Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T39: conscience, lucre, usury, lucar, fraud, dissimulation, simony, london, lady, nemo.
Thou mayest well be Simplicity for thou showest thy folly. I have a parsonage, but of what? of saint Nihil, and Nihil is nothing. Then where is the Church, or any Bells for to ring? Thou understandest her not, she was set for to flout, I thought coming in their names I should go without, 'tis call to see that Lucar loves not Love and Conscience: But God I trust will one day yield her just recompense. cozen, you said that some thing to me you would give, When you had gotten preferment of Lucar to live: And I trust you will remember your poor cozen simplicity, you know to lady Conscience and cry body I did speak for you. Good Simplicity hold thy peace, my state is yet nought, I will help thee sure, if ever I get caught. But here comes sir Nicholas Nemo, to him I will go, And see if for their sakes he will any thing bestow. You come from Love and Conscience, as seemeth me here, My special good friends, whom I account of most dear, And you are called Sincerity, your state shows the same, you are welcome to me for their sakes, and for your own name, And for their sakes you shall set what I will do for you, Without Dissimulation, Fraud, Usury, or Simony: For they will do nothing without some kind of gain, such cankered corruption in their hearts doth remain. But come in to dinner with me, and when you have dined, you shall have. You shall have, but what? a living that is blown down with the wind. Now cousin dismember your friends, seeing two livings you have One that this man promised, and another that lady Lucar gave. Mass you'll be a jolly man and you had three or four more, Let's beg apace cousin, and we shall get us great store. Do thou get some more letters, and i'll get them scribed of mistars Love and Conscience, And we'll go beg livings together, we'll beg no small pence. How sayest thou cousin wilt do so much? If we can speak fair and semble, we shall be plaguy rich. Good Simplicity content thee, I am never the better for this, But of force must leave off, seeing how vain it is: Nor boots it sincerity to look for relief. So few regard that to me is a grief. This was Nicholas Nemo, and no man hath no place. then how can I speed well in this kind of case? And no man bid me to dinner, when shall I dine? Or how shall I find him, where, when, and at what time? wherefore the relief had and to be had is small, But to speak truth, the relief is nothing at all. But come Simplicity, let us go see what may be had, Sincerity in these days was sure borne to be sad.
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Thou maiest well be Simplicitie for thou shewest thy folly. I haue a parsonage, but of what? of saint Nihil, and Nihil is nothing. Then where is the Church, or any Bels for to ring? Thou vnderstandest her not, she was set for to out, I thought comming in their names I should go without, Tis calle to see that Lucar oues not Loue and Conscience: But God I trust will one day yeeld her iust recompence. Coossen, you said that some thing to me you would giue, When you had gotten preferment of Lucar to liue: And I trust you will remember your poore coossen simplicitie, you know to lady Conscience and cry body I did speake for you. Good Simplicitie hold thy peace, my state is yet nought, I will helpe thee sure, if euer I get ought. But here comes sir Nicholas Nemo, to him I will go, And see if for their sakes he will any thing bestow. You come from Loue and Conscience, as seemeth here, My speciall good friends, whom I account of most deare, And you are called Sinceritie, your state shews the same, you are welcome to me for their sakes, and for your owne name, And for their sakes you shall set what I will do for you, Without Dissimulation, Fraud, Usurie, or Symonie: For they will do nothing without some kind of gaine, such cankered corruption in their harts doth remaine. But come in to dinner with me, and when you haue din, you shall haue. You shall haue, but what? a liuing that is blowne downe with the winde. Now cossen dismember your frends, seeing two liuings you haue One that this man promist, and another that lady Lucar gaue. Mas youl be a iolly man and you had three or foure more, Lets beg apace coossen, and we shall get vs great store. Do thou get some more letters, and ile get them scribed of mistars Loue and Conscience, And wele go beg liuings together, wele beg no small pence. How saiest thou coossen wut do so much? If we can speake faire and semble, we shall be plaguie rich. Good Simplictie content thee, I am neuer the better for this, But of force must leaue off, seeing how vaine it is: Nor bootes it inceritie to looke for reliefe. So few regard that to me is a greefe. This was Nicholas Nemo, and no man hath no place. then how can I speed well in this kind of case? And no man bid me to dinner, when shall I dine? Or how shall I find him, where, when, and at what time? wherefore the reliefe had and to be had is small, But to speake truth, the reliefe is nothing at all. But come Simplicitie, let vs go see what may be had, Sinceritie in these daies was sure borne to be sad.