Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1592 [c.1590-1593] (Annals) comedy · Pembroke's Men (?) T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.87 · 521 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Stop in your wind sir, tell me this I pray? Where have you left the money that I gave you. Oh six pence that I had a wensday last, To pay the Saddler for my Mistress crupper: The Saddler had it Sir, I kept it not. I am not in a sportive humour now: Tell me, and dally not, where is the money? We being strangers here, how darest thou trust So great a charge from thine own custody. I pray you jest sir as you sit at dinner: I from my Mistress come to you in post: If I return I shall be post indeed. For she will scour your fault upon my pate: methinks your maw, like mine, should be your cook, And strike you home without a messenger. Come Dromio, come, these jests are out of season, Reserve them till a merrier hour than this: Where is the gold I gave in charge to thee? To me sir? why you gave no gold to me? Come on sir knave, have done your foolishness, And tell me how thou hast disposed thy charge. My charge was but to fetch you from the Mart Home to your house, the Phoenix sir, to dinner; My Mistress and her sister stays for you. Now as I am a Christian answer me, In what safe place you have bestowed my money; Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours That stands on tricks, when I am undisposed: Where is the thousand Marks thou hadst of me? I have some marks of yours upon my pate: Some of my Mistress marks upon my shoulders: But not a thousand marks between you both. If I should pay your worship those again, Perchance you will not bear them patiently. Thy Mistress marks? what Mistress slave hast thou? Your worship's wife, my Mistress at the Phoenix; She that doth fast till you come home to dinner: And prays that you will high you home to dinner. What wilt thou flout me thus unto my face Being forbid? There take you that sir knave. What mean you sir, for God sake hold your hands: Nay, and you will not sir, I'll take my heels. Upon my life by some device or other, The villain is o'erwrought of all my money. They say this town is full of cozenage: As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye: Dark working Sorcerers that change the mind: Soul-killing Witches, that deform the body: Disguised Cheaters, prating Mountebanks; And many such like-liberties of sin: If it prove so, I will be gone the sooner: I'll to the Centaur to go seek this slave, I greatly fear my money is not safe. Neither my husband nor the slave returned, That in such haste I sent to seek his Master? Sure Luciana it is two a clock. Perhaps some Merchant hath invited him, And from the Mart he's somewhere gone to dinner: Good Sister let us dine, and never fret; A man is Master of his liberty: Time is their Master, and when they see time, They'll go or come; if so, be patiented Sister.
nodes 209–270 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 4 of 29 in this edition
Length
521 words · 665 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.865 (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)
Stop in your winde ſir, tell me this I pray? Where haue you left the mony that I gaue you. Oh ſixe pence that I had a wenſday laſt, To pay the Sadler for my Miſtris crupper: The Sadler had it Sir, I kept it not. I am not in a ſportiue humor now: Tell me, and dally not, where is the monie? We being ſtrangers here, how dar'ſt thou truſt So great a charge from thine owne cuſtodie. I pray you ieſt ſir as you ſit at dinner: I from my Miſtris come to you in poſt: If I returne I ſhall be poſt indeede. For ſhe will ſcoure your fault vpon my pate: Me thinkes your maw, like mine, ſhould be your ooke, And ſtrike you home without a meſſenger. Come Dromio, come, theſe eſts are out of ſeaſon, Reſerue them till a merrier houre then this: Where is the gold I gaue in charge to thee? To me ſir? why you gaue no gold to me? Come on ſir knaue, haue done your fooliſhnes, And tell me how thou hat diſpos'd thy charge▪ My charge was but to fetch you fō the Mart Home to your houſe, the Phoenix ſir, to dinner; My Miſtris and her ſiſter ſtaies for you. Now as I am a Chriſtian anſwer me, In what ſafe place you haue beſtow'd my monie; Or I ſhall breake that merrie ſconce of yours That ſtands on tricks, when I am vndiſpos'd: Where is the thouſand Markes thou hadſt of me? I haue ſome markes of yours vpon my pate: Some of my Miſtris markes vpon my ſhoulders: But not a thouſand markes betweene you both. If I ſhould pay your worſhip thoſe againe, Perchance you will not beare them patiently. Thy Miſtris markes? what Miſtris ſlaue haſt thou? Your worſhips wife, my Miſtris at the Phoenix; She that doth faſt till you come home to dinner: And praies that you will hie you home to dinner. What wilt thou flout me thus vnto my face Being forbid? There take you that ſir knaue. What meane you ſir, for God ſake hold your hands: Nay, and you will not ſir, Ile take my heeles. Vpon my life by ſome deuiſe or other, The villaine is ore-wrought of all my monie. They ſay this towne is full of coſenage: As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: Darke working Sorcerers that change the minde: Soule-killing Witches, that deforme the bodie: Diſguiſed Cheaters, prating Mountebankes; And manie ſuch like-liberties of ſinne: If it proue ſo, I will be gone the ſooner: Ile to the Centaur to goe ſeeke this ſlaue, I greatly feare my monie is not ſafe. Neither my husband nor the ſlaue return'd, That in ſuch haſte I ſent to ſeeke his Maſter? Sure Luciana it is two a clocke. Perhaps ſome Merchant hath inuited him, And from the Mart he's ſomewhere gone to dinner: Good Siſter let vs dine, and neuer fret; A man is Maſter of his libertie: Time is their Maſter, and when they ſee time, They'll goe or come; if ſo, be patient Siſter.