Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1604 [1603-1604] (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) · before the Court T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.62 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Then he will come indeed As for the other party, let the Audita querela alone, take me out a special Supplicauit, which will cost you enough, and than you pepper him. For the first party after the Procedendo you'll get costs, the cause being sound, you'll have a judgement, Nunc pro Tunc, you'll get a Venire facies to warn your jury, a Decem tales to fill up the number, and a Capias vt Legatum for your execution. I thank you my learned counsel. What a busy caterpillar's this? let's accost him in that manner. Content my Lord. O my old admirable fellow, how have I all this while thirsted to salute thee? I knew thee in Octavo of the Duke.— In Octavo of the Duke: I remember the year well. Bih masse a lustie proper man. Oh was I? But still in law Still in Law. I had not breathed else now, 'tis very marrow, very manna to me to be in law: i'd been dead ere this else: I have found such sweet pleasure in the vexation of others, that I could wish my years over and over again, to see that fellow a Beggar, that bawling Knave a Gentleman: a matter brought e'en to a judgement today, as far as ere 'twas to begin again to morrow: O Raptures I here a writ of Demur, there a Procedendo, here a Sui surrara, there a Capiendo, Tricks, Delays, Money-laws: Is it possible old Lad? I have been a Term-trotter myself any time this five and forty years, a goodly time & a gracious: in which space I ha' been at least sixteen times beggared, and got up again: and in the mire again, that I have stunk again, and yet got up again. And so clean and handsome how? You see it apparently, I cannot hide it from you: nay more, in foelice hora be it spoken, you see i'm old, yet have I at this present, nine and twenty suits in Law. Deliver us man! And all not worth forty shillings. May it cu'd? The pleasure of a man is all. An old fellow and such a stinger. A stake pulled out of my hedge, there's one: I was well beaten I remember, that's two: I took one a-bed with my wife again her will, that's three: I was called cuckold for my labour, that's four: I took another a-bed again, that's five than one called me wittol that's six: he killed my Dog for Barking, seven: my Maid Servant was knocked at that time, eight: my wife miscarried with a push, Nine, & sic de coeteris, I have so vexed and beggared the whole parish, with process, Suppoeneas, and such like molestations, they are not able to spare so much ready money from a Term, as would set up a new Weathercock: the Churchwardens are feign to go to law with the Poors money. Fie, fie.
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489 words · 678 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.618 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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Then he will come indeed As for the other partie, let the Audita querela alone, take me out a ſpecial Supplicauit, which will coſt you inough, and then you pepper him. For the firſt partie after the Procedendo youle get coſts, the cauſe being ſound, youle haue a Iudgement, Nunc pro Tunc, youl get a Venire facies to warne your Iurie, a Decem tales to fill vp the number, and a Capias vt Legatum for your execution. I thanke you my learned counſell. What a buſie Caterpiller's this? let's accoſt him in that maner. Content my Lord. O my olde admirable fellow, how haue I all this while thirſted to ſalute thee? I knew thee in Octauo of the Duke.— In Octauo of the Duke: I remember the yere well. Bih maſſe a luſtie proper man. Oh was I? But ſtill in lawe▪ Still in Law. I had not breath'd elſe now, tis verie marrow, verie manna to me to be in law: ide been dead ere this elſe: I haue found ſuch ſweete pleaſure in the vexation of others, that I could wiſh my yeares ouer and ouer agen, to ſee that fellow a Begger, that bawling Knaue a Gentleman: a matter brough 'een to a iudgement to day, as far as ere t'was to begin again to morowe: O Raptures I heere a writ of Demur, there a Procedendo, heere a Sui ſurrara, there a Capiendo, Tricks, Delayes▪ Money-lawes: Is it poſſible olde Lad? I haue beene a Tearme-trotter my ſelfe anye time this fiue and fortie yeares, a goodly time & a gratious: in which ſpace I ha beene at leaſt ſixteen times beggard, and got vp agen: and in the mire agen, that I haue ſtunke agen, and yet got vp agen. And ſo cleane and handſome how? You ſee it apparantly▪ I cānot hide it frō you: nay more, in foelice hora bee it ſpoken, you ſee i'me olde, yet haue I at this preſent, nine and twentie ſutes in Lawe. Deliuer vs man! And all not worth forthy ſhillings. May it cu'd? The pleaſure of a man is all. An olde fellow and ſuch a ſtinger. A ſtake puld out of my hedge, theres one: I was well beaten I remember, that's two: I tooke one a bed with my wife agen her will, that's three: I was cal'd cuckold for my labour▪ that's foure: I tooke another a bed agen, that's fiue thē one cald me wittal that's ſixe: he kild my Dog for Barking, ſeaen: my Maide Seruant was knockt at that time, eight: my wife miſcarryed with a puſh, Nine, & ſic de coeteris, I haue ſo vext and beggerd the whole pariſh, with proceſſe, Suppoeneas, and ſuch like moleſtations, they are not able to ſpare ſo much readie mony from a Tearme, as woulde ſet vp a new Weather-cocke: the Church-wardens are faine to goe to law with the Poores mony. Fie, fie.