Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 16 (nat, ningle, chould, numps, terry, dery…). Matches are highlighted.
¶ Ohe my friend Sin do not leave me thus, For without thee and thine own son Damnation: My kingdom will decay through my ancient enemy Jesus, For without man's company I can have no consolation All had be mine own but for Christ's death and passion.
enemy Jesus, For without man's company I can have no consolation All had be mine own but for Christ's death and passion. Therefore without thy help and thy son Damnation, Without company in hell I shall for ever make my moan. ¶ Come hither my sons Gluttony and Pride, Persuade my friend Sin with me to stick and abide. ¶ Ohe, ohe,
not be weary: In thy genealogy (Sin) I do more rejoice Then can be thought with heart or spoke with tonge or voice: But my chiefest comfort is thy son, man's Damnation Whereby they are excluded from eternal salvation. ¶ Before you turned back I did both cry and weep, But now through thy comfort I can dance without a pipe: I
do now perceive Money is so beloved, That of many above God he is esteemed and honoured, And the world is given so much to delicacy and pleasure, That Sin and Damnation increase out of measure. ¶ Ohe Sin, ohe to see thee it doth me good, Thy words Sin, ohe thy words do comfort my heart blood. Through money and pleasure my kingdom
Full speech
¶ Ohe my friend Sin do not leave me thus, For without thee and thine own son Damnation: My kingdom will decay through my ancient enemy Jesus, For without man's company I can have no consolation All had be mine own but for Christ's death and passion. Therefore without thy help and thy son Damnation, Without company in hell I shall for ever make my moan. ¶ Come hither my sons Gluttony and Pride, Persuade my friend Sin with me to stick and abide. ¶ Ohe, ohe, ohe my babes, my chickens, and my friend Sin, Many one through thee the kingdom of hell shall win: Ohe, for joy and gladness I can not stand or sit, Upon these cheerful words I must needs dance a fit. ¶ No my friend, no, none can possess my chair, For as God is without end and his joys endless, Even so am I king of everlasting darkness. ¶ Even as the joys of heaven do pass all other pleasure, Even so the pains of hell exceeds all other be sure: The greatest torments and pains that be on the earth Is joy and pleasure in respect of pains of hell, The Scripture makes mention thereof as plainly appears, There is gnawing and gnashing of teeth, as the damned shall tell. ¶ Whatsoever thou wilt have, I will not thee deny. ¶ No my friend no, my tail I can not spare, But ask what thou wilt beside and I will it prepare. ¶ Now I perceive well you are disposed to be merry, But ask me any thing that is meet for to give, And in satisfying you thereof I will not tarry To make you my chief officer, it would not me grieve, Sure you are thereof you may me believe, Beside if any friend of yours of me do stand in steed, The best thing in hell shall be his in his need. ¶ Now my friend Sin seeing I have seen you, Take here my blessing, and so I bid thee adue. ¶ Ohe, ohe, ohe, ohe, my friend Sin I was never so merry In hearing thy qualities I can not be weary: In thy genealogy (Sin) I do more rejoice Then can be thought with heart or spoke with tonge or voice: But my chiefest comfort is thy son, man's Damnation Whereby they are excluded from eternal salvation. ¶ Before you turned back I did both cry and weep, But now through thy comfort I can dance without a pipe: I do now perceive Money is so beloved, That of many above God he is esteemed and honoured, And the world is given so much to delicacy and pleasure, That Sin and Damnation increase out of measure. ¶ Ohe Sin, ohe to see thee it doth me good, Thy words Sin, ohe thy words do comfort my heart blood. Through money and pleasure my kingdom doth increase, Therefore to be merry why should I cease?
Plot summary
Plot — All for Money
The play satirizes the domination of money in a sequence of discrete episodes. Theology, Science, and Art lament that they are now primarily studied out ofa desire for money. Money becomes ill and vomits up Pleasure, who in turn gives birth to Sin in the same manner, whose progeny in turn is Damnation. Satan is pleased that Money’s wide popularity will consign so many souls to hell, and asks Sin to assist in the process. The relative values of money and learning are assessed in an encounter between four characters who have or lack them in various permutations: learning is shown to be superior to money, and poverty in this world carries the promise of a heavenly reward in the next; the clinching point is that Learning with Money gives alms to the poor where Money without Learning refuses. Money feels overworked and Sin gives him an associate, All for Money, who presides over a corrupt court: he pardons theft and assault, infanticide, and bigamy, but hangs a poor thief who is unable to bribe him. He also advises two suitors to procure false witnesses to support their causes, and protects a corrupt and incompetent cleric. Judas and Dives, two souls damned for monetary sins, lament their situation; Damnation drives them off to hell. Godly Admonition warns the audience not to repent too late, and to give up cupidity.