Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
Father I have a pair of spectacles in my pack, That will cause you to see as well behind as before: For in your house is played many a knack, Which of my mind you shall know more. Though my spectacles you intend to buy, You shall perceive your own negligence, You suffer your children to swear and lie, And you laugh thereat and have patience, Fathers and mothers, kinsfolks and friends, So inordinately do their children love: That they are parents of bodies, but poisoners of minds, As my saying right well here shall prove. But when Phoebus shall enter into the Lion: There shall be such a great burning heat: That shall burn up your children every one. And they that be left on live, strange gotches shall eat. Parents and masters in this most mirth truly, Shall be cant up with a sudden ravishment: Look for this in the month of Iuly, Ramnasia will not delay her punishment. Marry good Lord have mercy on us all, Husband, I pray you bid him home to our house. He shall be welcome, but our cheer is but small, But yet he shall be sure of bacon and a piece of sowse. The house is the worse where such peddlers be, Good Lord father, do ye believe aught that he doth say? I marvel what goodness in him you do see, He shall not come in our house truly if I may. I thank you surely with all my heart, I will go home with you with a good will: Of all that is in my pack you shall have part, For of physic I tell you, I can good skill. By God youngman, come and welcome heartily, And care not greatly what my daughter saith: For though she speak to you somewhat angrily, Yet I warrant you she meaneth no very good faith. No by my troth, I cannot bear anger long, Mine anger is soon come, and soon gone: Then I pray you let us have a song, In token that we be friends, and all as one. Now by troth, because you speak of a song, won I was young, I passed the Lark, and pleasant Nightingale: Like an Angel I would have sung, And specially when my throat had been well washed with good Ale, Then a song of the peddler now let us have, You know your rests, and when you shall come in. Then let us sing the peddler is a knave, When you will peddler, you may begin. Woman, woman, get you home at once, And see that we have good cheer tonight. You shall be sure to have good Ale, for that have no bones, Without any chewing, it will go down right. That do all peddlers love as their lives, And specially when one meeteth with another. Then may you be one of their wives: Get ye home and help your mother.
seed 43: T48 · seed 44: T49 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Father I haue a paire of spectacles in my packe, That will cause you to see as well behind as before: For in your house is plaid manie a knacke, Which of my mind you shall know more. Though my spectacles you intend to buy, You shall perceiue your owne negligence, You suffer your children to sweare and lye, And you laugh thereat and haue patience, Fathers and mothers, kinsfolkes and friends, So mordinately do their children loue: That they are parents of bodies, but poysoners of mindes, As my saying right well here shall proue. But when Phaebus shall enter into the Lyon: There shall be such a great burning heate: That shall burne vp your children euery one. And they that be left on liue, strange gotches shall eate. Parents and maisters in this most mirth truly, Shall be cant vp with a sodaine rauishment: Looke for this in the moneth of Iuly, Ramnasia will not delaie her punishment. Marry good Lord haue mercy on vs all, Husband, I pray you bid him home to our house. He shall be welcome, but our cheare is but small, But yet he shall be sure of bacon and a peece of sowse. The house is the worse where such Pedlers bee, Good Lord father, do ye beleeue ought that he doth say? I maruell what goodnes in him you do see, He shal not come in our house truly if I may. I thanke you surely with all my heart, I will go home with you with a good will: Of all that is in my packe you shall haue part, For of phisicke I tell you, I can good skill. By God yongman, come and welcome heartily, And care not greatly what my daughter saith: For though she speake to you somewhat angerly, Yet I warrant you she meaneth no very good faith. No by my troth, I cannot beare anger long, Mine anger is soone come, and soone gone: Then I pray you let vs haue a song, In token that we be friends, and all as one. Now by troth, because you speak of a song, wan I was yong, I past the Larke, and pleasant Nightingale: Like an Angell I would haue sung, And specially when my throat had bin wel washt with good Ale, Then a song of the Pedler now let vs haue, You know your rests, and when you shall come in. Then let vs sing the Pedler is a knaue, When you will Pedler, you may begin. Woman, woman, get you home at once, And see that we haue good cheare to night. You shall be sure to haue good Ale, for that haue no bones, VVithout any chewing, it will go downe right. That do all Pedlers loue as their liues, And specially when one meeteth with another. Then may you be one of their wiues: Get ye home and helpe your mother.