Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1528 [1519-1528] (Annals) comedy unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 481 words
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Much better have we now devised for ye all Then ye all can perceive or could desire Each of you sued to have continual Such wether as his craft only doth require All wethers in all places if men all times might higher Who could live by other what is this negligence Us to attempt in such inconvenience. Now on the other side if we had granted The full of the some one suit and no more And from all the rest the wether had forbid Yet who so had obtained had won his own woe There is no one craft can preserve man so But by other crafts of necessity He must have much part of his commodity. All to serve at ones and one destroy an other Or else to serve one and destroy all the rest Nother will we do the tone nor the other But serve as many or as few as we think best And where or what time to serve most or lest The dyrectyon of that doubtless shall stand Perpetually in the power of our hand. Wherefore we will the hole world to attend Each sort on such wether as for them doth fall Now one now other as liketh us to send Who that hath it ply it and sure we shall So guide the wether in course to you all That each with other ye shall hole remain. In pleasure and plentiful wealth certain. Blessed was the time wherein me were borne first for the blissful chance of your godly presence Next for our suit was there never man before That ever hard so excellent a sentence As your grace hath given to us all arrow Wherein your highness hath so bountyfully distributed my part that your grace shall know Yourself foole possessed. Likewise merchants shall yield us holy Only to laud the name of Iupyter As god of all gods you to serve soolly For of every thing I see you are norysher. No doubt it is so for so we now find Wherein your grace us rangers so doth bind That we shall give you our hearts with one accord For knowledge to know you only as our lord Well I can no more but for our water We shall give your lordship our ladies sauter Much have ye bound us for as I be saved We have all obtained better than we craved. That is true, wherefore your grace shall truly The hearts of such as I am have surely. And such as I am who be as good as you His highness shall be sure on I make a vow. Godfather god I will do somewhat for you again By Christ ye may hap to have a bird or twain And I promise you if any snow come▪ When I make my snow balls you shall have some
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¶Muche better haue we nowe deuyſed for ye all Then ye all can perceyue or coude deſyre Eche of you ſude to haue contynuall Suche wether as his crafte onely doth requyre All wethers in all places yf men all tymes myght hyer Who coulde lyue by other what is this negligence Vs to attempt in ſuch inconuenience. ¶Nowe on the other ſyde yf we had graunted The full of the ſome one ſute and no mo And from all the reſt the wether had forbyd Yet who ſo had obteyned hadde wonne his owne wo There is no one crafte can preſerue man ſo But by other craftes of neceſſitie He muſt haue muche parte of his commoditie. ¶All to ſerue at ones and one deſtroy an other Or elles to ſerue one and deſtroye all the reſt Nother wyll we do the tone nor the other But ſerue as many or as fewe as we thynke beſt And where or what tyme to ſerue moſt or leſt The dyrectyon of that doubtles ſhall ſtande Perpetually in the power of our hande. ❀Wherfore we wyll the hole worlde to attende Eche ſorte on ſuche wether as for them doth fall Nowe one nowe other as lyketh vs to ſende Who that hath it ply it and ſure we ſhall So gyde the wether in courſe to you all That eche with other ye ſhall hole remayne. In pleaſure and plentyfull welth certayne. ☜Bleſſed was the tyme wherein me were borne Fyrſt for the blyſfull chaunce of your godly preſence Next for our ſute was there neuer man beforne That euer harde ſo excellent a ſentence As your grace hath gyuen to vs all arowe Wherin your hyghnes hath ſo bountyfully Diſtrybuted my parte that your grace ſhall knowe Your ſelfe ſoole poſſeſſed. ☜Lykewyſe marchauntes ſhall yelde vs holy Onely to laude the name of Iupyter As god of all goddes you to ſerue ſoolly For of euery thynge I ſe you are noryſher. ¶No doute it is ſo for ſo we nowe fynde Wherin your grace vs rangers ſo doth bynde That we ſhall gyue you our hartes with one accorde For knowledge to knowe you onely as our lorde ☜Well I can no more but for our water We ſhall gyue your lordſhyp our ladyes ſauter ¶Muche haue ye bounde vs for as I be ſaued We haue all obtayned better then we craued. ❧That is true, wherfore your grace ſhall truely The hartes of ſuche as I am haue ſurely. ¶And ſuche as I am who be as good as you His hyghnes ſhall be ſure on I make a vowe. ¶Godfather god I wyll do ſomwhat for you agayne By Chriſt ye may hap to haue a byrde or twayne And I promyſe you yf any ſnowe come▪ When I make my ſnowe balles you ſhall haue ſome