Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
And be delivered of my simple offes Now lord according to your commandment Attending suitors I have been diligent And at beginning as your will was I should I come now at end to show what each man would The first suitor before yourself did appear A gentleman desiring wether clear Cloudy, nor misty, nor no wind to blow For hurt in his huntynge and then as ye know The Merchant sued for as of that kind For wether clear and measurable wind As they may best bear their sails to make speed And straight after there came to me in deed Another man who named himself a ranger And said all of his craft be far brought in danger For lack of living which chiefly is wind fall But he plainly saith there bloweth no wind at all Wherefore he desireth for increase of their fleeses Extreme rage of wind trees to tear in pieces Then came a water miller and he cried out For water and said the wind was so stout The rain could not fall wherefore he made request For plenty of rain to set the wind at rest And then sir there came a wind miller in Who said for the rain he could no wind win The water he wysht to be banish all beseeching your grace of wind continual Then came there another that would banish all this A goodly dame an ydyll thing ywys Wind, rain, nor frost, nor son shine would she have But fair close wether her beauty to save Then came there another that liveth by laundry Who must have wether hot and clear here clothes to dry Then come there a boy for trost and snow continual Snow to make snow balls and frost for his pitfall For which god wot he sueth full greedily Your first man would have cools to blow meanly The second the same save weather clear and not windy The third desired storms and wind most extermely The fourth all in water and would have no wind The fift no water but all wind to grind The sixth would have none of all these nor no bright son The seventh extremely the hot soon would have won The eight and the last for the frost and snow he prayed By lady we shall take shame I am afraid Who marketh in what manner this sort is led May think it impossible all to be speed This number is small there lacketh twain of ten And yet by the mass among ten thousand men No one thing could stand more wide from the other Nat one of their suitors agreeth with an other I promise you here is a shrew piece of work This gear will try weather ye be a clerk If ye trust to me it is a great folly For it passeth my brains by goods body.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
And be delyuered of my ſymple offes Nowe lorde accordynge to your commaundement Attendynge ſuters I haue ben diligent And at begynnynge as your wyll was I ſhulde I come nowe at ende to ſhewe what eche man wolde The fyrſt ſuter before your ſelfe dyd appere A gentylman deſyrynge wether clere Cloudy, nor myſty, nor no wynde to blowe For hurt in his huntynge and then as ye knowe The Marchaunte ſude for as of that kynde For wether clere and meaſurable wynde As they maye beſte bere theyr ſayles to make ſpede And ſtreyght after there came to me in dede Another man who named hym ſelfe a ranger And ſayde all of his crafte be farre brought in daunger For lacke of lyuynge whiche chefely is wynde fall But he playnely ſaythe there bloweth no wynde at all Wherfore he deſyreth for encreaſe of theyr fleeſes Extreme rage of wynde trees to tere in peces Then came a water myller and he cryed out For water and ſayde the wynde was ſo ſtout The rayne coulde not fall wherfore he made requeſte For plenty of rayne to ſet the wynde at reſte And then ſyr there came a wynde myller in Who ſayde for the rayne he coulde no wynde wyn The water he wyſht to be banyſhe all Beſechynge yout grace of wynde continuall Then came there another that wolde banyſhe all this A goodly dame an ydyll thynge ywys Wynde, rayne, nor froſt, nor ſon ſhyne wolde ſhe haue But fayre cloſe wether her beaute to ſaue Then came there another that lyueth by laundry Who muſt haue wether hote and clere here clothes to dry Then come there a boy for troſt and ſnowe continuall Snow to make ſnow balles and froſt for his pytfall For whiche god wote he ſueth full gredely Your fyrſt man wolde haue cooles to blowe meanly The ſeconde the ſame ſaue wether clere and nat wyndy The thyrde deſyred ſtormes and wynde moſt extermely The fourth all in water and wolde haue no wynde The fyfte no water but all wynde to grynde The ſyxte wolde haue none of all theſe nor no bryght ſon The ſeuent extremely the hote ſone wolde haue woone The eyght and the laſte for the froſt and ſnowe he prayd By lady we ſhall take ſhame I am afrayd Who marketh in what maner this ſort is led May thynke it impoſſyble all to be ſpede This nomber is ſmale there lacketh twayne of ten And yet by the maſſe amonge ten thouſande men No one thynge coulde ſtande more wyde frome the other Nat one of theyr ſuters agreeth with an other I promyſe you here is a ſhrewe pece of warke This gere wyll trye wether ye be a clarke Yf ye truſte to me it is a great foly For it paſſeth my braynes by goodes body.