Anonymous · published 1607 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Unknown T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.77 · 455 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
News, news, news. Sweet rogue, what's the matter? By Iesu the rarest dancing in Christendom. Sweet rascal, where, O do not kill my soul With such delays, tell me kind rogue, O tell me where it is. At a wedding in Gracious street. Come, come, away, I long to see the man In dancing Art that does more than I can. Than you sir! he lives not. Why I did understand thee so. You only excepted, the world beside Cannot afford more exquisite dancers Than are now capering in that bridal house. I will behold them, come crutch, thou shalt with us. Not I. Down dog, i'll have thy company. I have business. By this hand thou shalt go with us. By this leg I will not. A lame oath, never stand to that. By this crutch but I will. Come, you lose time, supper is done long since, And they are now a dancing. Stay Fiddle with thy torch, Gentlemen, good even. Master Berry! Master Berry, I wish you well sir: master Fiddle I am yours for a congee. After the French salutation I am yours for the like courtesy. Master Barnard, tomorrow is your day Of payment sir, I mean the hundred pound, For which I have your bond, I know 'tis sure, You will not break an hour; then if you please To come to dinner sir, you shall be welcome. Sir, I did mean to visit you at home, Not to pay down the money, but entreat Too months forbearance. How! forbear my money? Your reason, why I should forbear my own? You know at first the debt was none of mine, I was a surety, not the principal: Besides, the money that was borrowed Miscarried in the venture; my friend died, And once already have you prisoned me, To my great charge, almost my overthrow, And somewhat raised the debt by that advantage: These things considered, you may well forbear For two months space, so small a sum as this. How! I may forbear; Sir, I have need of money: I may indeed sit moneyless at home, And let you walk abroad spending my coin. This I may do, but sir you know my mind, If you do break your day, assure yourself, That I will take the forfeit of your bond. The forfeit of his bond! ay sir, the forfeit; 'tis no charity To favour you that live like Libertines: here's a Crew! A crew; what Crew? A crew of unthrifts, careless dissolutes, Licentious prodigals, wild tavern-tracers. Night watching money-wasters, what should I call ye? O I want words for to define you rightly; But this I know, London ne'er fostered such As Barnard, Bowdler, and this paltry crutch.
nodes 611–673 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 12 of 41 in this edition
Length
455 words · 618 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.769 (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)
Newes, newes, newes. Sweete rogue, whats the matter? By Iesu the rarest dauncing in christendome. Sweet rascall, where, O doe not kill my soule With such delayes, tell me kinde rogue, O tell me where it is. At a wedding in Gratious streete. Come, come, away, I long to see the man In dauncing Arte that does more than I can. Than you sir! he liues not. Why I did vnderstand thee so. You onely excepted, the world besides Cannot afford more exquisite dauncers Than are now capring in that bridale house. I will beholde them, come crutch, thou shalt with vs. Not I. Downe dogge, ile haue thy company. I haue businesse. By this hand thou shalt goe with vs. By this leg I will not. A lame othe, neuer stand to that. By this crutch but I will. Come, you loose time, supper is done long since, And they are now a dauncing. Stay Fiddle with thy torch, Gentlemen, good eeuen. Maister Berry! Maister Berry, I wish you well sir: maister Fiddle I am yours for a congee. After the French salutation I am yours for the like curtesie. Maister Barnard, to morrow is your day Of payment sir, I meane the hundred pound, For which I haue your bond, I know tis sure, You will not breake an houre; then if you please To come to dinner sir, you shall be welcome. Sir, I did meane to visite you at home, Not to pay downe the money, but intreate Too moneths for-bearance. How! forbeare my money? Your reason, why I should forbeare my owne? You know at first the debt was none of mine, I was a suretie, not the principall: Besides, the money that was borrowed Miscarried in the venture; my friend died, And once already haue you prisoned me, To my great charge, almost my ouer-throw, And some-what raisde the debt by that aduantage: These things considered, you may well forbeare For two moneths space, so small a summe as this. How! I may forbeare; Sir, I haue neede of money: I may indeed sit monilesse at home, And let you walke abroad spending my coyne. This I may doe, but sir you know my minde, If you do breake your day, assure your selfe, That I will take the forfeit of your bond. The forfeit of his bond! I sir, the forfeit; tis no charitie To fauour you that liue like Libertines: Heer's a Crew! A crew; what Crew? A crew of vnthrifts, carelesse dissolutes, Licencious prodigalls, vilde tauern-tracers. Night watching money-wasters, what should I call yee? O I want words for to define you rightly; But this I know, London ne're fostred such As Barnard, Bowdler, and this paltrie crutch.