A Looking Glass for London and England · chunk 6 of 39
Lodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert · published 1594 · first performed or written 1588 [1587-1588] (Annals) biblical play; moral · Derby's (Strange's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.83 · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Is the wind in that door, if thou hast my money so it is, I will not defer a day, an hour, a minute, but take the forfeit 〈…〉 sir consider that my loss was great by the 〈…〉 up, you know sir I borrowed of you forty 〈…〉 I had ten pounds in money, and thirty pounds' 〈…〉, which when I came to sell again, I could get 〈…〉 for them, so had I sir but fifteen pounds for 〈…〉 In consideration of this ill bargain, I pray you sir 〈…〉 month longer. I answered thee afore not a minute, what have I to do how thy bargain proved, I have thy hand set to my book that thou receivedst forty pounds of me in money. I sir it was your device that, to colour the Statute, but your conscience knows what I had. Friend thou speakest Hebrew to him when thou talkest to him of conscience, for he hath as much conscience about the forfeit of an Obligation, as my blind Mare God bless her, hath over a manger of Oats. Then there is no favour sir? Come to morrow to me, and see how I will use thee. No covetous Caterpillar, know, that I have made extreme shift rather than I would fall into the hands of such a ravening panther, and therefore here is thy money and deliver me the recognizance of my lands. What a spite is this, hath sped of his Crowns, if he had missed but one half hour, what a goodly Farm had I gotten for forty pounds, well 'tis my cursed fortune, Oh have I no shift to make him forfeit his recognizance. Come sir will you dispatch and tell your money. Stay, what is this a clock four, let me see, to be paid between the hours of three and four in the afternoon, this goes right for me, you sir, hear you not the clock, and have you not a counterpane of your Obligation, the hour is past, it was to be paid between three and four, and now the clock hath strooken four, I will receive none, I'll stand to the forfeit of the recognizance. Why sir, I hope you do but jest, why 'tis but four, and will you for a minute take forfeit of my bond, if it were so sir, I was here before four. Why didst thou not tender thy money then? if I offer thee injury take the law of me, complain to the judge, I will receive no money. Well sir, I hope you will stand my good master for my Cow, I borrowed thirty shillings on her, and for that I have paid you 18. pence a week, and for her meat you have had her milk, and I tell you sir, she gives a goodly soap: now sir here is your money.
nodes 215–227 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 6 of 39 in this edition
Length
482 words · 615 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.832 (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)
Is the winde in that doore, if thou hast my mony so it is, I will not defer a day, an houre, a minute, but take the forfeyt sir consider that my losse was great by the vp, you knowe sir I borrowed of you fortie I had ten pounds in money, and thirty pounds , which when I came to sell againe, I could get for them, so had I sir but fiftéene poundes for In consideration of this ill bargaine, I pray you sir month longer. I answered thée afore not a minute, what haue I to do how thy bargain proued, I haue thy hand set to my booke that thou receiuedst fortie pounds of me in mony. I sir it was your deuise that, to colour the Statute, but your conscience knowes what I had. Friend thou speakest Hebrew to him when thou talkest to him of conscience, for he hath as much conscience about the forfeyt of an Obligation, as my blinde Mare God blesse her, hath ouer a manger of Oates. Then there is no fauour sir? Come to morrow to mée, and sée how I will vse thée. No couetous Caterpillar, know, that I haue made extreame shift rather then I would fall into the hands of such a rauening panthar, and therefore here is thy mony and deliuer me the recognisance of my lands. What a spight is this, hath sped of his Crownes, if he had mist but one halfe houre, what a goodly Farme had I gotten for fortie pounds, well tis my cursed fortune, Oh haue I no shift to make him forfeit his recognisance. Come sir will you dispatch and tell your mony. Stay, what is this a clocke foure, let me sée, to be paid betwéen the houres of thrée and foure in the afternoone, this goes right for me, you sir, heare you not the clocke, and haue you not a counterpaine of your Obligation, the houre is past, it was to be paid betwéene thrée and foure, and now the clocke hath strooken foure, I will receiue none, Ile stand to the forfeyt of the recognisance. Why sir, I hope you do but iest, why tis but foure, and will you for a minute take forfeyt of my bond, if it were so sir, I was here before foure. Why didst thou not tender thy mony then? if I offer thée iniury take the law of me, complaine to the Iudge, I will receiue no mony. Well sir, I hope you will stand my good maister for my Cow, I borrowed thirtie shillings on her, and for that I haue paid you 18. pence a wéeke, and for her meate you haue had her milke, and I tell you sir, she giues a goodly soape: now sir here is your mony.