The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor Pratte · chunk 3 of 10
Heywood, John · published 1533 · first performed or written 1519 [1513-1521] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 512 words
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Or had she be take with freres two or three Here is a mytten eke/ as ye may see He that his hand will put in this myttayn He shall have/ increase of his grain That he hath sown/ be it wet or ●●ys So that he offer pens/ or else groats And another holy relic/ eke here see ye may The blessed acorn/ of sweet saint sunday And who so ever is blessed/ with this right hand Can not speed amiss/ by se nor by land And if he offereth/ eke with good devotion He shall not fail/ to come to high promotion And another holy relic here may ye see The great too/ of the holy trinity And who so ever once doth it in his mouth take Be shall never be diseased/ with the tooth ache Canker nor pockies shall there none breed This that I show ye/ is matter in deed And here is of our lady/ a relic full good Her bongrace/ which she wore with her french hood When she went out/ always for son borning Women with child/ which be in mourning By virtue thereof/ shallbe soon eased And of their travail/ full soon also released And if this bongrace/ they do devoutly kiss And offer thereto/ as their devotion is Here is another relic/ eke a precious one Hf all helowes / the blessyd Iaw bone Which relic/ without any fail Against poison/ chiefly doth prevail For whom so ever it toucheth/ without doubt All manner venom/ from him shall issue out So that it shall hurt/ no manner wyghte Lo of this relic/ the great power and might Which preservyth from poison every man Lo of saint Myghell/ eke the brain pan Which for the head ache/ is a preservative To every man or best/ that beareth life And further it shall stand him in better stead For his heed shall never ache when that he is deed Nor he shall feel/ no manner grief nor pain Though with a sword/ one cleave it than a twain But be as one that lay in a deed sleep Wherefore to these relics/ now come crouch and creep But look that ye offering to them make Or else can ye no manner profit take But one thing ye women all I warrant you If any wight/ be in this place now That hath done sin/ so horrible that she Dare not for shame/ thereof sheyven be Or any woman/ be she young or old That hath made her husband cockolde Such folk shall have/ no power nor no grace To offer to my relics/ in this place And who so fyndyth/ herself out of such blame Come hither to me on Christ's holy name And because ye Shall unto me Gave credence at the full Mine authority Now shall ye see Lo here the pope's bull Now shall the frere begin his sermon/ and even at the same time the pardoner beginneth also to show and speak of his bulls/ and authorities come from Rome.
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Or had ſhe be take with freres two or thre ¶Here is a mytten eke / as ye may ſe He that his hande wyll put in this myttayn He ſhall haue / encreaſe of his grayn That he hathe ſowne / be it wete or ys So that he offer pens / or els grotes And another holy relyke / eke here ſe ye may The bleſſed ame / of ſwete ſaynt ſondaye And who ſo euer is bleſſyd / with this ryght hande Can not ſpede amyſſe / by ſe nor by lande And yf he offereth / eke with good deuocyon He ſhall not fayle / to come to hyghe promocyon ¶And another holy relyke here may ye ſee The great too / of the holy trynyte And who ſo euer ones dothe it in his mouthe take Be ſhall neuer be dyſſeaſyd / with the tothe ake Canker nor pockys ſhall there none brede This that I ſhewe ye / is matter in dede ¶And here is of our lady / a relyke full good Her bongrace / which ſhe ware with her french hode Whan ſhe wente oute / alwayes for ſonne bornynge Women with chylde / which be in mournynge By vertue therof / ſhalbe ſone eaſyd And of theyr trauayll / full ſone alſo releaſyd And yf this bongrace / they do deuoutly kys And offer therto / as theyr deuocyon is ¶Here is another relyke / eke a precyous one Hf all helowes / the bleſſyd Iaw bone Which relyke / without any fayle Agaynſt poyſon / chefely dothe preuayle For whom ſo euer it toucheth / without dout All maner venym / from hym ſhall iſſue out So that it ſhall hurt / no maner wyghte Lo of this relyke / the great power and myghte Which preſeruyth from poyſon euery man Lo of ſaynt Myghell / eke the brayn pan Which for the hed ake / is a preſeruatyfe To euery man or beſte / that beryth lyfe And further it ſhall ſtande hym in better ſtede For his hede ſhall neuer ake whan that he is dede Nor he ſhall fele / no maner grefe nor payn Though with a ſworde / one cleue it than a twayn But be as one that lay in a dede ſlepe Wherfore to theſe relykes / now com crouche and crepe But loke that ye offerynge to them make Or els can ye no maner profyte take But one thynge ye women all I warant you Yf any wyght / be in this place now That hathe done ſyn / ſo horryble that ſhe Dare nat for ſhame / therof ſheyuen be Or any woman / be ſhe yonge or olde That hathe made her huſbande cockolde Suche folke ſhall haue / no power nor no grace To offer to my relykes / in this place And who ſo fyndyth / her ſelfe out of ſuche blame Com hyther to me on cryſtes holy name ¶And bycauſe ye Shall vnto me Gue credence at the full Myn auctoryte Now ſhall ye ſe Lo here the popes bull ¶Now ſhall the frere begyn his ſermon / and euyn at the ſame tyme the pardoner begynneth alſo to ſhew and ſpeke of his bullys / and auctorytes com from Rome.