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FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.04.07.00*END* + + + + + +The Disguising at Hertford + +by John Lydgate +c.1370 - 1449 + + + +a verse play written circa 1427. + +This version is made available with the permission of the Master and +Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, England, the owners of the unique +original manuscript. + +For the purposes of this multi-platform electronic text, the medieval +'thorn' (a character representing 'th') has been changed to 'th'. It was +impracticable to reproduce the original punctuation, which mainly +consisted of the virgule or slash. Modern commas and full stops have been +sparingly imposed. Superscript tildes and mid-script tildes have been +removed. Mid-script dots have been changed to colons as they seem to +indicate a deliberate suspension. The last four words of the initial +rubric (Brys : slayne at Loviers) appear to have been added to the +manuscript at a date slightly later than when it was first written. +Section marks occur in the original without consistency; where these +clearly indicate a new section, a blank line has been inserted to produce +a similar effect. + +The endnotes include the original stage directions. Two lacunae in the +manuscript have been supplied by reference to John Stow's late 16th- +century manuscript copy of the text. The other endnotes are glosses of +particular words in the text. + +The transcription of Lydgate's text has also been published in book form +under the title 'Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle', including a +modern verse translation of the text, an editor's introduction and notes, +and a study of the literary and historical background of the play and of +its first performance, which took place at Hertford Castle as part of the +royal Christmas festivities of, probably, 1427. It is hoped that this +additional material will become available as a Project Gutenberg etext. +Readers interested in the book may wish to have its publication details + +Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle by Derek Forbes +with Foreword by Glynne Wickham +First published by Blot Publishing, Pulborough, 1998. +Pp. xiv + 82, f'piece, and 4 plate ills. +Decorated and laminated card cover. ISBN 1 900929 03 1. +Retail price in 2000 six pounds GBP. + +Copies of the book are available from +Blot Publishing, 8 Chanctonbury, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3QE, UK. +Telephone: +44 (0)1903 893806 +Email: <info@blot.co.uk>; Web site: <http://www.blot.co.uk>. +or from the Society for Theatre Research, c/o The Theatre Museum, +1E Tavistock Street, London WC2E 7PA, UK. + +Copies of the book were distributed by the Society for Theatre Research to +its members worldwide in 1998, and can be consulted in the libraries of +institutions which subscribe to the Society. + +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + +Nowe folowethe here the maner of a bille by wey of supplicacon putte to +the kyng holding his noble feest of Cristmasse in the Castel of Hertford +as in a disguysing : of the Rude upplandisshe people compleyning on hir +wyves with the boystous aunswere of hir wyves devysed by lydegate at the +Request of the Countre Roullour Brys : slayne at Loviers + +Most noble prynce : With support of your grace, +Ther beon entred : in to youre royal place +And late coomen in to youre castell, +Youre poure lieges, wheche lyke no thing weel. +Nowe in the vigyle of this nuwe yeere +Certayne sweynes, ful [froward of ther chere], +Of entent comen, [fallen on ther kne], +For to compleyne vn to yuoure magestee +Vpon the mescheef of gret aduersytee, +Vpon the trouble and the cruweltee [10] +Which that they haue endured in theyre lyves +By the felnesse of theyre fierce wyves, +Which is a tourment verray importable, +A bonde of sorowe, a knott vnremuwable. +For whoo is bounde or locked in maryage, +Yif he beo olde, he falleth in dotage, +And yong folkes, of theyre lymes sklendre, +Grene and lusty, and of brawne but tendre, +Phylosophres callen in suche aage +A Chylde to wyve, a woodnesse or a raage. [20] + +For they afferme ther is noon eorthly stryff +May beo compared to wedding of a wyff, +And who that euer stondethe in the cas +He with his Rebecke may sing ful oft ellas, +Lyke as theos hynes, here stonding oon by oon, +He may with hem vpon the daunce goon. +Leorne the traas, boothe at even and morowe +Of Karycantowe in tourment and in sorowe.... +Weyle the while ellas that he was borne. +For Obbe, the Reeve, that goothe heere al to forne, [30] +He pleynethe sore, his mariage is not meete, +For his wyff, Beautryce Bittersweete, +Cast vpon him an hougly cheer ful rowghe +Whane he komethe home, ful wery frome the ploughe, +With hungry stomake, deed and paale of cheere, +In hope to fynde redy his dynier. + +Thanne sittethe Beautryce, bolling at the nale, +As she that gyvethe of him no maner tale. +For she alday with hir iowsy nolle, +Hathe for the collyk pouped in the bolle [40] +And for heed aache : with pepir and gynger +Dronk dolled ale, to make hir throte cleer, +And komethe hir hoome, whane hit drawethe to eve. +And thanne Robyn, the cely poure Reeve, +Fynde noone amendes of harome ne damage +But leene growell, and soupethe cold potage, +And of his wyf hathe noone other cheer +But cokkrowortes vn to his souper. +This is his servyce sitting at the borde, +And cely Robyn, yif he speke a worde, [50] +Beautryce of him doothe so lytel rekke +That with hir distaff she hittethe him in the nekke, +For a medecyne to chawf with his bloode. +With suche a metyerde she hathe shape him an hoode. + +And Colyn Cobeller, folowing his felawe, +Hathe hade his part of the same lawe, +For by the fayth that the preost him gaf +His wyff hathe taught him to pleyne at the staff. +Hir quarter strooke were so large and rounde +That on his rigge the towche was alwey founde. [60] + +Cecely Sourechere, his owen precyous spouse, +Kowde him reheete whan he came to house. +Yif he ought spake whanne he felt peyne, +Ageyne oon worde alweys he hade tweyne. +Sheo qwytt him euer, ther was no thing to seeche, +Six for oon, of worde and strookes eeche. +Ther was no meen bytweene hem for to goone. +What euer he wan : clowting olde shoone +The wykday, pleynely this is no tale, +Sheo wolde on Sondayes drynk it at the nale. [70] +His part was noon, he sayde not oonys nay. +Hit is no game, but an hernest play +For lack of wit a man his wyf to greeve. +Theos housbondemen : who so wolde hem leeve, +Koude yif they dourst telle : in Audyence, +What folowethe ther of wyves to doone offence. +Is noon so olde ne ryveld on hir face, +Wit tong or staff but that she dare manase. +Mabyle, God hir sauve and blesse, +Koude yif hir list bere here of witnesse, [80] +Wordes, strookes vnhappe, and harde grace, +With sharp nayles kracching in the face. +I mene thus, whane the distaff is brooke +With theyre fistes wyves wol be wrooke. + +Blessed thoo men that cane in suche offence +Meekly souffre, take al in pacyence +Tendure suche wyfly purgatorye. +Heven for theyre meede, to regne ther in glorye. +God graunt al housbandes that beon in this place +To wynne so heven for his hooly grace. [90] + +Nexst in ordre, this bochier stoute and bolde +That killed hathe bulles and boores olde, +This Berthilmew, for al his broode knyff, +Yit durst he neuer with his sturdy wyff +In no mater holde chaumpartye. +And if he did, sheo wolde anoon defye +His pompe, his pryde, with a sterne thought, +And sodeynly setten him at nought. +Thoughe his bely were rounded lyche an ooke +She wolde not fail to gyf the first strooke. [100] +For proude Pernelle lyche a Chaumpyon +Wolde leve hir puddinges in a gret Cawdroun, +Suffre hem boylle and taake of hem noon heede, +But with hir skumour reeche him on the heued. +Shee wolde paye him and make no delaye, +Bid him goo pleye him a twenty deuel way. +She was no cowarde founde at suche a neode, +Hir fist ful offt made his cheekis bleed. +What querell euer that he agenst hir sette, +She cast hir not to dyen in his dette. [110] +She made no taylle, but qwytt him by and by. +His quarter sowde, she payde him feythfully. +And his waages, wt al hir best entent, +She made ther of noon assignement. + +Eeke Thome Tynker, with alle hees pannes olde +And alle the wyres of Banebury that he solde, +His styth, his hamour, his bagge portatyf, +Bare vp his arme whane he faught with his wyff: +He foonde for haste no better bokeller, +Vpon his cheeke the distaff came so neer. [120] +Hir name was cleped Tybot Tapister. +To brawle and broyle she nad no maner fer, +To thakke his pilche stoundemel nowe and thanne +Thikker thane Thome koude clowten any panne. + +Nexst Colle Tyler, ful hevy of his cheer, +Compleynethe on Phelyce his wyff the wafurer +Al his bred with sugre nys not baake, +Yit on his cheekis some tyme he hathe a caake +So hoot and nuwe, or he can taken heede, +That his heres glowe verray reede [130] +For a medecyne whane the forst is colde, +Makyng his teethe to ratle that beon oolde. + +This is the compleynt that theos dotardes oolde +Make on theyre wyves that beon so stoute and bolde, +Theos holy martirs preued ful pacyent, +Lowly beseching, in al hir best entent, +Vnto youre noble ryal magestee, +To graunte hem fraunchyse and also liberte +Sith they beothe fetird and bounden in maryage, +A saufconduct to sauf him frome damage. [140] +Eeke vnder support of youre hyeghe renoun +Graunt hem also a proteccyoun. + +Conquest of wyves is rone thoroughe this lande, +Cleyming of Right to haue the hyegher hande. +But if you list, of youre Regallye, +The olde testament for to modefye, +And that yee list asselen theyre request +That theos poure husbandes might lyf in rest, +And that theyre wyves in theyre felle might +Wol medle amonge mercy with theyre right. [150] +For it came neuer of nature ne raysoun +A lyonesse toppresse the lyoun, +Ner a wolfesse for al hir thyraunye +Ouer the wolf to haven the maystrye. +Ther beon nowe wolfesses moo thane twoo or three +The bookys recorde, wheeche tht yonder bee. +Seothe to this mater of mercy and of grace, +And or thees dotardes parte out of this place, +Vpon theyre compleynt to shape remedye, +Or they beo likly to stande in iupardye. [160] +It is no game with wyves for to pleye, +But for foolis, that gif no force to deye. + +Takethe heed of thaunswer of the wyves. + +Touching the substance of this hyeghe discorde, +We six wyves : beon ful of oon acorde, +Yif worde and chyding may vs not avaylle +We wol darrein it in chaumpcloos by bataylle, +Iupart oure right laate or ellys raathe. +And for oure partye, the worthy Wyff of Bathe +Cane shewe statutes moo than six of seven +Howe wyves make hir housbandes wynne heven, [170] +Maugre the feonde and al his vyolence. +For theyre vertu of parfyte pacyence +Partenethe not to wyves nowe adayes, +Sauf on theyre housbandes for to make assayes. +Ther pacyence was buryed long agoo, +Gresyldes story recordethe pleinly soo. + +It longethe to vs to clappen as a mylle, +No counseyle keepe, but the trouth oute telle. +We beo not borne by hevenly influence +Of oure nature to keepe vs in sylence. [180] +For this is no doute, euery prudent wyff +Hathe redy aunswere in al suche maner stryff, +Thoughe theos dotardes, with theyre dokked berdes +Which strowtethe out as they were made of herdes, +Haue ageyn hus a gret quarell nowe sette. +I trowe the bakoun was neuer of hem fette +Awaye at Dounmowe in the Pryorye. +They weene of vs to haue ay the maystrye. +Ellas theos fooles let hem aunswere here to, +Whoo cane hem wasshe, who can hem wring alsoo, [190] +Wryng hem, yee wryng, so als god vs speed, +Til that some tyme we make hir nases bleed, +And sowe hir cloothes whane they beothe to rent, +And clowte hir bakkes til some of vs beo shent. +Loo yit theos fooles, god gyf hem sory chaunce, +Wolde sette hir wyves vnder gouuernaunce, +Make vs to hem for to lowte lowe: +We knowe to weel the bent of Iackys bowe. +Al that we clayme, we clayme it but of right. +Yif they say nay let preve it out by ffight. [200] +We wil vs grounde not vpon womanhede. +Fy on hem, cowardes. When hit komethe to nede, +We clayme maystrye by prescripcyoun, +Be long tytle of successyoun +Frome wyff to wyff, which we wol not leese. +Men may weel gruchche, but they shal not cheese. +Custume is vs for nature and vsaunce +To set oure housbandes lyf in gret noysaunce. +Humbelly byseching nowe at oon worde +Vn to oure liege, and moost souerein lord, [210] +Vs to defende of his regallye, +And of his grace susteenen oure partye, +Requering the statuyt of olde antiquytee +That in youre tyme it may confermed bee. + +The complaynte of the lewed housbandes wt the cruwell aunswers of theyre +wyves herde, the kyng yivethe ther vpon sentence and iugement. + +This noble Prynce, moost royal of estate, +Having an eyeghe to this mortal debate, +First aduerting of ful hyeghe prudence, +Wil vnavysed gyve here no sentence +With oute counseylle of haste to procede +By sodeyne doome, for he takythe heede [220] +To eyther partye as iuge indifferent, +Seing the paryll of hasty iugement. +Pourposithe him in this contynude stryffe +To gif no sentence ther of diffynytyff +Til ther beo made examynacyoun +Of other partye, and inquysicyoun. +He considerethe, and makethe Raysoun his guyde, +As egal iuge enclyning to noo syde. +Not with standing, he hathe compassyoun +Of the poure housbandes trybulacyoun, [230] +So afft arrested with theyre wyves rokkes +Which of theyre distaves haue so many knokkes, +Peysing also in his regallye +The lawe tht wymmen allegge for theyre partye, +Custume, Nature and eeke prescripcyoun, +Statuyt vsed by confirmacyoun, +Processe and daate of tyme oute of mynde, +Recorde of Cronycles, witnesse of hir kuynde. +Wher fore the Kyng wol al this nexst yeere +That wyves fraunchyse : stonde hoole and entier, [240] +And that no man withstonde it ne withdrawe, +Til man may fynde some pcesse oute by lawe +That they shoulde by nature in theyre lyves +Haue souerayntee on theyre prudent wyves, +A thing vnkouthe, which was neuer founde. +Let men be ware ther fore, or they beo bounde. +The bonde is hard, who soo that lookethe weel. +Some man were leuer fetterd beon in steel. +Raunsoun might help his peyne to aswaage, +But whoo is wedded lyuethe euer in suage. [250] +And I knowe neuer, nowher fer ner neer, +Man that was gladde to bynde him prysonier, +Thoughe that his prysoun, his castell, or his holde +Wer depeynted with asure or with golde. + +Explicit. + + +Glossary, Stage directions, Notes + +line +5 vigyle of this nuwe yeere = this new year's eve +6 froward of ther chere: lacuna made up from Stow +7 fallen on ther kne: lacuna made up from Stow +13 importable = unbearable +16 dotage = feeble-mindedness +20 woodnesse = madness +24 Rebecke = fiddle; ellas = alas! +25 stage direction - demonstrando vj Rusticos +27 traas = course +28 possible lacuna follows here? +37 bolling at the nale = quaffing at the ale-house +39 iowsy nolle = juicy noddle +40 pouped = gulped +42 dolled = mulled +44 cely = silly, i.e. simple, innocent +45 harome = harm +46 growell = gruel +48 cokkrowortes = stale brew-mash +53 to chawf with his bloode = to chafe his blood with +54 metyerde = meteyard or yardstick +55 stage direction - demonstrando pictaciarium +57 preost = priest +60 rigge = back +62 reheete = attack, scold +65 qwytt = requited; ther was no thing to seeche = it was plain to see +67 meen = middle way +68 wan = earned; clowting = mending +71 oonys = once +74 leeve = believe +77 ryveld = shrivelled +78 Wit = with; manase = menace +79 Mabyle = Mary +80 Koude yif hir list = could if it please her +84 wol be wrooke = will wreak revenge +85 thoo men = those men +87 Tendure = to endure +88 meede = reward +90 so = to? +91 stage direction - demonstrando Carnificem +95 holde chaumpartye = divide power, or resist +104 skumour = skimmer; reeche = strike; heued = head +111 qwytt him by and by = repaid him in due time +112 quarter sowde = surrender sued for +113 wt = with +115 stage direction - demonstrando the Tynker +117 styth = anvil +119 bokeller = buckler, shield +121 cleped = called +122 she nad no maner fer = she feared not +123 thakke his pilche = thwack his great-coat; stoundemel = sometimes +124 Thikker = more stoutly +126 wafurer = waferer, i.e. pastry-cook +129 or = ere +130 heres = ears +135 preued = proved +139 fetird = fettered +140 him = them +145 Regallye = regality +147 that yee list = if you please; asselen = authorize +150 medle = mingle +153 thyraunye = tyranny +156 tht = that; stage direction - distaves +157 Seothe = see +162 that gif no force = that are of no consequence +166 darrein = decide; chaumpcloos = tilting-field +167 Iupart = imperil; raathe = soon +169 of = or +171 Maugre the feonde = in spite of the devil +174 assayes = attempts, i.e. attacks +177 longethe = belongs; clappen = clatter or prattle +183 dokked = trimmed +184 herdes = coarse flax, 'hards' +186 fette = fetched +192 hir = our?] +193 rent = torn +194 shent = injured +197 lowte lowe = bow, make reverence +205 leese = lose +206 gruchche = grumble; cheese = choose +218 vnavysed = unadvised +220 doome = judgment +222 paryll = peril +223 Pourposithe him = He purposeth +231 rokkes = distaffs, also as rocking, set-backs +233 Peysing = weighing +234 tht = that +239 the Kyng wol = the king wills +242 pcesse = process +248 were leuer fetterd beon = were rather to be fettered +250 suage = s(er)vage, servitude + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg Etext of The Disguising at Hertford, by Lydgate + diff --git a/old/2001-08-dhert10.zip b/old/2001-08-dhert10.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9582bc --- /dev/null +++ b/old/2001-08-dhert10.zip |