Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T24 Apollo, Phoebus and the Muses · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T24: apollo, phoebus, midas, muses, ears, play, hedone, gods, siren, time.
Hath thus enriched me/ with dower of his grace And made me as who saith/ a worldly goddess Of duty I can/ no less do in this case But with hartis joy/ and entyere solace Myself address/ to do his high pleasures And to this same/ move all other creatures Enforce you therefore/ his creatures each on To honour your maker/ with humble obeisance Nomely thou man/ I speak to the alone Before all other/ as chief of his creance Think how he/ hath made the to this semblance Pluck up thine heart/ and hold thine head upright and ever more/ have heaven in thy sight Ovid in his book/ cleped the transformation among all other his fables and poesies Maketh special/ mention of thy creation Showing how god/ wondrously 'gan devise when he the made/ and gave to the themprise Of all this world/ and feoffed the with all as chief possessyoner/ of things mortuall In token whereof/ he gave the upright visage and gave the in commandment/ to life thine eye Up to ward heaven/ only for that usage Thou shouldest know him/ for thy lord almighty all other beasts/ as things unworthy To behold thearth/ with grovelling countenance and be subdued/ to thine obeisance But as touching/ the cause specially wherefore I have ordained thee/ this night to appear It is to put thee/ in knowledge and memory To what intent/ thou art ordained to be here I let the wit/ thou art a passanger That hast to do/ a great and longe voyage and through the world/ most be thy passage Address the self/ now towards this journey For as now thou shalt/ nolenger here abide Lo here Reason/ to govern the in thy way and sensuality/ upon thine other side But reason I depute/ to be thy chief guide with innocency/ that is thy tender nurse Evermore to ween thee/ from thappetite of vice O lord of lords/ my lord god immortuall To the be honour/ and joy ever to endure whose heavenly empyreshall never be final But world without end/ remain stable and sure whom heaven and hell/ and earthly creature with one assent/ and all with one accord Honoureth/ praiseth/ and knowledgeth for their lord To the mine head/ I humbly incline Thanking thy grace/ that first hast ordained me To be as a syly creature of thine and after that/ of thy great bownte Thou hast me set/ in sovereign degree and given me the profetties/ of every earthly thing aswell of fruits/ as of beasts living and that that is/ also most precious thou hast me inspired/ with heavenly wisdom whereby I may/ do worhies marvelous In every place/ where soever I come Of each perfection/ thy grace hath sent me some So that I know/ that creature no where Of whose virtue/ I am not partner I have as hath/ each other element among other in this world/ a comen being
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Hath thus enryched me / wyth dower of hys grace And made me as who seyth / a wordly goddesse Of duty I can / no lesse do in thys case But wyth hartꝭ ioy / and entyere solace My selfe addresse / to do hys hygh pleasurs And to thys same / moue all other creaturs ¶ Enforce you therfore / hys creaturs eche on To honour your maker / wyth humble obeysance Nomely thow man / I speke to the alone Byfore all other / as chyef of hys creance Thynke how he / hath made the to thys semblance Pluck vp thyn harte / and hold thyn hed vpryght and euer more / haue heuen in thy syght ¶ Ouyde in hys boke / cleped the transformacyon among all other hys fables and poesyes Maketh specyall / mensyon of thy creacyon Shewyng how god / wonderously gan deuyse whan he the made / and gaue to the thempryse Of all thys world / and feoffed the wyth all as chyef possessyoner / of thyngys mortuall ¶ In token wherof / he gaue the vpryght vysage and gaue the in commaundement / to lyft thyn eye Up to warde heuen / only for that vsage Thow shuldest know hym / for thy lorde almyghty all other bestys / as thyngys vnworthy To behold therth / wyth grouelyng countenaunce and be subdued / to thyn obeysaunce ¶ But as touchyng / the cause specyally wherfore I haue ordeyned the / thys nyght to appere It ys to put the / in knowlege and memorye To what entent / thow art ordeyned tobe here I let the wyt / thou arte a passanger That hast to do / a great and longe vyage and through the world / most be thy passage ¶ Addresse the selfe / now towardys thys iournay For as now thou shalt / nolenger here abyde Lo here Reason / to gouerne the in thy way and sensualyte / vpon thyn other syde But reason I depute / to be thy chyef gyde wyth innocencye / that ys thy tender noryce Euermore to wene the / from thappetyte of vyce ¶ O lord of lordes / my lord god immortuall To the be honour / and ioy euer to endure whose heuenly empyreshall neuer be fynall But world wythout end / remayne stable and sure whom heuen and hell / and erthly creature wyth one assent / and all wyth one accorde Honoureth / prayseth / and knowlegeth for theyre lorde ¶ To the myne hed / I humbly inclyne Thankyng thy grace / that fyrst hast ordeyned me To be as a syly creature of thyne and after that / of thy great bownte Thou hast me set / in souerayne degre and gyuen me the profettys / of euery erthly thynge aswell of frutys / as of bestys lyuynge and that that ys / also most precyouse thou hast me enspyred / wyth heuenly wysdome wherby I may / do worhys meruaylouse In euery place / where soeuer I come Of eche perfeccyon / thy grace hath sent me some So that I know / that creature no where Of whose vertue / I am not partyner ¶ I haue as hath / eche other element among other in thys world / a comen beyng