Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 19 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 503 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Excuse me pray, I'm in a little haste, My horse waits for me. What some journey toward? A light one i'faith sir. I am sorry that my business so commands me, I cannot ride with you; but I make no question, You have company enough. Alas not any— nor do I desire it, Why 'tis but to Kingston yonder. O cry you mercy sir, Scape but one reach, there's little danger thither. True a little of Come-parke. You've named the place sir, that's all I fear i'faith, Farewell sweet master Taylbee, This fell out happily; I'll call this purchase mine, before I greet him, e'en where his fear lies most, there will I meet him: Boy. Sir. Walk my horse behind yond thicket, give a word, if you descry. I have all perfect sir. So, he cannot now be long: What with my boy's dexterity at Ordinaries, and my Geldings celerity over hedge and ditch, but we make pretty shift to rub out, a Gallant, for I have learned these principles. Stoop thou toth' world, 'twill on thy bosom tread, It stoops to thee, if thou advance thy head: The mind being far more excellent than fate, 'tis fit our mind then be above our state; Why should I write my catremitics in my brow, To make them loathe me, that respect me now, If every man were in his courses known; Legs that now honour him, might spurn him down. To conclude, nothing seems as it is but honesty, & that makes it so little regarded amongst us. Eela, ha, ho. The Boy: he's hard at hand, I'll cross him suddenly: and here he comes; stand. Ha! Deliver your purse sir. I feared none but this place i'faith, nay when my mind gives me a thing once. Quick, quick sir, quick. I must dispatch three robberies yet ere night. I'm glad you have such good doings by my troth sir. You'll fare never a whit the better for your flattery I warrant you sir. I speak sincerely, 'tis pity such a proper-parted gentleman should want; nor shall you, as long as I have't about me, nay search and spare not: there's a purse in my left pocket as I take it, with fifteen pound in gold in't, and there's a fair chain of pearl in the other: nay I'll deal truly with you; it grieves me i'faith when I see such goodly men in distress, I'll rather want it myself than they should go without it. And that shows a good nature sir. Nay though I say it, I have been always accounted a man of a good nature, I might have hanged myself ere this time else; Pray use me like a gentleman, take all, but injury not my body. You must pardon me sir, I must a little play the Usurer, and bind you, for mine own security. Alas there's no conscience in that sir, shall I enter into bond, and pay money too. Tut, I must not be betrayed.
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Excuſe me pray, lme in a little haſt, My horſe waites for me. What ſome iourney toward? A light one ifaith ſir. I am ſorry that my buſineſſe ſo commands me, I cannot ride with you; but I make no queſtion, You haue company inough. Alaſſe not any—nor do I deſire it, Why 'tis but to Kingſton yonder. O cry you mercy ſir, Scape but one reach, there's little danger thether. True a little of Come-parke. You'ue namde the place ſir, that's all I feare ifaith, Farewell ſweere maiſter Taylebee, This fell out happily; Ile call this purchaſe mine, before I greete him, Een where his feare lyes moſt, there will I meete him: Boy. Sir. Walke my horſe behinde yon thicket, giue a word, if you diſcrie. I haue all perfect ſir. So, he cannot now belong: What with my boyes dexterity at Ordinaries, and my Geldings celerity ouer hedge and ditch, but we make pritty ſhift to rub out, a Gallant, for I haue learnt theſe principles. Stoope thou toth' world, 'twill on thy boſome tread, It ſtoopes to thee, if thou aduance thy head: The minde beeing farre more excellent then fate, Tis fit our minde then be aboue our ſtate; Why ſhould I write my catremitics in my brow, To make them loath me, that reſpect me now, If euery man were in his courſes knowne; Legs that now honor him, might ſpurne him downe. To conclude, nothing ſeemes as it is but honeſty, & that makes it ſo little regarded amongſt vs. Eela, ha, ho. The Boye: hee's hard at hand, Ile croſſe him ſuddenly: and here he comes; ſtand. Ha! Deliuer your purſe ſir. I fear'd none but this place ifaith, nay when my minde giues me a thing once. Quick, quick ſir, quick. I muſt diſpatch three robberies yet ere night. I'me glad you haue ſuch good doings by my troth ſir. Youle fare neuer a whit the better for your flattery I warrant you ſir. I ſpeake ſincearly, 'tis pitty ſuch a proper-parted gentleman ſhould want; nor ſhall you, as long as I haue't about me, nay ſearch and ſpare not: there's a purſe in my left pocket as I take it, with fifteene pound in gold in't, and there's a faire chaine of pearle in the other: nay I'e deale truly with you; it greeues me yfaith when I ſee ſuch goodly men in diſtreſſe, Ile rather want it my ſelfe then they ſhould go with-out it. And that shewes a good nature ſir. Nay tho I ſay it, I haue beene alwaies accounted a man of a good nature, I might haue hangd my ſelfe ere this time els▪ Pray vſe me like a gentleman, take all, but iniury not my body. You muſt pardon me ſir, I muſt a little play the Vſurer, and binde you, for mine owne ſecurity. Alaſſe ther's no conſcience in that ſir, ſhall I enter into bond, and pay money too. Tut, I muſt not be betrayd.