Wilson, Robert · published 1592 · first performed or written c.1581 (Annals) moral · Leicester's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.82 · 518 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
A good a master Geronto pray heartily bore a me a little while, And me shall pay ye all without any deceit or guile: Me have much business for buy pretty knacks to send to England. Good sir, bear a me four five days, meal dispatch your money out of hand. signior Mercadore, I know no reason why, because you have dealt with me so ill, Sure you did it not for need, but of set purpose and will: And to bear with ye four or five days goes sore against my mind, lest you should steal away, and forget to leave my money behind. Pra heartily do think no such ting my good friend a me, Be me trot and fact meal pay you all every penny. I'll take your faith and troth once more, & trust to your honesty In hope that for my long tarrying you will deal well with me. Tell me what good ware for England you do lack. O no lack some pretty fine toy, or some fantastic new knack For da Gentlewoman's in England buy mush tings for fantasies You pleasure a me sir, vat me mean a dare buy. I understand you sir, but keep touch with me, and i'll bring you to great store, Such as I know you came to this country for As Musk, Amber, sweet Powders, fine odours pleasant perfumes, and many such toys, Wherein I perceive consisteth that country Gentlewoman's joys. Besides I have Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, sapphires, Smaradines, Opals Onacles, Jacinths, Agates, turquoise, and almost of all kind of precious stones: And many fit things to suck money from such green headed wantonness. Fatta me good friend me tank you most heartily always, Me shall a content your debt within dis two or tree day. Well, see you hold your promise, and another tune you shall command me. Come, go we home, where our commodities you may at pleasure see, New brooms, green brooms, will you buy any, Come maidens, come quickly, let me take a penny. My brooms are not steeped, but very well bound: My brooms be not crooked, out smooth cut and round. I wish it should please you to buy of my broom, Then would it well case me, if market were done. Have you any old boots, or any old shoes: Pouch rings or Bufkins, to cope for new broom. If so you have maidens, I pray you bring hither: That you and I friendly may bargain together. New brooms, green brooms, will you buy any: Come Maidens, come quickly, let me take a penny. Thus am I driven to make a virtue of necessity, And seeing God almighty will have it so. I embrace it thankfully Desiring God to mollify and lesten Usuries hard heart, That the poor people feel not the like penury and smart: But Usury to made tolerable amongst Christians as a necessary thing So that going beyond the limits of our law, they extort, and many to misery bring. But if we should follow God's law, we should not receive above that we lend.
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Length
518 words · 670 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.816 (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)
A good a maister Geronto pray hartly bare a me a little while, And me shall pay ye all without any deceit or guile: Me haue much businesse for buy pretie knacks to send to England. Good sir, beare a me foure fiue daies, mele dispatch your money out of hand. Seneor Mercadore, I know no reason why, because you haue dealt with me so ill, Sure you did it not for need, but of set purpose and will: And to beare with ye foure or fiue dayes goes sore against my mind, Least you should steale away, and forget to leaue my money behind. ra hartly do no such ting my good friend a me, Be me trot and fact mele pay you all euery peny. Ile take your faith and troth once more, & trust to your honesty In hope that for my long tarrying you will eale wel with me. Tell me what good ware for England you do lacke. O no lacke some pretie fine toy, or some fantasticke new knack For da Gentlewomans in England buy mush tings for fantasie You pleasure a me sir, vat me meane a dare buy. I vnderstand you sir, but keepe tutch with me, and ile bring you to great store, Such as I know you came to this country for As Muske, mber, sweete Powders, fine odors pleasant perfumes, and many such toyes, Wherein I perceiue consisteth that country Gentlewomans ioyes. Besides I haue Diamonds, Rubies, Emerodes, Saphires, Smaradines, Opalles Onacles, Iacynthes, Aggattes, Turkasir, and almost of all kind of pretious stones: And many fit things to sucke money from such greene headed wantons. Fatta me good friend me tanke you most hartly alway, Me shall a content your debt within dis two or tree day. Well, see you hold your promise, and another tune you shall commaund me. Come, go we home, where our commodities you may at pleasure see, New broomes, greene broomes, will you buy any, Come maidens, come quickly, let me take a penny. My broomes are not steeped, but very well bound: My broomes be not crooked, out smooth cut and round. I wish it should please you to buy of my broome, Then would it well case me, if market were done. Haue you any lde bootes, or any olde shooes: Pouch rings or Buins, to cope for new broome. If so you haue maydens, I pray you bring hither: Tha you and I friendly may argen together. New broomes, greene broomes, will you buy any: Come Maydens, come quickly, let me take a penny. Thus am I driuen to make a vertue of necessitie, And seeing God almightie will haue it so. I imbrace it thankfully Desiring God to mollifie and lesten Usuries hard heart, That the poore people feele not the like penurie and smart: But Usurie to made tollerable amongst Christians as a necessary thing So that going beyond the limits of our law, they extort, and manie to miserie bring. But if we should follow Gods law, we should not receiue aboue that we lend.