Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals) not in BritDrama T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.71 · 463 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
That is full true/ wrthout feigning as long as mine appetite did endure I followed my lusts/ in every thing which now by the course and law of nature And not of my policy/ or good endeavour Is taken fro me/ for ever more And so can I deserve/ no meed therefore But not withstanding this mine abusion I trust that by the help of your good advise I may be made the child of salvation yes and ye will sir on warantyse So that ye utterly forsake and despise All your old servants in will and deed and do by my counsel yes have ye no dread Than my soul for yours/ I lay to wed ye shall do well/ have ye no mistrust And first to begin with/ I you forbid All manner of despair/ and secondly ye must Put to your mind/ and good will To be recured/ of your great excess For without your help/ it can not be doubtless Is in this example/ if so be the patient Of himself/ be willing to have any remedy It is a great furtherance to that intent So that to the precepts of physic he apply And who so doth the contrary/ no maruarll truly Though he myskary/ what should I bring Any more examples for so plain a thing It shallbe no need as in this case I know right well/ what ye mean thereby And that will I follow by gods grace Than as I told you/ it shallbe no mastery yourself comfort/ and to haue good remedy est the great 〈◊〉 that thou hast done why the thou hast deserued endles dam o but do 〈◊〉 I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the/ and haue no d●…de And for to 〈◊〉 the medyeyns/ most ●…yng thy force/ do by mr read Look what disease/ ●…s 〈◊〉 and b●… take ever such a medyeyn as is 〈◊〉 in w●…yng So that the contrary in all manner of wrse Must hele his contrary as physyh doth devise Right so who so lusteth fro sin to arise where he hath in pride/ done any offence He can be helpen thereof none other wise but only by meekness/ that is the recompense again Wretch and Envy/ take charity and patience take alms deed/ again the sin of coue●…rse And to repress glotyny/ acquaint the with abstynece Again foul lust of body/ take chastrte 〈◊〉 continence Much sin groweth by Sloth and by idleness and that must be eschewed by mean of good business o thys be preparatyfys most souerayn Against thy sores which be mortal Unless that this medyeyns to them be lain When thou hast received these preparatyfies all I will come again if thou me call And order the further after my mind
nodes 1065–1123 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 15 of 17 in this edition
Length
463 words · 611 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.709 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ That ys full trew / wrthout faynyng as long as myne appetyte dyd endure I folowed my lustys / in euery thyng whyche now by the course and law of nature And not of my polycy / or good endeuoure Is taken fro me / for euer more And so can I deserue / no mede therfore ¶ But not wythstandyng thys myne abusyon I trust that by the help of your good aduyse I may be made the chyld of saluacyon ¶ yes and ye wyll syr on warantyse So that ye vtterly forsake and dyspyse All your old seruauntys in wyll and dede and do by my counsell ¶ yes haue ye no drede ¶ Than my soule for yours / I lay to wed ye shall do well / haue ye no mystrust And fyrst to begyn wyth / I you forbed All maner of dyspeyre / and secundly ye must Put to your mynd / and good wyll To be recured / of your great excesse For wythout your helpe / yt can not be doubtles ¶ Is in thys example / yf so be the pacyent Of hym selfe / be wyllyng to haue any remedy It ys a great furtheraunce to that intent So that to the preceptys of physyk he apply And who so doth the contrary / no maruarll truely Though he myskary / what shuld I bryng Any mo examples for so playn a thyng ¶ It shalbe no nede as in thys case I know ryght well / what ye meane therby And that wyll I folow by godds grace ¶ Than as I told you / yt shalbe no maystry your selfe confort / and o aue good remedy st the great that thou hast don why the thou hast deserued endles dam o ¶ ut do I the / and aue no dde And for to the medyeyns / most yng thy force / do by mr rede Loke what dysease / s and b take euer suche a medyeyn as ys in wyng So that the contrary in all maner of wrse Must hele hys contrary as physyh doth deuyse ¶ Ryght so who so lusteth fro syn to aryse where he hath in pryde / done any offence He can be helpen therof none other wyse but onely by mekenes / that ys the recompence agayn Wreth and Enuy / take charyte and pacyence take almes dede / agayn the syn of couerse ¶ And to represse glotyny / acquaynt ye wyth abstynece Agayn foull lust of body / take chastrte cōtynēce Myche syn groweth by Slouth and by Idelnes and that must be eschewed by mene of good besynes o thys be preparatyfys most souerayn Agaynst thy sores whyche be mortall Onles that thys medyeyns to theym be layn Whan thou hast receyued these preparatyfys all I wyll com agayn yf thou me call And order the further after my mynde