Jonson, Ben · published 1631 · first performed or written 1616 [Oct-Nov (?)] (Annals) comedy · King's Men unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 484 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
O, Sir! I have done, than; If he can be made profitable, to you. Yes, and it shall be one of my ambitions To have it the first Business? May I not? So you do mean to make't, a perfect Business. Nay, I'll do that, assure you: show me once. Sr, it concerns, the first be a perfect Business, For his own honour! I, and th' reputation Too, of my place. Why, why do I take this course, else? I am not altogether, an Ass, good Gentlemen, Wherhfore should I consult you? do you think? To make a song on't? How's your manner? tell us. Do, satisfy him: give him the whole course. First, by request, or otherwise, you offer Your Business to the Court: wherein you crave: The judgement of the Master and the Assistants. Well, that's done, now, what do you upon it? We straight Sr, have recourse to the springhead; Visit the ground; and, so disclose the nature: If it will carry, or no. If we do find, By our proportions it is like to prove A sullen, and black Business That it be Incorrigible; and out of, treaty; than, We file it, a Dependence! So 'tis filled. What follows? I do love the order of these things. We than advise the party, if he be A man of means, and have, that forthwith, He settle his estate: if not, at lest That he pretend it. For, by that, the world Takes notice, that it now is a Dependence. And this we call, Sir, Publication. Very sufficient! After Publication, now? Than we grant out our Process, which is divers; Either by Cartel, Sir, or oretenus, Wherein the Challenger, and Challengee Or (with your Spaniard) your Provocador, And Provocado, have their several courses— I have enough on't! for an hundred pieces? Yes, for two hundred, underwrite me, do. Your man will take my bond? That he will, sure, But, these same Citizens, they are such sharks! There's an old debt of forty, I give my word For one is run away, to the Bermudas, And he will hook in that, or he wi' not do. Why, let him. That and the ring, and a hundred pieces, Will all but make two hundred? Not, no more, Sir. What ready Arithmetic you have? do you hear? A pretty morning's work for you, this? Do it, You shall ha' twenty pound on't. Twenty pieces? Good Father, do't) You will hook still? well, Show us your ring. You could not ha' done this, now With gentleness, at first, we might ha' thanked you? But groan, and ha' you courtesies come from you Like a hard stool, and stink? A man may draw Your teeth out easier, than your money? Come, Were little Guilt-head here, no better a nature, I should ne'er love him, that could pull his lips of, now! Was not thy mother a Gentlewoman?
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O, Sir! I haue done, then; If hee can be made profitable, to you. Yes, and it ſhall be one of my ambitions To haue it the firſt Buſineſſe? May I not? So you doe meane to make't, a perfect Buſineſſe. Nay, I'll doe that, aſſure you: ſhew me once. Sr, it concernes, the firſt be a perfect Buſineſſe, For his owne honour! I, and th' reputation Too, of my place. Why, why doe I take this courſe, elſe? I am not altogether, an Aſſe, good Gentlemen, Wherefore ſhould I conſult you? doe you thinke? To make a ſong on't? How's your manner? tell vs. Doe, ſatisfie him: giue him the whole courſe. Firſt, by requeſt, or otherwiſe, you offer Your Buſineſſe to the Court: wherein you craue: The iudgement of the Maſter and the Aſsiſtants. Well, that's done, now, what doe you vpon it? We ſtreight Sr, haue recourſe to the ſpring-head; Viſit the ground; and, ſo diſcloſe the nature: If it will carry, or no. If wee doe finde, By our proportions it is like to proue A ſullen, and blacke Bus'neſſe That it be Incorrigible; and out of, treaty; then, We file it, a Dependance! So 'tis fil'd. What followes? I doe loue the order of theſe things. We then aduiſe the party, if he be A man of meanes, and hauings, that forth-with, He ſettle his eſtate: if not, at leaſt That he pretend it. For, by that, the world Takes notice, that it now is a Dependance. And this we call, Sir, Publication. Very ſufficient! After Publication, now? Then we grant out our Proceſſe, which is diuers; Eyther by Chartell, Sir, or ore-tenus, Wherein the Challenger, and Challengee Or (with your Spaniard) your Prouocador, And Prouocado, haue their ſeuerall courſes— I haue enough on't! for an hundred pieces? Yes, for two hundred, vnder-write me, doe. Your man will take my bond? That he will, ſure, But, theſe ſame Citizens, they are ſuch ſharks! There's an old debt of forty, I ga' my word For one is runne away, to the Bermudas, And he will hooke in that, or he wi' not doe. Why, let him. That and the ring, and a hundred pieces, Will all but make two hundred? No, no more, Sir. What ready Arithmetique you haue? doe you heare? A pretty mornings worke for you, this? Do it, You ſhall ha' twenty pound on't. Twenty pieces? Good Father, do't) You will hooke ſtill? well, Shew vs your ring. You could not ha' done this, now With gentleneſſe, at firſt, wee might ha' thank'd you? But groane, and ha' you courteſies come from you Like a hard ſtoole, and ſtinke? A man may draw Your teeth out eaſier, then your money? Come, Were little Guilt-head heere, no better a nature, I ſhould ne'r loue him, that could pull his lips off, now! Was not thy mother a Gentlewoman?