The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata) · chunk 17 of 19
Rastell, John · published 1520 · first performed or written 1517 [c.1517-c.1518] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns · 473 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T44: drink, wine, numps, ale, butler, pot, sing, moy, drunk, win.
Merry quoth a/ no I make god avow But I pray the master hark on word now And answer this thing whether thought you it better cheer At the tavern where we were ere Or ellis to clatter with these knaves here Of their foolish cunning Nay I can not say the contrary But y● I had much myryer company At the tavern than in this place Than if ye have any wit or brain Let us go to the tavern again And make some merry solace if he will do so than doth he wisely By my troth I care not greatly For I am indifferent to all company whether it be here or there Then I shall tell you what we will do Master yngnorans you & he also Shall tarry both still here And I will go fet hither a company That ye shall hear them sing as sweetly As they were angellis clear And yet I shall bring hydyr a nother sort Of lustily bluddꝭ to make disport That shall both dance & spring And torn clean above the ground with fryscas & with gambawdꝭ round That all the hall shall ring And that done with in an hour or twain I shall at the town again Prepare for you a banquet Of meties that be most delicate And most pleasant drynkꝭ & wines there ate That is possible to get ●which shall be in a chamber feyre Replete with sote & fragrant air prepared point devise with damask water made so well That all y● house thereof shall smell As it were pardyse And after that if ye will touch A feyre wench naked in a couch Of a soft bed of down For to satisfy your wanton lust I shall appoint you a trull of trust Not a feyrer in this town And when ye have taken your delight And thus satisfied the appetite Of your wyttis five ye may say than I am a servant For you so necessary and pleasant I trow non such a live Now by the weigh that god did walk It comforthe mine heart to here the talk Thy manche was never sayne Than go thy weigh by and by And bring in this company And he and I will here tarry Till thou come again And I pray the heartily also At your request so shall I do Lo I am gone now far well I shall bring them in to this hall And come myself formast of all And of these revels be ch●fe mershall And order all thing well Now set thy heart on a merry pin again these lusty bluddꝭ come in And drive fantesys a weigh And so I will by hevyn king If they other dance or sing Have a 'mong them by this day
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Mery quod a / no I make god auow But I pray ye mayster hark on word now And aunswere this thyng whether thought you it better chere At the tauerne where we were ere Or ellꝭ to clatter with these knaues here Of theyr folysh cunnynge Nay I can not say the contrary But y• I had mych myryer company At the tauere than in this place Than yf ye haue any wyt or brayn Let vs go to the tauerne agayn And make some mery solace yf he wyll do so thā doth he wysely By my troth I care not gretely For I am indyfferent to all company whether it be here or there Then I shall tell you what we wyll do Mayster yngnorans you & he also Shall tary both styll here And I wyll go fet hyther a cōpany That ye shall here thē syng as swetly As they were angellꝭ clere ¶And yet I shall bryng hydyr a nother sort Of lustly bluddꝭ to make dysport That shall both daunce & spryng And torne clene aboue ye ground with fryscas & with gambawdꝭ round That all the hall shall ryng ¶And yt done with in an howre or twayn I shall at the towne agayne Prepare for you a banket Of metys that be most delycate And most plesaunt drynkꝭ & wynes ther ate That is possyble to get which shall be in a chamber feyre Replete with sote & fragrāt eyre Preparyd poynt deuyse with damaske water made so well That all y• howse therof shall smell As it were pardyse ¶And after that if ye wyll touche A feyre wenche nakyd in a couche Of a softe bed of downe For to satisfye your wantō lust I shall apoynt you a trull of trust Not a feyrer in this towne ¶And whan ye haue taken your delyte And thus satisfyed the appetyte Of your wyttis fyue ye may sey than I am a seruaunt For you so necessary and plesaunt I trowe non suche a lyue ¶Nowe by the wey that god dyd walke It cōforthe myne herte to here the talke Thy mache was neuer seyn ¶Than go thy wey by and by And brynge in this company And he and I wyll here tary Tyll thou come agayne ¶And I prey the hertely also ¶At your request so shall I do Lo I am gone nowe fare well I shall brynge them in to this hall And come my selfe formast of all And of these reuellis be chfe mershall And order all thynge well ¶Nowe set thy hert on a mery pyn Agayns these lusty bluddꝭ come in And dryue fantesys a wey And so I wyll by heuyn kynge If they other daunce or synge Haue a monge them by this day