If It Be Not Good, the Devil Is in It (If This Be Not a Good Play, the Devil Is in It) · chunk 29 of 44
Dekker, Thomas · published 1612 · first performed or written 1611 [1611-1612] (Annals) comedy · Queen Anne's Men · Red Bull 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.
It is a buckler of a large fair compass Quilted within with fox-skins: In the midst A pike sticks out, (sometimes of two years long, And sometimes longer.) And this pike keeps off sergeants and Bailiffs, Actions, and Arrests: 'tis a strong charm 'gainst all the noisome smells Of Counters, Tailors, garnishes, and such hells; By this, a debtor crazed, so lusty grows, He may walk by, and play with his creditor's nose. Under this buckler, here i'll lie and fence. You have outreached me. I'll outreach the devil: But I tempt danger: go thou and fetch some Friar As if (at point of death,) I did desire, (No, Bartervile did desire (to make confession: If any creditors beat, or rail at door, Upstarts this Turk and answers them. Why fetch I a Friar? I have a reaching plot in that (boy) hasten, That we may smile in our securer port: Seeing others' sea tossed: why 'tis but a sport For him that's safe, to see the proud waves swallow Whole fleets of wretched souls: it needs must follow, Nature sent man into the world, (alone,) Without all company, but to care for one, and that i'll do. True City doctrine sir. Away, thy haste, our richest love shall earn, I came to teach, but now (methinks) must learn. What says the prodigal child in the painted cloth? when all his money was spent and gone, they turned him out unnecessary; then did he weep and wist not what to don, for he was in's hose and doublet verily, the best is, there are but two batches of people moulded in this world, that's to say Gentlemen and Beggars; or Beggars and Gentlemen, or Gentlemanlike Beggars, or beggarlike Gentlemen; I rank with one of these I am sure, tag and rag one with another: Am I one of those whom Fortune favours? No no, if Fortune favoured me, I should be full, but Fortune favours nobody but Garlic, nor Garlic neither now, yet she has strong reason to love it; for though Garlic made her smell abominably in the nostrils of the gallants, yet she had smelled and stunk worse but for garlic: One filthy sent takes away another. She once smiled upon me like a lamb, when she gave me gold, but now she roars upon me like a Lion. Stay: what said head? Spend this bravely, and thou shalt have more: can any prodigal newcome upstart spend it more bravely? and now to get more, I must go into the grove of Naples that's here, and get into a black tree, hear's a black tree too, but art thou he? He.— within. H ha, where art thou my sweete great head? Head. O'at the head, that's to say at the top: how shall I get up? for 'tis hard when a man is down in this world to get up, I shall never climb high. high. I will hie me then, but I am as heavy as a sow of lead.
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It is a buckler of a large ayre compasse within with Fox-skinnes: In the midst A pke sticks out, (sometimes of two yeeres long, And sometimes longer.) And this pike keepes off Srieants and Bailiffs, Actions, and Arrests: Tis a strong charme gainst all the noisome smels Of Counters, aylors, garnishes, and such hels; By this, a debtor craize, so growes, He may walke by, and play with his creditors nose. Vnder this buckler, here ile lye and fence. You haue out-reacht me. Ile out-reache the diuell: But I tempt danger: oe thou and fetch some Frier As if (at point of death,) I did desire, (No, Barteruile did desire (to make confession: If any creditors beate, or raile at dore, Vpstarts this Turke and answeres them. Why fetch I a Frier? I hau a reaching plot in that (boy) hasten, That we may smle in our securer port: Seeing others sea tost: why tis but a sport For him thats safe, to see the proud waues swallow Whole fleetes of wretched soules: it needes must follow, Nature sent man into the world, (alone,) Without all company, but to care for one, and that ile doe. True Citie doctrine sir. Away, thy hast, our richest loue shall earne, I came to teach, but now (me thinkes) must learne. What saies the prodigall child in the painted cloth? when all his mony was spent and gon, they turnd him out vnnecessary; then did hee weepe and wist not what to don, for he was in's hose and doublet verily, the best is, there are but two batches of people moulded in this world, thats to say Gentlemen and Beggers; or Beggers and Gentlemen, or Gentlemanlike Beggers, or Beggerlike Gentle-men; I ranck with one of these I am sure, tag and rag one with another: Am I one of those whom Fortune fauours? No no, if Fortune fauourd me, I should be full, but Fortune fauours no body but Garlicke, nor Garlike neither now, yet she has strong reason to loue it; for tho Garlicke made her smell abhominably in the nostrills of the gallants, yet she had smelt and stuncke worse but for garlike: One filthy sent takes away anoher. She once smilde vpon me like a lambe, when shee gaue me gold, but now she roares vpon me like a Lion. Stay: what said hea? Spend this brauely, and thou shalt haue more: can ny prodigall newcome vpstart spend it more brauely? and now to get more, I must goe into the groue of Naples thats here, and get into a blacke tree, heares a blacke tree too, but art thou he? He.—within. H ha, where art thou my sweete great head? Head. O'at the head, thats to say at the top: how shall I get vp? for tis hard when a man is downe in this world to get vp, I shall neuer climbe hie. Hye. I will hie me then, but I am as heauy as a sow of lead.