The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata) · chunk 10 of 19
Rastell, John · published 1520 · first performed or written 1517 [c.1517-c.1518] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T57 Ships, merchants and pirates · 476 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T57: ship, sea, master, sail, home, money, pisaro, life, ships, till.
what than I see well ye will make a fes●e ye by the road euyn with the gretest By my troth than do ye best Euyn after my mind But ye must have more company. That is true and so would I gladl● If I knew any to find why will ye follow my counsel ye Than we will have little nell A proper wench she daunsith well And Iane with the black lace we will have bouncing bess also And two or three proper wenchis more Right feyr and smotter of face Now be it so thou art sans pere Than I perceive ye will make good cheer why what should I else do If ye think so best than will I Go before and make all thing ready Again ye come thereto Marry I pray the do so Than farewell sirs for I am gone And we shall follow the anon without any tarrying Then it is best sir ye make haste For ye shall spend here but time in waist And do no nother thing if ye will let us go by and by I pray you be it for I am ready No man better willing Now cousin experience as I may say ye are right welcome to this country without any feigning. Sir I thank you thereof heartily And I am as glad of your company As any man living. Sir I understand that ye have be In many a stra●nge country And have had great fylycyte Strange causes to seek and find Right far sir I have ridden & gone And seen strange things many one In affryk/ europe and ynde Both est & west I have been far North also and seen the sowth sterr Both by see and land And been in sundry nations with people of diverse conditions Marvellous to understand. Sir if a man have such courage Or devotion in pilgrimage Iheruzalem unto For to account the nexte way How many mile is it I you pray From hens thither to go Sir as for all such questyons Of towns to know the situation How ferr they be a sunder And other points of cosmogryfy ye shall never learn then more surely Then by that fugure yonder For who that figure did fyrst devise It seemeth well he was wise And perfect in this s●yens For both these and land also Lie true and just as they should do I know by experience. who think you brought here this figure I wots not Certes lord nature Himself not long a gone which was here personally Declaring high philosophy And lafte this figure purposely For humanytes' instruction Doubtless right nobly done Sir this realm ye knou is called englande Sometime brettayne I understand Therefore I pray you point with your hand In what place it should lie.
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¶what than I se well ye wyll make a fese ¶ye by the rode euyn with the gretest ¶By my trouth than do ye best Euyn after my mynde But ye must haue more company. ¶That is trewe and so wolde I gladl If I knewe any to fynde ¶why wyll ye folowe my counsell ¶ye ¶Than we wyll haue lytell nell A ꝓper wenche she daunsith well And Iane with the blacke lace we wyll haue bounsynge besse also And two or thre proper wenchis mo Ryght feyr and smotter of face ¶Now be it so thou art saunce pere ¶Thā I ꝑceyue ye wyll make gode chere ¶why what shulde I els do ¶If ye thynke so best than wyll I Go before and make all thynge redy Agayne ye come therto ¶Mary I prey the do so ¶Than farewell syrs for I am gone And we shall folow the anon without any taryyng Then it is best syr ye make hast For ye shall spende here but tyme ī wast And do no nother thynge ¶yf ye wyll let vs goo by and by I pray you be it for I am redy No man better wyllynge ¶Now cosyn experyens as I may say ye are ryght welcom to this contrey without any faynyng. Syr I thanke you therof hertely And I am as glad of your company As any man lyuynge. Syr I vnderstonde that ye haue be In many a strange countree And haue had grete fylycyte Straunge causes to seke and fynde Ryght farr syr I haue rydden & gone And seen straunge thynges many one In affryk / europe and ynde Bothe est & west I haue ben farr̄ North also and seen the sowth sterr̄ Bothe by see and lande And ben in sondry nacyons with peple of dyuers condycyons Maruelous to vnderstonde. Syr yf a man haue suche corage Or deuocyon in pylgrymage Iheruzalem vnto For to accompt the nexte way How many myle is it I you pray From hens theder to goo Syr as for all suche questyons Of townes to know the sytuacyon How ferr̄ they be a sunder And other poyntes of cosmogryfy ye shall neuer lerne then more surely Then by that fugure yonder For who that fygure dyd fyrst deuyse It semeth well he was wyse And perfyte in this syens For bothe these and lande also Lye trew and iust as they sholde do I know by experyens. who thynke you brought here this fygure ¶I wot not ¶Certes lorde nature Hym selfe not longe a gone ¶whiche was here personally Declarynge hye phylosophy And lafte this fygure purposely For humanytes instruccyon ¶Dowtles ryght nobly done Syr this realme ye knou is callid ēglāde Somtyme brettayne I vnderstonde Therfore I prey you poīt with your hāde In what place it shulde lye.