Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.75 · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
That shall I do verily Though that on my feet I may not go I have a sister that shall with you also Called knowledge/ which shall with you abide To help you to make that dreadful reckoning Everyman I will go with thee/ and be thy guide In thy most need to go by thy side In good condition I am now in every thing And am holy content with this good thing thanked be god my creature And when he hath brought the there Where thou shalt heal the of thy smart Than go thou with thy reckoning & thy good deeds together For to make the joyful at the heart Before the blessed trinity My good deeds I thank the hartfully I am well content certainly With your words sweet Now go we thither lovingly To confession that cleansing river For joy I weep I would we were there But I pray you to instruct me by intellection Where dwelleth that holy virtue confession In the house of salvation We shall find him in that place That shall us cumforte by god's grace Lo● this is confession/ kneel down & ask mercy For he is in good conceit with god almighty O glorious fountain that all uncleanness doth clarify wash from me the spots of vices unclean That on me no sin may be seen I come with knowledge for my redemption Redempe with heart and full of contrition For I am commanded a pilgrimage to take And great accounts before god to make Now I pray you shrift mother of salvation Help my good deeds/ for my petyous exclamation I know your sorrow well/ everyman Because with knowledge ye come to me I will you comfort as well as I can And a precious jewel I will give the Called penance voider of adversity Therewith shall your body chastised be With abstinence & perseverance in god's service Here shall you receive that scourge of me Which is penance strong that ye must endure To remember thy saviour was scourged for the With sharp scourges and suffered it patiently So must that or thou scape that painful pilgrimage Knowledge him and keep him in this voyage And by that time good deeds will be with the But in any wise be sure of mercy For your time draweth fast/ and ye will saved be Ask god mercy and he will grant truly When with the scourge of penance man doth him bind The oil of forgiveness than shall he find Thanked be god for his gracious work For now I will my penance begin This hath rejoiced and lighted my heart Though the knots be painful & hard within Everyman your penance look that ye fulfil What pain that ever it to you be And knowledge will give you council at will How your account ye shall make crelery
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¶That ſhall I do verely Though that on my fete I may not go I haue a ſyſter that ſhall with you alſo Called knowlege / which ſhall with you abyde To helpe you to make that dredfull rekenynge ¶Eueryman I wyll go with the / and be thy guyde In thy moſte nede to go by thy ſyde ¶In good condycyon I am now in euery thynge And am holy contente with this good thynge Thankyd be god my creature ¶And whan he hath brought the there Where thou ſhalte heale the of thy ſmarte Than go thou with thy rekenȳge & thy good dedes togyther For to make the ioyfull at the harte Before the bleſſyd trynytye ¶My good dedes I thanke the hartfully I am well contente certaynly With your wordes ſwete ¶Now go we thether louyngly To confeſſyon that clenſynge ryuere ¶For ioye I wepe I wolde we were there But I praye you to inſtructe me by intelleccyon Where dwellyth that holy vertue confeſſyon ¶In the houſe of ſaluacyon We ſhall fynde hym in that place That ſhall vs cumforte by goddes grace Lo this is confeſſyon / knele downe & aſke mercy For he is in good conceyte with god almyghty ¶O gloryous foūtayne yt all vnclēnes doth clarify Waſſhe from me the ſpottes of vyces vnclene That on me no ſynne may be ſene I cum with knowlege for my redempcyon Redempe with herte and full of contrycyon For I am commaunded a pylgrymage to take And great accountes before god to make Now I praye you ſhryfte mother of ſaluacyon Helpe my good dedes / for my petyous exclamacyon ¶I know your ſorowe well / eueryman Bycauſe with knowlege ye cum to me I wyll you comforte as well as I can And a precyous Iewell I wyll gyue the Called penaunce voyder of aduerſytye Therwith ſhall your body chaſtyſed be With abſtynence & ꝑſeueraunce in goddes ſeruyce Here ſhall you receyue that ſcurge of me Whiche is penaunce ſtronge that ye muſt endure To remembre thy ſauyoure was ſcurged for the With ſharpe ſcurges and ſuffered it pacyently So muſt yt or thou ſcape that paynful pylgrymage Knowlege hym and kepe hym in this vyage And by that tyme good dedes wyll be with the But in any wyſe be ſure of mercy For your tyme draweth faſt / and ye wyll ſaued be Aſke god mercy and he wyll graunte truely Whan wt the ſcurge of penaunce man doth hȳ bynde The oyle of forgyuenes than ſhall he fynde ¶Thanked be god for his gracyous werke For now I wyll my penaunce begynne This hath reioyſed and lyghted my herte Though the knottes be paynfull & harde within ¶Eueryman your penaunce loke that ye fulfyll What payne that euer it to you be And knowlege wyll gyue you councell at wyll How your accounte ye ſhall make crelery