Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 504 words
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Worldly affection abide thou here For I will go do on this new gear as worship doth me counsel Marry I shall with all mine heart this good fire and I will nor departed For very cold mine hand is do smart It maketh me woe bygon Get me a s●…ole here may ye not see Or e●…ys a chair will it not be thou pyld knave I speak to the Now long shall I stand ●…et him stand with a foul evil ye see so/ every dr●…uyll Now adays I w●…rand Must command as he were a king Let him stand on his seat with breeding What gluttony/ I can tell the one thing In fa●…th you will be shent Why My master hath sent sensuality To seek the all about the country Spakest thou not with him yes pard I know all his intent And thereupon I am come here For to awa●…t/ but wottest thou where Our master is now Nay I wot near I am not very certain But Pride and he together begun Ne said he would come again anon within an hour or twain Tarry thou here and go net away I will go break my fast and I may For I eat never a morsel this day Marry that is a thing Go when thou wist I will abide My stomach he shall not rule or guide That is now fasting Nay of all thing earthly I hate to fast Four times a day I make repast Or thrice as I suppose And when I am well fed Than get I me to a soft bed my body to repose There take I a nap or twain ●…p I go straight and to it again Though nature be net ready yet have I some meet of delight For to provoke ●…happetyte And make the stomach greedy After all this needs I must Sometime follow the wanton lust For hot drinks and delicate reflection Causeth fleshly insurrection ye know it as well as I Troth as ye say I know it well What gentleman is this can ye tell Wotyst thou never No by the bell I saw him never before Is it our master Nay by the rood It is not he woldyst thou make me wood yes I am the same I cry you mercy I see it well now Before I knew you not I make god avow In earnest nor in game ¶ Why. Bycause I haue chaunged myne aray For that cause trow ye nay nay That is not the thing That can deceive me be ye sure but I pray you who hath had you in cure Sith my last departing By my faith a little season I followed the counsel and diet of reason There went the hare away His diet ꝙ a/ it may be verily For ye be haltered marvelously Altered I would say alas the while had ye no meet As long as ye were under his diet
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¶ Worldly affeccy on abyde thou here For I wyll go do on thys new gere as wurshyp doth me counsell ¶ Mary I shall wyth all myne hart thys good fyre and I wyll nor depart For very cold myne hand ys do smart It maketh me wo bygon Get me a sole here may ye not se Or eys a chayr wyll yt not be thou pyld knaue I speke to the Now ong shall I stande ¶ et hym stand wyth a foule euyll ye se so / euery druyll Now adayes I wrand Must commaund as he were a kyng Let hym stande on hys sete wyth bredyng ¶ What Glotony / I can tell the one thyng In fath you wyll be shent ¶ Why ¶ My mayster hath sent Sensualyte To seke the all about the contre Spakest thou not wyth hym ¶ yes parde I know all hys intent And thereuppon I am com here For to awat / but wotest thou where Our mayster ys now ¶ Nay I wote nere I am not very certayn But Pryde and he together begon Ne sayd he wold com agayn anon wythin an howr or twayn Tary thou here and go net away I wyll go breke my fast and I may For I ete neuer a morsell thys day ¶ Mary that ys a thyng Go whan thou wyst I wyll abyde My stomak he shall not rule or gyde That ys now fastyng Nay of all thynge erthly I hate to fast Four tymes a day I make repast Or thryse as I suppose And whan I am well fed Than get I me to a soft bed my body to repose There take I a nap or twayn p I go streyght and to yt agayn Though nature be net redy yet haue I some mete of delyte For to prouoke happetyte And make the stomak gredy After all thys nedys I must Somtyme folow the wanton lust For hote drynkys and delycate reflecyon Causeth flesshely insurreccyon ye know yt as well as I ¶ Trouth as ye say I know yt well ¶ What gentylman ys thys can ye tell ¶ Wotyst thou neuer ¶ No by the bell I saw hym neuer byfore ¶ Is yt our mayster ¶ Nay by the rood It ys not he woldyst thou make me wood ¶ yes I am the same ¶ I cry you mercy I se yt well now Byfore I knew you not I make god auow In ernest nor in game ¶ Why. Bycause I haue chaunged myne aray ¶ For that cause trow ye nay nay That ys not the thyng That can dysceyue me be ye sure but I pray you who hath had you in cure Syth my last departyng ¶ By my fayth a lytell season I folowed the counsell and dyet of reason ¶ There went the hare away Hys dyet ꝙ a / yt may be veryly For ye be haltred maruelously Altred I wold say alas the whyle had ye no mete As long as ye were vnder hys dyet