Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T57 Ships, merchants and pirates · 473 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T57: ship, sea, master, sail, home, money, pisaro, life, ships, till.
Everyman good morrow by this day Sir why lookest thou so piteously If any thing be amiss/ I pray the me say That I may help to remedy ye good fellowship ye I am in great jeopardy My true friend/ show to me your mind I will not forsake thee/ unto my lives end In the way of good company That is well spoken and lovingly Sir I must needs know your heaviness. I have pity to see you in any distress If any have you wronged ye shall revenged be Though I on the ground be slain for the Though that I know before that I should die verily fellowship gramercy Tusshe/ be thy thanks I set not a straw Show me your grief/ and say no more if I my heart should to you break And than you to turn your mind from me And would not me comfort/ when you here me speak Than should I ten times sorrier be Sir I say as I will do in deed Than be you a good friend at need I have found you true here before And so ye shall evermore For in faith and thou go to hell I will not forsake the by the way ye speak like a good friend/ I believe you well I shall deserve it and I may I speak of no deserving/ by this day For he that will say/ and nothing do Is not worthy with good company to go Therefore show me the grief of your mind As to your friend most loving and kind I shall show you how it is Commanded I am to go a journey A long way/ heard and dangerous And give a straight count without delay Before the high judge adonay Wherefore I pray you/ bear me company As ye have promised in this journey That is matter in deed/ promise is duty But & I should take such a voyage on me I know it well it should be to my pain Also it maketh me afeard certain But let us take council here as we can For your words would fear a strong man Why/ ye said if I had need ye would me never forsake/ quick ne deed Though it were to hell truly So I said certainly But such pleasures be set aside/ the sooth to say And also if we took such a journey When should we come again Nay/ nyver again/ till the day of doom In faith than will not I come there Who hath you these tidings brought In deed death was with me here No why god that all hath bought If death were the messengere For no man that is living to day I will not go that lothesom journey Not for the father that begat me
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶Eueryman good morowe by this daye Syr why lokeſt thou ſo pyteouſly If any thynge be amys / I pray the me ſaye That I may helpe to remedy ¶ye good felawſhyp ye I am in greate ieoparde ¶My true frende / ſhew to me your mynde I wyll not forſake the / vnto my lyues ende In the way of good cumpany ¶That is well ſpoken and louyngly ¶Syr I muſt nedes know your heuynes. I haue pytye to ſe you in any deſtreſſe If any haue you wronged ye ſhall reuenged be Though I on the grounde be ſlayne for the Though that I knowe before that I ſhulde dye ¶Veryly felawſhyp gramercy ¶Tuſſhe / be thy thankes I ſet not a ſtraw Shewe me your grefe / and ſay no more ¶yf I my herte ſhulde to you breke And than you to turne your mynde from me And wold not me cōforte / when you here me ſpeke Than ſhulde I ten tymes ſoryer be ¶Syr I ſay as I wyll do in dede ¶Than be you a good frende at nede I haue founde you true here before ¶And ſo ye ſhall euermore For in fayth and thou go to hell I wyll not forſake the by the waye ¶ye ſpeke lyke a good frende / I beleue you well I ſhall deſerue it and I maye ¶I ſpeke of no deſeruynge / by this daye For he that wyll ſaye / and nothynge do Is not worthy with good company to go Therfore ſhew me the grefe of your mynde As to your frende moſte louynge and kynde ¶I ſhall ſhewe you how it is Commaunded I am to go a iournaye A longe waye / herde and daungerous And gyue a ſtrayte counte without delaye Before the hye Iuge adonay Wherfore I pray you / bere me company As ye haue promyſed in this iournaye ¶That is matter in dede / promyſe is duyte But & I ſhulde take ſuche a vyage on me I know it well it ſhulde be to my payne Alſo it maketh me aferde certayne But let vs take councell here as we can For your wordes wold feare a ſtronge man ¶Why / ye ſayd yf I had nede ye wolde me neuer forſake / quycke ne deed Though it were to hell truely ¶So I ſayde certeynly But ſuche pleaſures be ſet aſyde / the ſothe to ſay And alſo yf we toke ſuche a iournay Whan ſhulde we cume agayne ¶Nay / nyuer agayne / tyll the day of dome ¶In fayth than wyll not I cume there Who hath you theſe tydynges brought ¶In dede deth was with me here ¶No why god that all hath bought If dethe were the meſſengere For no man that is lyuynge to daye I wyll not go that lotheſom iournay Not for the father that begat me