Anonymous / Fletcher, John / Massinger, Philip · published 1621 · first performed or written 1617 [1613-1621] (Annals) tragedy · King's Men · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 500 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
No war, no money, no master; banished the Court, not trusted in the city, whipped out of the country, in what a triangle runs our misery: let me hear which of you has the best voice to beg in, for other hopes or fortunes I see you have not; be not nice, nature provided you with tones for the purpose, the people's charity was your heritage, and I would see which of you deserves his birthright. We understand you not Captain. You see this cardecue, the last and the only quintessence of 50 crowns, distilled in the lembic of your gardage, of which happy piece thou shalt be treasurer: now he that can soonest persuade him to part with't, enjoys it, possesses it, and with it, me and my future countenance. If they want art to persuade it, i'll keep it myself. So you be not a partial judge in your own cause, you shall. Omnes. A march: I'll begin to you, brave Sir; be proud to make him happy by your liberality, whose tongue vouchsafes now to petition was never heard before less than to command: I am a soldier by profession, a gentleman by birth, and an officer by place, whose poverty blushes to be the cause that so high a virtue should descend to the pity of your charity. In any case keep your high style, it is not charity to shame any man, much less a virtue of your eminence, wherefore preserve your worth, and i'll preserve my money. You persuade, you are shallow, give way to merit, ah by the bread of good man, thou hast a bonny countenance and a blithe, promising mickle good to a sicker womb, that has trod a long and a sore ground to meet with friends that will owe much to thy reverence, when they shall hear a thy courtesy to their wandering countryman. You that will use your friends so hardly to bring them in debt Sir, will deserve worse of a stranger, wherefore pead one, pead on I say. It is the Welsh must do't I see, comrade man of vrship, St. Tavy be her patron, the gods of the mountains keep her cow and her cupboard, may she never want the green of the leek, nor the fat of the onion, if she part with her bounties to him that is a great deal away from her cousins, and has too big suits in law to recover her heritage. Pardon me Sir, I will have nothing to do with your suits, it comes within the statute of maintenance: home to your cousins and sow garlic and hempseed, the one will stop your hunger, the other end your suits, gammawash comrade, gammawash. Foot he'll hoard all for himself. Yes, let him; now comes my turn. i'll see if he can answer me: save you Sir, they say you have that I want, money. And that you are like to want, for aught I perceive yet. Stand, deliver.
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No war, no mony, no master; banisht the Court, not trusted in the citty, whipt out of the country, in what a triangle runnes our misery: let me heare which of you has the best voice to beg in, for other hopes or fortunes I see you haue not; bee not nice, nature prouided you with tones for the purpose, the peoples charity was your heritage, and I would see which of you deserues his birth-right. We vnderstand you not Captaine. You see this cardicue, the last and the only quintessence of 50 crownes, distill'd in the lembicke of your gardage, of which happy piece thou shalt be treasorer: now hee that can sonest perswade him to part with't, enioyes it, possesses it, and with it, mee and my future countenance. If they want art to perswade it, ile keepe it my selfe. So you be not a partiall iudge in your owne cause, you shall. Omnes. A marth: I'le begin to you, braue Sir; bee proud to make him happy by your liberality, whose tongue vouchsafes now to petition was neuer heard before lesse then to command: I am a souldier by profession, a gentleman by birth, and an officer by place, whose pouerty blushes to be the cause that so high a vertue should dessend to the pitty of your charity. In any case keepe your high stile, it is not charity to shame any man, much lesse a vertue of your eminence, wherefore preserue your worth, and i'le preserue my mony. You perswade, you are shallow, giue way to merit, ah by the bread of good man, thou hast a bonny countenance and a blith, promising mickle good to a sicker wombe, that has trod a long and a soare ground to meete with friends that wil owe much to thy reuerence, when they shall heare a thy tourtesie to their wandring countriman. You that will vse your friends so hardly to bring them in debt Sir, will deserue worse of a strainger, wherefore pead one, pead on I say. It is the welch must doo't I see, comrade man of vrship, St. Tauy bee her patron, the gods of the mountaines keepe her cow and her cupboord, may shee neuer want the greene of the leeke, nor the fat of the onion, if she part with her bounties to him that is a great deale away from her cozines, and has too big suites in law to recouer her heritage. Pardon me Sir, I will haue nothing to do with your suites, it comes within the statute of maintenance: home to your coznes and sowe garlicke and hempeseede, the one will stop your hunger, the other end your suites, gammawash comrade, gammawash. Foote he'le hoord all for himselfe. Yes, let him; now comes my turne. i'le see if hee can answere me: saue you Sir, they say you haue that I want, mony. And that you are like to want, for ought I perceaue yet. Stand, deliuer.