The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata) · chunk 5 of 19
Rastell, John · published 1520 · first performed or written 1517 [c.1517-c.1518] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T37: wealth, riches, money, god, rich, poverty, men, learning, poor, ic.
Mark well now how I have the showed & told Of every element the very situation And qualyte● wherefore this figure behold For a more manifest demonstration And by cause thou sholdyst not put to oblyu●on My doctrine/ this man called studious desire with the shall have con●ynuall habitation The still to exhort more science to adquire For the more that thou desirest to know any thing Therein thou semyst th● more a man to be For that man that desires no manner cunning All that wile no better than a b●st is he why been the ey●s made but only to see The legs to bear the body of a creature So ●uery thing is made to do his nature So like wise reason wit and understanding is given to the man for that thou sholdyst in deed Know thy maker & cause of thine own being And what the world is & whereof thou dost precede wherefore it be hovyth the of very need The cause of things ●urst for to learn And than to know● & laud the high god eterne O glorious lord and prince most pleasant Greatly am I now held unto the So to illumine my mind that was yngnorant with such noble doctrine as thou hast here showed me wherefore I promise upon my fidelity My diligence to do to keep in memory And the for to honour still perpetually And sith it hath pleased thy grace to admit Me upon this man to give attendance with thy doctrine here showed I shall qikkyn his wit And daily put him in remembrance His courage and desire I shall also enhance So that his f●lycyte shall be most of all To study and to serche for causes natural well than for a seas●n I will depart leaving you to guider here both twain what I have shewed man print well in thine heart And mark well this figure that here shall r●mayne whereby thou mayst perceive many things more plain ●●ncernynge the matter I spoke of befor● ●nd when that I shall resort here a gain Of high poyntis of cunning I shall show the more Now humanity call to your memory The cunning poyntis that nature hath declared And though he have showed diverse poitꝭ & many Of the el●mentis so wondrously form yet many other causes there are would be learned As to know the generation of things all Here in the earth/ how they be engendered As herbs planties well spryngis stone and mehall Those things to know for me be full expedient But yet in those poyntis which nature late showed me My mind in them as yet is not content For I can no manner wise perceive nor see Nor prove by reason why the earth should be In the myddis of the firmament henging so small And the earth with the water to be round with all
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¶Marke well now how I haue the shewyd & told Of euery element the very sytuacyon And qualyte wherfor this fygure bholde For a more manyfest demonstracyon And by cause thou sholdyst not put to oblyuon My doctryne / this man callyd studyous desire with the shall haue conynuall habytacyon The styll to exhort more scyens to adquire ¶For ye more yt thou desyrest to know any thynge Therin thou semyst th more a man to be For that man that desirth no maner cōnynge All that wyle no better than a bst is he why ben the eys made but only to see The leggys to bere the body of a creatur So uery thynge is made to do his nature ¶So lyke wyse reason wit and vnderstondyng ys gyun to the man for that thou sholdyst ī dede Knowe thy maker & cause of thyne owne beyng And what ye worlde is & wherof thou doest ꝓcede wherfore it be houyth the of verey nede The cause of thyngꝭ urst for to lerne And than to know & laude the hye god eterne ¶O gloryous lorde and prynce moste plesant Greatly am I now holdn vnto the So to illumyne my mynd that was yngnorant with such noble doctryne as thou hast here shewed me wherfore I promyse vppon my fydelyte My dylygence to do to kepe in memory And the for to honour styll ꝑpetually ¶And syth it hath pleasyd thy grace to admyt Me vppon this man to gyue attendaunce with thy doctryne here shewyd I shall qikkyn his wyt And dayly put hym in remembraunce His courage and desyre I shall also inhaunce So that his flycyte shall be most of all To study and to serche for causys naturall ¶well than for a seasn I wyll departe Leuynge you to gyder here both twayne what I haue shewid man prynt well in thyne hert And marke well this fygure yt here shall rmayne wherby thou maist perceyue many thynges more playn ncernynge ye matter I spake of befor nd whan that I shall resort here a gayne Of hye poyntꝭ of cōnynge I shall shew ye more ¶Now humanyte call to your memory The cōnynge poyntꝭ that nature hath declaryd And though he haue shewed dyuers poitꝭ & many Of the elmentis so wondersly formed yet many other causys there are wolde be lernyd As to knowe the generacyon of thyngꝭ all Here in the yerth / how they be ingendryd As herbys plantys well spryngꝭ ston and meall ¶Those thyngꝭ to knowe for me be full expediēt But yet ī those poyntꝭ whiche nature late shewyd me My mynde in them as yet is not cōtent For I can no maner wyse parceyue nor see Nor proue by reason why the yerth sholde be In the myddꝭ of ye fyrmament hengyng so small And the yerth with the water to be roūde with all