Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1520 [c.1520-1522] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds · 531 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
Yet be ye sewer for all this doubt This waiting must be brought about Men can not prosper wilfully led All thing decays where is no head Wherefore doubtless mark what I say To one of you three twain must obey And sins ye can not agree in voice Who shall be head, there is no choice But to devise som● manner thing Wherein ye all be 〈◊〉 cunning And in the same 〈…〉 do best The other twain 〈◊〉 make them pressed In every thing 〈…〉 his intent Holly to be at com●●●ndement And now have I found one mastery That ye can do indyfferently And is neither selling nor buying But even only very lying And all ye three can lie as well As can the falsest devil in hell And though afore ye hard me grudge In greater matters to be your judge Yet in lying I can some skill And if I shall be judge I will And be ye sure without flattery Where my consciens findeth the mastery there shall my judgement straight be found Though I might win a thousand pound Sir for lying though I can do it Yet am I loath for to go to it Ye have not cause to fear to be bold For ye may be here uncontrolled And ye in this have good advantage For lying is your comen usage And you in lying be well sped For all your craft doth stand in falsehood Ye need not care who shall begin For each of you may hope to win Now speak all three even as ye find Be ye agreed to follow my mind Ye by my troth I am content. Now in good faith and I assent If I denied I were a noddy For all is mine by god's body. Here were a hopper to hop for the ring But sir this gear goth not by hopping. Sir in this hoping I will hop so well That my tongue shall hop aswell as my hele Upon which hopping I hope and not doubt it To hope so that ye shall hope without Sir I will neither boast ne brawll But take such fortune as may fall And if ye wynne●●s mastery I will obey you quietly And sure I think that quietness In any man is great richesse In any manner company To rule or be ruled indifferently. By that boast thou seemest a beggar in deed What can thy quietness help us at need If we should sta●e thou hast not I think One penny to buy us one pot of drink Nay if richesse myghe rule the roast Behold what cause I have to boast Lo here be pardons halfe a dosyn For ghostly riches they have no cousin And more over to me they bring Sufficient succour for my living And here be relics of such a kind As in this world no man can find kneel down all fore and when ye leave kissing Who list to offer shall have my blessing Friends here shall ye see even anon Of all Hallows the blessed jaw bone Kys it hardly with good devotion
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¶Yet be ye ſewer for all thys dout Thys waytynge muſt be brought about Men can nat proſper wylfully ledde All thynge decaye where is no hedde Wherfore doutleſſe marke what I ſay To one of you thre twayne muſt obey And ſynnes ye can nat agree in voyce Who ſhall be hed, there is no choyſe But to deuyſe ſom maner thynge Wherin ye all be connynge And in the ſame do beſte The other twayne make them preſte In euery thynge hys entente Holly to be at comndement And now haue I nde one maſtry That ye can do inyfferently And is nother ſellnge nor byenge But euyn only very lyenge And all ye thre can lye as well As can the falſeſt deuyll in hell And though afore ye harde me grudge In greater maters to be your iudge Yet in lyeng I can ſome ſkyll And yf I ſhall be iudge I wyll And be ye ſure without flatery Where my conſciens fyndeth the maſtrye Ther ſhall my iudgement ſtrayt be founde Though I myght wynne a thouſande pounde ¶Syr for lyeng though I can do it Yet am I loth for to goo to it ¶Ye haue nat cauſe to feare to be bolde For ye may be here vncontrolled And ye in this haue good auauntage For lyeng is your comen vſage And you in lyenge be well ſpedde For all your craft doth ſtande in falſhed Ye nede nat care who ſhall begyn For eche of you may hope to wyn Now ſpeke all thre euyn as ye fynde Be ye agreed to folowe my mynde ❧Ye by my trouth I am contente. ⚜Now in good fayth and I aſſente ¶If I denyed I were a nody For all is myne by goddes body. ⚜Here were a hopper to hop for the rynge But ſyr thys gere goth nat by hoppynge. ¶Syr in this hopynge I wyll hop ſo well That my tonge ſhall hop aſwell as my hele Vpon whiche hoppynge I hope and nat doute it To hope ſo that ye ſhall hope without ⚜Syr I wyll nther boſte ne brawll But take ſuche foune as may fall And yf ye wynne s mayſtry I wyll obaye you uietly And ſure I thyn that quietneſſe In any man is gt rycheſſe In any maner copany To rule or be ruld indifferently. ¶By that boſt ou ſemeſt a begger in dede What can thy quetneſſe helpe vs at nede Yf we ſhulde ſtae thou haſt nat I thynke One peny to bye s one potte of drynke Nay yf rycheſſe myghe rule the roſte Beholde what cauſe I haue to boſte Lo here be pardons halfe a doſyn For goſtely ryches they haue no coſyn And more ouer to me they brynge Sufficient ſuccour for my lyuynge And here be relykes of ſuche a kynde As in this worlde no man can fynde Knele downe all re and when ye leue kyſſynge Who lyſte to off ſhall haue my blyſſynge Frendes here ſhall ye ſe euyn anone Of all Hallows the bleſſyd iaw bone Kys it hardely with good deuocion