Jonson, Ben · published 1600 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.88 · 502 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
I perceive you sir, I will take up, and bring myself in credit sure. Marry this; always beware you commerce not with bankrupts, or poor needy Ludgathians: they are impudent creatures, turbulent spirits, they care not what violent tragedies they stir, nor how they play fast and lose with a poor gentleman's fortunes to get their own: marry, these rich fellows (that ha'the world, or the better part of it, sleeping in their countinghouses) they are ten times more placable, they: either fear, hope, or modesty, restrains them from offering any outrages: but this is nothing to your followers, you shall not run a penny more in arrearage for them, and you list yourself. No? how should I keep 'em then? Keep 'em? 'sblood let them keep themselves, they are no sheep, are they? What? you shall come in houses, where plate, apparel, rewels, and divers other pretty commodities lie negligently scattered, and I would ha' those Mercuries follow me (I trow) should remember they had not their fingers for nothing. That's not so good methinks. Why after you have kept 'em a fortnight or so, and showed 'em enough to the world, you may turn 'em away, and keep no more but a boy, it 's enough. Nay my humour is not for boys, I'll keep men, and I keep any; and I'll give coats, that's my humour: but I lack a cullisance. Why now you ride to the city, you may buy one, I'll bring you where you shall ha' your choice for money. Can you sir? O I: you shall have one take measure of you, and make you a Coat of arms to fit you of what fashion you will. By word of mouth I thank you signor; I'll be once a little prodigal in a Humour in faith, and have a most prodigious Coat. Torment and death, break head and brain at once To be delivered of your fighting issue. Who can endure to see blind Fortune dote thus? To be enamoured on this dusty Turf? This clod? a whoreson puckfist? O God, God, God, God, etc. I could run wild with grief now to behold The rankness of her bounties, that doth breed Such bulrushes; these mushroom Gentlemen, That shoot up in a night to place and worship. Let him alone, some stray, some stray. Nay I will examine him before I go sure. The Lord of the soil has all wefts and strays here? has he not? Yes sir. Faith than I pity the poor fellow, he's fallen into a fools hands. Sirrah, who gave you commission to lie in my Lordship? Your Lordship? How? my Lordship? do you know me sir? I do know you sir. S'heart, he answers him like an Echo. Why, who am I Sir? One of those that fortune favours. The Periphrasis of a fool; I'll observe this better. That fortune favours? how mean you that friend? I mean simply; That you are one that lives not by your wits.
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Length
502 words · 685 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.883 (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)
I perceiue you sir, I will take up, and bring my selfe in credit sure. Marry this; alwaies beware you commerce not with bankrupts, or poore needie Ludgathians: they are impudent creatures, turbulent spirits, they care not what violent tragedies they stirre, nor how they play fast and loose with a poore gentlemans fortunes to get their owne: marry, these rich fellowes (that ha'the world, or the better part of it, sleeping in their countinghouses) they are ten times more placable, they: either feare, hope, or modesti, restraines them from offering any outrages: but this is nothing to your followers, you shall not run a pennie more in arrerage for them, and you list your selfe. No? how should I keepe 'hem then? Keepe 'hem? Sbloud let them keepe themselves, they are no sheepe, are they? VVhat? you shall come in houses, where plate, apparrell, rewels, and diverse other prettie commodities lie negligently scattered, and I would ha'those Mercuies follow me (I trow) should remember they had not their fingers for nothing. That's not so good me thinkes. VVhy after you have kept 'hem a fornight or so, and shew'd 'hem ynough to the world, you may turne 'hem away, and keepe no more but a boy, it 's ynough. Nay my humor is not for boies, Ile keepe men, and I keepe any; and Ile giue coats, that's my humour: but I lacke a Cullisen. VVhy now you ride to the citie, you may buy one, Ile bring you where you shall ha' your choise for money. Can you sir? O I: you shall haue one take measure of you, and make you a Coat of armes to fit you of what fashion you will. By word of mouth I thank you Signior; Ile be once a little prodigal in a Humor in faith, and haue a most prodigious Coat. Torment and death, breake head and braine at once To be deliuer'd of your fighting issue. VVho can endure to see blind Fortune dote thus? To be enamour'd on this dustie Turfe? This clod? a horson Puckefist? O God, God, God, God, &c. I could runne wild with greefe now to behold The ranknesse of her bounties, that doth breed Such bullrushes; these Mushrompe Gentlemen, That shoot vp in a night to place and worship. Let him alone, some stray, some stray. Nay I will examine him before I goe sure. The Lord of the soile ha's all wets and straies here? ha's he not? Yes sir. Faith then I pittie the poore fellow, he's falne into a fooles hands. Sirah, who gaue you commission to lie in my Lordship? Your Lordship? How? my Lordship? doe you know me sir? I doe know you sir. S'heart, he answeres him like an Eccho. VVhy, who am I Sir? One of those that fortune fauors. The Periphrasis of a foole; Ile obserue this better. That fortune fauors? how meane you that friend? I meane simply; That you are one that liues not by your wits.