The Interlude of Wealth and Health

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Title : The Interlude of Wealth and Health Author : Anonymous Editor : Percy Simpson Release date : December 9, 2005 [eBook #17270] Most recently updated: December 13, 2020 Language : English Original publication : The Malone Society, 1907 Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17270 Credits : 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) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INTERLUDE OF WEALTH AND HEALTH *** 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 [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's are used as the html entity ſ and look like this: ſ. If that character does not look right, your font does not support long s's and you may want to try a more complete font. In the original most of the stage directions were not set apart from the rest of the text. I separated the stage directions from the text and put them in italics. 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. tēp 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 ī) 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. remābre ... 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]) In the 1907 text, the 16th-century first page was reproduced at this point. A sample is shown here along with the 1907 version. 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 When 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, ād 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 pleafe 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 chaūge 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 reſaon 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 Helth 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 cōmaūdement 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, Wyll. 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 Whoſe 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 ōwne 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 dronkē 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 būbardere vā 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] cā 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 flaūders theris welth ſtore Hance Segt ye dat brower, by the moder got dan Gut naught it mot wast, to ſent cafrin to mi lanmā wyll. Is be gone, farewel hanykin bowſe & goeth out 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. Forfoth mayſter I am his vrother To be your ſeruant, was my cūming 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 thā. 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 Merchaūtes hath marchaūdiſe & goods incōperable Mē 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 remēbre what nōbre of mē, or artilerie & good ordināce Specially [the] grace of god, which is our chief forderāce 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 blāe 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 mā be neuer ſoo good & vse [with] thē [that] be vnthrifti He ſhal leſe his name, & to ſome vice they wil him tēp therfore beware of ſuch people, & from thē 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 frō paine it is mi mind ye ſhold proſper I wold haue it ſo fain. Wyll. Here is none of our acquaintaūce 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 competēt 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 cūpt heye ſcō lanſmā 750 Ic mot in ander land lopen, al is quade dan Remdi Thou fleming frō whēce comeſt [thou] & what doſt [thou] here. Hance Ic my ſelf cumt frō ſent Katryns dore mot ic ſkyne de cā beer Remdi Get [the] thether againe, & tary here no lōger 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 aliaūts al I ſay ye can [with] craft & ſubtel tiget engliſhmēs 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 ī Englād, & welth ſtil i truſt we ſhal haue Hance Ic ment no quad ic loue de engliſh man by min here Cūp vp ſent Katrin and ic ſhal ye geuē twe ſtope bere, Remdi Get [the] hence drōkē 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 thē 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 preſēce thus diſeaſed Nede conſtraineth me, for remedy I wold haue faine I am īfect both body & sſul, 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 coūſel, 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 ād wit hath deceiued me in them I put my truſt. Remdi yf thou haue doone amiſe, 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 ād Libertie, be they of good dispoſiciō Health As for welth is fallen in decay, and neceſſitie 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 cōfort, god is ful of grace, & I am good Health ¶ Sir, thē 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 thē ſhorter, for they deſtroy welth, helth & liberty bi ſin yf I had [the] theues, puniſh thē extremly I wole. Health You may soone catch them, if ye wil ſtande a yde From this place they two, wyl not longe abide. Remdi Me thinketh I here them com, helpe to holde thē fſat 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 thē 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 Iohēs 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 dſstroyed 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 boūd for the Wyll. There is three amonge you in this howſe I Iyfgo to fetch them quickly Wytte. They wil come vnſēd 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 hāged 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 reaſō 910 I know ylwyl and ſhrewdwit deceiueth great & ſmal yf ye can remābre 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, ād great tribulacion if it had not bene for your good remedi & forberaūce I & other [that] hath libertie, ſhold haue bē 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 mēde Liberty now ye be releaſed do no more offend, wealth Now let vs al thāke 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 amēd And cleane forſake ſyn, foly, and unthriftines th[us] we wil here cōclude, ſoueraine of your graciouſnes we beſech you to remyt our negligence, & miſbehauor 950 There we haue ſayd amis, we cōmit 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 prīcis worthy Ieſu continue her helth long for to endure 960 Ieſu indue her w vertue grace & honour Ieſu maintaine the lords of [the] coūſel to execute good remedi euer Ieſu ſpede and helpe al them gods honour to further Ieſu increaſe the comunaltie to proſper and doo wel.

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