Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T39: conscience, lucre, usury, lucar, fraud, dissimulation, simony, london, lady, nemo.
New I perceive you love me, and if you continue in this still, You shall not only be with me, but command me when & where you will. Lady, for to do all dis and more for you me be content: But I tinke some skall knave will put a bill in inda Parliament, For dat such a tings shall not be brought here. Tush Mercadore, I warrant thee, thou needest not to fear What and one do? there is some other will flatter and say, They do no hurt to the country, and with a sleight fetch that bill away. And if they do not so, that by act of Parliament it be past, I knew you merchants have many a sleight and subtle cast, So that you will by stealth bring over great store, And say it was in the Realm a long time before. For being so many of these trifles here as there is at this day, You may increase them at pleasure, when you send over sea, And do but give the searcher an odd, bribe in his hand, I warrant you he will let you scape roundly with such things in and out the land But senior Mercadore, I pray you walk in with me, And as I find you kind to me, so will I savour ye, Me tank my good Lady. But M. Dissimulation, here is for your fellows, Fraud, Usury, and Simony, and say me give it dem. I marry Sir, these bribes have welcome been, Good faith I perceive, Dissimulation, Fraud, Simony and Usury shall live In spite of Love and Conscience, though their hearts it doth grieve. Mas masters, he that cannot lie, cog, dissemble and flatter nowadays, Is not worthy to live in the world, nor in the Court to have praise. I beseech you good M. Dissimulation, befriend a poor man, To serve Lady Lucar and sure sir. i'll consider hereafter if I can. What, consider me dost thou think that I am a bribe taker? Faith it lies not in me to further thy matter. Good M. Dissimulatten help me, I am almost quite undone, But yet my living hitherto with Conscience I have won, But my true working, my early rising and my late going to bed, Is scant able to find myself, wife and children dry break For there be such a sort of strangers in this country. That work fine to please the eye, though it be deceitfully, And that which is sleight, and seems to the eye well, Shall sooner than a piece of good work be proffered to sell, And our Englishmen be grown so foolish and nice, That they will not give a penny above the ordinary price. Faith I cannot help thee, 'tis my fellow Fraud must pleasure thee Here comes my fellow Fraud, speak to him, and i'll do what I can.
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New I perceiue you loue me, and if you continue in this still, You shal not only be with me, but command me when & where you will. Lady, for to do all dis and more for you me be content: But I tinke some skall knaue will put a bill in da Parliament, For dat such a tings shall not be brought heere. Tush Mercadore, I warrant thee, thou needest not to feare What and one do? there is some other will flatter and say, They do no hurt to the country, and with a sleight fetch that bill away. And if they doe not so, that by acte of Parliament it be past, I knew you merchants haue many a sleight and subtill cast, So that you will by stealth bring ouer great store, And say it was in the Realme a long time before. For being so many of these trifles here as there is at this day, You may increase them at pleasure, when you send ouer sea, And doe but giue the searcher an odde, bribe in his hand, I warrant you he wil let you scape roundly with such things in and out the land But senior Mercadore, I pray you rale in with me, And as I find you kind to me, so will I sauour ye, Me tanke my good Lady. But M. Dissimulation, heere is for your fellows, Fraud, Usurie, and Symonie, and say me giue it dm. I marry Sir, these bribes haue welcome beene, Good saith I perceiue, Dissimulation, Fraud, Symonie and Usurie shal liue In spite of Loue and Conscience, though their hearts it doth greeue. Mas maisters, he that cannot lie, cog, dissemble and flatter now a dayes, Is not worthy to liue in the world, nor in the Court to haue praise. I beseech you good M. Dissimulation, befreend a poore man, To serue Lady Lucar and lue sir. ile consider hereafter if I can. What, consider me doest thou thinke that I am a bribe taker? Faith it lies not in me to further thy matter. Good M. Dissimulatten helpe me, I am almost quite vndone, But yet my liuing hitherto with Conscience I haue wonne, But my true working, my caly tiing and my late going to bed, Is scant able to find myselfe, wife and children drie break For there be such a sort of strangers in this country. That worke fine to please the eye, though it be deceitfully, And that which is sleight, and seemes to the eye well, Shall sooner than a peece of good worke be proffered to sell, And our Englishmen be growe so foolish and nice, That they will not giue a penny abour the ordinary price. Faith I cannot helpe thee, tis my fellow Fraud must pleasure thee Heere comes my fellow Fraud, speake to him, and ile do what I can.