The Miseries of Enforced Marriage · chunk 20 of 47
Wilkins, George · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 [1605-1606] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.77 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
How, arrest a Gentleman in our company? Put up, put up, for sins sake put up, let's not all sup in the Counter tonight, let me speak with master Gripe the Creditor. Well: what say you to me Sir? You have arrested me here master Gripe. Not I Sir, the sergeants have. But at your suit master Gripe: yet hear me, as I am a Gent. I rather you could say as you were an honest man, and then I might believe you. Yet hear me. Hear me no hearings, I lent you my money for good will. And I spent it for mere necessity, I confess I owe you five hundred pound, and I confess I owe not a penny to any man, but he would be glad to hate: my bond you have already master Gripe If you will, now take my word. Word me no words: Officers look to your prisoner: If you cannot either make me present payment, or put me in security such as I shall like too. Such as you shall like too: what say you to this young Gent. He is the widgen that we must feed upon. Who young master Scarborrow, he is an honest Gentleman for aught I know, I near lost penny by him. I would be ashamed any man should say so by me, that I have had dealings withal: But my enforced friends, wilt please you but to retire into some small distance, whilst I descend with a few words to these Gentlemen, and I'll commit myself into your hands immediately. Well sir we'll wait upon you. Gentlemen I am to proffer some conference, and in especially to you master Scarborrow, our meeting here for your mirth hath proved to me thus adverse, that in your companies I am Arrested: How ill it will stand with the flourish of your reputations when men of rank and note communicate, that I Frank Ilford, Gentleman. whose Fortunes may transcend, to make ample Gratuities future, and heap satisfaction for any present extension of his friend's kindness, was Enforced from the Mitre in Bredstreet, to the Counter i'th' Poultry: for mine own part, if you shall think it meet, and that it shall accord with the state of gentry, to submit myself from the featherbed in the masters side, or the Flock-bed in the knight's ward, to the straw-bed in the hole, I shall buckle to my heels instead of guilt spurs, the armour of patience, and do't. Come, come, what a pox need all this, this is Mellis Flora, the sweetest of the honey, he that was not made to fat Cattle, but to feed Gentlemen. You wear good clothes. Are well descended. Keep the best company. Should regard your credit. Stand not upon't, be bound, be bound. Ye are richly married. Love not your wife. Have store of friends. Who shall be your heir. The son of some slave. Some groom. Some Horse-keeper.
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Length
493 words · 634 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.768 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: T10 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
How, arrest a Gentleman in our company? Put vp, put vp, for sins sake put vp, lets not al suppe in the Counter to night, let me speak with maister Gripe the Creditor. Well: what say you to me Sir? You haue arrested me heere maister Gripe. Not I Sir, the Sergiants haue. But at your sute master Gripe: yet hear me, as I am a Gent. I rather you could say as you were an honest man, and then I might beleeue you. Yet heare me. Heare me no hearings, I lent you my mony for good will. And I spent it for meere necessity, I confesse I owe you fiue hundred pound, and I confesse I owe not a peny to any man, but he wold be glad to hate: my bond you haue already master Gripe If you will, now take my word. Word me no wordes: Officers looke to your prisoner: If you cannot either make me present paiment, or put me in security such as I shall like too. Such as you shall like too: what say you to this young Gent. He is the widgen that wee must feed vpon. Who young maister Scarborrow, he is an honest Gentleman for ought I know, I nere lost peny by him. I would be ashamd any man should say so by me, that I haue had dealings withall: But my inforced friends, wilt please you but to retire into some smal distance, whilst I discend with a few words to these Gentlemen, and Ile commit my selfe into your hands immediately. Well sir weele wait vpon you. Gentlemen I am to proferre some conference, and in especially to you maister Scarborrow, our meeting here for your mirth hath proued to me thus aduerse, that in your companies I am Arrested: How ill it will stand with the flourish of your reputations when men of ranke and note communicate, that I Franke Ilforde, Gentlem. whose Fortunes may transcend, to make ample Gratuities future, and heape satisfaction for any present extention of his friends kindnes, was Inforced from the Miter in Bredstreet, to the Counter i'th Poultrey: for mine owne part, if you shall thinke it meet, and that it shall acord with the state of gentry, to submit my selfe from the featherbed in the Maisters side, or the Flock-bed in the Knights warde, to the straw-bed in the hole, I shall buckle to my heeles insted of guilt spurs, the armour of patience, and doote. Come, come, what a pox need all this, this is Mellis Flora, the sweetest of the hony, he that was not made to fat Cattel, but to feed Gentlemen. You weare good cloaths. Are well descended. Keepe the best company. Should regard your credit. Stand not vpon't, be bound, be bound. Ye are richly married. Loue not your wife. Haue store of friends. Who shall be your heyre. The sonne of some slaue. Some groome. Some Horse-keeper.