Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Then justice I pray you both Let me knit you both upon his oath. Now friends I trust we be all three And with this knot I pray you contented to be Sir ye ought to be contented best of all Where justice is treited with due equity And where no favour nor meed should be And when reason hath tried there every deal That such an act were good for the comen weal If therein any loss may be To the disadvantage of Principaltie Such an act loseth all his suit With a little indoysing of reason astute And if it touch the Lords spiritual Or be disadvantage to the Lords temporal Far well, go bet, this bill may keep As well as through the parliament creep And if that Merchants be moved with all Or any multitude of the comen hall This is not for us say they than This bill is nought but for to wipe a pan And this is all your new equity And for all your message, yet thus will it be. Alas if this may not reform be I shall never be sure of prosperity. Ye and what followeth hereof master Albion To your person universal derision Why to me derision. For all other strange nations They will rail on you with open proclamations saying whosoever do as he dose Is halfe a man and half a wild goose. Why half a man and half a wild goose. For with high reason they say ye can dispute And try out perils with labourous suit And eke the treasure for the comen vail As far as wit or reason can assail But when all is done and your statute made Then forth ye go in a wise trade To bring it all to good conclusion And put it never in execution Then speak they further in steed of a mock They have made a statute like a woodkoeke That hath but one eye and the other blind And it will turn with every wind And for because ye study but for the beginning And never provide for a sure ending beginning like a man ye take great assay At last like a wild goose even but to fly away. Well if this be true it is more pity Yet let us endeavour both ye and I To taste our message that it were done To help here of some reformation. Ye that to do I pray you both And to you two I promise by oath I shall me endeavour with the commonalty Their hole allegiance to keep in unity. Then God be your speed for I will forth my way And I will after god guide us that best may. And I will tarry no longer while But as I see you over the style.
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¶Then Iustyce I pray you bothe Let mee knyt you both vpon hys othe. Now freindes I trust we be all three And with this knot I pray you contented to bee ¶Syr ye ought to be contented best of all Where iustice is treited with due equitie And where no fauour nor mede shuld bee And when reason hath tried there euerie deale That such an acte were good for the comen weale If therin anie losse may bee To the disaduauntage of Principaltie Such an acte leseth all hys sute With a lytle indoysing of reason astute And if it touche the Lordes sprytuall Or be disauauntage to the Lordes temporall Fare well, go bett, this bill may keepe As well as through the parlyament creepe And if that Marchauntes be moouid with all Or anie multitude of the comen hall This is not for vs say they than This bill is naught but for to wype a pan And this is all your new equitie And for all your message, yet thus will it bee. ¶Alas if this may not reformed bee I shall neuer be sure of prosperitie. ¶Ye and what foloweth hereof maister Albion To your person vniuersall derysion ¶Why to mee derision. ¶For all other straunge nacions They will raile on you with open proclamacions Saienge whosoeuer do as he dose Is halfe a man and halfe a wild goose. ¶Why halfe a man and halfe a wyld goose. ¶For with hie reason they saie ye can dispute And trie out perils with labourous sute And eke the treasure for the comen vaile As farr as wit or reason can assaile But when all is done and your statute made Then soorth ye go in a wise trade To brynge it all to good conclusion And put it neuer in execucyon Then speke they further in steede of a mocke They haue made a statute lyke a woodkoeke That hath but one eye and the other blynde And it wyll turne with euery wynde And for because ye study but for the begynnynge And neuer prouide for a sure endyng Begynnyng lyke a man ye take great assay At last lyke a wyld goose euen but to flye awaye. ¶Well if thys be true it is more pytie Yet let vs endeuer both ye and I To taste our message that it were done To helpe here of some reformacyon. ¶Ye that to do I pray you bothe And to you two I promyse by othe I shall mee endeuer with the cōmynaltie Theyr hole allegyaunce to keepe in vnytie. ¶Then God be your spede for I wil forth my way ¶And I will after god guyde vs that best may. ¶And I wyll tarye no longer whyle But as I see you ouer the style.