Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
And who is the Landlord, thereof can you tell? Master Greediness, a man whom you know right well, He is one which never did money hate. Why then speak in time, lest thou be to late, The Tide tarrieth no man the proverb hath said. Therefore see no time herein be delayed, Master Help here shallbe to thee a stay, For with master greediness, he beareth great sway. I will do for him what lieth in me. And then to your pains I will gladly see. Doubt not then, but thou shalt have thy mind. As you say, I wish that I may it find, But I doubt that of my purpose I shall miss, By reason of one thing, and that is this: My foresaid neighbour which now holdeth the same, Hath been there a long dweller of good name and fame. And well he is beloved both of young and old, Wherefore not only the neighbours with him will hold. But also the Landlord, I am in great doubt, willbe therefore unwilling to put him out, And I but a stranger among them God wot. Marry sir it is much the better for that, For if thou wert more strange, and borne out of the land. Thou shouldest sooner have it I dare take in hand, For among us now, such is our country zeal, That we love best with strangers to deal. To sell a lease dear, whosoever that will, At the french, or dutch Church let him set up his bill. And he shall have chapmen, I warrant you good store, Look what an English man bids, they will give as much more. We brokers of strangers, well know the gain, By them we have good rewards for our pain. Therefore though thou be strange, the matter is not great, For thy money is English, which must work the feat. In deed my money as a neighbour will agree, With any man wheresoever it be. And I myself would be a neighbour to, And therefore the father I do that I do, For if it were not to be a neighbour by them, I wiss I would not take a house so nigh them. I dare say each man would be glad at his heart, To have all his neighbours such as thou art. What matter is it, if thou thyself be sped, Though thou take thy neighbour's house over his head. Tush that is no harm, but rather it is good, For he doth it only for pure neighbourhood. See yonder cometh one, if thou canst make him thy friend, Then mayest thou shortly bring thy purpose to end. Now Master Courage how do you fare. Even glad to see that you so merry are: Furtherance you must pleasure a friend of mine. Thereto I am ready at each tide and time, To do for him what in me doth lie. Therefore let me know your mind by and by. Serra, of thy master a lease he would have, And therein thy friendship it is, he doth crave.
nodes 471–526 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 8 of 30 in this edition
Length
513 words · 635 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.684 (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)
¶And who is the Landlord, thereof can you tell? ¶Mayster Gréedinesse, a man whome you know right well, He is one which neuer did mony hate. ¶Why then speake in time, least thou be to late, The Tyde taryeth no man the prouerbe hath sayde. Therefore sée no time herein be delayde, Mayster Helpe here shalbe to thee a stay, For with mayster gréedinesse, he beareth great sway. ¶I will doe for him what lyeth in me. ¶And then to your paynes I will gladly sée. ¶Doubt not then, but thou shalt haue thy mind. ¶As you say, I wish that I may it find▪ But I doubt that of my purpose I shall misse, By reason of one thing, and that is this: My foresayd neighbour which now holdeth the same, Hath bene there a long dweller of good name and fame. And well he is beloued both of yong and old, Wherefore not onely the neighbours with him will holde▪ But also the Landlord, I am in great doubt, Wilbe therefore vnwilling to put him out, And but a straunger among them God wote. ¶Marry syr it is much the better for that, For if thou werte more straunge, and borne out of the land. Thou shouldest sooner haue it I dare take in hand, For among vs now, such is our countrey zeale, That we loue best with straungers to deale. To sell a lease deare, whosoeuer that will, At the french, or dutch Church let him set vp his bill. And he shall haue chapmen, I warrant you good store, Looke what an English man bids, they will giue as much more. We brokers of straungers, well know the gayne, By them we haue good rewardes for our payne. Therefore though thou be straunge, the matter is not great, For thy money is English, which must worke the feate. ¶In déede my money as a neighbour will agrée, With any man wheresoeuer it be. And I my selfe would be a neighbour to, And therefore the ather I doe that I doe, For if it were not to be a neighbour by them, I wisse I would not take a house so nye them. ¶I dare say ech man would be glad at his harte, To haue all his neighboures such as thou arte. What matter is it, if thou thy selfe be sped, Though thou take thy neighbours house ouer his head. ¶Tush that is no harme, but rather it is good, For he doth it only for pure neighbourhood. Sée yonder commeth one, if thou canst make him thy friend, Then mayest thou shortly bring thy purpose to end. ¶Now Mayster Corage how doe you fare. ¶Euen glad to sée that you so merry are: Furtheraunce you must pleasure a friend of myne. ¶Thereto I am ready at ech tide and tyme, To doe for him what in me doth lye. Therefore let me know your mind by and by. ¶Serra, of thy mayster a lease he would haue, And therein thy friendship it is, he doth craue.