Anonymous · published 1565 · first performed or written 1514 [1513-1514] (Annals) not in BritDrama T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.78 · 521 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
So it was I be shrew your pate I come lately from Newgate But I am as ready to make good cheer As he that never came there For and I have spending I will make as merry as a king And care not what I do For I will not lie long in prison But will get forth soon For I have learned a policy That will lose me lightly And soon let me go I love well thy discretion For thou art all of one condition Thou art stable and steadfast of mind And not changeable as the wind But sir I pray you at the least Tell me more of that jest That thou told me right now moreover I shall tell the The mayre of London sent for me Forth of Newgate for to come For to preach at Tyrone. By our Lady he did promote the To make the preach at the gallow tree But sir how didst thou scape Verily sir the rope broke And so I fell to the ground And ran away safe and sound Be the way I met with a courtier's lad And twenty nobles of gold in his purse he had I took the lad in the ear Beside his horse I called him there I took his purse in my hand And twenty nobles therein I found Lord how I was merry. God's foot thou didst enough there For to be made knight of the colere. Ye sir I trust to God all might At the next cessions to be dubbed a knight Now sir by this light That would I fain se And I plight the so God me save That a surer tolere thou shalt have And because gold colers be so good cheap Unto the roper I shall speak To make the one of a good price And that shallbe of warrantise. Youth 〈◊〉 pray the have a do And to the ●a●●ene let us go And we wi l drynke diuers wine And the cost shall be mine Thou shalt not pay one penny iwis Yet thou shalt have a wench to kiss when so ever thou wilt Marry Riot I thank the That thou wilt be stowe it on me And for the pleasure so be it I would not charity should us meet And turn us again For right now he was with me And said he would go to Humility And come to me again Let him come if he will He were better to bide still And he give the crooked laugage I will lay him on the visage And that thou shalt see soon How lightly it shall be done And he will not be ruled with knocks We shall set him in the stocks To heal his sore shins I shall help the if I can To drive a way that hang man Hark Riot thou shalt understand I am heir of my father's land And now they be come to my hand Me think it were best therefore That I had one man more To wait me upon
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So it was I be ſhrewe your pate I come lately from Newgate But I am as readie to make good chere As he that neuer came there For and I haue ſpendyng I wyll make as mery as a kinge And care not what I do For I wyll not lie longe in priſon But wyll get forthe ſoone For I haue learned a pollicie That wyll loſe me lyghtlie And ſoone let me go I loue well thy diſcreſcion For thou arte all of one condicyon Thou arte ſtable and ſtedfaſt of mynde And not chaungable as the wynde But ſir I praie you at the leaſte Tell me more of that ieſte That thou tolde me ryght nowe Morouer I ſhall tell the The mayre of London ſent for me Forth of Newgate for to com For to preche at Tyone. By our Lady he did promote the To make the preche at the galowe tre But ſyr how diddeſt thou ſcape Verely ſyr the rope brake And ſo I fell to the ground And ran away ſafe and ſound Be the way I met with a courtiers lad And twenty nobls of gold in his purs he had I toke the ladde in the eare Beſyde his horſe I called hym there I toke his purs in my hande And twenty nobles therin I fande Lorde howe I was mery. Goddes fote thou diddeſt ynoughe there For to be made knyght of the colere. Ye ſyr I truſte to God all myght At the next ceſſions to be dubbed a knight Now ſyr by this light That wolde I fayne ſe And I plight the ſo God me ſaue That a ſurer tolere thou ſhalt haue And becauſe gold colers be ſo good chepe Vnto the roper I ſhal ſpeke To make the one of a good price And that ſhalbe of warranty ſe. Youth pray the haue a doo And to the aene let vs go And we wi l drynke diuers wine And the coſt ſhal be mine Thou ſhalt not pay one peny iwis Yet thou ſhalt haue a wenche to kyſſe whan ſo euer thou wilte Mary Riot I thanke the That thou wylt be ſtowe it on me And for the pleaſure ſo be it I wold not charity ſhuld vs mete And turne vs agayne For ryght nowe he was with me And ſaid he wolde go to Humilitie And come to me againe Let him come if he will He were better to bide ſtill And he gyue the croked laugage I will laye him on the viſage And that thou ſhalt ſe ſone Howe lightly it ſhall be doone And he wil not be ruled with knockes We ſhall ſet him in the ſtockes To heale his ſore ſhinnes I ſhall helpe the if I can To dryue a waye that hang man Herke Riot thou ſhalt vnderſtande I am heyre of my fathers land And nowe they be come to my hand Me thynke it were beſt therfore That I had one man more To waite me vpon