Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
O ye Emperors, Potentates, & Princes of renown, Learn of Just with trust yourselves to associate, That like as your vocation, by right doth ask the crown And also due obedience, being the appointed magistrate, So rule that at the last you may be resuscitate, And reign with the almighty with perfect continuance, Receiving double crowns for your godly governance ye noble men, whom God hath furnished with fame, Be mindful to walk in the ways of the just, Add virtue evermore to your honourable name, And be not overcome of concupiscence or lust, flee from love of Treasure, catch hold of me Trust. And then double felicity, at the last you shall possess, And in all earthly doings, God shall give good success. ye poor men & commons, walk well in your vocation Banish lust and desire, which is not convenient, Let trust work in you a full contentation, Considering that it leadeth to treasures more excellent For these are uncertain, but they are most permanent: your necessity supply with virtue and trust, And then shall you enjoy your crown among the just. As I being properly nominate just, Am here associate with contentation, So have I my whole felicity in Trust, Who ilumineth mine eyes to see my salvation. Fear ye not, shortly you shall have consolation, If I were once grown in you to perfection, Even thus goeth it always with the children of election I will depart now, will ye go with me trust. yea I must always associate the just. A psalm of thanksgiving first let us sing, To the laud and praise of the immortal king. Here if you will: sing the man is blessed that feareth God. etc. Lust (quoth he) now in faith he is lusty, Lady Treasure and he hath made a match, He thinketh that I wax marvelous trusty, Because I teach him to claw and to catch, And now a days amity doth therein consist, He that can flatter shallbe well beloved, But he that saith, thus and thus saith Christ, Shall as an enemy be openly reproved. Friendship, yea, friendship consists now in adulation, Speak fair and please the lust of thy Lord, I warrant thee be had in great estimation, When those that tell truth, shallbe abhorred, A unhappy lingua, whether wilt thou ren, Take heed I advise thee, lest thou be shent, If ye chance to tell any tales of these gentlewomen, With flesh hooks and nails, you are like to be rend, Nay for the passion of me, be not so moved, And I will please you incontinent again, Above all treasures you are worthy to be loved, Because you do no men deride nor disdain, You do not contempt the simple and poor, you be not his minded, proud and presumptuous, Neither wanton nor wily you be never more, But gentle, loving, modesty, and virtuous, Behold how a lie can please some folks diet, O pacify their minds marvelous well, All whyste I warrant ye, so they in quiet, How to please you hereafter now I can tell, Hark, I hear Lust and my lady Treasure. They are given to solace singing and pleasure.
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O ye Emperours, Potētates, & Princes of renowne, Learne of Iuſt with truſte your ſelues to aſſociate, That like as your vocation, by right doth aſke ye crown And alſo due obediēce, being ye appointed magiſtrate, So rule that at the laſte you may be reſuſcitate, And raigne with ye almightie with perfect cōtinuāce, Receiuing double crownes for your godly gouernaūce ye noble men, whome God hath furniſhed with fame, Be myndefull to walke in the wayes of the Iuſte, Adde vertue euermore to your honorable name, And be not ouercome of concupicence or luſte, Fle from loue of Treaſure, catche holde of me Truſte. And then double felicitie, at the laſt you ſhall poſſeſſe, And in al earthly doings, God ſhal geue good ſucces. ye poore men & commons, walke well in your vocation Baniſhe luſte and deſier, which is not conuenient, Let truſte worke in you a full contentation, Conſidering that it leadeth to treaſures more excellēt For theſe are vncertaine, but they are moſt permanēt: your neceſſitie ſupplie with vertue and truſte, And then ſhall you enioye your crown among ye Iuſt. As I being properly nominate Iuſte, Am here aſſociate with contentation, So haue I my whole felicitie in Truſte, Who ilumineth mine eyes to ſee my ſaluation. Feare ye not, ſhortly you ſhall haue conſolation, If I were once growen in you to perfection, Euen thus goeth it alwaies with ye children of electiō I will departe nowe, will ye go with me truſte. yea I muſt alwaies aſſociate the Iuſte. A pſalme of thankeſgeuing firſt let vs ſing, To the laude and prayſe of the immortall kinge. Here if you will: ſing the man is bleſt that feareth God. &c. Luſt (quod he) now in faithe he is luſty, Lady Treaſure and he hath made a matche, He thinketh that I waxe marueylous truſty, Becauſe I teache him to clawe and to catche, And now a daies amitie doth therein conſiſte, He that can flatter ſhalbe well beloued, But he that ſaieth, thus and thus ſaieth Chriſte, Shall as an enemy be openly reproued. Friendſhip, yea, friendſhip cōſiſteth now in adulatiō, Speake faire and pleaſe the luſt of thy Lorde, I warrante thee be had in great eſtimation, When thoſe that tell truthe, ſhalbe abhorde, A vnhappy lingua, whether wilt thou ren, Take hede I aduiſe thee, leaſt thou be ſhent, If ye chaunce to tell any tales of theſe gentlewomen, With fleſhe hokes and nayles, you are like to be rent, Nay for the paſſion of me, be not ſo moued, And I will pleaſe you incontinent againe, Aboue all treaſures you are worthy to be loued, Becauſe you do no men deride nor diſdaine, You doe not contempte the ſimple and poore, you be not his minded, proude and preſumptuous, Neither wanton nor wyly you be neuer more, But gentle, louing, modeſtie, and vertuous, Beholde howe a lie can pleaſe ſome folkes diet, O pacifie their myndes marueilous well, All whyſte I warrant ye, ſo they in quiet, Howe to pleaſe you hereafter now I can tell, Harke, I heare Luſte and my lady Treaſure. They are giuen to ſolace ſinging and pleaſure.