Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1528 [1519-1528] (Annals) comedy unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 509 words
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It ye lack water what could ye drink or eat Without water could live neither man nor beast For water preserveth both most and least For water could I say a thousand things more Saving as now the time will not serve so And as for that wind that you do sew fore Is good for your wyndemyll and for no more Sir sith all this in experience is tried I say this matter standeth clear on my side. Well sins this mill not serve I will allege the rest Sir for our will I say mine is the best My wyndmyll shall grind more corn in one hour Then the water mill shall in three or four Ye more than thine should in a hole year If thou mightest have as thou hast wished here For thou desirest to have excess of rain Which thing to the were the worst thou couldst obtain For if thou didst it were a plain induction To make thine own desire thine own destruction For in excess of rain at any flood Your mills must stand still they can do no good And when the wind doth blow the uttermost Our wyndemylles walled a main in every cost For as we see the wind in his estate We moderour sails after the same rate sins our mills grind so far faster than yours And also they may grind all times and hours I say we need no water mills at all For wyndemylles be sufficient to serve al. Thou spekeste of all and considerest not half In boast of thy gryste thou art wise as a calf For though above us your mills grind far faster What help to those from whom ye be much farther And of two sorts if the tone should be conserved I think ye meet the most number be served In vales and wields where most commodity is There is most people ye must grant me this On hills and downs which parts are most varain There must be fewyt can no more sustain I dare well say if it were tried even now That there is ten of us to one of you And where should chiefly and necessaries be But there as people are most in plenty More reason that you come. vii. mile to mill Then all we of the vale should climb the hill If rain came rasonable as I require it We should of your wind mills have need no whit. Stop foolish knave, for your reasoning is such That ye have reasoned even ynonght and to much I hard all the words that ye both have had So help me god the knaves be more than mad Nother of them both that hath wit nor grace To perceive that both mills may serve in place Between water and wind there is no such set But each mill may have time to use his fet Which thing I can tell by experiens For I have of mine own not far from hens
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It ye lacke water what coulde ye drynke or eate Without water coulde lyue neyther man nor beaſt For water preſerueth both moſte and leaſte For water coulde I ſay a thouſande thynges mo Sauynge as nowe the tyme wyll not ſerue ſo And as for that wynde that you do ſewe fore Is good for your wyndemyll and for no more Syr ſyth all this in experience is tryde I ſay this mater ſtandeth clere on my ſyde. ¶Well ſyns this myll not ſerue I wyl alledge the reſte Syr for our wyll I ſay myne is the beſte My wyndmyll ſhall grynde more corne in one houre Then the water myll ſhall in thre or foure Ye more then thyne ſhulde in a hole yere If thou myghteſt haue as thou haſt wyſhed here For thou deſyreſt to haue exceſſe of rayne Whiche thynge to the were ye worſt thou coudeſt obtayne For yf thou dydeſt it were a playne induccion To make thyue owne deſyre thyne owne deſtruccion For in exceſſe of rayne at any flood Your mylles muſt ſtand ſtyll they can do no good And whan the wynde doth blowe the vttermoſt Our wyndemylles walde a mayne in euery coſt For as we ſe the wynde in his eſtate We moderour ſayles after the ſame rate Syns our mylles grynde ſo farre faſter then yours And alſo they maye grynde all tymes and houres I ſay we nede no water mylles at all For wyndemylles be ſufficient to ſerue al. ¶Thou ſpekeſte of all and conſydereſt nat halfe In boſte of thy gryſte thou art wyſe as a calfe For thoughe aboue vs your mylles grynde farre faſter What helpe to thoſe frome whome ye be muche farther And of two ſortes yf the tone ſhulde be conſerued I thynke ye mete the moſt nomber be ſerued In vales and weldes where moſte commodytie is There is moſte people ye muſte graunt me this On hylles and downes whiche partes are moſt varain There muſt be fewyt can no mo ſuſtayne I darre well ſaye yf it were tryed euen nowe That there is ten of vs to one of you And where ſhulde chefely and neceſſaries be But there as people are moſte in plente More reaſon that you com. vii. myle to myll Then all we of the vale ſhode clyme the hyll Yf rayne came raſonable as I requyre it We ſhulde of your wynde mylles haue nede no whyt. ¶Stop folyſhe knaue, for your reaſonynge is ſuche That ye haue reaſoned euen ynonght and to muche I harde all the wordes that ye bothe haue hadde So helpe me god the knaues be more then madde Nother of them bothe that hath wit nor grace To perceyue that bothe mylles may ſerue in place Betwene water and wynde there is no ſuche ſet But eche myll may haue tyme to vſe his fet Whiche thynge I can tell by experiens For I haue of myne owne not farre from hens