Two Wise Men and All the Rest Fools · chunk 20 of 68
Anonymous · published 1619 · first performed or written 1619 [1613-1619] (Annals) satire; dialogue T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.84 · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Thou told me so? what care I for thy telling? If thou told me my father were dead (though I knew he be buried) I will not believe thee. And yet I would not for forty pound he were alive again. This is a grave man, and his very countenance speaks truth. talk no more o't, I am quite dissolved they shall stand fast: and I'll keep them very devoutly. And I'll persuade all the Parish to do the like. Thou teach all the Parish. Wilt thou turn preacher? No preacher Sir, but I hope all the Parish comes to my shop for one thing or other. And cannot I then give 'em part of my talent as well as the Cobblers are wont to do, and I am sure it will become me as handsomely as them. Go Simplo to Mistress Sylvester in Sheerlane, desire her to lend me a pair of sheets, a pillowbier, half a dozen of napkins, and a towel. I will Sir, but now I remember me Proberio told me you have linen enough of your own. He was the more fool to tell you so; but you must not use to cross me thus. Do as you are bidden. Will not our own last the longer if we wear of other folks sometimes? when we have gone through all our friends so often that none will lend us, then 'tis time enough to wear our own. I understand the conceit now. I'll tell her you lost your key. Best of all. Do so. I perceive thou needest no broker. No Sir, no; such a tutor as you will serve turn well enough. You come in good time. I was beholding to you in my greatest necessity: And I purpose to requite all your deserts. At this present an accident is fallen, which will be beneficial to you with a little diligence had. A messenger of mine received a hundredth pound by my direction from a scrivener in this town, and ran away with it into Ireland, find him out, and get the hundredth pound, I give it you. I thank you Sir, but it is a thousand to one I shall never find him; and if I do, I know not the man, and the money perhaps spent. If this fail I'll give you another as beneficial as it. That's easily done. For I think this is little worth. I have an employment for you, one Sir Retlaw, & Master Eloc, his father-in-law are bound with me in divers bonds, I for them, and they for me. The whole sum is a thousand pound, the greater part they are to pay. I have their counter-bonds for all. What they have for my debt I know not. I would have you be perfect in the accounts as they stand in my book, and then demand of them a reckoning between us. Well Sir, this shall be done with effect.
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Length
494 words · 609 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.835 (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
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Thou told me so? what care I for thy telling? If thou told me my father were dead (though I knew hee be buried) I will not bleeue thee. And yet I would not for fortie pound he were aliue againe. This is a graue man, and his vere countenance speakes truth. Tauke no more ot, I am quite dissolv'd they shall stand fast: and Ile keepe them verie devoutlie. And Ile perswade all the Parish to doe the like. Thou teach all the Parish. Wilt thou turne preacher? No preacher Sir, but I hope all the Parish comes to my shop for one thing or other. And cannot I then giue vm part of my talnt as well as the Coblers are wont to doe, and I am sure it will become me as handsomelie as them. Goe Simpl to Mistris Sylvester in Sheerelane, desire her o lend me a paire of sheetes, a plowbeere, halfe a dozen of apkins, and a towell. I will Sir, but now I remember me Porber told me you haue linnen enough of your owne. He was the more foole to tell you so▪ but you must not vse to crosse me thus. Doe as you are bidden. Will not out owne lat the longer if wee weare of other folkes sometimes? when we haue gone through all our friends so often that none will lend vs, then 'tis time enough to weare our owne. I vnderstand the conceit now. Ile tell her you lot your key. Best of all. Doe so. I perceiue thou need'st no broker. No Sir, no; such a tuitor as you will serue turne well enough. You come in good time. I was beholding to you in my gretest necessitie: And I purpose to requite all your deserts. At this present an accident is fallen, which will be beneficiall to you with a little diligence had. A messenger of mine received a hundreth pound by my direction from a serivener in this towne, and ran away with it into Ireland, finde him out, and get the hundreth pound, I giue it you. I thanke you Sir, but it is a thousand to one I shall neuer finde him; and if I doe, I know not the man, and the money perhaps spent. If this faile Ile giue you another as beneficiall as it▪ That's easily done. For I thinke this is litle worth. I haue an employment for you, one Sir Retlaw, & Master Eloc, his father-in-law are bound with me in divers bonds, I for them, and they for me. The whole summe is a thousand pound, the greater part they are to pay. I haue their counter-bonds for all. What they haue for my debt I know not. I would haue you be perfect in the accompts as they stand in my booke, and then demand of them a reckoning betweene vs. Well Sir, this shal be done with effect.