Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
CIcero in his book de amicitia these words doth express, Saying nothing is more desirous than like is unto like: Whose words are most true and of a certainty doubtless, For the virtuous do not the virtuous company mislike. But the vicious doth the virtuous company eschew: And like will unto like this is most true. It is not my meaning your ears for to weary, with hearkening what is the effect of our matter: But our pretence is to move you to be merry, Merrily to speak meaning no man to flatter. The name of this matter as I said while ere, is like will to like quoth the Devil to the Collier. Sith pithy proverbs in our English sung do abound, Our author thought good such a one for to choose: As may show good example and mirth may eke be found, But no lascivious toys he purposeth to use, Herein as it were in a glass see you may: the advancement of virtue and of vice the decay, To what ruin ruffians and roisters are brought, You may here see of them the final end: Begging is the best though that end be nought. But hanging is worse if they do not amend. The virtuous life is brought to honour and dignity: And at the last to everlasting eternity. And because divers men of divers minds be, Some do matters of mirth and pastime require: Other some are delighted with matters of gravity. to please all men is our authors chief desire. Wherefore mirth with measure to sadness is annexed, Desiring that none here at our matter will be perplexed. Thus as I said I will be short and brief, Because that from this dump you shall relieved be: And the Devil with the Colier, the thief that seeks the thief, Shall soon make you merry as shortly you shall see. And sith mirth for sadness is a sauce most sweet: take mirth then with measure that best sauceth it. Ha, ha, ha, ha, now like unto like it will be none other, stoop gentle knave and take up your brother. Why is it so? and is it even so indeed? Why then may I say God send us good speed, And is every one here so greatly unkind, that I am no sooner out of sight but quite out of mind. marry this will make a man even weep for woe, that on such a sudden no man will him know. Though men be so dangerous now at this day, Yet are women kind worms I dare well say. How say you woman you that stand in the Angle, were you never acquainted with Nichol newfangle? Then I see Nichol newfangle is quite forgot, Yet you will know me anon, I dare jeopard a groat. Nichol newfangle is my name, do you me not know? my whole education to you I will show, For first before I was born I remember very well, that my gransier and I made a journey into hell. Where I was bound prentice before my nativity, to Lucifer himself such was mine agility.
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CIcero in his book de amicitia these woords dooth expresse, Saying nothing is more desirous then like is vnto like: Whose woords are most true and of a certainty doubtles, For the vertuous doo not the vertuous company mislike. But the vicious dooth the vertuous company eschue: And like wil vnto like this is most true. It is not my meaning your eares for to wery, with harkning what is the effect of our matter: But our pretence is to mooue you to be mery, Merily to speak meaning no man to flatter. The name of this matter as I said while ere, is like wil to like quod the Deuil to the Collier. Sith pithie prouerbs in our English sung doo abound, Our author thought good such a one for to chuse: As may shew good example and mirth may eke bé found, But no lasciuious toyes he purposeth to vse, Heerin as it were in a glasse see you may: the aduauncement of vertue and of vice the decay, To what ruin ruffins and roisters are brought, You may heer see of them the finall end: Begging is the best though that end be naught. But hanging is woorse if they doo not amend. The vertuous life is brought to honor and dignitie: And at the last to euerlasting eternitie. And because diuers men of diuers mindes be, Some doo matters of mirth and pastime require: Other some are delighted with matters of grauitie. to please all men is our authors cheef desire. Wherfore mirth with mesure to sadnes is annexed, Desiring that none heer at our matter wil be parplexed. Thus as I said I wil be short and breef, Because that from this dump you shall reléeued be: And the Deuil with the Colier, the theef that seeks the theef, Shall soon make you merry as shortly you shall see. And sith mirth for sadnes is a sauce most sweet: take mirth then with measure that best sauceth it. ¶ Ha, ha, ha, ha, now like vn to like it wil be none other, Stoup gentle knaue and take vp your brother. VVhy is it so? and is it euen so indeed? Why then may I say God send vs good speed, And is euery one heer so greatly vnkinde, that I am no sooner out of sight but quite out of minde. Mary this wil make a man euen weep for woe, that on such a sodain no man wil him knowe. Though men be so dangerous now at this day, Yet are women kinde woorms I dare wel say. How say you woman you that stand in the Angle, were you neuer acquainted with Nichol newfangle? Then I see Nichol newfangle is quite forgot, Yet you wil know me anon, I dare ieopard a grote. Nichol newfangle is my name, doo you me not knowe? my whole education to you I wil showe, For first before I was born I remember very well, that my gransier and I made a iourney into hell. Where I was bound prentice before my natiuitie, to Lucifer himself such was mine agilitie.