Udall, Nicholas · published 1568 · first performed or written 1554 [c.1550-1557] (Annals) biblical play T51 Parents and children: blessing, birthrig typicality 0.81 · 484 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
The Lord God reward your fatherly tenderness. Which ye have here showed me of your mere goodness. Go in peace my dear son, leaving me here alone: And send little Mido to lead me in anon. Lord God when thou shalt see time as thou thinkest best, Dissolve this feeble carcase, and take me to thy rest. How do ye master Isaac? I am here now. For my master Iacob did bid me come to you. Nay boy, it was not Iacob, I dare well say so. Forsooth it was Iacob, if my name be Mido. If that be a true tale, somebody is come slack, But lord that I have done, I will not now call back. But yet I will go see if I be deceived: For in deed methought Iacobs voice I perceived. O Lord, the God of Isaac and Abraham, I render thanks to thee though a sinful woman, Because of thy word and promise true art thou, In sending Iacob the blessing of Esau. And for thus regarding a sinner as I am, I eftsoons thank thee O Lord God of Abraham, Thy mercy and wisdom shall I sing evermore: And magnify thy name, for Gods there is no more. But I will to my husband Isaac, and see, That for this matter he take no grief at me. NAy, now at last we have well sped I warrant you: Good luck is not evermore against Esau. He coursed and coursed again with his dogs here: But they could at no time take either hare or dere. At last he killed this with his bow as God would. And to say that it is fat venison be bold. But dressed it must be at once in all the haste, That old father Isaac may have his repast. Then without delay Esau shall blessed be, Than faith cock on hoop, all is ours, then who but he? But I must in that it may be dressed in time likely, And I trow ye shall see it made ready quickly. NAy now old master Isaac (I warrant you) Hath blessed Iacob in the place of Esau. At home here with us it is judged no small change But a case wonderful, and also very strange. The younger brother is made elder, and again, The elder must now serve the younger as his swain. And from henceforth we must all make courtesy and bow, Unto master Iacob, and not to Esau now: And Esau himself must under Iacob be, At his commandment even as well as we. But I care not I warrant you: for our household Love Iacob better than Esau twenty fold. None loveth Esau but for his father's sake: But all good folks are glad Iacobs part to take. And now by Esau no man will set a pin, But yonder he cometh now, I will get me in.
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The Lord God reward your fatherly tenderneſſe. Which ye haue here ſhewed me of your mere goodneſſe. Go in peace my dere ſonne, leauing me here alone: And ſend litle Mido to leade me in anone. Lord God when thou ſhalt ſée time as thou thinkeſt beſt, Diſſolue this féeble carkeſſe, and take me to thy reſte. How do ye maiſter Iſaac? I am here now. For my maiſter Iacob did bid me come to you. Nay boye, it was not Iacob, I dare well ſay ſo. Forſooth it was Iacob, if my name be Mido. If that be a true tale, ſome body is come ſlacke, But lord that I haue done, I will not now call backe. But yet I will go ſée if I be deceiued: For in déede me thought Iacobs voyce I perceiued. O Lorde, the God of Iſaac and Abraham, I render thanks to thée though a ſinfull woman, Bicauſe of thy worde and promiſe true arte thou, In ſending Iacob the bleſſing of Eſau. And for thus regarding a ſinner as I am, I eftſoones thanke thée O Lorde God of Abraham, Thy mercy and wyſedome ſhall I ſing euermore: And magnifie thy name, for Gods there is no more. But I will to my huſbande Iſaac, and ſée, That for this matter he take no gréefe at me. NAy, now at laſt we haue well ſped I warrant you: Good lucke is not euermore againſt Eſau. He courſed and courſed again with his dogges here: But they could at no time take either hare or dere. At laſt he killed this with his bowe as God wold. And to ſay that it is fatte veniſon be bolde. But dreſſed it muſt be at once in all the haſte, That olde father Iſaac may haue his repaſt. Then without delay Eſau ſhall bleſſed be, Then faith cock on houpe, al is ours, then who but he? But I muſt in that it may be dreſt in time likely, And I trow ye ſhall ſée it made ready quickly. NAy now olde maiſter Iſaac (I warrant you) Hath bleſſed Iacob in the place of Eſau. At home here with vs it is iudged no ſmall change But a caſe wonderfull, and alſo very ſtrange. The yonger brother is made elder, and againe, The elder muſt nowe ſerue the yonger as his ſwayne. And from henſforth we muſt all make curteſie and bow, Vnto maiſter Iacob, and not to Eſau now: And Eſau him ſelfe muſt vnder Iacob bée, At his commaundement euen as well as we. But I care not I warrant you: for our houſeholde Loue Iacob better than Eſau twenty folde. None loueth Eſau but for his fathers ſake: But all good folkes are glad Iacobs parte to take. And now by Eſau no man wyll ſette a pinne, But yonder he commeth nowe, I will gette me in.