Rastell, John · published 1525 · first performed or written 1527 [c.1527-1530] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 565 words
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O what a great wealth and prosperity It is to any reme where merchants be Having free liberty and inteecourses also All merchandise to convey to and fro Which thing I have used and the very fet found And thereby gotten many a thousand pound Wherefore now be cause of my great riches Thoroughowt this land in every place doubtless I am magnified and greatly regarded And for a wise and noble man esteemed Master merchant I here you right well But now in presumption me think ye excel To call yourself noble in presence here I iwis men know what your ancestors were And of what great stock descended ye be Your father was but a black smith perdie Why sir what then what be you I pray you Marry I am a gentleman I would ye know And may dispend yearly v. C. mark land And I am sure all that ye have in hand Of yearly rent is not worth v. marks But I would thou knewest for all thy krakkies I am able to buy now all the land That thou hast and pay for it out of hand Which I have got by mine own labour and wit Yet art thou but a churl and I have a scorn Thou shuldist compare with me a gentleman born Why what callyst thou a gentleman tell me Marry I call them gentlemen that be Born to great lands by inheritance As mine ancestors by continuance Have had this v. C. year of whom now I Am desendid and common lineally bearing the same name and arms also That they bore this v. C. year ago Mine ancestors also have ever be lords Knights and in great authority captains in the war and governors And also in time of pease great rulers And thine were never but artysycers As smythꝭ masonꝭ carpenters or wevars All that is truth I will not deny now Yet I am more gentleman born than thou For I call him a gentleman that gently Doth give unto other men lovingly Such thing as he hath of his own pper But he that taketh aught away from another And doth give him no thing again therefore ought to be called a churl evermore But mine ancestors have giffyn alway To thine ancestors such thing as they By their labours did truly get and win For mine ancestors bildid howsis wherein Thine ancestors have had their dwelling place Also mine ancestors have made tolis To all manner crafty men belonging Whereby clothes and every other thing Where of thine ancestors need have had With the same tolies have ever be made So mine ancestors have gyffin their labours Ever to comfort and help thine ancestors I deny that ever thancestors of thine Did ever give to the ancestors of mine At any time any thing except that they Gafe some what therefore other ware or money Marry god a mercy Iohn for that now That is even a pig of our own sow How can lords & estatis have aught in store Except thartificers do get it before For all metalis be digged furst by miners And after wrought by the artificers will fell and every other thing That is necessary to man's covering And all other things that men use & were Is all weigh made by the artificer
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O what a gret welth and prosperyte It is to any reme where marchauntes be Hauing fre lyberte and entercours also All marchaundyse to cōuey to and fro Whych thyng I haue vsed and the verey fet found And thereby gotton many a thousand pownd Wherfore now be cause of my grete ryches Thoroughowt this land in euery place doubtles I am magnyfyed and gretly regardyd And for a wyse and noble man estemyd Maister marchaunt I here you ryght well But now in presumpsion me thynk ye excell To call yourself noble in presence here I wys men know what your auncestours were And of what grete stock descendid ye be Your fadyr was but a blacke smyth perde ¶Why syr what than what be you I pray you ¶Mary I am a gentylman I wold ye know And may dispend yerely v.C. mark land And I am sure all that ye haue in hand Of yerely rent is not worth v. markys ¶But I wold thou knewist for all thy krakkys I am able to bye now all the land That thou hast and pay for it out of hand Whych I haue got by myn own labour and wit ¶Yet art thou but a chorle and I haue a skorn Thou shuldist cōpare with me a gentylman born ¶Why what callyst thou a gentylman tel me ¶Mary I call them gentylmen that be Born to grete landys by inherytaunce As myn auncestours by cōtynuaunce Haue had this v.C. yere of whom now I Am desendid and commyn lynyally Beryng the same name and armys also That they bare this v.C. yere agoo Myn auncestours also haue euer be Lordys Knyghtes and in grete auctoryte Capteyns in the warr and gouerners And also in tyme of pease gret rulers And thyn were neuer but artysycers As smythꝭ masonꝭ carpentars or weuars ¶All that is trewth I wyl not denye now Yet I am more gentylman born than thou For I call hym a gentylman that gentilly Doth gyf unto other men louyngly Such thing as he hath of hys own pper But he that takith ought away from a nother And doth gyf hym no thyng agayn therfore Owght to be callyd a chorle euermore But myn auncestours haue giffyn alwey To thyn auncestours such thyng as they By their labours did trewly get and wyn For myn auncestours bildid howsis wherein Thyne auncestours haue had their dwellyng place Also myn auncestours haue made tolis To all maner crafti men belongyng Wherby clothis and euery other thyng Where of thyn auncestours nede haue had With the same tolys haue euer be made So myn auncestours haue gyffin their labours Euer to cōfort and help thyn auncestours ¶I deny that euer thauncestours of thyne Did euer gif to the auncestours of myne At any tyme any thyng except that they Gafe some what therfor other ware or money ¶Mary god a mercy Iohn for that now That is euyn a pyg of our own sow How can lordys & estatis haue ought in store Except thartyfycers do get it before For all metalis be dyggyd furst by myners And after wrought by the artyfycers woll fell and euery other thyng That is necessary to mannys coueryng And all other thyngis that men vse & were Is al wey made by the artyfycer