The Miseries of Enforced Marriage · chunk 21 of 47
Wilkins, George · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 [1605-1606] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.85 · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Stand not upon't, be bound, be bound. Well at your Importance, for once I'll stretch my purse Whose borne to sink, as good this way as worse. Now speaks my Bully like a Gentleman of worth. Of merit. Fit to be regarded. That shall command our souls. Our swords. ourselves. To feed upon you as Pharaoh's lean kine did upon the fat. Master Gripe is my bond currant for this Gentleman. Good security you Egyptian Grasshopper, good security? And for as much more kind Master Scarborrow. Provided that men mortal as we are, May have. May have security. Your bond with land conveyed, which may assure me of mine own again. You shall be satisfied, and I'll become your debtor, for full five hundred more than he doth owe you. This night we sup here, bear us company, And bring your Counsel, Scrivener, and the money with you, Where I will make as full assurance as in the Law you'd wish. I take your word Sir, And so discharge you of your prisoner. Why then let's come and take up a new room, the infected hath spit in this. He that hath store of Coin, wants not a friend, Thou shalt receive sweet rogue, and we will spend. Brother, you see the extremity of want Enforceth us to question for our own, The rather that we see, not like a Brother Our Brother keeps from us to spend on other. True, he has in his hands our portions, the patrimony which our Father gave us, with which he lies fatting himself with Sack and sugar in the house, and we are feign to walk with lean purses abroad. Credit must be maintained which will not be without money, Good clothes must be had, which will not be without money, company must be kept which will not be without money, all which we must have, and from him we will have money. Besides, we have brought our sister to this Town, That she herself having her own from him, Might bring herself in Court to be preferred, Under some Noble parsonage, or else that he Whose friends are great in Court, by his late match, As he is in nature bound, provide for her. And he shall do it brother, though we have waited at his lodging, longer than a tailors bill on a young Knight for an old reckoning, without speaking with him, Here we know he is, and we will call him to parley. Yet let us do't in mild and gentle terms, Fair words perhaps may sooner draw our own, Then rougher courses by which his mischief grown. Anon, anon, look down into the Dolphin there. Here comes a drawer we will question him. Do you hear my friend, is not master Scarborrow here? Here sir, what a jest is that, where should he be else, I would have you well know my master hopes to grow rich before he leaves him.
nodes 896–939 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 21 of 47 in this edition
Length
494 words · 616 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.848 (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)
Stand not vpont, be bound, be bound. Well at your Importance, for once Ile stretch my purse Whose borne to sinke, as good this way as worse. Now speakes my Bully like a Gentleman of worth. Of merit. Fit to be regarded. That shall command our soules. Our swords. Our selues. To feed vpon you as Pharoes leane kine did vpon the fat. Maister Gripe is my bond currant for this Gentleman. Good security you Aegyptian Grashopper, good security? And for as much more kinde Maister Scarborrow. Prouided that men mortal as we are, May haue. May haue security. Your bond with land conuaid, which may assure me of mine owne againe. You shal be satisfied, and Ile become your debter, for full fiue hundred more then he doth owe you. This night we sup heere, beare vs company, And bring your Counsell, Scriuener, and the mony with you, Where I wil make as ful assurance as in the Law you'd wish. I take your word Sir, And so discharge you of your prisoner. Why then lets come and take vp a new roome, the infected hath spit in this. He that hath store of Coyne, wants not a frend, Thou shalt receiue sweet rogue, and we will spend. Brother, you see the extreamity of want Inforceth vs to question for our owne, The rather that we see, not like a Brother Our Brother keepes from vs to spend on other. True, he has in his hands our portions, the patrimony which our Father gaue vs, with which he lies fatting himselfe with Sacke and suger in the house, and we are faine to walke with lean purses abroad. Credit must be maintained which wil not be without mony, Good cloaths must be had, which will not be without money, company must be kept which wil not be without money, al which we must haue, and from him we will haue money. Besides, we haue brought our sister to this Towne, That she her selfe hauing her owne from him, Might bring her selfe in Court to be preferd, Vnder some Noble personage, or els that he Whose friends are great in Court, by his late match, As he is in nature bound, prouide for her. And he shall do it brother, tho we haue waited at his lodging, longer then a Taylours bil on a young Knight for an old rekoning, without speaking with him, Heere we know he is, and we wil call him to parle. Yet let vs doot in mild and gentle tearmes, Faire words perhaps may sooner draw our owne, Then ruffer courses by which his mischiefe grown. Anon, anon, looke downe into the Dolphine there. Here comes a drawer we wil question him. Doe you heare my friend, is not maister Scarborrow here? Here sir, what a iest is that, where should hee bee else, I would haue you well know my maister hopes to grow rich before he leaues him.