Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 481 words
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O good lord/ to whom shall I complain And show the sorrows of my mind and nothing for mine own cause certain But only for the decay of mankind which now of late is waxen so blind That he hath despised and forsaken me And followeth every motion of his sensuality What advailed at the beginning that Nature committed me to his service and charged me that before all thing Of all his guiding I should take thenterprise when he lusteth not to follow mine advise but followeth thappety●… of his sensual affection As a brute best that lacketh reason And yet not withstanding that he doth me disdain I will resort to him again And do my labour and busy pain To assay if I can him refrain ●…ro such beastly living but first will I stand hereby In secret manner to espy Some token of grace in him whereby I may discern and find that he hath any shamefastness After his great surfeit and excess And if it be so doubtless It sha●… content my my●… I say sirs where is worship can ye tell In this place I left him last Sir I warand you he is occupied well In ordaining your garments full fast He departed fro me in great haste For that intent/ and so he desired That I would tell you when need required He showed me his mind or he went How he had devised your garment And if it be made after that intent as he told me When ye were on that vestour Every man shall do your honour as becometh a man of your haviour And so it should be ye but what will Reason say When he seeth me in that array Reason. Marry let him go play To the devil of hell He promised me at the beginning That ye would no more be under his guiding No but yet it were according To have therein his counsel Man without reason is but blind And if I should speak after my mind I can well a difference find betwixt man and a best When he hath Reason in presence and duly obeyeth his saw and sentence Why have ye such a spiced conscience Now within your breast that changeth your mind so suddenly I am sorry and ashamed truly On your behalf No force hardly Thouledest me all wrong and therefore will I no more follow the Not worldly affection? Nparde Nor yet thy brother sensuality I have followed you to long Is that your mind ye doubtless And now will I seek shamefastness By whom I trust I shall redress All my mysded And sith thou wilt needs to shame bow I pray god send the shame I now and yet I trust make god avow Ones thou shalt have need To call me again to thy service
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¶ O good lord / to whom shall I complayn And shew the sorowes of my mynde and nothyng for myne own cause certayn But onely for the decay of mankynde whyche now of late ys waxen so blynde That he hath dyspysed and forsaken me And foloweth euery mocyon of hys sensualyte ¶ What aduayled at the begynnyng that Nature comytted me to hys seruyce and charged me that byfore all thyng Of all hys gydyng I shuld take thenterpryse when he lusteth not to folow myne aduyse but foloweth thappety of hys sensuall affeccyon As a brute best that lakketh reson ¶ And yet not wythstandyng that he doth me dysdayn I wyll resort to hym agayn And do my labour and bysy payn To assay yf I can hym refrayn ro suche bestly lyuyng but fyrst wyll I stande hereby In secrete maner to espy Some token of grace in hym wherby I may dyscerne and fynde that he hath any shamfastnes After hys great surfet and excesse And yf yt be so doubtles It sha content my my ¶ I say syrs where ys wurshyp can ye tell In thys place I left hym last ¶ Syr I warand you he ys occupyed well In ordeynyng your garmentys full fast He departed fro me in great hast For that intent / and so he desyred That I wold tell you whan nede requyred ¶ He shewed me hys mynde or he went How he had deuysed your garment And yf yt be made after that intent as he told me Whan ye were on that vestour Euery man shall do your honour as becummeth a man of your hauyour And so yt shuld be ¶ ye but what wyll Reason say Whan he seeth me in that aray ¶ Reason. Mary let hym go play To the deuyll of hell He promysed me at the begynnyng That ye wold no more be vnder hys gydyng ¶ No but yet yt were accordyng To haue therin hys counsell Man wythout reson ys but blynde And yf I shuld speke after my mynde I can well a dyfference fynde Bytwyxt man and a beste Whan he hath Reason in presence and duely obeyeth hys saw and sentence ¶ Why haue ye suche a spyced conscyence Now wythin your brest that chaungeth your mynde so sodenly I am sory and ashamed truely On your behalf ¶ No force hardely Thouledest me all wrong and therfore wyll I no more folow the ¶ Not worldly affeccyon? ¶ Nparde Nor yet thy brother Sensualyte I haue folowed you to long ¶ Is that your mynde ¶ ye doubtles And now wyll I seke shamefastnes By whom I trust I shall redresse All my mysded ¶ And syth thou wylt nedys to shame bowe I pray god send the shame I now and yet I trust make god auow Ones thou shalt haue nede To call me agayn to thy seruyce