The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London · chunk 36 of 41
Wilson, Robert · published 1590 · first performed or written 1588 [1588-1590] (Annals) moral · Queen Elizabeth's Men (?) unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 466 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
they that have it need not show it. tush, they need ask no such question, many a man hath delight to show what he hath, the trade's a ticing trade, down with it: Now your third sir: that is the craftiest of all, wherein I am disbus's, for that goes under the colour of simplicity, have ye any wood to clean? A perilous thing, what hurt is there in this sir? O do you not perceive the subtlety? why sir, the Woodmongers hires these poor men to go up and down with their beetles & wedges on their backs, crying, have ye any wood to cleave, and laugh to see them travel so loaden with wood and iron: now sir, if the poor men go two or three days and be not set a work (as sometimes they do) the Woodmongers pay them and gain by it, for then know they there's no wood in the city, then raise they the price of billets so high, that the poor can buy none. Now sir, if these fellows were barred from asking, whether there were wood to cleave or not, the woodmongers need not know but that there were wood, and so billets and faggots would be sold all at one rate, down with this trade, we shall sit a cold else my Lords. I promise you a wise suit, and done with great discretion. Yea, is it not? might ye not do well to make me of your counsel I believe I could spy more faults in a week, than you could mend in a month: Well, for these three faults the time serves not now to redress: No marry, for you three must be married suddenly, and your feast must be dressed: Against which feast, repair you to Diligence, and he shall appoint you furniture and money, and a place in the show, till when farewell. Farewell my Lords, farewell my three Lords, and remember that I have set each of ye a fault to mend: well, I'll go seek M. Diligence that he may give me forty pence against the feast sir reverence: what is it M. Fraud, ye would demand of me? Sir this you know, though yourself be a man of good reckoning, yet are ye known an officer unto these three Lords, and what discredit it were to me, being a noted man to pass through the streets with you being officer, or if any of my friends should suspect me with you, and dog us, and see me committed to Newgate, I were utterly discredited, here is a purse sir, and in it two hundred Angels, look sir, you shall tell them. Here are so indeed, what mean ye by this, I will not take these to let ye escape.
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they that haue it need not shew it. tush, they need ask no such question, many a man hath delight to shew what he hath, the trad's a ticing trade, downe with it: Now your third sir: that is the craftiest of all, wherein I am disbus's, for that goes vnder the colour of simplicity, haue ye any wood to cleane? A perillous thing, what hurt is there in this sir? O do you not perceiue the subtiltie? why sir, the Woodmongers hires these poore men to goe vp and downe with their betles & wedges on their backs, crieng, haue ye any wood to cleaue, and laugh to see them trauell so loden with wood and yron: now sir, if the poore men go two or thrée daies and be not set a worke (as sometimes they doo) the Woodmongers pay them and gaine by it, for then know they there's no wood in the citie, then raise they the price of billets so bie, that the poore can buy none. Now sir, if these fellowes were barr'd from asking, whether there were wood to cleaue or not, the woodmongers néed not know but that there were wood, and so billets and fagots woulde be sold al at one rate, downe with this trade, we shall sit a cold els my Lords. I promise you a wise suit, and done with great discretion. Yea, is it not? might ye not do wel to make me of your counsel I beléeue I could spie moe faults in a weeke, than you could mend in a moneth: Wel, for these three faults the time serues not now to redresse: No marie, for you three must be maried sodainly, and your feast must be dres: Against which feast, repaire you to Diligence, and hee shal appoint you furniture and money, and a place in the show, till when farewell. Farewell my Lords, farewel my three Lords, and remember that I haue set ech of yee a fault to mend: wel, Ile go seek M. Diligēce that he may giue me forty pence against the feast sir reuerence: what is it M. Fraud, ye would demaund of me? Sir this you know, though your selfe be a man of good reckoning, yet are yee knowen an offier vnto these thre Lords, and what discredit it were to me, being a noted mn to passe through the streets with you being officer, or if any of my friends should suspect me with you, and dog vs, and see me committed to Newgate, I were vtterly discredited, here is a purse sir, and in it two hundred Angels, looke sir, you shall tell them. Here are so indeed, what meane yee by this, I will not take these to let ye escape.