Jonson, Ben · published 1631 · first performed or written 1616 [Oct-Nov (?)] (Annals) comedy · King's Men T6 Money, debt and credit typicality 0.78 · 461 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Yes, Sir. And went to the Court at Christmas, and St. Georges-tide? And lent the Lords-men, chains? Of gold, and pearl, Sr. I knew, thou must take, after some body! Thou couldst not be else. This was no shop-look! I'll ha' thee Captain Guilt-head, and march up, And take in Pimlico,, and kill the bush, At every tavern! Thou shalt have a wife, If smocks will mount, boy. How now? you ha' there now Some Bristo-stone, or Cornish counterfeit You'd put upon us. Not, Sir, I assure you: Look on his lustre! he will speak himself! I'll give you leave to put him i' the Mill, HE is no great, large stone, but a true Paragon, HE has all his corners, view him well. HE is yellow. Vpo' my faith, Sr, o' the right blackwater, And very deep! HE is set without a foil, too. Here's one o' the yellow-water, I'll cell cheap. And what do you value this, at? thirty pound? Not, Sir, he cost me forty, ere he was set. Turn, you mean? I know your Equivocks: You ' are grown the better Fathers of 'em o' late. Well, where't must go, it will be judged, and, therefore, Look you't be right. You shall have fifty pound for't. Not a denier more! And, because you would Have things dispatched, Sir, I'll go presently, Inquire out this Lady. If you think good, Sir. Having an hundred pieces ready, you may Part with those, now, to serve my kinsman's turns, That he may wait upon you, anon, the freer; And take 'em when you ha' sealed, a gain, of Guilt-head. I care not if I do! And dispatch all, Together. There, th' are just: a hundred pieces! I ha' told 'em over, twice a day, these two months. Well, go, and seal than, Sr, make your return As speedy as you can. Come give me. Soft, Sir, Marry, and fair too, than. I'll no delaying, Sir. But, you will hear? Yes, when I have my divident. There's forty pieces for you. What is this for? Your half. You know, that Guilt-head must ha' twenty. And what's your ring there? shall I ha' none o' that? O, that's to be given to a Lady! Is't so? By that good light, it is. Come, give me Ten pieces more, than. Why? For Guilt-head? Sir, Do ' you think, I'll ' low him any such share: You must. Must I? Do you your musts, Sir, I'll do mine, You wi'not part with the whole, Sir? Will you? Go too. Give me ten pieces! By what law, do you this? E'en Lion-law, Sir, I must roar else. Good! Ye have heard, how th' Ass made his divisions, wisely? And, I am he: I thank you.
nodes 1879–1945 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 30 of 54 in this edition
Length
461 words · 687 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T6 — Money, debt and creditcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.776 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T9 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Yes, Sir. And went to the Court at Chriſtmas, and St. Georges-tide? And lent the Lords-men, chaines? Of gold, and pearle, Sr. I knew, thou muſt take, after ſome body! Thou could'ſt not be elſe. This was no ſhop-looke! I'll ha' thee Captaine Guilt-head, and march vp, And take in Pimlico,, and kill the buſh, At euery tauerne! Thou ſhalt haue a wife, If ſmocks will mount, boy. How now? you ha' there now Some Briſto-ſtone, or Corniſh counterfeit You'ld put vpon vs. No, Sir, I aſſure you: Looke on his luſter! hee will ſpeake himſelfe! I'le gi' you leaue to put him i' the Mill, H' is no great, large ſtone, but a true Paragon, H' has all his corners, view him well. H' is yellow. Vpo' my faith, Sr, o' the right black-water, And very deepe! H' is ſet without a foyle, too. Here's one o' the yellow-water, I'll ſell cheape. And what do you valew this, at? thirty pound? No, Sir, he coſt me forty, ere he was ſet. Turnings, you meane? I know your Equiuocks: You' are growne the better Fathers of 'hem o' late. Well, where't muſt goe, 't will be iudg'd, and, therefore, Looke you't be right. You ſhall haue fifty pound for't. Not a deneer more! And, becauſe you would Haue things diſpatch'd, Sir, I'll goe preſently, Inquire out this Lady. If you thinke good, Sir. Hauing an hundred pieces ready, you may Part with thoſe, now, to ſerue my kinſmans turnes, That he may wait vpon you, anon, the freer; And take 'hem when you ha' ſeal'd, a gaine, of Guilt-head. I care not if I do! And diſpatch all, Together. There, th' are iuſt: a hundred pieces! I' ha' told 'hem ouer, twice a day, theſe two moneths. Well, go, and ſeale then, Sr, make your returne As ſpeedy as you can. Come gi' mee. Soft, Sir, Mary, and faire too, then. I'll no delaying, Sir. But, you will heare? Yes, when I haue my diuident. Theres forty pieces for you. What is this for? Your halfe. You know, that Guilt-head muſt ha' twenty. And what's your ring there? ſhall I ha' none o' that? O, thats to be giuen to a Lady! Is't ſo? By that good light, it is. Come, gi' me Ten pieces more, then. Why? For Guilt-head? Sir, Do' you thinke, I'll 'low him any ſuch ſhare: You muſt. Muſt I? Doe you your muſts, Sir, I'll doe mine, You wi'not part with the whole, Sir? Will you? Goe too. Gi' me ten pieces! By what law, doe you this? E'n Lyon-law, Sir, I muſt roare elſe. Good! Yo' haue heard, how th' Aſſe made his diuiſions, wiſely? And, I am he: I thanke you.