Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T26: devil, hell, devils, sure, soul, fiend, sr, wife, lord, men.
And good tom collier thou art welcome to me, God a mercy good devil cham glad of thy company. Like will to like I see very well, God father wilt thou dance a little before thou go home to hell I am content so that tom collier do agree, I will never refuse Devil to dance with thee. Then godfather name what the dance shall be. Tom Colier of Croidon hath sold his coal, Why then have at it by my father's soul. Tom Colier of Croidon hath sold his Coals, and made his market today: And now he danceth with the Devil, for like will to like always. Wherefore let us rejoice and sing, let us be merry and glad, Sith that the Colier and the Devil, this match and baunce hath made. Now of this dance we make an and, with mirth and eke with joy: The Colier and the Devil will be, much like to like always. Aha, marry this is trini singing, I had not thought the Devil to be so cunning. And by the mass Tom Colier is as good as he, I see that like with like will ever agree. Var well master Devil vorich must be gone, Why then farewell my gentle friend tom. Farewell tour Colier a knave be thy comfort, How sayst thou Godfather, is not this trim sport. thou art mine own boy, my blessing thou shalt have, By my troth Godfather that blessing I do not crave. But if you go your way I will do my diligence, As well in your absence as in your presence. But thou shalt salute me or I go doubtless, that in thy doings thou mayst have the better success. Wherefore kneel down and say after me, When the devil will have it so: it must needs so be. what shall I say bottle nosed godfather canst thou tell? All hail Oh noble Prince of hell, All my dame's cow tails fell down into the well. I will exalt thee above the clouds, I will salt thee and hang thee in the shrouds. Thou art the enhancer of my renown, Thou art haunce the hangman of Callis town, To thee be honour alone, To thee shall come our hobbling Joan. Amen. Amen. Now farewell my boy, farewell heartily, Is there never a knave here will keep the Devil company? Farewell godfather for thou must go alone: I pray thee come hither again anon. marry here was a benediction of the devils good grace, Body of me I was so afraid I was like to bestench the place. My buttocks made buttons of the new fashion. While the whoreson Devil was making his salutation. But by the mass I am as glad as ever was madge mare: That the whoreson Devil is joined with the knave Coliar. As fit a match as ever could be picked out: what sayst thou Joan with the long snout. But who comes yonder puffing as hot as a black pudding, I hold xx. li. it is a ruffian, if a Goose go a gooding.
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Length
516 words · 658 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T26 — Devils, hell and fiendscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.741 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T23 · seed 44: T23 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ And good tom collier thou art welcom to me, ‡ God a mercy good deuil chā glad of thy company. ¶ Like wil to like I see very wel, ‡ God father wilt thou daunce a little before thou goe home to hell ¶ I am content so that tom colier doo agree, ¶ I wil neuer refuse Deuil to daunce with thee. ¶ Then godfather name what the daunce shall be. ¶ Tom Colier of Croidon hath solde his cole, ¶ Why then haue at it by my fathers soule. Tom Colier of Croidon hath solde his Coles, and made his market to day: And now he daunceth with the Deuil, for like wil to like alway. ¶ Wherfore let vs reioyce and sing, let vs be mery and glad, Sith that the Colier and the Deuill, this match and baunce hath made. ¶ Now of this daunce we make an and, with mirth and eke with ioy: The Colier and the Deuill wil be, much like to like alway. ¶ Aha, mary this is trini singing, I had not thought the Deuil to be so cunning. And by the mas Tom Colier is as good as he, I see that like with like wil euer agree. ¶ Var wel maister Deuil vorich must be gone, ¶ VVhy then farwel my gentle freend tom. ¶ Farwel tour Colier a knaue be thy comfort, How saist thou Godfather, is not this trim sport▪ ¶ thou art mine own boy, my blessing thou shalt haue, ¶ By my troth Godfather that blessing I doe not craue. But if you goe your way I wil doo my diligence, As wel in your absence as in your presence. ¶ But thou shalt salute me or I goe doutles, that in thy dooings thou maist haue the better successe. VVherfore kneel down and say after me, ¶ When ye deuil wil haue it so: it must needs so be. what shal I say hottel nosed godfather canst yu tel? ¶ All haile Oh noble Prince of hel, ¶ All my dames cow tailes fel down into the wel. ¶ I wil exalt thee aboue the clowdes, ¶ I wil sault thee and hang thee in the shrowds. ¶ Thou art the inhauncer of my renowne, ¶ Thou art haunce the haugman of Callis town, ¶ To thee be honour alone, ¶ To thee shall come our hobling Ione. * Amen. ¶ Amen. ¶ Now farwel my boy, farwel hartely, ¶ Is there neuer a knaue heer wil keep the Deuil company? Farwel godfather for thou must goe alone: I pray thee come hether again anon. Mary heere was a benediction of the Deuils good grace, Body of me I was so afrayd I was like to bestench the place. My buttocks made buttons of the new fashion. VVhile the whorson Deuil was making his salutation. But by the masse I am as glad as euer was madge mare: That the whorson Deuil is ioyned with the knaue Coliar. As fit a match as euer could be pickt out: what saist thou Ione with the long snout. But who comes yonder puffing as whot as a black pudding, I holde xx. li. it is a ruffin, if a Goose goe a gooding.