The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 148 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.80 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
and she, for her life, cannot as yet call to mind what she hath done with it: and all this livelong night, neither she nor I have slept one wink, for very thought and grief thereof: Not so much for the value of the chain (for it was not much worth) but to see, that she should be so careless in the laying of it up; and to see the ill luck of it; at the very same time that we missed it, came in some friends of mine, that had been of my old and familiar acquaintance; and I am sorely afraid, lest they have lighted upon it, and taken it away with them; meaning to make use of that vulgar saying, Si spy it, tum sporte fac; Si non spy it, pack and away Jack. But now (my Sons) that I may come a little nearer unto you both, and speak home to the point: If your Master gave me any thing, what he gave me, that (you must think) is mine: As for your cloth of gold doublet, I never asked you any share out of it, nor ever will. We all of us serve him, that he may give unto us all, as he sees we shall deserve: And as for that which he hath given me, I have twice endangered my life for it; more blades have I blunted in his service than you both; more material and substantial stuff have I wasted, and have worn out more hose and shoes; And you must not think (my Sons) but all this costs me good money. Besides, my skill, which I got not playing or sitting still, or warming my tail over the fire, as most of your idle huswives do, but with hard labour and painstaking: as Parmeno's mother could well witness for me, if she were living. This I have gained by mine own industry and labour; as for you, what have you done? If you have done any thing for Calisto, Calisto is to requite you. I get my living by my Trade and my travel; you, yours, with recreation and delight; and therefore you are not to expect equal recompense, enjoying your service with pleasure, as I, who go performing it with pains: but whatsoever I have hitherto said unto you, because you shall see, I will deal kindly with you: if my chain be found again, I will give each of you a pair of Scarlet Breeches, which is the comeliest habit that young men can wear. But if it be not found, you must accept of my good will, and myself be content to sit down with my loss; and all this I do out of pure love, because you were willing that I should have the benefit of managing this business before another: and if this will not content you, I cannot do withal. To your own harm be it.
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Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.796 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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and she, for her life, cannot as yet call to mind what shee hath done with it: and all this liue-long night, neither shee nor I haue slept one winke, for very thought and griefe thereof: Not so much for the valew of the chaine (for it was not much worth) but to see, that she should be so carelesse in the laying of it vp; and to see the ill lucke of it; at the very same time that we mist it, came in some friends of mine, that had beene of my old and familiar acquaintance; and I am sorely afraide, lest they haue lighted vpon it, and taken it away with them; meaning to make vse of that vulgar saying, Si spie it, tum sporte fac; Si non spie it, packe and away Iacke. But now (my Sonnes) that I may come a little neerer vnto you both, and speake home to the point: If your Master gaue mee any thing, what he gaue me, that (you must thinke) is mine: As for your cloth of gold doublet, I neuer ask't you any share out of it, nor euer will. We all of vs serue him, that he may giue vnto vs all, as he sees wee shall deserue: And as for that which he hath giuen me, I haue twice indangered my life for it; more blades haue I blunted in his seruice then you both; more materiall and substantiall stuffe haue I wasted, and haue worne out more hose and shooes; And you must not thinke (my Sonnes) but all this costs mee good money. Besides, my skill, which I got not playing or sitting still, or warming my taile ouer the fire, as most of your idle huswiues doe, but with hard labour and paines-taking: as Parmeno's mother could well witnesse for me, if she were liuing. This I haue gained by mine owne industry and labour; as for you, what haue you done? If you haue done any thing for Calisto, Calisto is to requite you. I get my liuing by my Trade and my trauell; you, yours, with recreation and delight; and therefore you are not to expect equall recompence, inioying your seruice with pleasure, as I, who goe performing it with paines: but whatsoeuer I haue hitherto said vnto you, because you shall see, I will deale kindely with you: if my chaine be found againe, I will giue each of you a paire of Scarlet Breeches, which is the comeliest habit that young men can weare. But if it be not found, you must accept of my good will, and my selfe be content to sit downe with my losse; and all this I doe out of pure loue, because you were willing that I should haue the benefit of managing this businesse before another: and if this will not content you, I cannot doe withall. To your owne harme be it.