Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 34 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 0.80 · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
The chain of pearl? By my trothit's mine; By my troth much good do't you sir? I'm glad in my soul fie— Gnaws, Deliver your weapons, How? You're apprehended upon suspicion of felony? Felony? what's that' Was it you i'faith, sir all this while, that did me that kindness to ease both my pockets at Coom-park: I sir? pray gentlemen draw near, let's talk among ourselves, stand a part Scoundrel;— must every gentleman be up braided in public that flies out now and then upon necessity, to be themes for peddlers and weavers? this should not be, 'twas never seen among the Romans; nor read we of it in the time of Brute▪ are we more Brutish now? did I list to blab, do not I know your course of lise master Taylbee to be as base as the basest, maintained by me, by him by all of us, and a second hand from mistresses, I've their letters here to show? Why should you be so violent to strip naked Another's Reputation, to the world knowing your own so leprous, Beside this chain of pearl and those spur-royals came to you falsely for she broke her faith, and made her soul a strumpet with her body, when she sent those; they were ever justly mine? Pray what moves you sir, why should you shake your head, you're clear, sure I should know you sir, pray are not you sometimes a pandar, & oftener a bawd sir, have I never Sinned in your banquetting boxes, your bowers and towers? you slave, that keeps fornication upon the tops of trees, the very Birds cannot in gender in quiet for you, why rogue, that goes in good clothes made out of wenches cast gowns. Nothing goes so near my heart as that? Do you shake your slaves noddle? And here's a rascal looked a-sway too, (saving the pre, cease of master Goldstone;) a filthy-slimy-lousy-nittical broker, pricked up in pawns from the hatband to the shoestring a necessary hook to hang gentlemen's suits on't i'th' Air, lest they should grow musty with long lying? which his pawns seldom are guilty off, a fellow of several scents and Seeamea; French, Dutch, Italian, English, and therefore his louse must needs be mongrels. why Bill money? I am sorry to here this among you, you'ave all deceived me, truly I took you for other Spirits, you must pardon me henceforward, I have a reputation to look to, I must be no more seen in your companies; Nay, nay, nay, nay, master Goldstone, you must not scape so i'faith, one word before you go sir, Pray dispatch then, I would not for half my revenues i'faith now, that any gallants should pass by in the mean time, and find me in your companies, nay as quick as you can sir. You did not take away master Bowcer's cloak tother morning, pawned it to me and borrowed five pound upon't; Ha?
nodes 1398–1417 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 34 of 40 in this edition
Length
492 words · 687 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.795 (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)
The chaine of pearle? By my trothit's mine; By my troth much good do't you ſir? Im'e glad in my ſoule ſie—Gnawes, Deliuer your weapons, How? You're apprehended vpon ſupition of fellony? Fellony? whats that' Was it you yfaith, ſir all this while, that did me that kindnes to eaſe both my pockets at Coom-parke: I ſi? pray gentlemen draw neere, lets talke among our ſelues, ſtand a part Scoundrell;—muſt euery gentleman be vp braided in publike that flies out now and then vpon neceſſity, to be Theames for pedlers and weauers? this ſhoud not bee, twas neuer ſeene among the Romaines; nor read we of it in the time of Brute▪ are wee more Brutiſh now? did I liſt to blab, do not I know your courſe of liſe maiſter Taylbee to bee as baſe as the baſeſt, maintaind by mee, by him by all of vs, and a ſecond hand from miſtreſſes, Iu'e their letters heere to ſhow? Why ſhould you be ſo violent to ſtrip naked Anothers Reputation, to the world knowing your owne ſo leprous, Beſide this naiie of pearle and thoſe ſpur-royals came to you fa ſe y for ſhe broke her faith, and made her ſoule a ſtrumpet with her body, when ſhe ſent thoſe; they were euer iuſtly mine? Pray what moues you ſir, why ſhould yo ſhake your head, you'r cleere, ſure I ſhould know you ſir, pray are not you ſometimes a pandar, & oftner a bawd ſir, haue I neuer Sin'd in your ban-quetting boxes, your bowers and towers? you ſlaue, that keeps fornication vpon the tops of trees, the very Birds cannot in gender in quiet for you, why rogue, that goes in good clothes made out of wenches caſt gownes. Nothing goes ſo neere my heart as that? Do you ſhake your ſlaues nodle? And heer's a raskall lookt aſway too, (ſauing the pre, ſeace of maiſter Goldſtone;) a filthy-ſlymy-louſie-nitticall broker, prickt vp in pawnes from the hat-band to the ſhooſtringa neceſſary hooke to hang gentlemens ſuites ont it'h Aire, leaſt they ſhould grow muſty with long lying? which his pawnes ſeldome are guilty off, a fellow of ſeuerall ſents and Seeamea; French, Duch, Italian, Engliſh, and therefore his lice muſt needs be mungrells. why Bill mony? I am ſorry to heere this among you, y'aue all deceiu'd me, truly I tooke you for other Spirits, you muſt pardon mee hence-forward, I haue a reputation to looke to, I muſt bee no more ſeene in your companies; Nay, nay, nay, nay, maiſter Golſtone, you muſt not ſcape ſo yfaith, one word before you go ſir, Pray diſpatch then, I would not for halfe my reuenewes yfaith now, that any gallants ſhould paſſe by in the meane time, and finde me in your companies, nay as quicke as you can ſir. You did not take away maiſter Bowcers cloake other morning, pawnd it to me and borrowed fiue pound vppon't; Ha?