The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Puritan Widow) · chunk 21 of 37
Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.79 · 505 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Troth if it will suffice, it shall be all among you, for my part I'll not pocket a penny, my hostess shall have her four pound five shillings, and bate me the five pence, and the other fifteen shillings I'll spend upon you. Why now thou art a good Scholar. An excellent Scholar i'faith; has proceeded very well o'late; come, we'll along with you. Who knocks, whose's at door? we had need of a Porter. A few friends here?— pray is the Gentleman your master within. Yes, is your business to him? ay, he knows it, when he see's me: I pray you have you forgot me. ay by my troth sir, Pray come near, I'll in and tell him of you, please you to walk here in the Gallery till he comes. we will attend his worship,— worship I think, for so much the Posts at his door should signify, and the fair coming in, and the wicket, else I neither knew him nor his worship, but 'tis happiness he is within doors, whatsoe'er he be, if he be not too much a formal Citizen, he may do me good: sergeant and Yeoman, how do you like this house, is't not most wholesomely plotted? Troth prisoner, an exceeding fine house. Yet I wonder how he should forget me, for he near knew me: No matter, what is forgot in you will be remembered in your Master. A pretty comfortable room this methinks: You have no such rooms in prison now? Oh dog-holes toot, Dog-holes indeed— I can tell you I have great hope to have my Chamber here shortly, nay and diet too, for he's the most free-heartedst Gentleman where he takes: you would little think it? and what a fine Gallery were here for me to walk and study, and make verses, O it stands very pleasantly for a Scholar. Look what maps, and pictures, and devices, and things, neatly delicately? mass here he comes, he should be a Gentleman, I like his Beard well;— All happiness to your worship. You're kindly welcome sir. A simple . Mass it seems the Gentleman makes great account of him. I have the thing here for you sir. I beseech you conceal me sir, I'm undone else,— I have the Mask here for you sir, Look you sir,— I beseech your worship first to pardon my rudeness, for my extremes makes me bolder than I would be; I am a poor Gentleman and a Scholar, and now most unfortunately fallen into the Fangs of unmerciful officers, arrested for debt, which though small, I am not able to compass, by reason I'm destitute of lands, money, and friends, so that if I fall into the hungry swallow of the prison, I am like utterly to perish, and with fees and extortions be pinched clean to the bone: Now, if ever pity had interest in the blood of a Gentleman, I beseech you vouchsafe but to favour that means of my escape, which I have already thought upon.
nodes 530–552 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 21 of 37 in this edition
Length
505 words · 666 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.793 (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)
Troth if it will suice, it shall be all among you, for my prt ile not pocket a penny, my hostise shall haue her foure pound fiue shillings, and bate me the fiue pence, and the other fteene shillings Ile spend vpon you. Why now thou art a good Scholler. An excellent Scholler Ifaith; has proceeded very well alate; come, weele along with you. Who knocks, whose at doore? we had need of a Porter. A few friends here?—pray is the Gentleman your maister within. Yes, is your businesse to him? I, he knows it, when he see's me: I pray you haue you forgot mee. I by my troth sir, Pray come neere, Ile in and tell him of you, please you to walke here in the Gallery till he comes. Wee will attend his worship,—worship I thinke, for so much the Posts at his doore should signifie, and the faire comming in, and the wicket, else I neither knew him nor his worship, but 'tis happinesse he is within doores, what so ere he bee, if he be not too much a formall Citizen, hee may doe me good: Seriant and Yeoman, how doe you like this house, ist not most wholsomly plotted? Troth prisoner, an exceeding fine house. Yet I wonder how hee should forget me, for hee nere knew mee: No matter, what is forgot in you will bee remembred in your Maister. A pritty comfortable roome this me thinkes: You haue no such roomes in prison now? Oh dog-holes toote, Dog-holes indeed—I can tell you I haue great hope to haue my Chamber here shortly, nay and dyet too, for hee's the most free-hartedst Gentleman where he takes: you would little thinke it? and what a fine Gallery were here for mee to walke and study, and make verse, O it stand very pleasantly for a Scholler. Looke what maps, and pictures, and deuices, and things, neatly deliately? masse here he comes, he should be a Gentleman, I like his Beard well;—All happinesse to your worship. You're kindly welcome sir. A simple . Masse it seemes the Gentleman makes great account of him. I haue the thing here for you sir. I beseech you conceale me sir, Ime vndone else,—I haue he Maske here for you sir, Looke you sir,—I beseech your worship first to pardon my rudenesse, for my extreames makes mee boulder then I would bee; I am a poore Gentleman and a Scholler, and now most vnfortunately falne into the angs of vnmercifull officers, arrested for debt, which tho small, I am not able to compasse, by reason Ime destitute of lands, money, and friends, so that i I fall into the hungrie swallow of the prison, I am like vtterly to perish, and with fees and extortions be pincht cleane to the bone: Now, if euer pitty had interest in the bloud of a Gentleman, I beseech you vouchsafe but to fauour that meanes of my escape, which I haue already thought vpon.