The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata) · chunk 19 of 19
Rastell, John · published 1520 · first performed or written 1517 [c.1517-c.1518] (Annals) not in BritDrama T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds typicality 0.67 · 487 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
Now if that sensual appetite can find Any good mynstrellis after his mind Doubt not we shall have good sport And so shall we have for a surety But what shall we do now tell me The mean while for our comfort Then let us some lusty balet sing Nay sir by the heaven king For me thinketh it serveth for no thyn● All such peevish prickered song Pes man pryksong may not be dispysy● For there with god is well pleased honoured praised & served In the church oft times among Is god well pleased trowst thou thereby Nay nay for there is no reason why For is it not as good to say plainly Give me a spad● As give me a spa ve va ve va ve vade But if thou wilt have a song that is good I have one of robin hood The best that ever was made Then a fellowship let us here it But there is a bordon thou must bear it Or else it will not be Than begin and care no●●o● Robin hood in barnysdale stood And lent him till a mapyll thystyll Than came our lady & sweet saint andrew Slepyst thou wakyst thou geoffrey coke A.C. winter the water was deep I can not tell you how broad He took a goose nek in his hand And over the water he went He start up to a thistle top And cut him down a holyn clobe He struck the wren between the horns That fire sprang out of the pyggꝭ tail jak boy is thy bow I broke Or hath any man done the wryguldy wrage He plucked muskyllies out of a willow And put them in to his satchel wylkyn was an archer good And well could handle a spade He took his bend bow in his hand And set him down by the fire He took with him lx bows and ten A peses of beef a nother of baken Of all the birds in merry englond So merely pypys the merry bottle well humanity now I see plainly That thou hast used much folly The while I have been absent Sir I trust I have done nothing That should be contrary to your pleasing Nor never was mine intent For I have followed the counsel clear As ye me bad of studious desire And for necessity a 'mong Sometime sensual appety●ꝭ counsel For without him ye ●nowe right well My life can not endure long Though it be for the full necessary For thy comfort sometime to satisfy Thy sensual appetite yet it is not convenient for the To put therein thy felicity And all thy hole delyte For if thou wilt learn no sciens Nother by study nor experiens I shall the never advance But in the world thou shalt dure than despised of every wise man Like this rude best ignorance
nodes 1317–1390 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 19 of 19 in this edition
Length
487 words · 583 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T47 — Knaves, thieves and bawdscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.665 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T46 · seed 44: T41 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Now yf that sensuall appetyte cā fynd Any good mynstrellꝭ after hys mynd Dowt not we shall haue good sport And so shall we haue for a suerte But what shall we do now tell me The meane whyle for our cōfort Then let vs some lusty balet syng Nay syr by ye heuyn kyng For me thynkyth it seruyth for no thyn All suche peuysh prykyeryd song Pes man pryksong may not be dispysy For ther with god is well plesyd Honowryd praysyd & seruyd In the churche oft tymes among Is god well pleasyd trowst thou therby Nay nay for there is no reason why For is it not as good to say playnly Gyf me a spad As gyf me a spa ve va ve va ve vade But yf thou wylt haue a song yt is good I haue one of robyn hode The best that euer was made Then a feleshyp let vs here it But there is a bordon thou must bere it Or ellys it wyll not be ¶Than begyn and care no o ¶Robyn hode in barnysdale stode And lent hym tyl a mapyll thystyll Thā cam our lady & swete saynt andrewe Slepyst thou wakyst thou geffrey coke ¶A.C. wynter the water was depe I can not tell you how brode He toke a gose nek in his hande And ouer the water he went ¶He start vp to a thystell top And cut hym downe a holyn clobe He stroke ye wren betwene the hornys That fyre sprange out of the pyggꝭ tayle ¶Iak boy is thy bowe I broke Or hath any mā done ye wryguldy wrage He plukkyd muskyllys out of a wyllowe And put them in to his sachell ¶wylkyn was an archer good And well coude handell a spade He toke his bend bowe in his hand And set hym downe by the fyre ¶He toke with hym .lx. bowes and ten A pese of befe a nother of baken Of all the byrdes in mery englond So merely pypys the mery botell ¶well Humanyte now I see playnly That thou hast vsyd muche foly The whyle I haue ben absent ¶Syr I trust I haue done nothynge That shold be contrary to your pleasynge Nor neuer was myne intent ¶For I haue folowed the counsell clere As ye me bad of studyouse desire And for necessyte a monge Somtyme sensuall appetyꝭ counsell For without hym ye nowe ryght well My lyfe can not endure longe ¶Though it be for the full necessary For thy cōfort somtyme to satysfy Thy sensuall appetyte yet it is not conuenyent for the To put therin thy felycyte And all thy hole delye ¶For if thou wylt lerne no sciens Nother by study nor experiens I shall the neuer auaunce But in the worlde thou shalt dure than Dyspysed of euery wyse man Lyke this rude best ygnoraunce