S., W. · published 1602 · first performed or written 1600 [c.1599-1602] (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.80 · 507 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Uncover there Gentlemen. My noble Lords of Suffolk and of Bedford, Your honours welcome to poor Cromwell's house: Where is my father? nay be covered Father, Although that duty to these noble men, doth challenge it Yet I'll make bold with them. Your head doth bear the calendar of care: What Cromwell covered, and his Father bare, It must not be. Now sir to you, Is not your name Friskiball and a Florentine. My name was Friskiball, till cruel fate, Did rob me of my name and of my state. What fortune brought you to this country now? All other parts hath left me succourless, Save only this, because of debts I have, I hope to gain for to relieve my want. Did you not once upon your Florence bridge, Help two distressed men, robbed by the Bandetto, His name was Cromwell? I never made my brain a calendar of any good I did, I always loved this nation with my heart. I am that Cromwell that you there relieved, sixteen Ducats you gave me for to clothe me, sixteen to bear my charges by the way, And sixteen more I had for my horse hire, There be those several sums justly returned, Yet with injustice, serving at my need, And to repay them without interest, Therefore receive of me these four several bags, In each of them there is four hundred mark, And bring me the names of all your debtors, And if they will not see you paid, I will: O God forbid, that I should see him fall, That helped me in my greatest need of all: Here stands my Father that first gave me life, Alas what duty is too much for him: This man in time of need did save my life, And therefore cannot do too much for him. By this old man I often times was fed, Else might I have gone supperless to bed. Such kindness have I had of these three men, That Cromwell no way can repay again: Now in to dinner, for we stay too long, And to good stomachs is no greater wrong. Sirrah, where be those men I caused to stay? They do attend your pleasure sir within. Bid them come hither, and stay you without, For by those men, the Fox of this same land, That makes a Goose of better than himself, we'll worry him unto his latest home, Or Gardiner will fail in his intent. As for the Dukes of Suffolk and of Norfolk, Whom I have sent for to come speak with me, Howsoever outwardly they shadow it. Yet in their hearts I know they love him not: As for the Earl of Bedford he is but one, And dares not gainsay what we do set down: Now my friends, you know I saved your lives, When by the law you had deserved death, And than you promised me upon your oaths, To venture both your lives to do me good. We swore no more, than that we will perform.
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Length
507 words · 627 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.804 (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)
Vncouer there Gentlemen. My noble Lordes of Suffolke and of Bedford, Your honors welcome to poore Cromwels house: Where is my father? nay be couered Father, Although that duty to these noble men, doth challenge it Yet Ile make bolde with them. Your head doth beare the callender of care: What Cromwell couered, and his Father bare, It must not be. Now sir to you, Is not your name Friskiball and a Florentine. My name was Friskiball, till cruell fate, Did rob me of my name and of my state. What fortune brought you to this countrie now? All other parts hath left me succorlesse, Saue onelie this, because of debts I haue, I hope to gaine for to releeue my want. Did you not once vpon your Florence bridge, Helpe two distressed men, robd by the Bandetro, His name was Cromwell? I neuer made my braine a calender of any good I did, I alwaies lou'd this nation with my heart. I am that Cromwell that you there releeued, Sixteene Duckets you gaue me for to cloath me, Sixteene to beare my charges by the way, And sixteene more I had for my horse hier, There be those seuerall summes iustlie returnd, Yet with iniustice, seruing at my need, And to repay them without interest, Therefore receiue of me these foure seuerall bags, In each of them there is foure hundred marke, And bring me the names of all your debitors, And if they will not see you paide, I will: O God forbid, that I should see him fall, That helpt me in my greatest need of all: Here stands my Father that first gaue me life, Alas what dutie is too much for him: This man in time of need did saue my life, And therefore cannot do too much for him. By this old man I often times was fed, Els might I haue gone supperlesse to bed. Such kindnesse haue I had of these three men, That Cromwell no way can repaie againe: Now in to dinner, for we stay too long, And to good stomacks is no greater wrong. Sirra, where be those men I causd to stay? They do attend your pleasure sir within. Bid them come hether, and stay you without, For by those men, the Foxe of this same land, That makes a Goose of better then himselfe, Weele worie him vnto his latest home, Or Gardiner will faile in his intent. As for the Dukes of Suffolke and of Norffolke, Whom I haue sent for to come speake with me, Howsoeuer outwardlie they shadow it. Yet in their hearts I know they loue him not: As for the Earle of Bedford he is but one, And dares not gaine-say what we do set downe: Now my friends, you know I sau'd your liues, When by the law you had deserued death, And then you promised me vpon your othes, To venture both your liues to do me good. We swore no more, then that we will performe.