Anonymous · published 1594 · first performed or written 1592 [Jun 10] (Annals) moral · Derby's (Strange's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.83 · 481 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
God save you sir, I pray be good to me for cham a poor man, and I cannot tell what you will do, for you say my horse hath broken into your corn, or your corn into my horse, But indeed my neighbour saw your boy drive my horse into a field But I'll stand to nothing, now I am warned with a piece of paper, and a little wax, to prepare or proceed to London, And there I am invented, I cannot tell for what: The bailiff here hath arrested me ere I was weary against my will: he said it was upon your suit, & yet he laid his hands on me, Nay more, on my shoulder. And sir, and it may please you, I borrowed certain corn, and I brought you your corn again, and yet you rest me. True sir, but then was corn sold for four shillings a bushel, and now 'tis sold for two. ay sir, but he borrowed corn, and promised to pay you corn again, and you can have but so much as you lent: For if he should pay you at the rate you demand, You would have for the twenty bushels you lent, forty, Which were neither right nor conscience. O sir, I pray let me alone with my conscience, You would have me give all I have away to the poor, & want as you do, I pray let me alone to deal for myself: hear you, have you rested them? I have sir as you commanded me. Then to prison with them, till they have paid such damages as the law shall award them. Hear you sir, if you should bid your boy break down a gap, and drive in my horse, 'twere little better than plain knavery, for my horse is as honest a horse, as any is in this town. Well neighbour, we will have the horse examined before an officer, and my boy Iack shall write what the horse speaks and if the horse say a was driven in against his will, Then you may have the law of him, neighbour, For all the horses in the parish will be sworn for his horse. But I'll stand to nothing. Well, to prison with them till they have paid your due, away with them. Nay, I pray, be more miserable to me, and I will give you forty shillings when I have it. y the Mas the knaue hath a pretie cottage, I'll see and I can get that: sirrah, you have an old cottage, If you will make me that over by deed of gift, I am content to draw my action. My house? why 'tis my goods, my wife, my land, My horse my ass, or any thing that his his: no you Caterpillar, I will never make away my house, I will die first.
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Length
481 words · 582 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.833 (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)
God saue you sir, I pray be good to me for cham a poore man, and I cannot tell what you will doe, for you say my horse hath broken into your corn, or your corne into my horse, But indeed my neighbor saw your boy driue my horse into a field But Ile stand to nothing, nowe I am warnd with a peece of paper, and a litle waxe, to prepare or proceed to London, And there I am inuented, I cannot tell for what: The Bailiefe here hath arested me ere I was weary against my will: he said it was vpon your suit, & yet he laid his hands on me, Nay more, on my shoulder. And sir, and it may please you, I borrowed certen corn, and I brought you your corne again, and yet you rest me. True sir, but then was corne sold for foure shillings a bushell, and now tis sold for two. I sir, but he borrowed corne, and promised to pay you corn againe, and you can haue but so much as you lent: For if he should pay you at the rate you demande, You wold haue for the twentie bushels you lent, fourtie, Which were neither right nor conscience. O sir, I pray let me alone with my conscience, You would haue me giue al I haue away to the poore, & want as you do, I pray let me alone to deale for my selfe: heare you, haue you rested them? I haue sir as you commanded me. Then to prison with them, til they haue paid such dammages as the law shal award them. Hear you sir, if you shuld bid your boy break downe a gap, and driue in my horse, twere litle better than plaine knauerie, for my horse is as honest a horse, as any is in this towne. Wel neighbor, we wil haue the horse examined before an officer, and my boy Iack shal write what the horse speaks and if the horse say a was driuen in against his wil, Then you may haue the law of him, neighbor, For all the horses in the parish wil be sworne for his orse. But Ile stand to nothing. Wel, to prison with thē til they haue paid your due, away with them. Nay, I pray, be more miserable to me, and I wil giue you fourtie shillings when I haue it. y the Mas the knaue hath a pretie cottage, Ile see and I can get that: sirra, you haue an old cottage, If you will make me that ouer by deed of gift, I am content to draw my action. My house? why tis my goods, my wyfe, my land, My horse my asse, or any thing that his his: no you Caterpiller, I will neuer make away my house, I wil die first.