A Looking Glass for London and England · chunk 12 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 0.80 · 465 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Let me alone, I'll fit your purpose. Come, where are these fellows that are the plaintiffs, what can they say against this honest Citizen our neighbour, a man of good report amongst all men? Truly M. judge, he is a man much spoken off, marry every man's cries are against him, and especially we, and therefore I think we have brought our Lawyer to touch him with as much law as will fetch his lands and my Cow, with a pestilence. Sir, I am the other plaintiff and this is my councillor, I beseech your honour be favourable to me in equity. Oh Signior Mizaldo, what can you say in this Gentleman's behalf? Faith sir as yet little good, sir tell you your own case to the judge, for I have so many matters in my head, that I have almost forgotten it. Is the wind in that door, why then my Lord thus, I took upon this cursed Usurer, for so I may well term him, a commodity of forty pounds, whereof I received ten pound in money, & thirty pound in Lute-strings, whereof I could by great friendship make but five pounds: for the assurance of this bad commodity, I bond him my land in recognizance, I came at my day and tendered him his money and he would not take it, for the redress of my open wrong, I crave but justice. What say you to this sir? That first he had no Lute-strings of me, for look you sir, I have his own hand to my book for the receipt of forty pound. That was sir, but a device of him to colour the Statute. Well he hath thine own hand, and we can crave no more in law, but now sir, he says his money was tendered at the day and hour. This is manifest contrary sir, and on that I will depose, for here is the obligation, to be paid between three & four in the afternoon, and the Clock struck four before he offered it, and the words be between three and four, therefore to be tendered before four. Sir, I was there before four, & he held me with brabbling till the Clock struck, and then for the breach of a minute he refused my money, and keep the recognizance of my land for so small a trifle: Good Signior Mizaldo speak what is law, you have your fee, you have heard what the case is, and therefore do me justice and right, I am a young Gentleman and speak for my patrimony. Faith sir, the Case is altered, you told me it before in an other manner, the law goes quite against you, and therefore you must plead to the judge for favour. O execrable bribery.
nodes 435–449 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 12 of 39 in this edition
Length
465 words · 574 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.801 (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)
Let me alone, Ile fit your purpose. Come, where are these fellowes that are the plaintifes, what can they say against this honest Citizen our neighbour, a man of good report amongst all men? Truly M. Iudge, he is a man much spoken off, marry euery mans cries are against him, and especially we, and therefore I thinke we haue brought our Lawier to touch him with as much law as will fetch his landes and my Cowe, with a pestilence. Sir, I am the other plaintife and this is my Councellour, I beseech your honour be fauourable to me in equitie. Oh Signor Mizaldo, what can you say in this Gentlemans behalfe? Faith sir as yet litle good, sir tell you your owne case to the Iudge, for I haue so many matters in my head, that I haue almost forgotten it. Is the winde in that doore, why then my Lord thus, I tooke vpon this cursed Usurer, for so I may well tearme him, a commoditie of fortie poundes, whereof I receiued ten pounde in mony, & thirtie pound in Lute-strings, whereof I could by great friendship make but fiue pounds: for the assurance of this badde commoditie, I bound him my land in recognisance, I came at my day and tendred him his mony and he would not take it, for the redresse of my open wrong, I craue but iustice. What say you to this sir? That first he had no Lute-strings of me, for looke you sir, I haue his owne hand to my booke for ye receit of fortie pound. That was sir, but a deuise of him to colour the Statute. Well he hath thine owne hand, and we can craue no more in law, but now sir, he saies his mony was tendred at the day and houre. This is manifest contrary sir, and on that I will depose, for here is the obligation, to be paide betwéene thrée & foure in the after-noone, and the Clocke strooke foure before he offered it, and the words be betweene three and foure, therefore to be tendred before foure. Sir, I was there before foure, & he held me with brabling till the Clock strooke, and then for the breach of a minute he refused my money, and kéepe the recognisance of my land for so small a triflle: Good Signor Mizaldo speak what is law, you haue your fée, you haue heard what the case is, and therefore do me iustice and right, I am a yoong Gentleman and speake for my patrimony. Faith sir, the Case is altered, you told me it before in an other maner, the law goes quite against you, and therfore you must pleade to the Iudge for fauour. O execrable bribery.