Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.69 · 471 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
Who calleth me (everyman) what hast thou hast I lie here in corners trussed and piled so high And in chests I am locked full fast Also sacked in bags/ thou mayst see with thine eye I cannot steer/ in packs low I lie what would ye have/ lightly me saye Cume hither good/ in all the hast thou may For of council I must desire the Sir & ye in the world have trouble or adversity Than can I help you/ to remedy shortly It is another disease that grieveth me In this world it is not/ I tell so I am send for another way to go To give a straight account general Before the highest Iupyter of all And all my life/ I have had joy & pleasure in the Therefore I pray the go with me For peradventure thou mayest before god almighty My reckoning help to clean and purify For it is said ever among That money maketh all right/ that is wrong Nay everyman/ I sing another song I follow no man in such byages For and I went with the Thou shouldest far much the worse for me For because on me thou dyde set thy mind Thy reckoning I have made/ blotted and blind That thine account thou cannot make truly And that hast thou for the love of me That would grieve me full sore When I should come to that fearful answer Up let us go thither together Nay not so I am to brittle I may not endure I will follow no man one foot be thou sure Alas I have the loved & had great pleasure All my life days on good and treasure That is to thy damnation without losing For my love is contrary/ to the love everlasting But if thou had me loved moderately during As to the poor to give part for me Than shouldest thou not in this dolour be Nor in this great sorrow and care Lo now/ I was deceived or I was ware And all I may wit my spending of time What weenest thou that I am thine I had went so Nay everyman I say no As for a while I was lente the A season thou haste had me in prosperity My conditions is man's soul to kill if I save one/ a thousand I do spill Weenest thou that I will follow the From this world nay verily I had wend otherwise Therefore to thy soul good is a thief For when thou art deed this is my guise Another to deceive in the same wise As I have done thee/ & all to his soul's reproof O false good cursed thou be Thou traitor to god/ thou hast deceived me And caught me in thy snare
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¶Who calleth me (eueryman) what haſt yu haſte I lye here in corners truſſed and pyled ſo hye And in cheſtes I am locked full faſt Alſo ſacked in bagges / thou mayſte ſe wt thyne eye I cannot ſtere / in packes low I lye what wolde ye haue / lyghtly meſaye ¶Cume hyther good / in all the haſt thou may For of councell I muſt deſyre the ¶Syr & ye in the worlde haue trouble or aduerſyte Than can I helpe you / to remedye ſhortely ¶It is a nother dyſeaſe that greuyth me In this worlde it is not / I tell ſoo I am ſende for another waye to go To gyne a ſtrayte accounte generall Before the hygheſt Iupyter of all And all my lyfe / I haue had ioye & pleaſure in the Therfore I praye the go with me For perauenture thou mayeſt before god almyghty My rekenynge helpe to clene and puryfye For it is ſayd euer amonge That money maketh all ryght / that is wronge ¶Nay eueryman / I ſynge a nother ſonge I folow no man in ſuche byages For and I wente with the Thou ſhuldeſt fare moche the worſe for me For bycauſe on me thou dyde ſet thy mynde Thy rekenynge I haue made / blotted and blynde That thyne accounte thou cannot make truely And that haſte thou for the loue of me ¶That wolde greue me full ſore Whan I ſhulde cum to that ferefull anſwere Vp let vs go thyther to gyther ¶Nay not ſo I am to bryttell I may not endure I wyll folow no man one fote be thou ſure ¶Alas I haue the loued & had great pleaſure All my lyfe dayes on good and treaſure ¶That is to thy dampnacyō without leſynge For my loue is contrary / to the loue euerlaſtynge But yf thou had me loued moderately durynge As to the poore to gyue parte for me Than ſhouldeſt thou not in this doloure be Nor in this great ſorow and care ¶Lo now / I was deceyued or I was ware And all I may wyte my ſpendynge of tyme ¶What weneſt thou that I am thyne ¶I had wente ſo ¶Nay eueryman I ſay noo As for a whyle I was lente the A ſeaſon thou haſte had me in proſperytye My condycyons is mannes ſoule to kyll yf I ſaue one / a thouſande I do ſpyll Weneſt thou that I wyll folowe the From this worlde nay verely ¶I had wende otherwyſe ¶Therfore to thy ſoule good is a thefe For whan thou arte deed this is my guyſe A nother to deceyue in the ſame wyſe As I haue done the / & al to his ſoules reprefe ¶O falſe good curſed thou be Thou traytour to god / thou haſt deceyued me And caught me in thy ſnare