Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 7 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.76 · 479 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Her Chain of Pearl. I snecked it away finely. Active boy, thy masters best revenue, his life & soul Thou keep'st 'em both together? whip, away, Fall back, fall belly, I must be maintained, Hope is no purchase, nor care I if I miss her, why I rank In this design with gallants, there's full cause Policy invites me to it, 'tis not for love, or for her sake alone: It keeps my state suspectless and unknown. Their looks run through, & through me, & the stings Of their Snake-hissing whispers pierced my hearing: They're mad she graced me with one private minute, Above their fortunes, I have observed 'em often, Most spitefully aspected toward my happiness, Beyond all others: but the cause I know not, A quiet month the Virgin has enclosed Unto herself: suitors stand without till then, In which space cunningly I'll wind myself, Into their Bosoms. I have bethought the shape, Some credulous Scholar, easily infected With fashion▪ time, and humour. unto such Their deepest thoughts, will like to wanton fishes, Play above water, and be all parts seen: For since at their envy pines I'll see Whether their lives from touch of blame sit free. Mistress Newcut, welcome, here will be choice of Gallants for you anon. Its all clear, may I venture? am I not seen of the wicked? Strange absurdity, that you should come into my house and ask if you be not seen of the wicked, push, I take't unkindly i'faith, what think you of my house, 'tis no such common receptacle. Forgive me sweet master Primero, I can be content to have my pleasure as much as another, but I most have a care of my credit, I would not be seen; any thing else; my husbands at Sea, and a woman shall have a ill report in this world let her carry herself never so secretly: you know't master Primero: and what choice of Gallants be they? will they be proper Gentlemen think you? Nay sure they are as proper as they will be already. I most have choice you know, I come for no gain, but for sheer pleasure and affection. You see your old spy-hole yonder, take you stand, please your own eye, I'll work it so, the Gallants shall present themselves before you and in the most conspicuous fashion. That's all I can desire— till better come? look you. What mean you Lady? A trifle sir, to bvy you silver Spurs: good sir accept it. Silver Spurs, a pretty emblem, mark it, all her gifts are about riding still; the other day she sent me Boothose wrought in silk and gold, now silver spurs; well, go the ways, thou'rt as profitable a spirit as ere lighted into my house; come Ladies come, 'tis late, to Music, when? You're best command us: sir, our pimp's grown proud.
nodes 236–272 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 40 in this edition
Length
479 words · 636 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.761 (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)
Her Chaine of Pearle. I ſeckt it away fiely. Actiue boy, thy maiſters beſt reuenew, his life & ſoule Thou keepſt 'em both together? whip, away, Fall back, fall belly, I muſt be maintaind, Hope is no purchaſe, nor care I if I miſſe her, why I ranck In this deſiegne with gallants, there's fu'l cauſe Policie enuites me to it, 'tis not for loue, or for her ſake alone: It keepes my ſtate ſuſpectele and vnknowne. Their lookes run through, & through me, & the ſtgs Of their Snake-hiſſing whiſpers pierſt my hearing: They're mad ſhe gracd me with one priuate minute, Aboue their fortunes, I haue obſerud em often, Moſt ſpightfully aſpected toward my happineſſe, Beyond all others: but the use I know not, A quiet moneth the Virgin has encloſde Vnto her ſelfe: ſuiters ſtand without till then, In which ſpace cunningly lle winde my ſelfe, Into their Boſomes. I haue be-thought the ſhape, Some credulous Scholler, eaſily infected With faſhion▪ time, and humor. vnto ſuch Their deepeſt thoughts, will like to wanton fiſhe, Play aboue water, and be all parts ſeene: Fr ſince▪ me their enuie pies ile ſee Whether their liues from touch of blame ſit free. Miſtreſſe New-cut, welcome, here will bee choyſe of Gallants for you anon. Is all cleare, may I venture? am I not ſeene of the wicked? Strange abſurdity, that you ſhould come into my houſe and aske if you be not ſeene of the wicked, puſh, I takt vnkindly ifaith, what thinke you of my houſe, 'tis no ſuch common receptacle. Forgiue me ſweete maiſter Primero, I can bee content to haue my pleaſure as much as another, but I muſt haue a care of my credit, I would not bee ſeene; any thing elſe; my huſbands at Sea, and a woman ſhall haue an ill report in this world let her carry her ſelfe neuer ſo ſecretly: you know't maiſter Primero: and what choiſe of Gallants bee they? will they bee proper Gentlemen thinke you? Nay ſure they are as proper as they will be already. I muſt haue choiſe you know, I come for no gaine, but for ſheere pleaſure and affection. You ſee your old ſpy-hole yonder, take you ſtand, pleaſe your owne eye, Ile worke it ſo, the Gallants ſhall preſent themſelues before you and in the moſt conſpicuous faſhion. That's all I can deſire—till better come? looke you. What meane you Lady? A trifle ſir, to buy you ſiluer Spurs: good ſir accept it. Siluer Spurs, a pritty embleme, marke it, all her gifts are about riding ſtill; the other day ſhee ſent mee Boote-hoſe wrought in ſilke and golde, now ſiluer spurres; well, goe the waies, thou'rt as profitable a ſpirit as ere lighted into my houſe; come Ladies come, 'tis late, to Muſick, when? Y'are beſt command vs: ſir, our pimp's growne proud.