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diff --git a/17270.txt b/17270.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5842453 --- /dev/null +++ b/17270.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2044 @@ +Project Gutenberg's The Interlude of Wealth and Health, by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Interlude of Wealth and Health + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Percy Simpson + +Release Date: December 9, 2005 [EBook #17270] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INTERLUDE OF WEALTH AND HEALTH *** + + + + +Produced by Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) + + + + + + [Transcriber's Notes: + + This early English text was printed in a black-letter font. Some of + the letters used are not found on a typewriter. In the e-text those + letters that have no modern equivalent are transcribed with their + meaning. For example, there is a letter that looks like a "w" with a + "t" over it. This means with. You will find this in the text as + [with]. Others you will find are [per], [the], [that], and [thou]. + You will also find the suffix [us]. + + All typos were kept as close as possible to the original. This + e-text is based on the 1907 edition which included a long list of + these typos and some of their possible meanings along with the + editor's note. This list had many letters typeset upside down. For + this e-text they were righted. + + Long s has been changed to standard short s. + + In the plain text version, letters with a macron over them are + denoted by placing them in brackets with an = beside them, such as + [=e] for an e with a macron over it. For smoother reading, a and o + are shown with tilde. + + Speaker names are surrounded by + like +Health+. + + For those that wish to consult the original, black and white pngs + have been included in the archive.] + + + + +PRINTED FOR THE MALONE SOCIETY BY + +CHARLES WHITTINGHAM & CO. + +AT THE CHISWICK PRESS + +THE INTERLUDE OF WEALTH AND HEALTH + +THE MALONE SOCIETY + +REPRINTS + +1907 + +This reprint of _Wealth and Health_ has been prepared by the General +Editor and checked by Percy Simpson. + +_March 1907._ W.W. Greg. + + + + +Early in the craft year which began on 19 July 1557, and was the first +of the chartered existence of the Stationers' Company, John Waley, or +Wally, entered what was no doubt the present play on the Register along +with several other works. The entry runs as follows: + + To master John wally these bokes Called Welth and helthe/the + treatise of the ffrere and the boye / stans puer ad mensam another + of youghte charyte and humylyte an a b c for cheldren in englesshe + with syllabes also a boke called an hundreth mery tayles ij^s + [Arber's Transcript, I. 75.] + +That Waley printed an edition is therefore to be presumed, but it does +not necessarily follow that the extant copy, which though perfect bears +neither date nor printer's name, ever belonged to it. Indeed, a +comparison with a number of works to which he did affix his name +suggests grave doubts on the subject. Though not a high-class printer, +there seems no reason to ascribe to him a piece of work which for +badness alike of composition and press-work appears to be unique among +the dramatic productions of the sixteenth century. + +'Wealth and health' appears among the titles in the list of plays +appended to the edition of Goffe's _Careless Shepherdess_, printed for +Rogers and Ley in 1656. The entry was repeated with the designation +'C[omedy].' in Archer's list of the same year, and, without the +addition, in those of Kirkman in 1661 and 1671. In 1691 Langbaine wrote +'_Wealth and Health_, a Play of which I can give no Account.' Gildon has +no further information to offer, nor have any of his immediate +followers. Chetwood, in 1752, classes it among 'Plays Wrote by Anonymous +Authors in the 16th [by which he means the seventeenth] Century,' calls +it 'an Interlude' and dates it 1602. This invention was only copied in +those lists which depended directly on Chetwood's, such as the +_Playhouse Pocket-Companion_ of 1779. Meanwhile, in his _Companion to +the Play-House_ of 1764, D.E. Baker, relying upon Coxeter's notes, gave +an essentially accurate description of the piece, except that he +asserted it to be 'full of Sport and mery Pastyme,' and described it as +an octavo. This entry has been copied by subsequent bibliographers, none +of whom have seen the original. + +The play was among those discovered in Ireland in the spring of 1906 and +sold at Sotheby's on 30 June, when it was purchased for the British +Museum at the price of one hundred and ninety-five pounds. Its +press-mark is C. 34. i. 25. + +The extremely careless typography of the original makes the task of +reprinting a difficult one. Ordinary misprints abound, and these have +been scrupulously retained, a list of irregularities being added below. +It has, however, proved impossible to arrive at any satisfactory method +of distinguishing between 'n' and 'u.' In the first hundred lines, which +are by no means the worst printed, there are thirty-two cases in which +the letter is indistinguishable, eighteen cases of an apparent 'u' which +should be 'n,' and seven cases of an apparent 'n' which should be 'u.' +When it is further remembered that there are few cases in which it is +possible to say for certain that a letter really is what it appears to +be, and none in which it may not be turned, some idea of the difficulty +in the way of reprinting will be obtained. To have followed the original +in this matter would have been to introduce another misprint into at +least every fourth line, while even so several hundred cases would have +remained which could only have been decided according to the apparent +sense of the passage. The only rational course was to treat the letters +as indistinguishable throughout, and to print in each instance +whichever the sense seemed to require. Again, as the superscript letters +'c,' 'e,' 't,' are seldom distinguishable, the printer has been given +the benefit of the doubt. Another difficulty arose in connection with +the speakers' names. In the original these have often dropt from their +proper places, which can now only be ascertained from the sense and the +not very regular indentation. With some hesitation it has been decided +to restore them to the positions they should apparently occupy, noting +all cases in which they are a line or more out in the original. Lastly +it may be remarked that in the speeches which aim at imitating foreign +languages the apparent readings of the very indistinct original have +been scrupulously reproduced, and no attempt has been made, even in the +subjoined list, to suggest any corrections. + +In the last sheet some of the pages are cropt at the foot. In most cases +nothing more than the catchword has disappeared, and although between +lines 768 and 769 something seems to be lost, it is doubtful whether +this is due to the cropping, since D1^v has already one line too many. + +The original is printed in the ordinary black letter of the period, of +the body known as English (20 ll. = 94 mm.). + + +Irregular and Doubtful Readings. + +Tit. att his +5. tcowe +7. fleepe(?) +13. nof +24. Weith +25. Iam +27. ofcomparison +29. so (too?) +38. yeth +41. dyspayre (dysprayse) +50. marualufly +52. iu +54. ts +57. stander ... nowe +58. selte +62. Inlykewise +63. Wh en (?) (no catchword) +66. desyred +70. thouart +74. answerrd +75. wellh +76. thou' fagetyue (or ?tagetyue) +80. Thai +84. benefites +95. welth hatg ... freasure +98. stands (the 's' doubtful) +100. cempetent +105. Ye +107. otherwelth +109. Euerywise +110. dtsposicions +127. saue (the 'e' doubtful) +134. woth +137. stealeth +144. hit +149. a wreke +150. nf +159. (no catchword) +164. nhw indifferenily +165. me +168. Weith +177. tryasure +178. yfthey +191. (no catchword) +195. please youto +197. libert +201. werwhy (me, why?) +207. feloweh +214. shalde +216. crow +224. beholde (be bolde) +234. wyse (the 's' doubtful) + ifye (if he?) +237. yllibert +238. notfore +249. lubstaunce +250. werr +251. whyce +253. lust (lusty) +257. lybertye +258. H elth (?) +267. ran +270. loboure +275. ofliberty ... suter +278. alytle +286. acquanted +289. Dryue (the 'y' doubtful) +290. Wy ll (?) ... C (I) +294. [H]ealth +306. Christ +312. kindes +315. Arquaintance +318. fo +319. lybertyeis +320. lyberfye, wili + bebolde (be bolde) +322. Thyrfore +324. lybrtye +328. ano +337. pas (past) +364. ther +367. let hym (hem) +373. Wytte (Will) +379. felfe +383. caa +386. thought (sought) +391. srhon (?) +397. be gins +398. sleminge +400. slemminges + wilmar (?) +405. icvell +408. lonck +410. ic compte hore +414. Nae +424. ssaunders +425. sleminges +426. theris +433. deuose +440. ftyll (?) +443. shred wet +445. Wyll ... cun +447. thing +450. geeat actortty +452. hach +453. lust (iust) ... indifference +460. shalbe (the 's' doubtful) +470. berter +473. mayay (or ? nayay, reading very doubtful; may say?) +475. Forfoth ... vrother +479. in (the 'n' doubtful) +485. wel ... slye (flyt?) +498. you +501. vegyled +502. councelll +507. Wy ll (?) +508. fhe (?) +509. chat ... alw ay +511. meaneth (the 't' doubtful) +520. [Liberty?] +531. oardon +534. am be(?) ... well +545. Gngland +547. renlmes +548. thy (they) +551. rm +553. apart ... aceoritie +554. R[e]md[i] +558. for (the 'f' doubtful) +561. prefercing (?) +567. ehis +568. percelue +596. b e (?) +600. yoor (?) +601. tohether +605. exchewe ... Ill +607. t[=e]p +609. sach +613. [(]wil +616. apare +618. larye +622. chat +624. afryde +629. Hew +630. p=omise (the '=' doubtful) +631. sstyest (spyest?) +632. lok e +633. crooke (the 'e' doubtful) +636. Wyll. (below l. 637) + tor +653. euey +654. ofhell(?) +662. falfe +666. libertidespise +667. mateer +668. wet, ler ... [Will.] +669. a none +675. thiag +676. Afirr (After) +685. I tis +686. ihe +693. with ... conoenient +695. Wyll. (opposite l. 696) + angey +699. tor +705. he +711. Wytte (opposite l. 712) +716. rhe +719. Wyll. (opposite l. 718) +724. wich +731. welco me + health (opposite l. 730) +734. (no catchword) +735. her (hert ?) +736. v s (?) +740. .abor +742. sha me (?) +753. H ance (?) +755. Hance (the 'e' doubtful) +756. nothin +757. H ance (?) +760. allaunts ... reale +764. selfeloue (?) + descone (?) +766. subtel tiget +768. (catchword cut off?) +769. [Remedy.] (but a whole line probably missing) +772. Ic ... Remdi (the 'i' doubtful) +773. i (I or [=i]) +776. fleming (the 'f' doubtful) ... lenger +780. tiberty +782. Health (opposite l. 781) +785. nof (?) +787. affirmity +790. Health (opposite l. 791) +791. maladi (the 'l' doubtful) +796. ye t +798. people (the second 'e' doubtful) ... detelt +799. theroffor (?) +801. A mendes + (catchword cropt) +803. doone (the 'd' doubtful) +804. helfe a mendes +807. neceslitie (?) +820. thinketh (the second 't' doubtful) +821. herc +822. ve +823. eafe ano +826. warre +828. boyde +830. weae ... uhat hrlth +831. saw saw +833. tste +834. (catchword cropt) +836. liuingl +838. abouf (?) +841. blam +842. Co staunder + vndesrrued +843. drpart +846. spy&nardo +847. folse chefe ... Health +849. wiltel +850. ia +851. peca (the 'e' doubtful) +853. meae +856. fhese +861. contra +863. three +864. I Iyfgo ... them + (there is no lead between Wyll. and Wytte.; the speakers' names to + ll. 862-3 are half a line too low, those to ll. 865-7 half a line + too high) +866. Remd[i] +867. abd ... (signature and catchword cut off?) +868. ful +871. fpeake +873. feason +881. Remdt +882. thete (?) +887. in continent +888. wif +889. lake +891. behanged +893. shals +901. shrew de +903. althre +907. shaibe ... warding + alonge +909. wel +912. remabre ... a nother +917. displesur +918. vngrocious +919. dissulation +923. devyl +924. liberty= (the '=' doubtful; opposite l. 923) +925. ymanginacien +927. myscef +928. prison +933. (catchword cropt) +940. yfye (?) +941. rcstore +954. Thar (?) +955. remdy +956. deuer +958. riagne +960. rontinue +961. w ([with]) + +FACSIMILES BY HORACE HART, M.A., AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS + + + + +An enterlude of Welth, and Helth, very mery and full of Pastyme, newly +att his tyme Imprinted + +¶ The Names of the players. + +Welth. +Helth, +Lybertie. +Ilwyll. +Shrowdwyt. +Hance. +Remedy + +Foure may easely play this Playe. + + + + +¶ Here entreth Welth, and Helth synging together +a balet of two partes, and after speaketh +Welth. + +Why is there no curtesy, now I am come +I tcowe that all the people be dume +Or els so god helpe me and halydum +They were almost a fleepe. + No wordes I harde, nor yet no talking +No instrument went nor ballattes synging +What ayles you all thus to syt dreaming 10 +Of whom take ye care? + Of my coming ye may be glad +Therefore I pray you be nof sad +For all your desyre shall be had +I can amende your cheare + By God I thinke ye haue forgotten me +I am welth of this realme looke upon me +For I am to euery man louing and freendly +For welth hath no pere. + + +Helth.+ Brother welth haue ye not yet doone? 20 +ye prayse your selfe aboue the moone +Euery man may perceyue therby soone +That you lacke discresyon + + +Weith.+ Wherfore, by god I cannot say to much +Iam so welthy of substaunce and rych +In all the worlde where is one such +As I am ofcomparison. + + +Helth.+ Welth is good I cannot denay +Yet prayse your selfe so muche ye may +For welth oftentimes doth decay 30 +And welth is nothing sure. + + +Welth.+ Welth hath ben euer in this countrey +And here I purpose styll for to be +For this is the lande most mete for me + And here I wyll endure. + + +Health+ Therin ye speake full louingle +For in this realme welth should be +yeth no displeasure I pray you hartely +But in the way of communicacion. + And for pastyme I would speake some wayes 40 +Of no comparison, nor to you no dyspayre, +I doo not intende that maner alwayes, +But for a recreation, + + +Wealth+ Brother what soeuer ye say to me. +I wyll heare you paciently +I am content and I thanke you hartely +Begyn and say your pleasure + + +Health+ I thanke you hartely then wyll I +Some what unto my purpose apply +Though welth be praised marualufly 50 +Yet to myne understanding. +Welth is mutable, and that iu shame +And welth is hauty and proude of name +Welth is cruell, and in great blame +For welth ts euer wauerynge. + + +Wealth.+ To whom haue I doone any harme can ye say, +Ye stander me nowe, yet I trust I may +Aunswere for my selte in euery maner way +Ye wyl not deny that? + + +Health+ God forbyd but ye should do so 60 +And ye may doo it whether I wyl or no +Inlykewise, I must answer you also +Wh en ye say not true. +Though I be but to you a poore man +yet helth I height, the same I am +That is desyred vniuersally than +Some calles me as good as you + + +Welth.+ As I, mary ther in deede ye do compare. +Such wordes myght brynge you soone in care +Lewde parson, thouart not ware 70 +Of what substaunce I am + + +Health.+ Yes I can tell what you are, be not dyspleased +welth is of great substaunce, that cannot be denyed +yet shew your comodities, and ye shalbe answerrd +I promyse you wellh is fugitiue. + + +wealth+ What sayst thou, am I a fagetyue +I was neuer so taken vp in my lyfe +Nor called vnsure, well I wyll make no stryfe +yet where as thou dost say, + Thai I should show my commodityes alwayes 80 +The best for my selfe wherof I aske prayse +yf I shoulde stand her all my lyfe dayes +yet I coulde not say. + Nor halfe the benefites that commeth of me +yt cannot be tolde nor resyted shortly +Welth is the floure of althing earthly +That you cannot denye. + Ferste god saue, our soueraine Ladye the Queene +With all the counsel and all that with them bene +Am not I welth with them euer at ene 90 +Who should be there but I? + Men of the lawe, and ioly rych marchauntes +There be welthy both of goodes and lands, +Without comparyson is in their handes +I welth hatg all freasure. + + +Health.+ O good syr, of whom commeth all this +Of god only, to you no thanke Iwys +And yet mans welth stands not all in ryches +I dare saye that boldly, + Whan a man hath a cempetent liuing 100 +with the grace of god that passeth all thyng +Loue of his neyghbour, and good reporting +Then is he welthy, + Welth of goodes is but a fame +Ye is welthy that hath a good name +Euery wyse man wyll coueyte the same +For otherwelth I not reche + yf a man haue neuer so much good name +Euerywise man wyll coueyte the same +if his dtsposicions be nought and wood 110 +Then he is but a wretch, + + +Welth.+ Nay thou art a wretch, and a foole vnwyse +welth of ryches thus to despyse +Doest thou not se all the worlde aryse +By goodes and substaunce + He that hath plenty of syluer and golde +May haue all thyng whatsoeuer he woulde +Whan can welth lacke, seing all thing is solde +And welth is of assuraunce. + + +Health+ I denye that, your saying is nought 120 +Grace, heauen, nor cunning, cannot be bought +without great paine, ad good dedes wrought +Els man cannot them haue. + + +wealth+ Stop thereat, and hold thy peace +May not men by heauen with richesse +As to bylde churches and make bye wayes +Such deedes mans soule doth saue + + +Health+ Yea, but yet ye must marke one thynge +yf these goodes came with wronge doyng +Shall ye haue heauen for so spendynge 130 +Or yet any mede. + Nay nay except that man himselfe doo meeke +And make resystance the ryght honour to seeke +Els all such good dedes is not woth a leeke +welth hereof take heede. + + +wealth.+ Why thinkest thou that all men which hath welth +Getteth theyr goodes with brybry and stealeth +Thy reporte is nought therfore Helthe +I counsell thee to say the best. + + +Health+ So I wyll, but yet I must say true 140 +And now a lyttle more I wyll say to you +Much sorowe and care welth doth brewe +He is seldome in rest. + when a man is a lyttle hit and welthy +And hath in his cheste treasures plentye +Then wyl he wrangle, and do shreudly +By his power and might. +With his neighboures he wyll go to lawe + And a wreke his malyce for valew of strawe +welth is fykle and out nf awe 150 +wylfull in wronge or ryght + + +Welth.+ Thou speakest with a slaunderous tonge +All of euyll wyll, and yet it is wronge +welth in this realme hath bin longe +Of me commeth great honour. + Because that I welth hath great porte +All the worlde, hyther doth resorte +Therfore I welth, am this realmes comfort, +And here I wyll indure. + + +Helth.+ So I wold ye should, and I shall do the same 160 +Helth I am called, and that is my name +If I would not abyde heare I were to blame +For here I am well cherished + Yet say your selfe, nhw indifferenily +And if euery man doo not loue me +Helth as well as welth, yes verely +Therof I dare be reported + + +Weith.+ Why should they loue thee? that woulde I knowe +As wel as me, I pray you showe +I am the superiour of hie and lowe 170 +No man may compare with me. + + +Helth.+ To shew why I wyll not be afraied +For I can bide by that I haue sayde +Yf welthy men be very well apayd +Or muche they set you by. + But of welth, if they haue neuer so much +Goodes, tryasure and golde, and be called rych +Yet yfthey lacke helth, there payne is suche +That they were better dye. + A man to were golde, and be in payne 180 +What ioy hath he? none, but would be fayne +To giue all his treasure for helth playne +Or els he were very mad: + For if a man be neuer so poure +Yet if he haue helth, that is a treasure, +Then for his liuing, he may laboure +And in his harte be glad, + + +Welth.+ I neuer marked thus muche, nor vnderstood +That Helth was such a treasure, and to man so good +Wherfore I am sory, and I wil chaunge my moode 190 +Now I pray you forgiue me. + + +Health+ I will forgiue or els I were to blame +And I pray you to forgiue me the same +I loue you hartly, and wyll prayse your name +yf it please youto keepe my company. + +¶ Here entreth lyberty with a song & after speaketh + + +libert+ Why tary syrs whether are ye going +I see well ye looked not for my comming +Loe, out of syght out of remembryng +Absence is cause of straungnes, 200 + What looke ye on werwhy are ye so straunge +From your fellow liberty, doth your minds cha[=u]ge +In your company I was wont to range +What nedes all this busines, + + +wealth+ By liberty now I doo not set +Seyng that helth and I am met +As feloweh together no man shall let +Me for to loue hym best. + + +liberty.+ Let me heare what ye do say +Then ye are about to cast me away 210 +How happes this? mary then I may +Goe pyke strawes and take me rest. + I pray you tell me whom I haue offended +yf I haue made a faute it shalde amended +with so shorte warning let me not be voyded +I crow yet ye do but iest. + + +Helth.+ Why do ye make this cauelacion +we entende to make no alteracyon +welth and I haue had communication +He is my freende of olde. 220 + + +liberty+ What was the matter, I pray you tell +Me thinkes I ought to be of counsel +Or els I promyse you ye doo not well +With you I should beholde. + + +Welth.+ The matter is doone we are agreed +To reason it more it shall not neede +O brother helth, thou art in deede +More preciouser than golde. + + +liberty.+ Gods bodi how commeth this gere to pas +I am cast out at the cartes arse 230 +The worlde is nothing as it was +For I am here refused + + +Health+ Why be you angry that we doo agree +Then are ye not wyse, for ifye loue me +I will loue hym agayne, so it should be +Or els I were mysaduised + + +yllibert+ Then of my loue ye set no store +My company I see well ye looked notfore +Farewell I wyll get me out of the doore +yet I am your betters and so am I called. 240 + + +wealth+ Such presumptuouse wordes wyll haue a fall +your comparyson is but feble and small +What can ye do nothyng at all +As you haue reputed. + + +liberti.+ What were ye both two, were not I. +Wretches and caytyfes, looke not so hye +Thinke no scorne hardly +For I may be your peare + yf welth haue neuer so much lubstaunce +Lacking Libertye and werr in durance 250 +Within a whyce, I am in assurance +ye woulde pray me come nere. + Yf Helth be neuer so lust and stronge +yet if Lyberty were kept from him longe +Then sorow and care wolde be his songe. +yt would abate your cheare. + Fye of welth which lacketh lybertye +Fye of H elth and be in captiuitie +Fye of riches and lack good company +Lyberty hath no pere, 260 + + +Helth.+ Wyll ye heare how he doth clatter? +What neede ye to rehearse all this matter. +ye know that we twayne afore any other. +Lyberty must nedes haue styll. + Lybertie on vs is glade to wayte +ye stande to farre in your owne conceyte +I wys lybertye ye ran make no bayte +To catche vs at your will. + + +liberty.+ Now there ye lye, I can suffer no longer +Welth for Lybertye doth loboure euer 270 +And helth for Libertye is a great store +Therfore set me not so lyght + + +wealth+ Libertye I pray the reason no more +ye are welcome to vs as ye were before +In dede ofliberty it is great suter +Therfore welcome by this lyght + + +liberty,+ Now I thanke you both full kindly +your strange wordes alytle did greue me +And now at your coma[=u]dement I am redy +And at your owne wyll. 280 + + ¶ Here entreth with some iest yllwyll + + +Wyll..+ Mary I am come at the first call +Wyll, your owne man haue me who shall +For I am will seruaunt to you al +Ye shall not neede to sende for me. + + +Welth.+ Who is acquanted with this man +He is very homely and lytle good he can +To come in here so boldly, then +Dryue him away quickly, + + +Wy ll.+ Why, I cam not tyll I was called 290 +your owne wyll openly ye named +Then I came a pace lest I should be blamed +Therfore I pray you let me byde styll, + + +ealth+ Whole wyll, or what wyll, doth he meane +Thou art not my wyl, I forsake thee cleane +My wyl and their wylles is often sene +Our wylles can none yll + + +Wyll.+ Alas good masters I can none yll +yet by my trouth I am your euyll wyll +your wil, & your will, & your will, therfore keepe me 300 +I loue ye by goddes mother, + + +liberty.+ This is a straunge saying vnto me +My wyl, your wyll, and his wyll, this cannot be +For in our wyles is a great diuersitie +For one is not lyke another, + + +Wyll.+ Yet by Christ your owne wyl I am +The maddest wyl, and the meriest, than +For goddes sake now, let me be your man +Tyl ye haue better acquaintaunce. + + +wealth+ I perceyue this felow is kynde 310 +And oweth to vs good wyl and mynde +Some kindes agayne then let hym finde +Let him haue some furderaunce + + +Wyll.+ By god sir and I durst be so bolde +Arquaintance of this man clayme I would +and kynred to, yf the trouth were tolde +we be of one consanguynitie + + +Health+ How fo? let me here that I pray thee hartly + + +Wyll.+ Wyl and lybertyeis, of aunciterie olde +with out lyberfye, wili dare not bebolde 320 +And where wyl lacketh, lybertye is full colde +Thyrfore wyl and lybertye must nedes be of kyn. + + +liberti.+ In dede as he saythe it may well be +For wyl euer longeth vnto lybrtye +Therfore good freende welcome to me +I praye you al be good to him And goeth out + + +Welth.+ For your sake he is welcome to vs all +Let him come to our place ano than he shall +Haue succoure of vs and helpe withal +& now we wil depart. And welth & helth goth out. 330 + + +Wyll.+ Wyl ye go hence. I thanke ye masters with al my hert +I wyl seke you out I warrant you feare not +Now they be gone I am glad by saint mary +A lyttel while heare I purpose to tary +How to deceyue welth, helth, and libertie +Now must I deuyse. + For I am a chylde that is pas grace +Ilwyll I am called that in euery place +Doth much mischiefe this is a playne case +Uertue I doo vtterly dispise, 340 + But if they wyst what I were +Then of my purpose I should be neuer [the] nere +I wyl kepe my tonge leste that I mar +My whole intent and wyll. +But now I meruayle by this day +Where shrewd wit is gone a stray +Some crafty touche is in his way +I here him, peace, stand styll. + + ¶ Entreth shrewd wyt with a songe. + +¶ Dieu vous garde playsaunce 350 +On seuen or no mumchaunce, what yonkers dare auaunce +To playe a grote or twaine. + Loe heare I haue in store +Two or three grotes and no more +I take great thought therfore +For to kepe it, it is much payne + I come now out of a place +where is a company of small grace +Theues and hores that spendes a pace +They were dronken all the sorte. 360 +One of their purces I did aspy +Out of his sleue where it dyd lye +And one wynked on me with his eye +But ther began the sporte + Their false falsehode, and I crafty wyt +got the purse loe, heare I haue it +I ran my way and let hym syt +Smoke and shitten arse together. + And yf that I had yll wyll here +with this money we wolde make good chere 370 +Gentle brother wyll, I pray the apeare +For thou art in some corner. + + +Wytte+ I woulde come in but I am a fearde +Least that I be taken by the bearde +Wyth some catchepol, I haue heard +How thou haste stollen a purse + + +wylle+ Thou horson art thou mad, cum in I say +This is not the fyrste hazard that I haue scaped +yf I make an hand to decke my felfe gay +what am I the worse. 380 + + +wyll+ From thy company I cannot abyde +I must nedes holde upon thy syde +yllwyll and shrewdwit who caa hyde +For they will be together. + + +wytte.+ Now welcome wyll and what cheare: +By god I thought for thee a thousand yere +Peace for gods body who cummeth there +Hance bere pot Ascon router. + + ¶ Entreth Hance with a dutch songe + + Gut nynen scone rutters by the moder got 390 +It heist owne srhon, for staue ye nete +De qusteker mau iche bie do do +Uau the groate bnmbarde well ic wete +Dartyck dowsant van enheb it mete +Ic best de mauikin van de koining dangliler +De grot keyser kind ic bene his busketer + + +Wyll.+ Here ye not dronk[=e] hance how he be gins to prate +The malowperte sleminge is a little to cheke mate + + +wytte+ Let the knaue alone, for his name is war. +Such dronken slemminges your company wil mar 400 + + +Hance.+ Ic best nen emond, ic best in soche +ye secte nete vell ic forstaue ye in doche + + +Wyll.+ Cumpt hore leyf with your gound stand nere +yt becummes you better to handle a potte of beare + + +Hance+ Dat maght icvell dan, ic can skynke frelyck +Tab bers frow, ic briuges brore, begotts nemerick + + +wytte.+ The horsen knaue by the masse is dronke +A winking for depe his eyen be cleane lonck + + +Hance+ Ic foraue ye vell ye seg dac ic slope +Nenike, nenike, ic compte hore for an andor cope 410 + + +Wyll.+ Wel coppin I pray the hartly tell vs trew +Wherfore comest thou hether for any thing to sew + + +Hance+ yeicke feger, en b[=u]bardere va de koyning wei it be +Heb twe skelling de dagh ic con scote de culueryn + + +wytte.+ Nay ye shall walke a fleming knaue, wyl ye not see +We haue English gunners ynow, there is no rome empty + + +Hance+ Ic best en bomberde mot ye to me spreken +what segye ye bones, it sal ye yode flaen + + +Wyll.+ We speake not to thee thou art a scone man +But goe thy way they be not here that promot [the] ca 420 + + +Hance+ Caut ye me a de house dragen van degrot here. + + +wytte.+ Hance ye must go to [the] court & for welth inquire + + +Hance+ What segre ye welth nenyke he is net hore +welth best in ssaunders, it my self brought him dore + + +Wyll.+ Beshrew your horson sleminges hert therfore. +in dede as he saith, by war in fla[=u]ders theris welth store + + +Hance+ Segt ye dat brower, by the moder got dan +Gut naught it mot wast, to sent cafrin to mi lanma & goeth out + + +wyll.+ Is be gone, farewel hanykin bowse +I pray god giue him a hounded drouse 430 +For I trow a knaue brought hym to house +But now brother wyt. + We must deuose how that we may +Be in seruice with welth alwaye +Let me here what thou canst do or say +To helpe for to contryue it. + + +wytte.+ For thy pleasure that I shall +This wyll I doo first of all +Flatter and lye, and euermore call +Them my good maysters ftyll. 440 + Then with swering, lying and powlinge +Brybry, theft, and preuy pyking +Thus I shred wet, wyll euer be doinge +I warrant ther yllwyll. + + +Wyll.+ I cun thee thanke, this is well deuysed +And I yll wil, wolde haue euery man dispised +But now another thing must be contriued +Or els al wilbe nought + There is one they call good remedy +In this realme, he hath geeat actortty 450 +He is a noble man and much worthy +Many thinges he hach wrought +He is called lust, discreete and indifference +Willing to fulfil his soueraines commaundement +He is not fraide to do right punishment +Therfore of him I am afrayde + + +wytte.+ So am I to this maketh me very sadde +Yet oftentymes I haue bene harde bestadde +Now [that] I am warned of him I am very glad +Sum crafty wyle for him shalbe hade 460 + + +Wyll.+ Peace no mo wordes but mum +My think I heare mast welth cum +Knele downe and say sum deuout orison +That they may heare vs pray +Now Iesu saue Welth, Helth, and Lybertie. + + Liberty and helth returneth back with welth + + +Wealth+ Syrs you shall haue both gods blessing +So are ye worth for your praying +ye are wel disposed and of good liuing +I wyll loue you the berter alway 470 + + +Wyll.+ Sir this do we vse euery day +For welth helth and liberty to pray +This same is my brother, to you I mayay +He is an hard honest man. + + +wytte.+ Forsoth mayster I am his vrother +To be your seruant, was my c[=u]ming hether +As longe as we two be to gether +ye shall not peryshe than + + +Health+ To haue you both in seruyce I am content +How say you libertie wil you therto consent 480 +Wyll and wit, god hath vs lent +We may be glade of them + + +liberti.+ Yf we sholde refuse wyl and wyt +we were to blame for they be fyt +Therfore by my wel they shal not slye +They be welcome to me, + + +Wyll.+ God thanke you maisters all three +ye shal finde vs pore but true we cannot be +My tonge stombles, I cry you mercy +We wyll be true I should say, 490 + + +wealth+ Syrs go your way home vnto one place +And we wyl hye vs after apace +And when we come we shall set you in case +To haue a lyuing alway. + + +Health+ Then loke ye do both truely and iust +For we must put you in great trust +All our houshoulde guide ye must +Behaue you selfe well. + + +wytte+ Maisters feare not for I haue wit inough +To beguyle my selfe, and to beguyle you 500 +I haue vegyled many one I may say to you +I pray you kepe that in councelll + + +liberty.+ Beware of that, what doth he say? +Beguyle vs all, yet I charge ye nay +Ye shall not beguile vs yf I may +I wyl beware betyme. + + +Wyll.+ Syr be not angry I you praye +fhe foole woteth not he doth say +He meneth chat he wil be profitable alw ay +And saue you many thinges. 510 + + +Health+ What he meaneth I cannot tell +But his saying is not well +Depart hence syrs by my councell +And tary vs at our lodging. + + +wytte.+ ¶ Now and it please ye, wyll ye here any synging +Therein I tell you I am somwhat connyng +ye shall heare and ye list. + + +liberty+ Syr I pray you sing and ye can + + +wyll.+ Now wil I begin like a lusty bloud tha. thei sing & go out + Sirs now go your way of you I am glad 520 +As of any seruauntes that euer I had +For these can do both good and bad +We must needes haue such men + What were we yf we lacked wyll: +And without wyt we shoulde lyue yll +Therfore wyll and wit I wyll kepe styll. + I promise you I loue them + + ¶ Here commeth remedy in and to him saith + + +Welth.+ Syr your maystership is hartely welcome +Take your place here aboue as it is reason. 530 + + +Health+ I pray you oardon vs, we know not what ye be +ye seme a man of honour, and of great auctority + + +liberty+ Syr to know wherfore ye come we are desyrous + + +Remdi+ I am he that ought for to be well knowen +Of you thre specially, and of duetie +Great payne and busines as for mine owne +For you I haue taken because I loue you hartely +To maintaine you is all my desyre and faculty +yet hard it is to doo, the people be so variable +And many be so wilfull, they will not be reformable. 540 + + +wealth+ Syr I pray you pardon vs of our ignoraunce now +I se well ye know vs better than we do you + + +Remdi+ I pardon you, for I doo know you wel both +welth, and helth, is your right names +The which Gngland to forbere were very loth +For by welth and helth commeth great fames +Many other renlmes for our great welth shames +That they dare not presume, nor thy dare not be bold +To stryue againe England, or any right with holde. + + +Health+ Sir ye be welcom, I besech you show vs your name 550 + + +remedi+ Good remedy forsouth I rm the same. + + +liberti.+ yf I durst be so bolde I wolde pray you hartely +To shewe vs apart of your great aceoritie, + + +R md+ My actoritie is geuen to me most speciall +To maintaine you three, in this realme to be +What mine intent is. I wyl tel, but not all +For that were to longe to reherse of a surety +And I desyre you all for to be louing to me +For your owne ease, come welth and profyt + + +Wealth+ Good remedy, then we must desyre your aydyng 560 +For by good remedy cometh all our prefercing. + + +Remdi+ All that I doo intende, if ye wil therto agree +And to be reformable for your owne ease +It is not the thynge that lieth only in me +But my good wyl, therfore I wyl not cease +To haue your loue and fauour, and therby to please +Al the worlde ouer, and to promote ehis realme +That you thre may prosper, ye percelue what I mene + The chiefe parte of all welth lyeth in great estates +Theyr substance and landes. is right commendable 570 +Prelates of the churche is welthy of ryches +Mercha[=u]tes hath marcha[=u]dise & goods incoperable +M[=e] of law & franklins is welthy which is laudable +Thus welth of riches is deuided diuerse wayes +And to these many charges, come now a dayes + + +Health+ My hert reioyseth to here your good reporting +Much are we bound to god, which prouideth althing + + +Remdi+ Forsoth here is not halfe that I could reherse +The benefits of god that be sheweth to you welth +Consider Englyshmen, how valiant they be & ferce 580 +Of al nacions none such, when they haue their helth +No land can do vs harme, but wyth falsehod or stelth +rem[=e]bre what nobre of m[=e], or artilerie & good ordinace +Specially [the] grace of god, which is our chief forderace + If there be any that wyll grudge, surmyce or doo +Againe welth, helth & libertie, then must I for [the] same +Shew mine auctorite and power, for to remedy it so +That none of you shall diminishe, nor amisse be tane +I good remedy therfore may & will speake [with]out blae +For the comen welth, & helth both of the soule & body 590 +[that] is mi office & power, & therfore I haue my actorite + + +wealth+ Our lorde continue ye, & we thanke you hartly +Both for your good instruction, and for your kindnes +That you intende so wel for vs good remedy +when we haue nede we will desyre your goodnes + + +Health+ When we be infect in the soule or body +Then will I seke good remedy for succour +As yet I thanke god I haue no nede greatly +yf I haue then wyll I seke to haue your fauour + + +liberty+ Syr now we wyl departe hence with your licence 600 +For other divers busines that we must haue tohether + + +Remdi+ Sirs I am content, now when ye wyll depart +To god I commyt you I wyll not make you tary +But yet I pray with all my minde and heart +Take hede in any wise exchewe yl & shrewd compani +yf a ma be neuer soo good & vse [with] th[=e] [that] be vnthrifti +He shal lese his name, & to some vice they wil him t[=e]p +therfore beware of such people, & from th[=e] be exempt + + +Health+ yes yes I warrant you of sach I wyll beware. +Farewel good remedy & wel to fare. & goth out 610 + + +Remdi+ I pray god be your spede & preserue you fro paine +it is mi mind ye shold prosper I wold haue it so fain. + + +Wyll.+ Here is none of our acquainta[=u]ce wil retourneth +we haue made to longe tariaunce +that wyll ye say perchaunce +And they begone home come away apare + + +Wytte.+ Nay by god not so hastie +A lytle whyle we wyll larye +Good euen syr to you mary +Dwell ye in this place? 620 + + +Remdi+ Nay good fellowe I dwel not heare +Wherefore doest thou chat inquire: +Woldest thou ought with any heare +Speake be not afryde + + +Wyll.+ By God I would I had your gowne +And were a myle without the towne +Theron & woulde borowe a crowne +It is I that so sayde + + +Wytte.+ Hew lookest thou one him halfe a scorne +I p=omise you he is a scant gentylman borne 630 +What sstyest thou in his face + + +Remdi+ For somwhat in his face I lok e +In dede his mastership standes a crooke +For false shrewes both of you I tooke +And chyldren that be past grace. + + +Wyll.+ I wyll swere for hym, as tor this yeares twenty +that he hath ben euer as true as I +yet sometyme he will steale and make a lye +He is of my alyaunce. + + +Remdi+ In good fayth the same thinke I 640 +That ye be both lyke, full unthrifty +Syrs how do ye lyue, shew me quickly +Or I shall put you in duraunce + + +wytte.+ How liue we? mary our meate +Cummest thou hether for to threte: +So lowly syr wittam doth speake +From whence doth he come can ye shewe + + +Wyll.+ What dost thou ayle canst thou tell? +Hast thou any thing with vs to mell? +By the masse thy handes doth tykell 650 +Thou shalt beare me a blowe. + + +remedi+ you false theues I know ye well +I shall let your purpose euey deale +yllwyll, and shrewd wit, the deuyll of hell +Take ye both for me. + + +wytte.+ Mary thou lyest, our names be not so +Call vs but wit, and wyll, adde no more thereto, +yf thou doest thou were as good no +We shall handle you shrewdly + + +Remdi+ Syrs farewell here I wil no longer abide 660 +For you both shortly I wyll prouide +That all your falfe craft shalbe out tryed +And our subtillitie knowen and goeth out. + + +wytte.+ To go so soone the horson was wyse +therfore some now I must deuise +that each man may welth, helth and libertidespise +Or els he wyll marre all our mateer. +Brother wet, ler me alone +When they come you shal see me a none +Complayne of him, vnto them echone 670 +And put him out of fauour + + +Wytte+ Peace no mo wordes, for they come yonder + + +wealth+ Syrs I am glade that you be heare +How doth all our houshold, with them what chere? +Is euery thiag in order there +Afirr our intente? + + +wyll.+ ye syr they be all mery and glad +With reuell and rout somtime they be mad +Pipe whore hop theef, euery knaue and drabe +Is at our commaundement. 680 + + Helth turneth hym. + + What do ye say, then ye are to blame +And we put you in trust for the same +To kepe such rule, it is a shame +I tis not for our honour. + + +wytte.+ By the masse ihe horson doth lye +There is no such rule by gods body +A man may breke his neck as lyghtly +As his fast in your kechin, or seller truly. + + Liberty turneth him 690 + + With that nother I am not content +I wolde there should be liberalitie compet[=e]t +And with honesti it is conoenient +That our neighbour fare the better + + +Wyll.+ you be angey with all that we haue done +Cum away brother let us go hens soone +I know a new maister wher we shalbe welcume +God be with you gentyl maister + + +Welth.+ Why wil ye begone tor a worde +Peraduenture we did but boorde 700 +Me thinke ye should your mayster foorde +For to speake my minde. + + +wytte+ Nay nay, I can tel what was the matter +Remedy was here, and he dyd flatter +ye trust he more than vs and better +But marke the ende, what ye shal find + + +Health+ With good remedy we spake in dede +To folow his counsel we had neede +He warned vs that we should take hede +Of excesse and prodigalitie. 710 + + +Wytte+ I meruayle ye speake so of good remedy +It is I that can do more than he +Wyt can make shyft at necessity +When Remedi cannot be hearde + I know some that hath this thousand yere +Sought god remedy and yet neuer rhe nere +wit can put remedy by, yea this is cleare +For wit is a crafty lad. + + +Wyll.+ And wyl is an vngracious stay +Wyl hath doone many thinges men say 720 +And yf ye let wit and wil goe his way +ye wil repent it soone. + + +liberty+ Why what cause haue you to go your way +ye shall abyde wich vs though you say nay +I wyl folow wyl, and wit alway +And so I haue euer done + + +wytte.+ yf I wist al my masters wolde so do +Then from your seruyce I wolde not goo +Speake now whether ye wyl or no +And let vs know your minde 730 + + +Health+ Syrs ye be welco me to me playne +And for your company I am full fayne +I had leuer suffer great payne +Then to leue my wit and wyl, + + +Wyll.+ Then let vs go hence, with kindnes my her ye do kyll + + +Health+ I pray you let vs go, wherfore do we byde styll. + + and goeth out + + +Remdi+ As touching my first purpose hither I am com again +I trow ye know me, good remedy is my name +That euery day doth take great .abor or payne 740 +To amende all faultes, I am chosen to the same +yf any mans conscience here doth grudge or shame +Hauing in him self remorse, & mendes in tyme & space +I am good remedy, and god is ful of mercy and grace +Therfore I wyl stand asyde, & a lyttel whyle remaine +Of welth, Helth and Lybertye, for to inquire +How they be ordred, and yf any man complayne +I wil be glad to shew me remedy, my think I se one a peare. + + +Hance+ Begots drowse ic my selfe bin c[=u]pt heye sco lansma 750 +Ic mot in ander land lopen, al is quade dan + + +Remdi+ Thou fleming fro wh[=e]ce comest [thou] + & what dost [thou] here. + + +Hance+ Ic my self cumt fro sent Katryns dore + mot ic skyne de ca beer + + +Remdi+ Get [the] thether againe, & tary here no loger + + +Hance+ Syr ic mot mid ye spreken ic my self be en scomaker + + +Remdi+ What and thou be therwith I haue nothin a doo. + + +Hance+ Ic dest al forlore, copin is dod, ic maght aot do therto + + +Remdi+ I pray thee go hence, for thou dost trouble me yll. + + +Hance+ Nen ic seker, ic wyl not gon, ic wold fain liue hore stil + + +Remdi+ There is to mainy allaunts in this reale, but now I 760 +good remedy haue so provided that English men shall +lyue the better dayly. + + +Hance+ What segt ye by gots drowse, dai is de quade man +Be de moro goi, ic my selfe loue de scone Englishman. + + +Remdi+ Fie on [the] flattering knaue, + fie on you alia[=u]ts al I say +ye can [with] craft & subtel tiget englishm[=e]s welth away + + +Hance+ O skon mester, ic heb hore bin, this darten yeore +ic canskote de coluerin, & ic can be dr beare broer, +trust see so prouide that welth from you haue I shall + + +Hance+ Ic seg to you dat welth is lopen in an ander contry 770 +wat hebegy dar brough, forstan ye net, segt me + + +Remdi+ Ic vnderstand the wel, yet thou liest lyke a knaue +welth is here [=i] Englad, & welth stil i trust we shal haue + + +Hance+ Ic ment no quad ic loue de english man by min here +C[=u]p vp sent Katrin and ic shal ye geu[=e] twe stope bere, + + +Remdi+ Get [the] hence drok[=e] fleming + [thou] shalt tary no lenger here + + +Hance+ Mor it net mare herebin, woder sal ic gewest kiskin +Ic wil to de Kaizer gan, dar fall ic wal skinkin + + & goth out + + +Remdi+ Is he gon? I pray god the deuyll go with him +wher is welth, helth & tiberty. I wold see th[=e] come in 780 + + Helth commeth in with a kercher on his head. + + +Health+ ¶ O good lorde helpe me, by your licence my souerain +I am homely to com her in your pres[=e]ce thus diseased +Nede constraineth me, for remedy I wold haue faine +I am [=i]fect both body & soul, I prai you be not displesed + + +Remdi+ Why what aile you shew me, yet you I do not know +Glad I am to remedy any man, that is affirmity +I perceiue by your phisnamy, [that] ye ar veri weke feble & low +yet show me your griefe, & I wil help you gladly. + + +Health+ Gracio[us] remedi I thank you, yet I am half ashamed 790 +to shew you mi maladi & mi name, I was called helth + Therfore I am wel worthi to be punished & blamed +Because I haue not folowed your co[=u]sel, but al thing +may be suffered saue welth. + + +Remdy+ Are you helth, this maketh me very pensife and sad +ye t be of good chere, & show how you were infect +To remedy you and succour you I wold be very glad +For god wyl punish the people when they be detelt + + +Health+ Syr I thanke god therof for wel worthy I am +My conscience doth iudge, some trouble haue I must 800 +A mendes I wyl make to god and if I can +Wil ad wit hath deceiued me in them I put my trust. + + +Remdi+ yf thou haue doone amisse, and be sory therfore +Then helfe a mendes is made, for that is contrission +Let that passe, now wil I axe you one thyng more +Wher be welth ad Libertie, be they of good disposicio + + +Health+ As for welth is fallen in decay, and neceslitie +By wast & war, thorow ytt wyll, and shrewdwit +And lybertie is kept in duraunce and captiuite +God helpe vs all, and sende vs good remedy for it 810 + + +Remdi+ For to heare this tale it maketh my hart heauie +yet be of good cofort, god is ful of grace, & I am good + + +Health+ ¶ Sir, th[=e] I besech you help vs in the way of charity + + +Remdi+ I would fayne but I cannot tel which way to begin +Except I might catch wil & wit, then I trow I could +Tye th[=e] shorter, for they destroy welth, helth & liberty bi sin +yf I had [the] theues, punish th[=e] extremly I wole. + + +Health+ You may soone catch them, if ye wil stande a syde +From this place they two, wyl not longe abide. + + +Remdi+ Me thinketh I here them com, helpe to holde th[=e] fast 820 + + will turneth + + +Wyll.+ Cum in wit for herc is no body +We may ve bolde and talke largely +Our hartes to eafe ano shew plainly +What we haue doone. + + +wytte+ I must nedes laugh I cannot forbeare +To remember warre that knaue wil ye heare +The horson fleming was beshitten for feare +Because he should boyde so soone. + + +Wyll.+ Herke now do I meruayle by this bread +For I weae surely uhat hrlth be dead 830 +I saw saw him go with a kercher on his head +As he should go at hangyng. + + +wytte+ Harke in thine Eare, yf tste horson hap +To complayne to him that weres the red cap +I feare then shortly he wyl us clap +By the heles from our liuingl + + +Wyll.+ Nay nay, there is no doubt +By hym I haue reported all about +That he doth not wel, his good name to put out +ylwyl cannot say wel, 840 + + +remedi.+ Frende therin thou art the more to blam +Co staunder me wrongfully, and vndesrrued +But or thou drpart thou shalt answere for the same, +wher is Welth & liberty, how hast thou th[=e] ordred? + + +Wyll+ Qury cicis quest is vn malt ombre +Me is vn spy&nardo compoco parlauere. + + +Health+ Thou folse chefe is thine English tonge gone +as mischeuo[us] il wil & shrewdwit, ye haue destroyd ma ni on + + +Wytte.+ Sir hurt not me, & I wiltel you trouth anone +This same ia as false a knaue as euer cam [with]in saint Ioh[=e]s 850 + + +wyll.+ Per amor de my as peca vn poco +Eo queris and ar pour lagraunt creae so + + +Remdy+ I can not tel what thou dost meae blabbler +But [thou] shalt speake English & confesse an other mater, + + +Health+ Syr I besech your lordship, in the way of charity +Let not fhese thefes escape your hands they haue destroyed +us utterly. + + +wytte:+ Syr, beleue hym not he speakes but of malice onely +we be true men, therof we shall fetch good witnes +An honest man that shalbe bound for him and me 860 +The law sayth plaine, nulla fides contra testes + + +Remdi+ that is trouth, but who wilbe witnes or bo[=u]d for the + + +Wyll.+ There is three amonge you in this howse +I Iyfgo to fetch them quickly + + +Wytte.+ They wil come vns[=e]d for I warant you if they wyst + + +Remd+ what be theyr names, tel me what they be, + + +Wyll.+ That on is Iohn Irische abd Iohn sholer +But ful these be honest men all three + + +Health+ Trust not their wordes they wyll dessemble styll +They are so false and crafty, all theyr intent is yll. 870 + + +Wyll.+ ye lye falsely I fpeake but right and reason +And by the law of armes ye must nedes be tane +you are called good remedy which at al feason +Sholde leaue to mans lyfe, and maintaine the same +we be here both your prisoners wrongfully accused bi defame +Kepe one of vs fast let him lye for all +That other for frendes and wytnes goo shall. + + +wytte,+ Syr let hym not goo and leue me behynde +He wyl euer be a false knaue, for I know his mynde + + +Wyll.+ Holde thy tonge folish knaue I do not meane so 880 + + +Remdt+ I here now ye cannot agre, which of you should go + + +Wyll.+ No by gods body there shall none go but I + + +Wytte.+ Thou playest the knaue it must nedes be I + + +Health+ Kepe them safe I pray you for yf they scap againe +Many men shal repent it, it shalbe to our payne + + +Remdi+ They be here yet, to kepe them fast is myne intent, +Haue them away both to prison in continent. + + +wyll.+ Lo false knaue this is for thy crafty wif. +Now fast by the heeles we are lake to syt. + + +Wytte.+ I am content so that I may haue compeny 890 +yf I shold behanged, I wold be haged honest + + & goth out + + +Remdi+ Go hence with them & bring welth & liberty. + + +helth,+ Com away ye theues, now I shals kepe you surely, + + & goth out + + +Wyll.+ Lock vs vp & kepe vs as fast as ye can +yet yll wyl and shrewdwit shalbe with many a man. + + +Remdi+ I am halfe ashamed, that long it hath ben sayd +That noble men by such wretches hath ben deceiued +they did reioyce and iest, and were very well apaide +Trusting to scape cleare, and styl for to haue rained +But now they shall not so, let them be wel assured 900 +That ylwyl and shrewde wyt shal haue but yl rest +For wheresoeuer they be I wyll breake theyr nest + + +wealth+ In the honour of god we aske you forgeuenes althre +we ought to be ashamed to looke you in the face +By our foly & negligence, we haue done so vnwisely +we were fowle deceyued, we put vs to your grace +Thys shaibe a good warding for vs alonge space +whan man is wel punished then he wyl beware +who that knoweth what nede is, wel after drede care + + +Remdi+ I may not blame you gretly for by mine owne reaso 910 +I know ylwyl and shrewdwit deceiueth great & smal +yf ye can remabre thys. and beware a nother season +This is a good example and lerning to you all +Now serue god and loue him, & for grace euer call +And ylwyl and shrewdewyt, from you I shall abstaine +ye haue vsed them to longe to your domage and pain. + + +health.+ Forsoth syr ye sai trouth, they did vs great displesur +Full hard it is to vanquishe the vngrocious ylwyl +He is so croked, by flattery, dissulation & such other +Mannes mynd is so variable, & glad to report yl 920 +I feare many one yet wolde haue him raine styll +For some vnto their owne wyl hath so much affection +yet the devyl and yl wyl is both of one complexion + + +liberty=+ yll wyll is nought, but worse is shrewdwyt +For he contryueth al subtil ymanginacien +yt were vnpossyble for a man els to doo it +shrewdwyt breweth myscef, & false conspyracion +He hath put me lyberty in prison, ad great tribulacion +if it had not bene for your good remedi & forbera[=u]ce +I & other [that] hath libertie, shold haue b[=e] in duraunce. 930 + + +Remdi+ Be al of good chere, and haue no mistrust +The ende of yl wyl and shrewd wyt is but shame +Though they reygne a while, wrongfully and uniust +yet truth wyll appeare and their misdedes blame +Then wronge is subdued, and good remedy tane +Though falsehod cloke, and hide his matters all +Craft wyll out and disceite wyll haue a fall + Whereas ye are now, in distresse all three +Neare were ye brought in case lyke to marre +Now haue ye no doubt, yf ye wyll be ruled after me 940 +I shal rcstore ye agayne as well as euer ye were +Welth kepe styll this realme, looke ye stray not farre +And Helth be of good chere, your disease I can soone m[=e]de +Liberty now ye be released do no more offend, + + +wealth+ Now let vs al thake god [that] good remedy hath sende +Trust to hym only for his grace and goodnes +we are forgiuenes of our trespas I trust we wil am[=e]d +And cleane forsake syn, foly, and unthriftines +th[us] we wil here coclude, soueraine of your graciousnes +we besech you to remyt our negligence, & misbehauor 950 +There we haue sayd amis, we comit al to your fauor + + +Health+ And for your preseruacion hartely we wyl pray +your realme to increase, with ioy and tranquility +That welth, helth & liberty, may continue here alway +By the ouersight and aide of him that is good remdy +which willingly doth his deuer, vnder your actoritye +As parte here apereth your purpose to maintaine +God rontinue his goodnes, that longe he may riagne + + +Remdi+ Iesu preserue quene Elizabeth, + [that] noble pr[=i]cis worthy +Iesu continue her helth long for to endure 960 +Iesu indue her w vertue grace & honour +Iesu maintaine the lords of [the] co[=u]sel + to execute good remedi euer +Iesu spede and helpe al them gods honour to further +Iesu increase the comunaltie to prosper and doo wel. + +FINIS. + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Interlude of Wealth and Health, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INTERLUDE OF WEALTH AND HEALTH *** + +***** This file should be named 17270.txt or 17270.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found 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