The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London · chunk 20 of 41
Wilson, Robert · published 1590 · first performed or written 1588 [1588-1590] (Annals) moral · Queen Elizabeth's Men (?) T39 Profit, conscience and dishonest dealing typicality 0.82 · 466 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T39: conscience, lucre, usury, lucar, fraud, dissimulation, simony, london, lady, nemo.
Fair lucre, lo what honest Industry To thee hath brought, to deck thy dainty self, Lucre by honest Industry achieved Shall prosper, flourish, and continue long, Come to thy chamber to attire thee there. Thou mayest depart with honest Industry. And Love arise from charity's cold Flint, Pure Zeal hath purchased robes to cover Love, Whiles love is single, Zeal shall her attire With kind affection, mortifying lust, Come love with me these garments to put on: love, follow zeal and take his ornaments. Rise Conscience from that Marble of Remorse, That weeping stone that scalds thy parched skin, sincerity such robes for thee hath brought, As best beseems good Conscience to adorn: Come follow, that thou mayst go put them on, For Conscience clothed by sincerity, Is armed well against the enemy. Follow him Consc. fear not, thou art right. Most reverend Nemo thanks for this good sight, lucre is clothed by honest Industry. love by pure zeal. And Conscience by sincerity. Lordings, thus have you seen them at the first, And thus you see them, trust me, at the worst, Depart we now, come hence a day or two, And see them decked as dainty Ladies should, And make such choice as may content you all. Thanks righteous Nemo we the London Lords Only to thee ourselves acknowledge bound. Come on gentle husband, let us lay our heads together, our purses together, and our reckonings together, to see whether we win or lose, thrive or not, go forward or backward, do you keep a book or a score? A score wife? you mean for the Alehouse, do you not? I would have her examine me thereof no further, for I am in too far there, more than I would she should know. I mean no alehouse score, but a note of your wares, let me see, First you began to set up with a Royal, how much money have ye? what ware, and what gain? I have five shillings in money, two shillings in wares, or thereabout, and I owe two shillings and eight pence upon the score, how much is that? five shillings, two shillings, and two shillings and eight pence. That is nine shillings and eight pence, so we are worse by a a groat then when we began, well once again I'll set ye up, here is four groats I have got by bearing water this week, make up your stock, and run no more behind. Who comes here? What lack ye? What do ye lack? Me lack da moons pour de frene very seen Franche knack da feene gold buttoone, de brave bugla lace, a da feene gold ring, you be free man, me un' Fortiner, you buy a me ware, you gain teen pound by lay out ten shillings.
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Fair lucre, lo what honest Industry To thée hath brought, to decke thy daintie self, Lucre by honest Industrie atchieu'd Shall prosper, flourish, and continue long, Come to thy chamber to attire thée there. Thou maiest depart with honest Industrie. And Loue arise from Charities cold Flint, Pure Zeale hath purchas'd roabes to couer Loue, Whiles loue is single, Zeale shal her attire With kind affection, mortifying lust, Come loue with me these garments to put on: loue, follow zeal and take his ornaments. Rise Conscience from that Marble of Remorse, That wéeping stone that scaldes thy partched skinne, sincerity such roabes for thée hath brought, As best beséemes good Conscience to adorne: Come follow, that thou maist goe put them on, For Conscience cloathed by sinceritie, Is armed wel against the enemie. Follow him Consc. feare not, thou art right. Most reuerend Nemo thanks for this good sight, lucre is cloathed by honest Industrie. loue by pure zeale. And Conscience by sincerity. Lordings, thus haue you séene them at the first, And thus you sée them, trust me, at the worst, Depart we now, come hence a day or two, And sée them deckt as daintie Ladies should, And make such choice as may content you al. Thanks righteous Nemo we the London Lordes Only to thée our selues acknowledge bound. Come on gentle husband, let vs lay our heades together, our purses together, and our reckonings together, to sée whether wee win or loose, thriue or not, goe forward or backward, doo you keepe a booke or a skore? A skore wife? you meane for the Alehouse, doo you not? I would haue her examine me thereof no further, for I am in too farre there, more then I would she should know. I meane no alehouse skore, but a note of your wares, let me sée, First you began to set vp with a Roiall, how much money haue ye? what ware, and what gaine? I haue fiue shillings in money, two shillinges in wares, or thereabout, and I owe two shillings and eight pence vppon the skore, how much is that? fiue shillings, two shillings, and two shillings and eight pence. That is nine shillings and eight pence, so we are worse by a a groat then when we began, wel once again Ile set ye vp, here is four groates I haue got by bearing water this weeke, make vp your stock, and run no more behind▪ Who comes here? What lacke ye? What d ye lack? Me lack da moones pour de frene verie seene Franche knack da feene gold buttoone, de braue bugla lace, a da feene gold ring, you be free man, mee vn' Fortiner, you buy a me ware, you gaine teene pownd by lay out téene shelleng.