Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T52 Prodigals, portions and poor kin · 466 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T52: brother, father, uncle, cousin, son, poor, bread, old, given, master.
ye promised me other wise pard I wots well I said so truly And yet/ if the wilt eat & drink & make good there Or haunt to women/ that lusty company I would not forsake you/ while the day is clear Trust me verily ye thereto ye would be ready To go to mirth/ solace/ and play your mind to folly will sooner apply Than to beat me company in my long journey Nay in good faith/ I will not that way But and thou wilt murder/ or any man kill In that I will help thee/ with a good will O that is a simple advise in deed gentle fellow help me in my necessity We have loved longe and now I need And now gentle fellowship remember me Whether ye have loved me or no By saint Iohn I will not with the go yet I pray the take the labour & do so much for me To bring me forward for saint charity And comfort me till I come without the town Nay and thou would give me a new gown I will not one foot with the go But and that had tarried I would not a left the so And as now god speed the in thy journey For from the I will depart as fast as I may Whether away fellowship/ wilt thou forsake me ye by my say/ to god I betake the Farewell good fellowship for the my heart is sore A dew for I shall never see the no more In faith everyman farewell now at the end For you I will remember that parting is mourning A lack shall we thus depart in deed O lady help without any more comfort Lo fellowship forsaketh me in my most need For help in this world whether shall I resort fellowship here before with me would merry make And now little sorrow for me doth he take It is said in prosperity men friends may find Which in adversity be full unkind Now whether for succour shall I flee Sith that fellowship hath forsaken me To my kinsmen I will truly praying them to help me in my necessity I believe that they will do so For kind will creep where it may not go I will go say/ for yonder I see them go Where be ye now my friends and kinsmen Here be we now at your commandment Cousin I pray you show us your intent In any wise and do not spare ye everyman and us to declare if ye be disposed to go any whether For wots ye well/ we will live & die together In wealth & woe/ we will with you hold For over his kin a man may be bold
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ye promyſed me other wyſe parde ¶I wot well I ſayd ſo truely And yet / yf ye wylte ete & drynke & make good there Or haunte to women / that luſty cumpany I wolde not forſake you / whyle the daye is clere Truſte me veryly ¶ye therto ye wolde be redy To go to myrthe / ſolace / and playe your mynde to folye wyll ſoner aply Than to bete me cumpany in my longe iourney ¶Nay in good faythe / I wyll not that waye But and thou wylte murdre / or any man kyll In that I wyl helpe the / with a good wyll ¶O that is a ſymple aduyſe in dede Gentyll felawe helpe me in my neceſſytye We haue loued longe and now I nede And now gentyll felawſhyp remembre me ¶Whether ye haue loued me or no By ſaynt Iohn̄ I wyll not with the go ¶yet I pray the take the laboure & do ſo moche for me To brynge me forwarde for ſaynt charyte And comforte me tyll I come without the towne ¶Nay and thou wolde gyue me a new gowne I wyll not one fote with the goo But and yt had taryed I wolde not a left the ſo And as now god ſpede the in thy iourney For from the I wyll departe as faſt as I may ¶Whether awaye felawſhyp / wylt yu forſake me ¶ye by my faye / to god I betake the ¶Farwell good felawſhyp for the my herte is ſore ¶A dewe for I ſhall neuer ſe the no more ¶In fayth eueryman farwell now at the ende For you I wyll remembre yt partynge is mournȳge A lacke ſhall we thus departe in dede O lady helpe without ony more comforte Lo felawſhyp forſaketh me in my moſte nede For helpe in this worlde whether ſhall I reſorte Felawſhyp here before with me wolde mery make And now lytell ſorowe for me doeth he take It is ſayd in proſperyte men frendes may fynde Whiche in aduerſytye be full vnkynde Now whether for ſocoure ſhall I flee Syth that felawſhyp hath forſaken me To my kynneſmen I wyll truely Prayenge them to helpe me in my neceſſytye I beleue that they wyll do ſoo For kynde wyll crepe where it may not go I wyll go ſaye / for yender I ſe them go Where be ye now my frendes and kynneſmen ¶Here be we now at your commaundemente Coſyn I praye you ſhewe vs your intente In ony wyſe and do not ſpare ¶ye eueryman and vs to declare yf ye be dyſpoſed to go ony whether For wot ye well / we wyll lyue & dye to gyther ¶In welthe & wo / we wyll with you holde For ouer his kynne a man may be bolde