When You See Me You Know Me (Henry the Eighth) · chunk 16 of 48
Rowley, Samuel · published 1605 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) history · Prince Henry's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.71 · 506 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Nay I assure ye master Constable, those stew houses are places of much slaughter and redemption and many cruel deeds of equity and wickedness are committed there, for divers good men lose both their money and their computation by them, I abjure ye; how say you neighbour Prichall? Neighbour Capcase, I know you're a man of courage, and for the merry cobbler of Lune street, though I sit as low as Saint faiths, I can look as high as Paul's: I have in my days walked to the stew as as well as my neighbours, but if the mad wenches fall to burdening once, and cast men into the Thames, I have done with them, there's no dealing, if they carry fire in one hand, and water i'th' other. Well masters we are now placest about the King's business. And I know ye all sufficient in the knowledge of it, I need not to repeat your charge again: Good neighbours, use your greatest care I pray, And if unruly persons trouble ye, Call and i'll come: so sirs good-night. Godyegodnight and twenty sir, I warrant ye, ye need not reconcile to our charge, vor some on us has discharged the place this forty year I am sure. Neighbours what think you best to be done? Every man according to his calling neighbour, if the enemy come, here lies my town of Garrison, I set on him as I set on a patch, if he tread on this side, I underlay him on this side, or prick him through both sides, I yerk him, and trick him, pare him and piece him, then hang him up beth heels till Sunday. How say ye, by my faith neighbour Prichall ye speak to the purpose, for indeed neighbours, every sensible watchman is to seek the best reformation to his own destruction. But what think ye neighbours, if every man take a nap now, eth forehand eth night, and go to bed afterward. That were not a miss neither, but and you'll take but every man his pot first, you'll sleep like the man eth Moon i'faith. Do ye think neighbour, there is a man eth Moon? I assure ye in a clear day, I have seente at midnight. Of what occupation is he trow? Some thinks he's a shepherd, because on's dog, some says he's a baker going to heat his oven with a bavin at's back, but the plain truth is, I think he was a cobbler, for ye know what the song says, I see a man eth Moon, fie man, fie, I see a man eth Moon, clouting Saint Peter's shone, and so by this reason, he should be a cobbler. By my fekins he saith true, alas, alas, goodman Dormouse hath even given up the ghost already, us an honest quiet soul I warrant ye. It behoves us all to be so how do ye neighbour Darmonse? Godspeed ye, Godspeed ye, nay and ye go a godssleepie, name, I have nothing to say to ye.
nodes 779–798 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 16 of 48 in this edition
Length
506 words · 658 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.707 (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)
Nay I assure yee maister Constable, those stew houses are places of much slaughter and redemption and many crull deedes of equitie and wickednesse are committed there, for diuers good men loose both their money and their computation by them, I abire yee; how say you neighbor Prichall? Neighbour Capcase, I knowe you're a man of courrage, and for the merry cobler of Lune streete, tho I sit as lowe as Saint Faithes, I can looke as high as Pales: I haue in my dayes walkte to the stewas as well as my neighbours, but if the mad wenches fall to burdering once, and cast men into the Thames, I haue done with them, theres no dealing, if they cari fire in one hand, and water ith tother. Well maisters we are now plac'st about the King businesse. And I know ye all sufficient in the knowledge of it, I need not to repate your charge againe: Good neighbours, vse your greatest care I pray, And if vnruly persons trouble yee, Call and ile come: so yrs goodnight. Godyegodnight and twentie syr, I warrant yee, yee neede not reconcile to our charge, vor some on vs has discharged the place this forty yeare I am sure. Neighbours what thinke you best to be done? Euery man according to his calling neighbour, if the enomic come, here Iyes my towne of Garrison, I set on him as I set on a patch, if he tread on this side, I vnderlay him on this side, or prick him through both sides, I yerke him, and tricke him, pare him and peece him, then hang him vp beth heeles till Sunday. How say yee, by my faith neighbour Prichall yee speake to the purpose, for indeed neighbours, euery sencible watch-man is to seeke the best reformation to his owne destruction. But what thinke yee neighbours, if euery man take a nap now, eth fore hand eth night, and goe to bed afterward. That were not a misse neither, but and youle take but euery man his pot first, youle sleepe like the man eth Moone yfaith. Doe yee thinke neighbour, there is a man eth Moone? I assure yee in a cleare day, I haue seente at midnight. Of what occupation is he trow Some thinkes he's a shepheard, because ons dog, some saies he's a baker going to heate his ouen with a bauen ats backe, but the plaine truth is, I thinke he was a cobler, for yee know what the song sayes, I see a man eth Moone, fie man, fie, I see a man eth Moone, clowting Saint Peters shoone, and so by this reason, he should be a cobler. By my fekins he saith true, alas, alas, goodman Dorose hath euen giuen vp the gost already, us an honest quiet soule I warrant yee. It behoues vs all to be so how doe yee neighbour Darmonse? Godspeed yee, Godspeed yee, nay and yee goe a godssleepie, name, I haue nothing to say to yee.