The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata) · chunk 16 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 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T57: ship, sea, master, sail, home, money, pisaro, life, ships, till.
ye that I know right well As thus mark well when y● see is clear That no storm nor wawe theron doth peer This mariners can tell Than if a fire be made on night Upon the shore that giveth great light And a ship in the see far They in the top the fire see shall And they on hache nothing at all yet they on haches be nerr Also on the see where men be sailing far from land they see nothing But the water and the sky yet when they draw the land more near Than the hill tops begin to apere Styll the near more high and high As though they were still growing fast Out of the see till at laste when they come the shore to They see the hill top foot and all which thing so could not be fall But the see lay round also Me thynketh your argument somewhat hard Than ye shall have it more plainly declared If ye ●aue great desire For here loo by mine instrumentis I can show the plain exꝑimentꝭ Thereto I you require with all my heart it shall be done But for the furst conclusion That I spoke of the fire Be this the s●ey that is so round And this the fire upon the ground And this the ship that is here ye know well that a man's sight Can never be but in a line right Just you say that is clear Mark well than may not that man's eye with arging here their fo●y●●● 〈◊〉 That is not worth iij. straws I love not this whoreson losophers Nor this great cunning extromers That tell how far it is to the stars I hate all manner cunning I would ye knew it I am Ignorance A lord I am of greater pusans Than the king of yngland or fraunce ye the grettyst lord living I have servants at my retynew That long to me I assure you Here with in ynglande That with me yngnorance dwell still And term of life continue will Above v C. thousand Goggꝭ naylys I have paid some of them I trow why man what eylyth y● so to blow For I was at a shrewd fray Hast thou any of them slain than ye I have slain them every man Save them that ran away why is any of them scaped & gone ye by goggꝭ body every one All that ever were there O sir ye know right well this That when any man is In other men's company He must nedis follow the appyte Of such things as they delight Some time among perdie But such knaves would always have y● To put all thy mind & felicity In this foolish cunning to study which if thou do will make the mad And always to be pensive & sad Thou shalt never be merry
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ye that I knowe ryght well As thus marke well whan y• see is clere That no storme nor wawe therō doth pere This maryners can tell ¶Than if a fyre be made on nyght Upon the shore that gyueth great lyght And a shyp in the see farre They in the toppe the fyre se shall And they on hache nothynge at all yet they on haches be nerr̄ ¶Also on the see where men be saylynge Farre frome lande they se nothynge But the water and the skye yet whan they drawe the lande more nere Than the hyll toppes begyn to apere Styll the nere more hye and hye As though they were styll growynge faste Out of the see tyll at laste whan they come the shore to They se the hyll toppe fote and all whiche thynge so coude not be fall But the see lay rounde also Me thynketh your argumēt sōwhat hard ¶Than ye shall haue it more playnly declared If ye aue great desyre For here loo by myne instrumentis I can shew the playne exꝑimentꝭ ¶Therto I you requyre ¶with all my herte it shall be done But for the furst conclusyon That I spake of the fyre Be this the sey that is so rounde And this the fyre vpon the grounde And this the shyp that is here ye knowe well that a mannes syght Can neuer be but in a lyne ryght ¶Iust you say that is clere ¶Marke well than may not yt mānis eye ¶with argyng here theyr foy That is not worth iij. strawes ¶I loue not this horeson losophers Nor this great cōnyng extromers That tell how far it is to the sterres I hate all maner connyng I wolde ye knew it I am Ignorance A lorde I am of gretter pusans Than the kynge of yngland or fraunce ye the grettyst lord lyuyng ¶I haue seruaūtꝭ at my retynew That longe to me I assure you Here with in ynglande That with me yngnorance dwell styll And terme of lyfe cōtynew wyll A boue v C. thowsand Goggꝭ naylys I haue payed sō of thē I tro why man what eylyth y• so to blow For I was at a shrewd fray Hast thou any of them slayn than ye I haue slayn them euery man Saue them that ran away why is any of them skapyd & gone ye by goggꝭ body euerychone All that euer were there O syr ye know ryght well this That when any man is In other mens company He must nedꝭ folow the appyte Of such thyngꝭ as they delyte Som tyme amonge perdy But such knaues wold alway haue y• To put all thy mynd & felicite In this folysh cōnyng to study which if thou do wyll make ye mad And alway to be pensyf & sad Thou shalt neuer be mery