The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London · chunk 39 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 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Why? For this ointment, these shells, these pleasure, do ye not know this Countua mountus cum this da mihi? What money, why? Do I owe thee any money? Owe me? Tush, no man, what do ye talk of owing? Come, and yet I must have some certain sigillatum & deliberatum in praesentia. do you not understand sir? forty pence and furniture by my Lord pomps appointment, against the wedding day: to be one of the show-makers, I do not say shoemakers, and yet they be honest men. I understand thee now, and thou shalt want neither money nor furniture for that: sawest thou not Fraud lately? No, a For ferret him, for if I could find him, I would make him fast enough for cozening me of ten shillings for certain copper buttons and rings, I thought to have been a haberdasher, and he hath made me worse than a haymaker. I may say to thee in counsel, but I'll have no words of it, he hath overreached me too: but if thou spy him first, let me understand, and if I see him first thou shalt have knowledge, for I'll tell thee, but laugh not, he showed me a purse with a hundred pound in Angels, which he would deliver me in pawn to be my true prisoner, because for his credit, he was loath to go with me through the streets to Newgate: I refused it at first, but at last by his entreaty I was content to take his pawn, and thinking he had given me the right purse of gold, he had another like it, which he gave me with counters, and so went away, I never did see him since, but mum, no words of it. No words quoth 'a, that's a state test, would you be cozened so? Well, so it is now, come follow me for thy furniture and money. The coast is clear, come follow Fraud and fear not, for who can decipher us in this disguise, thus may we shuffle into the show with the rest, and see and not be seen, doing as they do, that are attired like ourselves. That is, to stand amongst them, and take as they take, torches or any thing to furnish the show, now if we we can pass but this day unseen, let tomorrow shift for itself as it may, I promise thee Dissimulation thou art very formal. Not more than thyself Fraud, I would thou sawest thy picture Picture here, picture there, let's follow our business. Strow the fair flowers and herbs that be green, To grace the gayest wedding that ever was seen. If London list to look, the streets were near so clean, Except it was when best it might, in welcome of our Queen: Three lovely Lords of London shall three London Ladies wed, Strow sweetest flowers upon the stones, perfume the bridal bed. Strow the fair flowers. &c.
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Why? For this ointment, these shels, these plesure, do ye not know this Countu mountus cum this d mihi? What money, why? Do I owe thee any money? Owe me? Tush, no man, what do ye talke of owing? Come, and yet I must haue some certaine sigillatum & deliberatum in praesentia. Doo you not vnderstand sir? Fourty pence and furniture by my Lord pompes pointment, against the wedding day: to bee one of the show-makers, I doe not say shoo-makers, and yet they be honest men. I vnderstand thée now, and thou shalt want neither mony nor furniture for that: sawest thou not Fraud lately? No, a For ferit him, for if I could find him, I would make him fast ynough for cosoning me of ten shillings for certain copper buttons and rings, I thought to haue bene a haberdasher, and he hath made me worse than a hay-maker. I may say to thee in counsell, but Ile haue no words of it, hee hath ouerreacht me too: but if thou spie him first, let me vnderstand, and if I see him first thou shalt haue knowledge, for Ile tell thee, but laugh not, he shewed me a purse with a hūdred pound in Angels, which he would deliuer me in pawne to be my true prisoner, because for his credite, e was loth to goe with me through the stréetes to Newgate: I refused it at first, but at last by his intreatie I was content to take his pawne, and thinking he had giuen me the right purse of golde, he had another like it, which he gaue me with counters, and so went away, I neuer did see him since, but mum, no words of it. No words quoth a, that's a state test, would you be coson'd so? Wel, so it is now, come follow me for thy furniture and money. The coast is cleare, come follow Fraud and feare not, for who can discipher vs in this disguise, thus may we shufl into the showe with the rest, and see and not be seene, doing as they doo, that are attired like our selues. That is, to stand amongst them, and take as they take, torches or any thing to furnish the showe, now if we we can passe but this day vnseene, let to morrow shift for it slfe as it may, I promise thee Dissimulation thou art verie formall. Not more than thy self Fraud, I would thou sawest thy picture Picture here, picture there, let's follow our busines. Strowe the faire flowers and herbes that be greene, To grace the gaiest wedding that euer was seene. If London list to looke, the streetes were nere so cleene, Except it was when best it might, in welcome of our Queene: Three louely Lords of London shall thre London Ladies wed, Strowe sweetest flowers vpon the stones, perfume the bridall bed. Strowe the faire flowers. &c.