The Pardoner and the Friar, the Curate, and Neighbor Pratte · chunk 8 of 10
Heywood, John · published 1533 · first performed or written 1519 [1513-1521] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T52 Prodigals, portions and poor kin · 530 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T52: brother, father, uncle, cousin, son, poor, bread, old, given, master.
And if of necessity once they felt the smart For why/ your money never can be lost But we freres be not in like estate For why/ there is in our fraternity For our hands with such things we may not macu (late) For all brethren & sisterens that thereof be We freres be not in like condition Devoutly song every year we may have no prebends ne exhibition As he shall know well that cometh there Of all temporal service are we forbade At every of the five solemn feasts And only bound to the service of god A mass & dirige to pray for the good rest And therewith to pray for every christian nation Of the souls of the brethren & sisterens all That god witsafe to save them fro damnation Of our fraternity in general But some of you so hard be of heart with a hearse there standing/ well arrayed & dight Ye can not weep though ye full sore smart And torches & tapers about it brenning bright wherefore some man must ye hire needs And with the bells eke solemnly ringing which must entreat god for your misdeeds And priests & clerks devoutly singing Ye can hire no better in mine opinion And furthermore/ every night in the year Than us gods servants/ men of religion Twelve poor people are received there And specially god heareth us poor freres And there have both harborough and food And is attentive unto our desires. That for them is convenient and good For the more of religion/ the more herd of our lord And furthermore/ if there be any other And that is/ so should/ good reason doth accord That of our fraternity be sister or brother Therefore doubt not masters/ I am even he after hap to fall in decay To whom ye should part with your charity And if he than chance to come that way we freres be they that should your alms take Nigh unto our foresaid holy place which for your soul's health do both watch & wake Ye shall there tarry for a monthes space we freres pray/ god wot when ye do sleep And be there found of the places cost we for your sins do both sob and weep wherefore now in the name of the holy ghost To pray to god for mercy and for grace I advise you all that now here be And thus do we daily with all our hole place For to be of our fraternity wherefore distribute of your temporal wealth Fie on covetise/ stick not for a penny By which ye may preserve your soul's health For which ye may have benefits so many I say wilt thou not yet stint thy clap Pull me down the pardoner with an evil hap Master frere/ I hold it best To keep your tongue while ye be in rest I say one pull the knave of his stool Nay one pull the frere down like a fool Leave thy railing and babbeling of freres Or by jies Is lug the by the sweet ears By god I would thou durst presume to it
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
And if of neceſſitie ones they felte the ſmarte ¶For why / your money neuer can be loſt But we freres be nat in lyke eſtate ¶For why / there is in our fraternitie For our handes with ſuch thinges we may nat macu (late) ¶For all bretheren & ſiſteren that thereof be We freres be nat in lyke condicion ¶Deuoutly ſonge euery yere we may haue no prebendes ne exhibition ¶As he ſhall know well that cometh there Of all temporall ſeruice are we forbode ¶At euery of the fyue ſolempne feſtes And onely bounde to the ſeruice of god ¶A maſſe & dirige to pray for the good reſt And therwith to pray for euery chriſten nation ¶Of the ſoules of the bretheren & ſiſteren all That god witſafe to ſaue them fro dampnation ¶Of our fraternitie in generall But ſome of you ſo harde be of harte ¶with a herſe there ſtandynge / well arayed & dyght Ye can nat wepe though ye full ſore ſmarte And torches & tapers aboute it brennynge bright wherfore ſome man muſt ye hyre nedes ¶And with the belles eke ſolempnely ryngynge whiche muſt intrete god for your miſdedes ¶And preſtes & clerkes deuoutly ſyngynge Ye can hyre no better in myne oppinion ¶And furthermore / euery nyght in the yere Than vs goddes ſeruantes / men of religion ¶Twelue pore people are receiued there And ſpecially god hereth vs pore freres ¶And there haue bothe harborow and food And is attentife vnto our deſyres. ¶That for them is conuenient and good For the more of religion / the more herde of our lorde ¶And furthermore / if there be any other And that is / ſo ſhulde / good reaſon doeth accorde ¶That of our fraternitie be ſiſter or brother Therfore doute nat maiſters / I am euen he ¶ after happe to fall in decay To whom ye ſhulde parte with your charitie ¶And yf he than chaunce to come that way we freres be they that ſhulde your almes take ¶Nygh vnto our forſayd holy place whiche for your ſoules heth do both watche & wake ¶Ye ſhall there tary for amon thes ſpace we freres pray / god wote whan ye do ſlepe ¶And be there founde of the places coſt we for your ſynnes do bothe ſobbe and wepe ¶wherfore now in the name of the holy gooſt To pray to god for mercy and for grace ¶I aduiſe you all that now here be And thus do we dayly with all our hole place ¶For to be of our fraternitie wherfore diſtribute of your temporall welthe ¶Fye on couetiſe / ſticke nat for a peny By whiche ye may preſerue your ſoules helthe ¶For whiche ye may haue benefites ſo many I ſay wylt thou nat yet ſtynt thy clappe Pul me downe the pardoner with an euyll happe ¶Maiſter frere / I holde it beſt To kepe your tonge while ye be in reſt I ſay one pull the knaue of his ſtole ¶Nay one pull the frere downe lyke a fole Leue thy railynge and babbelynge of freres Or by Iys Iſh lug the by the ſwete eares ¶By god I wolde thou durſt preſume to it