Rastell, John · published 1525 · first performed or written 1527 [c.1527-1530] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 491 words
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Marry no man can make a better reason For that is a sure & a true conclusion For if a child when he is furst born were not holp & covered he were soon lorn He hath no strength to help him never a dell yet bestis have power to help themself well So considering man's body in deed A best is more noble & man more wretched Be cause he hath need of many more things Than bestis have to help of their lyffyngis Also man must daily labour & sweet To get him sustenance as drink & meet The ground he must dig & the bestis kill For breed and meet his body to fill Grapis frutis and herbis norssh diligently To make good drynkis to refresh his body But all brute bestis have covering natural sufficient to cover their bodies with all And find their food ever on the ground ready with out any pain labour or study So every man by reason of his body Is more wretched & in more misery Than bestis be/ yet thus not withstanding Man is most noble of creaturis living Not by his body for that is impotent But by his soul being so excellent For by reason of his soul intyllectyve He subde with all other bestis alive And compelleth all other bestis that be By his wit to relieve his necessity But bestis have no wit themself to defend Nor can get no more than god hath them send For take any best that weryth here And do clip it of bare against winter That best hath no manner of policy To get other covering for his body Of cloth nor skins nor hath no wit To put it upon him though one have made it Nor can build no house nor kyndyl no fire To warm his body if need should require But yet a man hath wit & understanding For to help himself in every such thing So man for his soul intellectual Is most noble creature of bestis all That is a very good & preguant reason yet me thynkith thou makest a degression From the argument that we furst began which was to prove who was most gentleman which we disputed I would thou haddist heard it Tussh I hard what ye said everi whit Then show thy reason therein or thou go Nay be god I have some what else to do I must go by me a halporth of gross The spokes of my cart therewith to dress Trow ye that I will leave my business For your babeling pomp & foolishness Nay by scent marry I will not do so For I can now to the merket go And for an haipeny as much gross by As shall cost me in our town a penny And I tell the plainly which out any boast A halfpenny is as well saved as lost
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¶Mary no man can make a better reason For that is a sure & a trew cōclusyon For if a child when he is furst born were not holp & coueryd he were sone lorn He hath no strenght to help hym neuer a dell yet bestis haue power to help them self well ¶So cōsideryng māns body in dede A best is more noble & man more wrechyd Be cause he hath nede of many mo thyngis Than bestis haue to help of theyer lyffyngis Also man must dayly labour & swete To get hym sustynaunce as drynk & mete The grownd he must dyg & the bestis kyll For brede and mete his bodi to fyll Grapis frutis and herbis norssh dyligently To make good drynkis to refressh his body But all brut bestis haue coueryng natural Sufficyent to couer their bodyes with all And fynd theyr fode euer on the grownd redy with out any payn labour or study So eueri man by reason of hys body Is more wrechyd & in more mysery Than bestꝭ be / yet thus not wythstandyng Man is most noble of creaturꝭ lyuyng Not by hys body for that is impotent But by hys soule beyng so excellent For by reason of hys soule intyllectyue He subde wyth all other bestꝭ alyue And cōpellyth all other bestis that be By hys wit to releue his necessyte But bestis haue no wyt them self to defende Nor can get no more than god hath them send For take any best that weryth heer And do clyp it of bare a gayns wynter That best hath no maner of polecy To get other coueryng for hys body Of cloth nor skyns nor hath no wyt To put it vppon hym though one haue made it Nor can byld no house nor kyndyl no fyre To warme hys body yf nede shuld requyre But yet a man hath wyt & vnderstandyng For to help hym self in euery such thyng So man for his soule intellectuall Is most noble creature of bestis all ¶That is a verey good & preguant reason yet me thynkith thou makist a degression From the argument that we furst began which was to ꝓue who was most gentylman whych we disputyd I wold thou haddist hard it ¶Tussh I hard what ye seyd everi whit ¶Then shew thy reason therin or thou go ¶Nay be god I haue some what ells to do I must go by me a halporth of gresse The spokes of my cart therwith to dresse Trow ye that I wyll leue my bysynes For your babelyng pomp & folysshnes Nay by sent mary I wyll not do so For I can now to the merket goo And for an haipeny as much gresse by As shall cost me in our town a peny And I tell the playnly wt out any bost A halpeny is as well sauid as lost