Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1528 [1519-1528] (Annals) comedy unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 554 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
By god sins ye came hither I can set my heed and my tail together This head shall save money by saint Mary from henceforth I will no apothecary For at all times when such things shall mister My new head shall give mine old tail a glister And after all this then shall my head wait Upon my tail and there stand at receit Sir for the rest I will not now move you But if we live shall smell how I love you And sir touching pour suit, here depart when it please you For be ye sure as I can I will ease you. Then give me thy hand that promise I take And if for my sake any suit thou do make I promise thy pain to be required More largely than now shall be recited. Alas my neck, god's pity where is me head By saint Ive I fear me I shall be dead And if I were me think it were no wonder sins my head and my body is so far asunder Master person now welcome by my life I pray you how doth my master your wife Sir for the priesthood and wife that ye allege I see ye speak more of dotage than knowledge But le pas sir I would to you be suitor To bring me if ye can before Iupyter. Yes marry can I, and will do it in deed Tarry and I shall make way for your speed In faith good lord if it please your gracious godshype Merry re. I must have a word or twain with your loldshyhe Sir yonder is another manin place Who maketh great suit to speak with your grace Your pleasure once known he cometh by and by. Bring him before our presence soon hardly Why where be you shall I not find ye Come away I pray god the devil blind ye. Most mighty prince and lord of lords all Right humbly be secheth your majesty Your merchant men thorough the world all That it may please you of your benignity In the daily danger of our goods and life first to consider the desert of our request What wealth we bring the rest to our great care & gryfe And then to reward us as ye shall think best What were the surplusage of each commodity Which groweth and increaseth in every land Except exchange by such men as ye be By way or inteecourses that lieth on our hand We fraught from home things whereof there is plents And home we bring such things as there be scant Who should afore us Merchants accounted be For were not we, the world should wish and want In many things, which now shall lack rehearsal And privily to conclude we beseech your highness That of the benefit proclaimed in general We may be part takers for comen entries Stably shing weather thus pleasing your grace Stormy nor misty the wind measurable That safely we may pass from place to place bearing our sells for speed most valeable And also the wind to change and to turn East, West, North, and South, as best may be set In any one place not to long to sojourn For the length of our voyage may lose our market.
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¶By god ſyns ye came hyther I can ſet my heed and my tayle togyther This hed ſhall ſaue mony by ſaynt Mary Frome hensforthe I wyll no Potycary For at all tymes when ſuche thynges ſhall myſter My newe hed ſhall gyue myne olde tayle a glyſter And after all this then ſhall my hedde wayte Vpon my tayle and there ſtande at receyte Syr for the reſte I wyll not nowe moue you But yf we lyue ſhall ſmell howe I loue you And ſyr touchynge pour ſute, here departe when it pleaſe you For be ye ſure as I can I wyll eaſe you. ☞Then gyue me thy hande that promyſe I take And yf for my ſake any ſute thou do make I promyſe thy payne to be requyred More largely than nowe ſhall be recyted. ¶Alas my necke, goddes pyty where is me hed By ſaynte Yue I fere me I ſhall be ded And yf I were me thynke it were no wonder Syns my hed and my body is ſo farre a ſonder Mayſter perſon nowe welcome by my lyfe I praye you howe doth my mayſtres your wyfe ☜Syr for the preſthode and wyfe that ye alledge I ſe ye ſpeke more of dotage then knowledge But le pas ſyr I wolde to you be ſuter To brynge me yf ye can before Iupyter. ☜Yes mary can I, and wyll do it in dede Tary and I ſhall make way for your ſpede In faythe good lord yf it pleaſe your gracyous godſhype Mery re. I muſt haue a worde or twayne with your loldſhyhe Syr yonder is another manin place Who maketh greate ſute to ſpeke with your grace Your pleaſure ones knowen he cometh by and by. ¶Brynge him before our preſens ſone hardely ❧Why where be you ſhall I nat fynde ye Come away I pray god the deuyll blynde ye. ☜Moſte myghty prynce and lorde of lordes all Ryght humbly be ſecheth your maieſtie Your marchaunt men thorowe the worlde all That it may pleaſe you of your benygnite In the dayly daunger of our goodes and lyfe Fyrſt to conſyder the deſert of our requeſt What welth we brynge the reſte to our great care & gryfe And then to rewarde vs as ye ſhall thynke beſt What were the ſurpluſage of eche comodyte Whiche groweth and encreaſeth in euery lande Excepte exchaunge by ſuche men as ye be By way or entercours that lyeth on our hande We fraught frome home thynges wherof there is plents And home we brynge ſuche thynges as there be ſcant Who ſhulde afore vs Marchauntes accompted be For were nat we, the worlde ſhulde wyſh and want In many thynges, which nowe ſhall lack reherſall And preuely to conclude we beſeche your hyghnes That of the benefyte proclaymed in generall We may be parte takers for comen entres Stably ſhynge wether thus pleaſynge your grace Stormy nor myſty the wynde meſurable That ſauely we may paſſe frome place to place Berynge our ſelles for ſpede moſte valeable And alſo the wynde to chaunge and to turne Eaſt, Weſt, North, and South, as beſt may be ſet In any one place nat to longe to ſoiourne For the lengthe of our viage may leſe our market.