A Looking Glass for London and England · chunk 11 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 0.81 · 513 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
And truly sir, for my case, if you help me not for my matter, why sir, I and my wife are quite undone, I want my mess of milk when I go to my work, and my boy his bread and butter when he goes to school, M. Lawyer pity me, for surely sir, I was feign to lay my wives best gown to pawn for your fees, when I looked upon it sir, and saw how handsomely it was tawbed with statute lace, and what a fair mockado Cape it had, and then thought how handsomely it became my wife, truly sir my heart is made of butter, it melts at the least persecution, I fell on weeping, but when I thought on the words the Usurer gave me, no Cow: then sir, I would have stripped her into her smock, but I would make him deliver my Cow ere I had done, therefore good M. Lawyer stand my friend. Trust me father, I will do for thee as much as for myself. Are you married sir? I marry am I father. Then goods Benison light on you & your good wife, and send her that she be never troubled with my wives disease. Why what's thy wives disease? Truly sir, she hath two open faults, and one privy fault, sir the first is, she is too eloquent for a poor man, and hath her words of Art, for she will call me Rascal, Rogue, Runagate, varlet, Uagabond, Slave, Knave. Why alas sir, and these be but holiday terms, but if you heard her working-day words, in faith sir they be ratlers like thunder sir, for after the dew follows a storm, for then am I sure either to be well buffeted, my face scratched, or my head broken, and therefore good M. Lawyer on my knees I ask it, let me not go home again to my wife, with this word, No Cow: for than she will exercise her two faults upon me with all extremity. Fear not man, but what is thy wives privy fault? Truly sir, that's a thing of nothing, alas she indeed strreverence of your mastership, doth use to break wind in her sleep. Oh sir, here comes the judge, and the old Caitiff the Usurer. Sir here is forty angels for you, and if at any time you want a hundredth pound or two, 'tis ready at your command, or the feeding of three or four fat bullocks: whereas these needy slaves can reward with nothing but a cap and aknée, and therefore I pray you sir favour my case. Fear not sir, I'll do what I can for you. What master Lawyer what make you here, mine adversary for these Clients? So it chanceth now sir. I know you know the old Proverb, He is not wise, that is not wise for himself. I would not be disgraced in this action, therefore here is twenty angels say nothing in the matter, and what you say, say to no purpose, for the judge is my friend.
nodes 421–434 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 11 of 39 in this edition
Length
513 words · 646 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.809 (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)
And truly sir, for my case, if you helpe me not for my matter, why sir, I and my wife are quite vndone, I want my mease of milke when I goe to my worke, and my boy his bread and butter when he goes to schoole, M. Lawier pitie me, for surely sir, I was faine to laie my wiues best gowne to pawne for your fées, when I lookt vpon it sir, and saw how hansomly it was tawbed with statute lace, and what a faire mockado Cape it had, and then thought how hansomely it became my wife, truly sir my heart is made of butter, it melts at the least persecution, I fell on wéeping, but when I thought on the words the Usurer gaue me, no Cow: then sir, I would haue stript her into her smocke, but I would make him deliuer my Cow ere I had done, therefore good M. Lawier stand my friend. Trust me father, I will do for thée as much as for my selfe. Are you married sir? I marry am I father. Then goods Benison light on you & your good wife, and send her that she be neuer troubled with my wiues disease. Why whats thy wiues disease? Truly sir, she hath two open faults, and one priuie fault, sir the first is, she is too eloquēt for a poore man, and hath her words of Art, for she will call me Rascall, Rogue, Runnagate, Uarlet, Uagabond, Slaue, Knaue. Why alasse sir, and these be but holi-day tearmes, but if you heard her working-day words, in faith sir they be ratlers like thunder sir, for after the dewe followes a storme, for then am I sure either to be well buffetted, my face scratcht, or my head broken, and therefore good M. Lawyer on my knées I aske it, let me not go home again to my wife, with this word, No Cow: for then shée will exercise her two faults vpon me with all extremitie. Feare not man, but what is thy wiues priuy fault? Truly sir, thats a thing of nothing, alasse she indéed strreuerence of your mastership, doth vse to breake winde in her sléepe. Oh sir, here comes the Iudge, and the old Caitife the Usurer. Sir here is fortie angels for you, and if at any time you want a hundreth pound or two, tis readie at your command, or the féeding of thrée or foure fat bullocks: whereas these néedie slaues can reward with nothing but a cap and aknée, and therfore I pray you sir fauour my case. Feare not sir, Ile do what I can for you. What maister Lawier what make you here, mine aduersary for these Clients? So it chanceth now sir. I know you know the old Prouerbe, He is not wise, that is not wise for himselfe. I would not be disgracst in this action, therefore here is twentie angels say nothing in the matter, and what you say, say to no purpose, for the Iudge is my friend.