May, Thomas · published 1622 · first performed or written 1620 (Annals) comedy · Red Bull (Revels) Company (first) unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 500 words
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For you my Lord, your cruelty has deserved A curse from me, but I can utter none, Your daughter's goodness has weighed down your malice Heaven prosper her. Amen. He is an honest man and truly noble, Oh my rash oath, my lust, that was the cause, Would any price would buy it in again. Your Majesty is just. 'tis a happy Land Where the King squares his actions by the law. Away, you are base and bloody, That feeds your malice with pretence of justice, 'tis such as you make Princes tyrannous, And hated of their subjects, but look to't, Look your own heads stands fast for if the law Do find a hole in your coats, beg no mercy. Pardon us my Lord, we were wronged. And sought redress but by a lawful course. Well leave me alone. Fare well my Liege, now let him chafe alone. Now we have our ends. Is there no means to save him no way, To get a dispensation for an oath, None that I know except the Court of Rome Will grant one, that's well thought on, I will not spare for gold, and that will do it, Nicanor. Sir. What book is that Thou hadst from Paris about the price of sins. 'tis called the Texes of the Apostolical Chancery. Is there a price for any sin set down. A my Sir, how heinous ere it be, Or of what nature, for such a sum of money As is set down there, it shall be remitted That's well, go fetch the book presently. I will my Lord. Sure there is perjury Among the rest, and I shall know what rate It bears before I have committed it. How now hast brought it. Yes Sir. read, I would know the price of perjury, I shall find it quickly, here's an Index. Imp. For murder of all kinds of a Clergy man, of a lay man, of father, mother, Son, brother, sister, wife. read till you come at perjury. Item, for empoisoning, enchantments, witchcraft, Sacrilege, simony, and their kind and Branches. Item, pro lapsu carnis, fornication Adultery, incest without any exception or Distinction; for sodomy, Brutality, or any of That kind. My heart shakes with horror To hear the names of such detested sins, Can these be bought for any price of money, Or do these merchants but deceive the world With their false Wares: no more of that foul book, I will know what I came to know, I would not for the world redeem my oath By such a course as this, no more Nicanor Unless thou find a price for Atheism. Here's none for that my Lord, his Holiness Can pardon that in no man but himself. Well this is not the way, I have thought of another that may prove, And both discharge my oath and save his life, Nicanor run presently, call Matho hither, Matho the Lawyer, command him to make haste, I long to be resolved.
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For you my Lord, your cruelty has deſeru'd A crſe from me, but I can vtter none, Your Daughters goodneſſe has weigh'd down your malice Heauen proſper her. Amen. He is an honeſt man and truely noble, Oh my raſh oath, my luſt, that was the cauſe, Would any price would buy it in againe. Your Maieſty is iuſt. Tis a happy Land Where the King ſquares his actions by the law. Away, you are baſe and bloudy, That feedes your malice with pretence of iuſtice, Tis ſuch as you make Princes tirranous, And hated of their ſubiects, but looke too't, Looke your owne heads ſtands faſt for if the law Doe finde a hole in your coates, beg no mercy. Pardon vs my Lord, we were wrong'd. And ſought redreſſe but by a lawfull courſe. Well leaue me alone. Fare well my Leige, now let him chafe alone. Now we haue our ends. Is there no meanes to ſaue him no way, To g a diſpenſation for an oath, that I know except the Court of Rome Will grant one, thats well thought on, I will not ſpare for gold, and that will doe it, Nicanor. Sir. What booke is that Thou hadſt from Paris about the price of ſinnes. Tis cald the Texes of the Apoſtolicall Chancery. Is there a price for any ſinne ſet downe. A my Sir, how heinous ere it be, Or of what nature, for ſuch a ſumme of money As is ſet downe there, it ſhall be remitted Thats well, go fetch the book preſently. I will my Lord. Sure there is periury Among the reſt, and I ſhall know what rate It beares before I haue committed it. How now haſt brought it. Yes Sir. Reade, I would know the price of periury, I ſhall find it quickly, heres an Index. Imp. For murder of all kinds of a Clergy man, of a lay man, of father, mother, Sonne, brother, ſiſter, wife. Reade till you come at periury. Item, for impoyſoning, enchantments, witchcraft, Sacriledge, ſimony, and their kind and Branches. Item, pro lapſu carnis, fornication Adultery, inceſt without any exception or Diſtinction; for ſodomy, Brutality, or any of That kind. My heart ſhakes with horror To heare the names of ſuch deteſted ſinnes, Can theſe be bought for any price of money, Or do theſe merchants but deceiue the world With their falſe Wares▪ no more of that foule booke, I will know what I came to know, I would not for the world redeeme my oath By ſuch a curſe as this, no more Nicanor Vnleſſe thou finde a price for Atheiſme. Heres none for that my Lord, his Holineſſe Can pardon that in no man but himſelfe. Well this is not the way, I haue thought of another that may proue, And both diſcharge my oath and ſaue his life, Nicanor run preſently, call Matho hither, Matho the Lawyer, command him to make haſt, I long to be reſolued.