Two Wise Men and All the Rest Fools · chunk 39 of 68
Anonymous · published 1619 · first performed or written 1619 [1613-1619] (Annals) satire; dialogue T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.80 · 537 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Who can endure this filthy Farmer to rail as he doth at us two Mureto? Let us set upon him. Are you so free without fault Master Granate, that you may throw your stones so thick at others? Belike no complaints are made against you for hoarding up corn against a dear year, for selling to badgers at a dear rate, and not serving the market: for mingling bad corn with the good, and foul dressing of the best. For deceitful ploughing your neighbour's ground that hires you at a hard rate, which makes the poor man weep at harvest. Besides many other country tricks which breed new cases among old Lawyers, which I could argue upon an hour together, if I were not presently to go to the hall to move in the Kings bench upon an erection firm. By lakin (Master Granato) you had been as good held your peace as buckled with a Lawyer. I swear he hath in few words touched you to the quick, and done you no wrong neither in mine opinion: but we will adjourn this disputation until our next meeting, and in the mean time provide yourself for a better defence. Sir, Master Eloc and the Knight have given me a copy of their account, and according to your charge, and their defence I have drawn bill and answer. I have showed it them; they liked it, and wish it should be engrossed, and put into the Court, they will depose the answer is true. Is it so? well, give me them. If I find them in that forwardness I will take their word, and end it with kindness. Proberio, you must remove your trunks and stuff presently. I will clear my chambers from all men but myself. What? just so soon as I have done all your business must I be gone, you might have suffered me until you go out of town, if then you will needs have me remove. You were wont to let me lie here a week after, or as long as I needed. marry now I find the cause of that to be, that you had then some business for me to do. Yes; but I purpose to sell my lodgings, and I must have them out. Where shall I lie this night, being suddenly unprovided? and whither shall I carry my stuff? You shall have a bed at the Inn where my horses stand. And your stuff may be put in the out room, near the garden. There they may be stolen; but I must be content, (though not pleased) if there be no remedy. You owe me six pound; you must provide it presently, or else I will arrest your sureties. That six pound I do not owe, although you got my bond for it by a very hard and undue course. And to this I will depose. And if I did, I hope you will not exact it, having received such kindness heretofore from me when I was able, and you in extreme need thereof, and now doing you so many services. Tell me nothing of that; you have been satisfied in your diet and lodging to a better value.
nodes 437–448 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 39 of 68 in this edition
Length
537 words · 645 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.802 (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)
Who can endure this filthie Farmer to raile as he doth at vs two Mureto? Let vs set vpon him. Are you so free without fault Master Granate, that you may throw your stones so thicke at others? Belike no complaints are made against you for hoording vp cone against a deare yeare, for selling to badgers at a deare rate, and not serving the market: for mingling bad corne with the good, and fowle dressing of the best. For deceitfull plowing your neighbours ground that hires you at a hard rate, which makes the poore man weepe at haruest. Besides many other countrie tricks which breed new cases among old Lawyers, which I could argue vpon an houre together, if I were not presently to go to the hall to move in the Kings beneh vpon an eectione firme. By lakin (Master Granato) you had been as good held your peace as buckl'd with a Lawyer. I sweae he hath in few words touch'd you to the quicke, and done you no rong neither in mine opinion: but wee will adiourne this disputation vntill our next meeting, and in the meane time provide your selfe for a better defence. Sir, Master Eloc and the Knight haue giuen me a copy of their accompt, and according to your charge, and their defence I haue drawen bill and answer. I haue shewed it them; they lik't it, and wishe it should be ingrossed, and put into the Court, they will depose the answere is true. Is it so? well, giue me them. If I find them in that forwardnesse I will take their word, and end it with kindnes. Proberio, you must remoue your trunkes and stuffe presently. I will cleare my chambers from all men but my selfe. What? iust so soone as I haue done all your businesse must I be gone, you might haue suffered me vntill you goe out of towne, if then you will needes haue me remoue. You were wont to let me lye heere a weeke after, or as long as I needed. Mary now I finde the cause of that to be, that you had then some busines for me to doe. Yes; but I purpose to sell my lodgings, and I must haue them out. Where shall I lye this night, being sodainely vnprovided? and whither shall I cary my stuffe? You shall haue a bed at the Inne where my horses stand. And your stuffe may be put in the out roome, neere the garden. There they may be stollen; but I must bee content, (though not pleas'd) if there be no remedie. You owe me sixe pound; you must provide it presently, or els I will arrest your sureties. That sixe pound I doe not owe, although you got my bond for it by a verie hard and vndue course. And to this I will depose. And if I did, I hope you will not exact it, having received such kindnesse heretofore from me when I was able, and you in extreame neede thereof, and now doing you so many services. Tell me nothing of that; you haue beene satisfied in your dyet and lodging to a better value.