The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Puritan Widow) · chunk 22 of 37
Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.72 · 502 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Go forward. I warrant he likes it rarely. In the plunge of my extremities, being giddy, and doubtful what to do; at last it was put into my labouring thoughts, to make happy use of this paper, and to blear their unlettered eyes, I told them there was a Device for a Mask drawn into, and that (but for their interception,) I was going to a Gentleman to receive my reward for't: they greedy at this word, and hoping to make purchase of me, offered their attendance, to go along with me, my hap was to make bold with your door Sir, which my thoughts showed me the most fairest and comfortablest entrance, and I hope I have happened right upon understanding, and pity: may it please your good Worship then, but to uphold my Device, which is to let one of your men put me out at back-door, and I shall be bound to your worship for ever. By my troth an excellent device. An excellent device he says; he likes it wonderfully. O' my faith I never heard a better. Hark, he swears he never heard a better, Sergeant. O there's no talk on't, he's an excellent Scholar, and especially for a Mask. Give me your Paper, your Device; I was never better pleased in all my life: good wit, brave wit, finely wrought, come in sir, and receive your money sir. I'll follow your good Worship,— You heard how he liked it now? Puh, we know he could not choose but like it: go thy ways thou art a witty fine fellow i'faith, thou shalt discourse it to us at Tavern anon wilt thou? ay, ay, that I will,— look Sergeants here are Maps, and pretty toys, be doing in the mean time, I shall quickly have told out the money, you know. Go, go little villain, fetch thy chink, I begin to love thee, I'll be drunk tonight in thy company. This gentleman I may well call a part Of my salvation, in these earthly evils, For he has saved me from three hungry Devils. Sirrah sergeant, these Maps are pretty painted things, but I could near fancy 'em yet, methinks they're too busy, and full of Circles and Conjurations, they say all the world's in one of them, but I could near find the Counter in the Poultry. I think so: how could you find it? for you know it stands behind the houses. Mass that's true, then we must look ath' backside for't; 'sfoot here's nothing, all's bare. I warrant thee that stands for the Counter, for you know there's a company of bare fellows there. Faith like enough sergeant? I never marked so much before? Sirrah sergeant, and Yeoman, I should love these Maps out a cry now, if we could see if peep out of door in 'em, oh we might have 'em in a morning to our Breakfast so finely, and near knock our heels to the ground a whole day for 'em.
nodes 553–574 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 22 of 37 in this edition
Length
502 words · 639 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.717 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Goe forward. I warrant he likes it rarely. In the plundge of my extremities, being giddy, and doubtfull what to doe; at last it was put into my labouring thoughts, to make happy vse of this paper, and to bleare their vnlettered eyes, I told them there was a Deuice for a Maske drawne int', and that (but for their interception,) I was going to a Gentleman to receiue my reward for't: they greedy at this word, and hoping to make purchase of me, offered their attendance, to goe along with mee, 'my hap was to make bolde with your doore Sir, which my thoughts showde mee the most fairest and comfortablest entrance, and I hope I haue happened right vpon vnderstanding, and pitty: may it please your good Worship then, but to vphold my Deuice, which is to let one of your men put me out at back-doore, and I shall bee bound to your worship for euer. By my troth an excellent deuice. An excellent deuice hee sayes; hee likes it wonderfully. A my faith I neuer heard a better. Harke, hee sweares hee neuer heard a better, Serieant. O there's no talke on't, hees an excellent Scholler, and especially for a Maske. Giue me your Paper, your Deuice; I was neuer better pleasde in all my life: good witte, braue witte, finely rought, come in sir, and receiue your money sir. Ile follow your good Worship,— You heard how he likte it now? Puh, we know hee could not choose but like it: goe thy wayes thou art a witty fine fellow ifaith, thou shalt discourse it to vs at Tauerne anon wilt thou? I, I, that I will,—looke Seriants here are Maps, and prittie toyes, be dooing in the meane time, I shall quickly haue told out the money, you know. Goe, goe little villaine, fetch thy chinck, I begin to loue thee, Ile be drunke to night in thy company. This entlemen I may well call a part Of my saluation, in these earthly euils, For hee has sau'd mee from three hungrie Deuils. Sirah Seriant, these Mappes are prittie painted things, but I could nere fancie 'em yet, mee thinkes they're too busie, and full of Circles and Coniurations, they say all the world's in one of them, but I could nere finde the Counter in the Poultrie. I thinke so: how could you finde it? for you know it stands behind the houses. Masse thats true, then we must looke ath' back-side fort; Sfoote here's nothing, all's bae. I warrant thee that stands for the Counter, for you know theres a company of bare fellowes there. Faith like enough Seriant? I neuer markt so much before? Sirran Seriant, and Yeoman, I should loue these Maps out a crye now, i wee could see peepe out of doore in em, oh wee might haue em in a morning to our Breake-fast so finely, and nere knke our heeles to the ground a whole day for em.