Lyly, John · published 1594 · first performed or written 1591 [1587-1591] (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (first) T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.83 · 497 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Come my children, though fortune hath not provided you lands, yet you see you are not destitute of friends, I shall be eased of a charge both in purse and conscience, in conscience, have revealed my lewd practice, in purse, having you kept of alms. Come if you be my sister it's the better for you. Come brother, methinks it's better than it was, I should have been but a bald bride, I'll eat as much pie as if I had been married. Let's also forgive the knavery of our boys since all turns to our good haps. Agreed, all are pleased now the boys are unpunished. Nay soft, take us with you, and seek redress for our wrongs, or we'll complain to the Maior. What's the matter? I arrested Memphio's boy for an horse after much mocking, at the request of his fellow wags, I was content to take a bond jointly of them all, they had me into a tavern, there they made me, the Scrivener, and the Sergeant drunk, pawned his mase for the wine, and sealed me an obligation nothing to the purpose, I pray you read it. What wags be these? Why by this bond you can demand nothing, and things done in drink, may be repented in soberness, but not remedied. Sir, I have his acquittance, let him sue his bond. I'll cry quittance with thee. And I, or it shall cost me the laying on freely of my mase. And I'll give thee such a dash with a pen as shall cost thee many a pound, wish such a Noverimt as cheap side can show none such. Do your worst, our knaveries will revenge it upon your children's children. Thou boy, we will pay the hire of the horse, be not angry, the boys have been in a merry cozening vain, for they have served their masters of the same sort, but all must be forgotten, now all are content but the poor fiddlers, they shall be sent for to the marriage & have double fees. You need no more send for a fiddler to a feast, than a beggar to a fair. This day we will feast at my house. Tomorrow at mine. The next day at mine. Then at mine the last day, & even so spend this week in good cheer. Then we were best be going whilst every one is pleased, and yet these couples are not fully pleased, till the priest have done his worst. Come Sergeant we'll toss it this week, and make thy maze arrest a boiled capon. No more words at the wedding, if the maior should know it, I were in danger of mine office. Then take heed how on such as we are, you show a cast of your office. If you mace us, we'll pepper you. Come sister, the best is, we shall have good cheer these four days. And be fools for ever. That's none of our upseckings.
nodes 882–909 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 34 of 34 in this edition
Length
497 words · 633 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)
Come my children, though fortune hath not prouided you landes, yet you see you are not destitute of friends, I shall be eased of a charge both in purse and conscience, in conscience, haue reuealed my lewd practise, in purse, hauing you kept of almes. Come if you bee my sister its the better for you. Come brother, me thinkes its better than it was, I should haue beene but a balde bride, Ile eate as much pie as if I had bene marryed. Lets also forgiue the knauerie of our boyes since all turnes to our good haps. Agreed, all are pleased nowe the boyes are vnpunisht▪ Nay softe, take vs with you, and seeke redresse for our wrongs, or weele complaine to the Maior. Whats the matter? I arested Memphios boye for an horse after much mocking, at the request of his fellowe wagges, I was content to take a bonde ioyntlye of them all, they had me into a tauerne, there they made me, the Scriuener, and the Sergeant dronke, paunde his mase for the wine, and seald mee an obligation nothing to the purpose, I pray you reade it. What wags be these? Why by this bond you can demand nothing, and thinges done in drinke, may be repented in sobernes, but not remedyed. Sir, I haue his acquittaunce, lette him sue his bonde. Ile crie quittance with thee. And I, or it shall cost me the laying on freelie of my mase. And Ile giue thee such a dash with a pen as shall cost thee many a pound, wih such a Nouerimt as cheap side can shew none such. Doe your worst, our knaueries will renenge it vpon your childrens children. Thou boy, we wil paie the hire of the horse, be not angrie, the boyes haue bene in a merrie cosning vaine, for they haue serued their masters of the same sorte, but all must be forgotten, now all are content but the poore fidlers, they shal be sent for to the marriage & haue double fees. You need no more send for a fidler to a feast, than a begger to a fayre. This daie we will feast at my house. To morrow at mine. The next day at mine. Then at mine the last day, & euen so spend this weeke in good cheere. Then we were best be going whilest euery one is pleasd, and yet these couples are not fully pleasde, till the priest haue done his worst. Come Sergeant weele tosse it this weeke, and make thy mase arest a boild capon. No more words at the wedding, if the maior shuld know it, I were in danger of mine office. Then take heed how on such as we are, you shew a cast of your office. If you mace vs, weele pepper you. Come sister, the best is, we shall haue good che these foure dayes. And be fooles for euer. Thats none of our vpseckings.