1 The Honest Whore (1 The Converted Courtesan) (The Patient Man and the Honest Whore) · chunk 9 of 48
Dekker, Thomas / Middleton, Thomas · published 1604 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Prince Henry's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.79 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Done, 'tis a lay, join golls on't: with us signor Fluello. Witness: 'tis done: Come, follow me: the house is not far off▪ I'll thrust him from his humour, vex his breast, And win a hundred ducats by one jest. Come, you put up your wares in good order here, do you not think you, one peace cast this way, another that way? you had need have a patient master indeed. ay, I'll be sworn, for we have a cursed mistress. You mumble, do you mumble? I would your master or I could be a note more angry: for two patient folks in a house spoil all the servants that ever shall come under them. You patient! I, so is the devil when he is horn mad. Gentlemen, what do you lack? what is't you buy? See fine hollands, fine cambrics, fine lawns. What is't you lack? What is't you buy? Where's signor Candido thy master? Faith signor, he's a little negotiated, he'll appear presently. Fellow, let's see a lawn, a choice one sitra. The best in all Milan, Gentlemen, and this is the piece. I can fit you Gentlemen with fine calicoes too for doublets, the only sweet fashion now, most delicate and courtly, a meek gentle calico, cut upon two double affable taffetas, ah, most neat, feat, and unmatchable. A notable-voluble tongued villain. I warrant this fellow was never begot without much prating. What, and is this she sayst thou? ay, and the purest she that ever you fingered since you were a gentleman: look how even she is, look how clean she is, ha, as even as the brow of Cinthia, and as clean as your sons and heirs when they ha' spent all. Puh, thou talk'st, pox on't 'tis rough. How? is she rough? but if you bid pox on't sir, 'twill take away the roughness presently. Ha signor; has he fitted your French curse? Look you Gentleman, here's another, compare them I pray, compara Virgilium cum Flomero, compare virgins with harlots. Puh, I ha' seen better, and as you term them, evener and cleaner. You may see further for your mind, but trust me you shall not find better for your body. O here he comes, let's make as though we pass, Come, come, we'll try in some other shop. How now? what's the matter? The gentlemen find fault with this lawn, fall out with it, and without a cause too. Without a cause! And that makes you to let'em pass away, Ah, may I crave a word with you gentlemen? He calls us. Makes the better for the jest. I pray come near,- you're very welcome gallants, Pray pardon my man's rudeness, for I fear me Has talked above a prentice with you,- Lawns! Look you kind gentlemen— this! no: I this: Take this upon my honest-dealing faith, To be a true weave, not too hard, nor slack, But e'en as far from falsehood, as from black.
nodes 315–356 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 9 of 48 in this edition
Length
493 words · 710 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.790 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Done, tis a lay, ioyne golls on't: wit us signior Flllo. Witnes: tis doe▪ Come, follow mee: the house is not farre off▪ Ile thrust him from his humour, vex his breast, And winne a hundred duckats by one east. Come, you put vp your wares in good order heere, do you not thinke you, one cast this way, another that way? you had neede have a patient maister indeede. I, ile besworne, for we have a . You mumble, do you mumble? I would your or I could be a noe more angry: for two patient folkes in a house spoyle all the servants that ever shall come vnder them. You patient▪ I, so is the divell when he is horne madde. Gentlemen, what do you lacke? what ist you buy? See fine hollands, fine cambrickes, fine lawnes. What ist you lacke? What ist you buy? Wheres signior Candido thy maister? Faith signior, hees a little negotiated, hee'le appeare presently. Fellow, lets see a lawne, a choice one sitra. The best in all Milln, Gentlemen, and this is the peece. I can it you Gentlemen with fine callicoes too for dublets, the onely sweete fashion now, most delicate and courtlie, a meeke gentle calico, cut vpon two double affable taffataes, ah, most neate, feate, and . A notable-voluble tongde villaine. I warrant this fellow was never begot without much Prting. What, and is this shee saist thou? I, and the purest shee that ever you fingerd since you were a gentleman: looke how even she is, look how cleane she is, ha, as even as the browe of Cinthia, and as cleane as your sonnes and heires when they ha spent all. Puh, thou talkst, pox on't tis rough. How? is she rough? but if you bid pox on't sir, twill take away the roughnesse presently. Ha signior; haz he fitted your French curse? Looke you Gentleman, heeres an other, compare them I pray, compara Virgilium cum Flomero, compare virgins with harlot. Puh, I ha seene better, and as you terme them, evener and cleaner. You may see further for your mind, but trust me you shall not find better for your body. O here he comes, lets make as tho we passe, Come, come, weele try in some other shop. How now? what's the matter? The gentlemen find fault with this lawne, fall out with it, and without a cause too. Without a cause! And that makes you to let'em passe away, Ah, may I craue a word with you gentlemen? He calls vs. Makes the better for the iest. I pray come neare,-y'are very welcome gallants, Pray pardon my mans rudenesse, for I feare me Ha's talkt aboue a prentice with you,-Lawnes! Looke you kind gentlemen-this! no: I this: Take this vpon my honest-dealing faith, To be a true weaue, not too hard, nor slack, But eene as farre from falshood, as from black.