Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T39: conscience, lucre, usury, lucar, fraud, dissimulation, simony, london, lady, nemo.
Well Lucar well, you know pride will have a fall: What availeth it thee to win the world, and lose thy soul withal Yet better it is to live with little, and keep a conscience clear. Which is to God a sacrifice, and accounted of most dear. Nay Conscience, and you be bookish I'll leave ye, And the cold ground to comfort your feet i'll bequeath ye. methink you being so deeply learned, may do well to keep a school. Why, I have seen so cunning a clerk in time to prove a fool. Sirrah, if thou shouldst marry my Lady thou wouldst keep her brave. For methinks thou art a plaguy rich knave. Rich I am, but as for knave keep to thyself. Come give me my Lady's gown thou ass-headed elf. Why i'll go with thee, for I must dwell with my Lady. Pack hence away, Jack Drum's entertainment, she will none of thee. This is as my cousin and I went to M. Nemo's house, There was no man to aid a dog drink, or to change a man a louse, But lady Conscience (nay who there) scratch that name away, Can she be a lady that is turned out of all her array? Do not be called no more lady, and if you be wise, For everybody will mock you, and say you be not worth two butter flies. What remedy Simplicity? I cannot do withal: But what shall we go do? or whereto shall we fall? Why to our victuals, what else have we to do? And mark if I cannot eat twenty times so much as you. If I go lie in an Inn, it will grieve me to see, The deceit of the Ostler, the polling of the Tapster, as in most houses of lodging they be, If in a brewer's house, at the sure plenty of water, and scarceness of malt I should grieve, whereby to enrich themselves, all other with unsavoury thin drink they deceive. If in a eannets house, with his great deceit in tanning, If in a weavers house, with his great cozening in weaving. If in a baker's house, with light bread, and very evil working. If in a chandler's with deceitful weights, false measures, selling for a halfpenny that is scant worth a farthing. And if in an Alehouse, with the great resort of poor unthrifts, that with swearing at the Cards consume their lives, Having greater delight to spend a shilling that way, than a groat at home to sustain their needy children and wives. For which I judge it best form to get some solitary place, where I may with patience this my heavy cross embrace, And learn to sell broom, whereby to get my living, Using that as a quiet mean to keep myself from begging: wherefore Simplicity if thou wilt do the like, thyself to it, and with true labour thy living do seek.
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Well Lucar well, you know pride will haue a fall: What auaileth it thee to win the world, and looe thy soule withall Yet better it is to liue with little, and keepe a conscience cleare. Which is to God a sacrifice, and accounted of most deare. Nay Conscience, and you be bokish ile leaue ye, And the cold ground to comfort your feet ile bequeath ye. Me thinke you being so deeply learned, may do well to keepe a schoole. Why, I haue seene so cunning a Clarke in time to proue a foole. Sirra, if thou shouldst marry my Lady thou wouldst keepe her braue. For me thinkes thou art a plaguie rich knaue. Rich I am, but as for knaue keepe to thy selfe. Come giue me my Ladies gowne thou assheaded elfe. Why ile go with thee, for I must dwell with my Lady. Packe hence away, acke Drum entertainment, she wil none of thee. This is as my coossen and I went to M. Nemos houe, There was no man to id a dog drinke, or to change a man a oue, But lady Conscience (nay who there) scratch that name away, Can she be a lady that is turned out of all her array? Do not be cald no more lady, and if you be wise, For euery bodie will mocke you, and say you be not woorth two butter flie. What remedie Simplicitie? I cannot do withall: But what shall we go do? or whereto shall we fall? Why to our vittails, what else haue we to do? And marke if I cannot eate twenty times so much as you. Yf I go lie in an Inne, it will greeue me to see, The deceit of the Ostler, the powling of the Tapster, as in most houses lodging they be, If in a brewers house, at the uer plentie of water, and scarcenes of mal I should greeue, wherby to enrich themselues, all other with vnsauory thinne drinke they deceiue. If in a eannets house, with his great deceit in tanning, If in a Weauers house, with his great coosening in weauing. If in a Bakers house, with light bread, and very euill working. If in a Chaundlers with deceitfull weights, false measures, selling for a halfepeny that is scant worth a farthing. And if in an Alehouse, with the great resort of poore vnthrifts, that with swearing at the Cardes consume their liues, Hauing greater delight to spend a shilling that way, than a groat at home to sustaine their needie children and wiues. For which I iudge it best forme to get some solitary place, where I may with patience this my heauie crosse imbrace, And learne to sell broome, whereby to get my liuing, Using that as a quiet meane to keepe my selfe from begging▪ wherefore Simplicitie if thou wilt do the like, ettle thy selfe it, and with true labour thy liuing do seeke.