for your council, what were best to do, In a matter which I have lately begun, If I shall proceed, or else leave it undone. The second is, if I shall proceed, That you will stand my friend if I need. thyself thereof without doubt, Therefore show me the matter thou goest about. I thank you sir even with all my heart, And I trust also that Help will do his part. Doubt not but that I to thee will be cleaving, Therefore proceed and show him thy meaning. Then sir this is the matter, if it shall please you give ear, I have a neighbour who dwelleth to me somewhat near. Who hath a Tenement, commodious and feat, To which Tenement I bear a love very great. This man my neighbour as far as I can learn, Hath in his Tenement but a short term, four or five years or there about, Which term you know, will soon be worn out. Now sir might I in reversion, a lease thereof have, I would give the Landlord, even what he would crave.
nodes 407–470 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 30 in this edition
Length
525 words · 659 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.783 (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)
¶In déede as thou sayest, it doth me behooue, Not so rashly to lay my gayning aside, Least so my selfe a foole I doe prooue, By shooting from my profyte so wyde: I consider my welth is now at good stay, Which I would be loth should be impared, For once rich, and after in decay, Is a miserable thing, as Hyemes hath declared. Therefore I meane thy councell to take, Least of that misery I know the smart, Then is it to late any mone to make, Or from such foolishnesse to reuart. Therefore Corage adew vnto thée, For it behooueth me hence to departe. ¶Adew Welthinesse till agayne we see, Adew great gréedinesse with all my hart, Hath not Corage contagious now shewd his kinde, By encouraging Gréedinesse vnto euill: Which late was drawing to a better minde, And now agayne doth follow the Deuill. ¶Loe thée Neighbourhood, where Corage doth stand. ¶What no good Neighbourhood, geue me thy hand. ¶Those two fyrst syllables, might be put out, And then thou hittest my name without doubt. ¶Why is not no good Neighbourhood thy name? ¶Put away no good, and sée how it will frame. For if thou doe put away no good, There resteth no more but neighborhood. ¶Then is it neighbourhood, neither good nor bad, Nay though we leaue the fyrst, it is good the next we had. For leauing out no, put good to the rest, Then is it good neighbourhood, thus I thinke is best. ¶Nay I will haue them both two left out, Because of my name men should stand in doubt: For if no good neighbourhood I be named, Then of all men I shall be blamed. And if that good, to neighbourhood I haue, Men will say I doe it prayse to craue. So I will leaue out both no and good, And will be indifferent sole Neighbourhood. ¶Then Neighborhood be it, if so it shall be, And neighborhood, what is thine errand to me? ¶Syr my comming, is for occasions two, The fyrst is for your councell, what were best to doe, In a matter which I haue lately begon, If I shall procéede, or else leaue it vndone. The second is, if I shall procéede, That you will stand my friend if I néede. ¶Assre thy selfe thereof without doubt, Therefore shew me the matter thou goest about. ¶I thanke you syr euen with all my harte, And I trust also that Helpe will doe his parte. ¶Doubt not but that I to thee will be cleauing, Therefore procéede and shew him thy meaning. ¶Then syr this is the matter, if it shall please you giue eare, I haue a neighbour who dwelleth to me somewhat neare. Who hath a Tenement, commodyous and feate, To which Tenement I beare a loue very greate. This man my neighbour as far as I can learne, Hath in his Tenement but a short tearme, Fower or fyue yeares or there about, Which tearme you know, will soone be worne out. Now syr might I in reuersion, a lease thereof haue, I would giue the Landlord, euen what he would craue.