2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody (The Second Part of Queen Elizabeth's Troubles) · chunk 12 of 44
Heywood, Thomas · published 1606 · first performed or written 1605 [1604-1605; revised c.1632] (Annals) history · Queen Anne's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.88 · 506 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Fore God thou sayst well. I have served Sent the Perfumer, Tallow the Currier, Quarrel the glazier, and some three or four more of our poor smelts so this morning. Heart I have courest thorough two or three Lanes, yet the miching slave follows me so close I can not give him the slip for this hundred pound: as God save me now t's in my hand i'do rather be hanged then part from it: Foot, 'twill make a man merry half a year together in France, command wenches or any thing: part from it quoth you, that were a jest indeed: shall a young man as I am, and though I say it indifferent proper, go into a strange country, and not show himself what metal he is made of when 'a comes there: I protest a very good hundred pound, a hundred pound will go far in France, and when a man hath it not of his own, who should he make bold withal for it, if he may not with his Uncle; but see if that thin faced rogue be not come again, I must have a trick for him. For all your fore-long too and fro, by yea and nay, i'll follow you. Will you, there should be Sergeants hereabouts, will you: Lord if it be thy will send me to hit of one, and if I do not show you a trick, thou shouldst be a Sergeant by thy peering so. Why M. Iohn so I am. (thy name? Thou art happily met: I am looking for one, what's My name M. Iohn, I have been merry at your uncles many a time, my name's Honesty. i'faith. Nay, i'll assure you his name is Honesty, and I am Quick Honesty! who the pox gave thee that name? (his Yeoman. But thou must do an office for my Uncle: Hear Quick, run thou before and enter the action, there's money, an action of an hundred pound Against Timothy Thin-beard, M. Gresham's Factor, I hope I shall teach you to dog me. An action against Thin-beard, I go. Here Honesty, there's money for thy arrest, Be sure to take good Bail or clap him fast: I hope I shall show you a trick. Mum for that. See where he is, God prosper it. Fasten upon him like a hungry Dog upon a piece of meat: And if this be not a trick to chaste a fool, A more knave learn me, and i'll go to school. I arrest you Sir. Arrest me, thou servant to Sathan: at whose suit? At your Masters, M. Gresham's. O God for thy mercy, M. Iohn, M. Iohn. Nay, nay, this 100. li, hath other work in hand for me, You are in the devils hand, and so agree. My good friend, now what must become of me? Unless, we shall to the Tavern, and drink till you can send for Bail, you must to the Counter. Is there no difference made betwixt the faithful and the unfaithful.
nodes 553–586 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 12 of 44 in this edition
Length
506 words · 676 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.880 (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)
Fore God thou sayst well. I haue serued Sent the Perfumer, Tallow the Currier, Quarrell the Glasier, and some three or foure more of our poore smelts so this morning. Hart I haue cour'st thorow two or three Lanes, yet the miching slaue followes me so close I can not giue him the slippe for this hundred pound: as God saue me now ti's in my hand i'do rather be hang'd then part from it: Foote, t'will make a man merry halfe a yere together in France, command wenches or any thing: part from it quoth you, that were a iest indeed: shall a yong man as I am, and though I say it indifferent proper, goe into a strange countrey, and not shew himselfe what mettell hee is made of when a comes there: I protest a very good hundred pound, a hundred pound will goe farre in France, and when a man hath it not of his owne, who should hee make bold withall for it, if he may not with his Vncle; but see if that thin fac't rogue be not come againe, I must haue a tricke for him. For all your fore-long too and fro, by yea and nay, ile follow you. Will you, there should bee Sergeants here abouts, will you: Lord if it be thy will send mee to hit of one, and if I doe not shew you a tricke, thou shouldst be a Sergeant by thy peering so. Why M. Iohn so I am. (thy name? Thou art happily met: I am looking for one, what's My name M. Iohn, I haue beene merry at your Vncles many a time, my name's Honestie. I faith. Nay, ile assure you his name is Honestie, and I am Quick Honestie! who the pox gaue thee that name? (his Yeoman. But thou must doe an office for my Vncle: Heare Quicke, runne thou before and enter the action, Ther's money, an action of an hundred pound Against Timothy Thin-beard, M. Greshams Factor, I hope I shall teach you to dog me. An action against Thin-beard, I goe. Here Honestie, there's money for thy arrest, Be sure to take good Bayle or clap him fast: I hope I shall shew you a trick. Mum for that. See where he is, God prosper it. Fasten vpon him like a hungry Dog vpon a peece of meate: And if this be not a tricke to chaste a foole, A more knaue learne me, and ile goe to schoole. I arrest you Sir. Arrest me, thou seruant to Sathan: at whose sute? At your Masters, M. Greshams. O God for thy mercie, M. Iohn, M. Iohn. Nay, nay, this 100. li, hath other worke in hand for me, You are in the Deuils hand, and so agree. My good friend, now what must become of me? Vnles, wee shall to the Tauerne, and drinke till you can send for Baile, you must to the Counter. Is ther no difference made betwixt the faithfull and the vnfaithfull.