Technogamia, or The Marriages of the Arts · chunk 14 of 64
Holyday, Barten · published 1618 · first performed or written 1618 [Feb 13] (Annals) comedy · at University T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.65 · 443 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Well, I'll go carry Poeta this Letter of Commission for his Execution, and if he have the heart to read it through, without falling into half a dozen sounds, I'll say he has a good heart; but I must haste, or else I think Logicus himself will overtake me. O The soul of Aristotle! I was never in such a Predicament before in all my life: well, I'll to Causidicus, they say his house is here about, and I think this be it: ho, who's within? Who's there? There's an answer indeed; when I ask who's within? he asks, who's without? O, save you Sir, does not one Master Causidicus dwell here? Yes, what would you have Sir? Have Sir! nay, I have more already than I would have. If you have any business, you may impart it to me. Business? than I perceive you are all for Business, you have but little entertainment for a friend; well Sir, are not you a Lawyer? I may not deny my profession, Sir. If then you are a Lawyer Sir, you are either a Civil Lawyer, or an uncivil, you must admit a Division, Sir, for your Lawyers are Equivocal, and therefore carefully to be distinguished before you be defined. Sir, I must confess, I am not a Civil Lawyer, yet I trust not an uncivil. Nay, Sir, my Division holds; I prove it; Either you are a Civil Lawyer, or you are not a Civil Lawyer: But you confess you are not a Civil Lawyer: Ergo, you are an uncivil Lawyer. Well then, Sir, if you would have it so, I am an uncivil Lawyer. Marry Sir, I then fear you will scarce plead my cause well: for my complaint is 'gainst an uncivil fellow, and therefore I much suspect your uprightness: but yet since I cannot make choice, I must use you; but Sir, you must give me leave to hold you a little longer upon some Interrogatories: if you are an uncivil Lawyer, than you are either an Extraordinary Lawyer or a Common Lawyer. Faith, I am no extraordinary Lawyer, and therefore (if you will) a Common Lawyer. Indeed had you been an Extraordinary Lawyer, you had been a Disorderly Lawyer: for, though they are called Canon Lawyers, yet are they most Extravagant. But again Sir, if you are a Common Lawyer, you are to be suspected; for commonly your Common Lawyers are to be suspected. But who comes yonder? Phlegmatico, my valiant Armor-bearer. 'Fore love most Meteorological Tobacco! (again) Pure Indian! (again) Not a lot Sophisticated (again) A Tobacco-pipe is the Chimney of perpetual Hospitality (again) 'Fore love most Metropolitan Tobacco!
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443 words · 599 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.648 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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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)
Well, Ile goe carry Poeta this Letter of Commiſſion for his Execution, and if he haue the heart to reade it through, without fallng into halfe a dozen ſounds, Ile ſay hee has a good heart; but I muſt haſte, or elſe I thinke Logicus himſelfe will ouertake me. O The ſoule of Ariſtotle! I was neuer in ſuch a Praedicament before in all my life: well, Ile to Cauſidicus, they ſay his houſe is here about, and I thinke this bee it: ho, who's within? Who's there? There's an anſwere indeede; when I aske who's within? he askes, who's without? O, ſaue you Sir, do's not one Maſter Cauſidicus dwell here? Yes, what would you haue Sir? Haue Sir! nay, I haue more alreadie then I would haue. If you haue any buſineſſe, you may impart it to me. Buſineſſe? then I perceiue you are all for Buſineſſe, you haue but little entertainment for a friend; well Sir, are not you a Lawyer? I may not denie my profeſſion, Sir. If then you are a Lawyer Sir, you are either a Ciuill Lawyer, or an vnciuill, you muſt admit a Diuiſion, Sir, for your Lawyers are Aequiuocall, and therefore carefully to be diſtinguiſhed before you be defin'd. Sir, I muſt confeſſe, I am not a Ciuill Lawyer, yet I truſt not an Vnciuill. Nay, Sir, my Diuiſion holds; I prooue it; Either you are a Ciuill Lawyer, or you are not a Ciuill Lawyer: But you confeſſe you are not a Ciuill Lawyer: Ergo, you are an Vnciuill Lawyer. Well then, Sir, if you would haue it ſo, I am an Vnciuill Lawyer. Marrie Sir, I then feare you will ſcarce plead my cauſe well: for my complaint is gainſt an Vnciuill fellow, and therefore I much ſuſpect your vprightneſſe: but yet ſince I cannot make choice, I muſt vſe you; but Sir, you muſt giue me leaue to holde you a little longer vpon ſome Interrogatories: if you are an Vnciuill Lawyer, then you are either an Extraordinarie Lawyer or a Common Lawyer. Faith, I am no extraordinarie Lawyer, and therefore (if you will) a Common Lawyer. Indeed had you bin an Extraordinarie Lawyer, you had bin a Diſorderly Lawyer: for, though they are called Canon Lawyers, yet are they moſt Extrauagant. But againe Sir, if you are a Common Lawyer, you are to be ſuſpected; for commonly your Common Lawyers are to be ſuſpected. But who comes yonder? Phlegmatico, my valiant Armor-bearer. 'Fore loue moſt Meteorologicall Tobacco! (againe) Pure Indian! (againe) Not a lot Sophiſticated (againe) A Tobacco-pipe is the Chimney of perpetuall Hoſpitalitie (againe) 'Fore loue moſt Metropolitane Tobacco!