Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1520 [c.1520-1522] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 499 words
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This kiss shall bring us much promotion Faugh, by saint ●●●your I never kyst a wars Ye were as goo●●ysse all hallows are For by all halows me thinketh That all halows breath stinketh Ye judge all halows breath unknown If any breath stink it is your own. I know mine own breath from all halows Or else it were time to kiss the gallows. Nay sirs behold here may ye see The great toe of the trinity Who to this toe any money voweth And ones may role it in his moveth All his life after I undertake He shall be rid of the tooth ache. I pray you torn that relic about Other the trinity had the gout Or else because it is iii toes in one God made it much as three toes alone. Well let that pass and look upon this Here is a relic that doth not miss To help the lest aswell as the most This is a buttock bone of Pentecoste. By chryste and yet for all your boast This relic hath be shyten the roast Mark well this relic here is awhipper My friends unfeigned here is a slipper Of one of the seven slepers be sure Doutiesse this kiss shall do you great pleasure For all these two days it shall so ease you That none other savours shall displease you. All these two days, nay all this two year For all the savours that may come here Can be no worse for at a word One of the seven ●epers trod in a torde. Sir me thinketh your devotion is but small Small marry me thinketh he hath none at all. What the devil care I what ye think Shall I praise relics when they stink. Here is an eyetooth of the great Turk Whose eyes be on●s set on this piece of work May happily lose part of his eye sight But not all till he be blind out right. What so ever any other man seeth I have no devotion to Turk's teeth For all though I never saw a greater Yet me thinketh I have seen many better. Here is a box full of humble bees That stonge Eve as she sat on her knees tasting the fruit to her forbidden Who kisseth the bees within this hidden Shall have as much pardon of right As for any relic he kissed this night. Sir I will kiss them with all my heart. Kiss them again and take my part For I am not worthy, nay let be Those bees that stung Eve shall not sting me. Good friends I have yet here in this glass Which on the drink at the wedding was Of Adam and Eve undoubtedly If ye honour this relic devoutly All though ye thirst no whit the less Yet shall ye drink the more doubtless After which drinking ye shall be as meet To stand on your heed as on your feet
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¶Thys kyſſe ſall brynge vs muche promocyon Fogh, by ſaynt your I neuer kyſt a wars Ye were as gooyſſe all hallows ars For by all halows me thynketh That all halows breth ſtynketh ¶Ye iudge all halows breth vnknowen Yf any breth ſtynke it is your owne. ⚜I knowe myne owne breth from all halows Or els it were tyme to kyſſe the galows. ¶Nay ſyrs beholde here may ye ſe The great toe of the trinite Who to thys toe any money voweth And ones may role it in his moueth All hys lyfe after I vndertake He ſhall be ryd of the toth ake. ⚜I praye you torne that relyke aboute Other the Trinite had the goute Or elles bycauſe it is .iii. toes in one God made it muche as thre toes alone. ¶Well lette that paſſe and loke vpon thys Here is a relyke that doth nat mys To helpe the leſte aſwell as the moſte This is a buttocke bone of Pentecoſte. ⚜By chryſte and yet for all your boſte Thys relyke hath be ſhyten the roſte ¶Marke well thys relyke here is awhipper My frendes vnfayned here is a ſlypper Of one of the ſeuen ſlepers be ſure Doutieſſe thys kys ſhall do you great pleaſure For all theſe two dayes it ſhall ſo eaſe you That none other ſauours ſhall diſpleaſe you. ¶All theſe two dayes, nay all thys two yere For all the ſauours that may come here Can be no worſe for at a worde One of the ſeuen epers trode in a torde. ¶Syr me thynketh your deuocion is but ſmal ¶Small mary me thynketh he hath none at all. ⚜What the deuyll care I what ye thynke Shall I prayſe relykes when they ſtynke. ¶Here is an eyth of the great Turke Whoſe eyes be ons ſette on thys pece of worke May happely leſe parte of his eye ſyght But nat all tyll he blynde out ryght. ⚜What ſo euer any other man ſeeth I haue no deuacon to Turkes teeth For all though I neuer ſawe a greter Yet me thynketh I haue ſene many better. ¶Here is a box full of humble bees That ſtonge Eue as ſhe ſat on her knees Taſtynge the frute to her forbydden Who kyſſeth the bees within this hydden Shall haue as muche pardon of ryght As for any relyke he kyſt thys nyght. ⚜Syr I wyll kyſſe them with all my herte. ¶Kyſſe them agayne and take my parte For I am nat worthy, nay lette be Thoſe bees that onge Eue ſhall nat ſtynge me. ¶Good frendes I haue yet here in thys glas Whiche on the drynke at the weddynge was Of Adam and Eue vndoutedly If ye honor this relyke deuoutly All though ye thurſte no whyt the leſſe Yet ſhall ye drynke the more doutleſſe After whiche drynkynge ye ſhall be as mete To ſtande on your hede as on your fete