Rastell, John · published 1525 · first performed or written 1527 [c.1527-1530] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 463 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T37: wealth, riches, money, god, rich, poverty, men, learning, poor, ic.
Nay by cokkꝭ body I use no such life For I am content with black maud my wife Trow ye that I care for these nice proud primmies These painted popagays that hold up their chynnꝭ And look so smoterly as who say they would Have every man woe them that doth them behold Tote man for all such venereal work As good is the foul as the fair in the dark Thou sayest true/ drafe is good Enough for swine yet thou answerest to no reason of mine Thy reasons all right well answer I can For I say it be cometh a noble man To have rich apperel & clothing And goodly houses of costly building And that each man according to his degree Be known from other and what they be For if such costly things were not made work for poor people could never be hade And many folkis than should fall to Idylnes which is the mother of vice and wretchedness ye but I delight no such vanytese worldly I delight neither in sloth nor gluttony I dig and delfe & labour for my living Never ydyll but somewhat ever doing Daily I ren and go bear sweet & swynk I eat brown breed and drink small drink Content with course meat what so ever it be so it quench the hunger it suffysyth me These points I use which I have rehearsed now Be not these gentle conditions I pray you If thou use them need compelleth the thereto For if thou couldest hardli thou would other wise do what I would do then ye can not tell It is not to purpose but this I wots well Sith that I use my life in such good manner with such gentle conditions expressed here More than ye both do still continuing And sith that gentle conditions is the thing To make a gentleman the cause principal wherein I use my life most of us all who can by any reason deny than But that I am of us all most gentleman In faith if thou be gentleman therefore Thou art a gentleman again thy will full sore Sith I see he standeth in his own consait so well That opinion we shall never expel From him by no argument nor reason Therefore now for a little season Let us deꝑt from him I hold it best Than we shall have with him some rest I agree thereto for caton saith this Contra verbosas noli cotendere verbis Contend nor argu never in no matter wt hym that is full of words and clatter wherefore for a season let us both deꝑt I am agreid thereto with all mine heart why sirs than will ye deꝑt & be gone
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Nay by cokkꝭ body I vse no sych lyfe For I am content wyth blak maud my wyfe Trow ye yt I care for these nise proude prīmys These paītyd popagays that hold vp their chynnꝭ And loke so smoterly as who say they wold Haue euery mā woo them that doth them behold Tote man for all sych venereall werk As good is the foule as the fayre in the derk Thou sayst trew / drafe is good Inough for swyne yet thou answerest to no reson of myne Thy reasons all ryght well answere I can For I sey it be cōmeth a noble man To have rych apꝑell & clothyng And goodly housys of costly byldyng And that ych man accordyng to hys degre Be knowyn from other and what they be For yf such costly thyngꝭ were not made work for pore peple coud neuer be hade And many folkꝭ than shuld fall to Idylnes whych is the moder of vyce and wretchydnes ye but I delyte noo such vanytese worldly I delyte nother in sloth nor gloteny I dyg and delfe & labour for my lyvyng Neuer ydyll but somewhat euer doyng Dayly I ren and go bere swete & swynk I ete broun brede and drynk small drynk Content wt cours meat what so euer it be so it quench the hunger it suffysyth me These poyntes I use whych I haue rehersyd now Be not these gentyl condycyons I pray you If thou use them nede compellyth the therto For if thou coudist hardli thou wold other wise do what I wold doo then ye can not tell It is not to purpose but thys I wot well Syth that I use my lyfe in such good maner whyth such gentyll condycyons exp̄ssyd here More than ye both do styll contynuyng And syth that gentyll condycyons is the thyng To make a gentylman the cause pryncypall wherin I vse my life most of vs all who can by any reason deny than But that I am of us all most gentylman In feyth yf thou be gentylman therfore Thou art a gentylman agaynt thy wyll full sore Syth I se he stādyth in his own cōsait so well That opynyon we shall neuer expell From hym by no argument nor reason Therfore now for a lytyll season Let vs deꝑt from hym I hold it best Then we shall haue wt hym some rest I agre therto for caton sayth this Contra verbosas noli cotendere verbis Contend nor argu neuer in no matter wt hym that is full of words and clatter wherefore for a season let us both deꝑt I am agreid therto wt all myn hart why sirs than wyll ye deꝑt & be gon