A Looking Glass for London and England · chunk 7 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 0.78 · 475 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Hang beggarly knave, comest to me for a Cow, did I not bind her bought and sold for a penny, and was not thy day to have paid yesterday, thou getst no Cow at my hand. No Cow sir, alas that word no Cow, goes as cold to my heart as a draft of small drink in a frosty morning. No Cow sir, why alas, alas, M. Usurer, what shall become of me my wife, and my poor child? Thou getst no Cow of me knave, I cannot stand prating with you, I must be gone. Nay but hear you M. Usurer, no Cow, why sir here's your thirty shillings, I have paid you 18. pence a week, & therefore there is reason I should have my Cow. What pratest thou, have I not answered thee thy day is broken? Why sir alas, my Cow is a Commonwealth to me, for first sir, she allows me, my wife and son, for to banquet ourselves withal, Butter, Cheese, Whey, Curds, Cream, sod milk, raw-milke, sower-milke, swéete-milk, and buttermilk, besides sir, she saved me every year a penny in Almanacs, for she was as good to me as a Prognostication, if she had but set up her tail and have gallapt about the mead, my little boy was able to say, oh father there will be a storm, her very tail was a Calendar to me, & now to lose my cow, alas M. Usurer take pity upon me. I have other matters to talk on, farewell fellows. Why but thou covetous churl, wilt thou not receive thy money and deliver me my recognizance? I'll deliver thee none, if I have wronged thee, seek thy mends at the law. And so I will insatiable peasant. And sir, rather than I will put up this word no Cow, I will lay my wives best gown to pawn, I tell you sir, when the slave uttered this word no Cow, it struck to my heart, for my wife shall never have one so fit for her turn again, for indeed sir, she is a woman that hath her twidling strings broke. What meanest thou by that fellow? Marry sir, sirreverence of your manhood, she breaks wind behind, and indeed sir, when she sat milking of her Cow and let a fart, my other Cows would start at the noise, and kick down the milk and away, but this Cow sir the gentlest Cow, my wife might blow whilst she burst, and having such good conditions, shall the Usurer come upon me with no Cow: Nay sir, before I pocket up this word no Cow, my wives gown goes to the Lawyer, why alas sir 'tis as ill a word to me, as no Crown to a King. Well fellow, go with me, and i'll help thee to a Lawyer.
nodes 228–241 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 39 in this edition
Length
475 words · 633 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.778 (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)
Hang beggarly knaue, commest to me for a Cow, did I not bind her bought and sold for a peny, and was not thy day to haue paid yesterday, thou getst no Cow at my hand. No Cow sir, alasse that word no Cow, goes as cold to my heart as a draught of small drinke in a frostie morning. No Cow sir, why alasse, alasse, M. Usurer, what shall become of me my wife, and my poore childe? Thou getst no Cow of me knaue, I cannot stand prating with you, I must be gone. Nay but heare you M. Usurer, no Cow, why sir heres your thirtie shillings, I haue paid you 18. pence a wéeke, & therefore there is reason I should haue my Cow. What pratest thou, haue I not answered thée thy day is broken? Why sir alasse, my Cow is a Common-wealth to me, for first sir, she allowes me, my wife and sonne, for to banket our selues withal, Butter, Chéese, Whay, Curds, Creame, sod milk, raw-milke, sower-milke, swéete-milk, and butter-milke, besides sir, she saued me euery yeare a peny in Almanackes, for she was as good to me as a Prognostication, if she had but set vp her tayle and haue gallapt about the meade, my litle boy was able to say, oh father there will be a storme, her verie taile was a Kalender to me, & now to loose my cow, alas M. Usurer take pittie vpō me. I haue other matters to talke on, farwell fellowes. Why but thou couetous churle, wilt thou not receiue thy mony and deliuer me my recognisance? Ile deliuer thée none, if I haue wronged thée, séeke thy mends at the law. And so I will insatiable pesant. And sir, rather then I will put vp this word no Cow, I will laie my wiues best gowne to pawne, I tell you sir, when the slaue vttered this word no Cow, it strooke to my heart, for my wife shall neuer haue one so fit for her turne againe, for indéed sir, she is a woman that hath her twidling strings broke. What meanest thou by that fellow? Marry sir, sirreuerence of your manhood, she breakes winde behinde, and indéed sir, when she sat milking of her Cow and let a fart, my other Cowes would start at the noyse, and kick downe the milke and away, but this Cow sir the gentlest Cow, my wife might blow whilst she burst, and hauing such good conditions, shall the Usurer come vpon me with no Cow: Nay sir, before I pocket vp this word no Cow, my wiues gowne goes to the Lawier, why alasse sir tis as ill a word to me, as no Crowne to a King. Well fellow, go with me, and ile helpe thee to a Lawyer.