Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T1: death, life, dead, die, blood, revenge, soul, father, heart, heaven.
As a judge of the countreye here am I come, Sent by the kings Majesty, justice to do: Chief to proceed in judgement of a Felon, I tarry for the verdict of the quest ●re I go. Go bailie, know whether they be all a greed or no If they be so, bid them come away And bring their prisoner, I would hear what they say I go my Lord, I go, to soon for one, He is like to play a cast, will break his neck bone, I beseech your lordship be good to him, The man is come of good kynne● If your Lordship would be so good to me, As for my sake to set him free, I could have twenty pount in a purse, Yea, and your Lordship a right fair horse, Well worth ten pound. Get the a way thou hell hound, If ye were well examined and tried, Perchance a false knave ye would be spied, Bribes (saith Solomon) blind the wise man's sight That he can not see to give judgement right, Should I be a bribar● nay he shall have the law As I own to god and the king obedience and awe. Ye be tied fair enough for running away If ye do not after me, ye will be hanged I dare say If thou tell no tales, but hold thy tongue, I will ●e●the at liberty ere it be long. Though thou be judged to die anon, Come on sirs, I pray you come on, Be you all agreed in one? yea my Lord, every chone, Where Ishmael was intided by .xii. men, Of Felony, burglary, and murdre, As thenditement declareth, how, where, and when ye heard it read to you lately in order: you with the rest, I trust all true men, Be charged upon your oaths to give verdict directly, Whether Ishmael thereof be guilty or not guilty, Guilty (my Lord) and most guilty, Wilt thou hang my Lord, whoreson noddy? The lord have mercy upon thee, Tusshe, hold thy tongue and I warrant the Thou shalt go to the place thou camest fro, Till to morrow ix of the clock, there to remain, To the place of execution then shalt thou go● There be hanged to death, and after again, Being dead, for ensample, to be hanged in a chains Take him away, and see it be done, At your peril that may fall thereupon. Though I be judged to die, I require respite, For the kings advantage in things I can recite, A way with him he will speak but of spite, well we will hear you say what you can. But see that ye wrongfully accuse no man, I will be lie no man, but this I may say, Here standeth he that brought me to this way: My Lordes he lieth like a damned knave, The fear of death doth make him rave,
nodes 347–404 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 10 in this edition
Length
489 words · 639 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T1 — Death, grief and revengecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.632 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T1 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
As a iudge of the countrey here am I come, Sent by the kynges Maiestye, Iustyce to do: Chiefly to procede in iudgement of a Felon, I tary for the verdite of the quest re I go. Go baily, know whether they be all a greed or no If they be so, byd them come away And bring their prisoner, I wold hear what they say I go my Lord, I go, to soone for one, He is lyke to play a cast, wil breake his necke bone, I beseche your lorshyp be good to hym, The man is come of good kynne If your Lordshyp would be so good to me, As for my sake to set hym free, I could haue .xx. pount in a purse, Yea, and your Lordshyp a right faire horse, Well worth ten pound. Get the a way thou hell hound, If ye were well examined and tried, Perchaunce a false knaue ye would be spyed, Brybes (saith Salomon) blind ye wise mans sight That he can not se to geue iudgement right, Should I be a bribar nay he shall haue the law As I owe to god and the kyng obedience and awe. Ye be tyed fayre ynough for runnyng away If ye do not after me, ye wyll be hanged I dare say If thou tell no tales, but holde thy toungue, I wyl ethe at lybertye ere it be longe. Though thou be iudged to dye anon, Come on firs, I pray you come on, Be you all agreed in one? yea my Lord, euery chone, Where Ismael was intided by .xii. men, Of Felony, burglary, and murdre, As thinditement declareth, howe, where, and when ye heard it read to you lately in ordre: you with the rest, I trust all true men, Be charged vpō your othes to gyue verdyte directly, Whether Ismael therof be gilty or not gilty, Gilty (my Lord) and most gilty, Wilt thou hange my Lord, horeson noddy? The lorde haue mercy vpon the, Tusshe, holde thy tonge and I warrant the Thou shalt go to the place thou camst fro, Tyl to morow .ix. of the clocke, there to remain, To the place of execution then shalt thou go There be hanged to death, and after again, Being dead, for ensample, to be hanged in a chain Take hym away, and se it be done, At your perill that may fall thereupon. Though I be iudged to dye, I require respite, For the kinges aduantage in thinges I can recite, A way with him he wyll speake but of spyte, well we will heare you say what you can. But se that ye wrongfully accuse no man, I wyll be lye no man, but thys I may say, Here standeth he that brought me to thys waye: My Lorde he lyeth like a dampned knaue, The feare of death doth make hym raue,