2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody (The Second Part of Queen Elizabeth's Troubles) · chunk 25 of 44
Heywood, Thomas · published 1606 · first performed or written 1605 [1604-1605; revised c.1632] (Annals) history · Queen Anne's Men unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
He commends it to be both rich and fair, And desires to know how you value it. My prize sir, is fifteen hundred pound. Quantivalet? Mille quin gentis minis, Non, non nimis peceara est ista Gemma. He saith it is too dear, he will not buy it. I will peruse your pearl, is that your prize? I cannot bate one crown and gain by it. we'll not be accessary to your Loss, And yet consider all things some may think us To be but bare of treasure at this time, Having disbursed so much about our works: Yet if our ships and Trade in Barbarie Hold currant we are well: what news from Sea, How stands my ships? Your ships in which all the Kings pictures were, From Brute unto our Queen Elizabeth: Drawn in white marble, by a storm at sea Is wracked and lost. The Loss, I weigh not this: Only it grieves me that my famous building, Shall want so rich and fair an ornament. It touches all the City; for those pictures Had doubly graced this royal edifice. methinks the ship's loss most should trouble you. My ships but wealth, why we have wealth; The pictures were the grace of my new Burse, So I might them in their true form behold, I cared not to have lost their weights in gold. A noble Citizen. Our Factor, what good news from Barbarie? What says the King, speak, didst thou summon him? Or hast thou brought my threescore thousand pound? Or shall I have the Sugars at that rate? If so, new marble Pictures we'll have wrought, And in a new ship from beyondsea brought. The King that in the regal chair succeeds The King late dead I summoned, and demanded Either your money tendered, or the Sugars After the rate proposed, he denied both Alleging though he was successive heir, He was not therefore either tide to pay The late king's debts, nor yet to stand unto Unnecessary bargains: notwithstanding To gratify your love, the King hath sent you As presents, not as satisfaction: A costly dagger, and a pair of slippers, And there's all for you threescore thousand pound. by’r lady a dear bargain. I fear me this will plague him, a strange cross, How will he take this news, loss upon loss. Nay, will it not undo him, doth he not wish his buildings in his purse. A dagger that's well, A pair of slippers come unto my shoes, What 30. thousand pound in sterling money, And paid me all in slips, than hautboys play, On slippers i'll dance all my care away: Fit, fit, he had the just length of my foot. You may report Lords when you come to Court, You Gresham saw a pair of slippers wear Cost thirty thousand pound. Somewhat too dear. Nor yet for all this treasure we have lost, Repents it us one penny of our cost. As royal in his virtues as his buildings. These losses would have killed me.
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He commends it to be both rich and faire, And desires to know how you vallew it. My prise sir, is fifteene hundred pound. Quantivalet? Mille quin gentis minis, Non, non nimis peceara est ista Gemma. He saith it is too deare, he will not buy it. I will peruse your pearle, is that your prise? I cannot bate one crowne and gaine by it. Wee'l not be accessarie to your Losse, And yet consider all things some may thinke vs To be but bare of treasure at this time, Hauing disburst so much about our workes: Yet if our ships and Trade in Barbarie Hold currant we are well: what newes from Sea, How stands my ships? Your ships in which all the Kings pictures were, From Brute vnto our Queene Elizabeth: Drawne in white marble, by a storme at sea Is wrack't and lost. The Losse, I way not this: Onely it greeues me that my famous building, Shall want so rich and faire an ornament. It touches all the Cittie; for those pictures Had doubly grac't this royall edifice. Me thinkes the ships losse most should trouble you. My ships but wealth, why we haue wealth; The pictures were the grace of my new Burse, So I might them in their true forme behold, I car'd not to haue lost their waights in gold. A noble Citizen. Our Factor, what good newes from Barbarie? What sayes the King, speake, didst thou sommon him? Or hast thou brought my threescore thousand pound? Or shall I haue the Sugars at that rate? If so, new marble Pictures weele haue wrought, And in a new ship from beyond-sea brought. The King that in the regall chaire succeedes The King late dead I summon'd, and demaunded Either your money tendred, or the Sugars After the rate propos'd, hee denied both Alleaging though he was successiue heire, He was not therefore either tide to pay The late Kings debts, nor yet to stand vnto Vnnecessarie bargaines: notwithstanding To gratifie your loue, the King hath sent you As presents, not as satisfaction: A costly dagger, and a paire of slippers, And there's all for you three-score thousand pound. Birlady a deare bargaine. I feare me this will plague him, a strange crosse, How will he take this newes, losse vpon losse. Nay, will it not vndoe him, doth he not wish his buildings in his purse. A dagger that's well, A payre of slippers come vnto my shooes, What 30. thousand pound in sterling money, And payd me all in slippes, then Hoboyes play, On slippers ile daunce all my care away: Fit, fit, he had the iust length of my foot. You may report Lords when you come to Court, You Gresham saw a paire of slippers weare Cost thirtie thousand pound. Somewhat too deare. Nor yet for all this treasure we haue lost, Repents it vs one penny of our cost. As royall in his vertues as his buildings. These losses would haue kild me.