Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 0 (shillings, tom, guts, mutton, wares, dan…). Matches are highlighted.
Ah Tenant, and ill husband (barlady): thrice at thy house and never at home? You know my mind, will you give ten shillings more rend? I must discharge you else. Well, I'll make the beggarly knaves to pack for this: I'll have it every cross, income and Rend too. But stay here comes one:
He's the man must do the feat. Will he so? Marry, I will give him vorty shil lings, if he can do it. Marry Jesus bless us: will he so? Marry thou shalt have vorty shillings to give him, and thy mother shall bestow a hard cheese on him beside. How now fool? what, dost curse me? Let him alone Peter, I'll temper him well enough. S a,
when 'tis, weel make bold to trouble you. Why then farewell, till we hear from you. Hear you Master Goodfellow how have you sped? Nay hark you: I sent you vorty shillings, and you shall have the cheese I promised you too. Son, I doubthee will prove a crafty knave, and cousin us of our money: Weel go to Master Justice and complain
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Ah Tenant, and ill husband (barlady): thrice at thy house and never at home? You know my mind, will you give ten shillings more rend? I must discharge you else. Well, I'll make the beggarly knaves to pack for this: I'll have it every cross, income and Rend too. But stay here comes one: Oh 'tis M. Churms. I hope he brings me some good news. M. Churms yare well met, I am een almost starved for more ney. You must taken e damnable course with my Tenants: theile ay. Do, good M. Churmes, or use any other ville nous course shall please you. But ewes abro ? Thanks good sir, and I'll in and read it. Yes sir ant please you, a fortnight since. Heres this good fellow too, Master Churms, I must eene put him and his father over into your hands, theyle pay me no Rend. What wouldst would done? Marry I Like well of the motion: my son I tell you is eene all the stay I have: and all my care is, to have him take one that hath something: for as the world goes now, if they have nothing they may beg. But I doubt he's too simple for your daughter. For I have brought him up hardly, with brown bred, fat bacon, pud dinges and souse, and (barlady) we think it good fare too. Yes, he's eene all I have, I have no body else to bestow it upon. Sir, that must be as our children Like. For my son, I think I can rule him: Marry, I doubt your daughter will hardly Like of him, for God wot he's very simple. Faith, I agree. I, good Master Churms, and you shall be very well contented for your pains. Faith, eene Like puddings without suet. A good Pretty squat square springold Sir. Marry eene the more joy on him, And he's one that I am very much beholding to: But here comes your daughter. Come hither Peter, when didst thou see Ro been Goodfellow? He's the man must do the feat. Will he so? Marry, I will give him vorty shil lings, if he can do it. Marry Jesus bless us: will he so? Marry thou shalt have vorty shillings to give him, and thy mother shall bestow a hard cheese on him beside. How now fool? what, dost curse me? Let him alone Peter, I'll temper him well enough. S a, I hear say you must be married shortly, I'll make you pay a sweet fine for your house, for this. Would? sirrah am not I your Landlord? My Master's, I pray you bear witness I do discharge him then. Nay prithee stay. Nay William, we would be loath to trouble you: but you shall have our company there. What, must a Cobbler be your chief guest? Why he's a basefellow. Nay, if Robin Goodfellow be there, you shall be sure to have our company. For he's one that we hear very well of; And my son here has some occasion to use him: And therefore if we may know when 'tis, weel make bold to trouble you. Why then farewell, till we hear from you. Hear you Master Goodfellow how have you sped? Nay hark you: I sent you vorty shillings, and you shall have the cheese I promised you too. Son, I doubthee will prove a crafty knave, and cousin us of our money: Weel go to Master Justice and complain on him, and get him whipped out oath Country for a Connicatcher. Why William, when were you with his? Come hither Peter, hold up your head: where your cap and leg sir boy, would?
Plot summary
Plot — Wily Beguiled
Grip the usurer wants to marry his daughter Lelia to the foolish son of his neighbour, Ploddall, in order to gain control of Ploddall’s extensive land-holdings. For her part, Lelia loves the scholar Sophos, but Grip doesn’t think him rich enough and warns the young man off. The fathers agree and Churms the lawyer is engaged to draw up the marriage contract. Churms persuades Grip to let him visit her to intercede for Peter Ploddall, and also agrees to act as an intermediary woeer for Sophos; but all the while his objective is to win Lelia for himself. Meanwhile he engages Robin Goodfellow to provide Peter with a fake love-philtre for Lelia, and to frame Sophos for rape so that Lelia will fall out of love with him. Robin in turn plans to cozen Churms of Lelia and Grip of his money; but his plotting is overheard by Grip’s son, Fortunatus, who has just returned from the wars. Fortunatus finds the despairing Sophos sleeping in the woods, and listens to his woes. It becomes clear that Churms is double-crossing Sophos, so Fortunatus lays a plot. At her brother's behest, Lelia arranges to abscond with Churms, who capitalizes Grip’s debts at less than their true value in order to finance the elopement. While Fortunatus and Sophos are waiting ===== PAGE 368 ===== to.intercept Churms, Robin tries to frighten Sophos by dressing up as the devil, but Fortunatus beats him and forces him to admit his misdeeds. When the eloping ‘couple’ arrive, Fortunatus intervenes and asks Lelia to choose between Sophos and Churms; she chooses Sophos. They take up temporary residence in a hermitage while Fortunatus straightens things out with their father. Grip learns independently of Churms’s treachery - both amatory and financial - and despairs. Fortunatus offers to prevent the elopement and bring Lelia back, provided that Grip agrees to her marrying Sophos. He does, and Fortunatus fetches the happy couple home.