Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.74 · 466 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
O eternal god/ o heavenly figure O way of rightwiseness/ o goodly vision Which descended down in a virgin pure Because he would everyman to redeem Which Adam forfeited by his dysobedyens O blessed godhead elect and high divine forgive me my grievous offence Here I cry the mercy in this presence O ghostly treasure/ o ransomer & redeemer Of all the world/ hope and conductor Mirror of joy/ and founder of mercy Which enlumineth heaven and earth thereby Here my clamorous complaint/ though it late be receive my prayers of thy benignity Though I be a sinner most abominable yet let my name be written in moyses table O marry pray to the maker of all thing Me for to help at my ending And save me from the power of my enemy For death assaileth me strongly And lady that I may by mean of thy prayer Of thy sons glory to be part taker By the mean of his passion I it crave I beseech you help my soul to save Knowledge give me the scourge of penance My flesh therewith shall give a quytaunce I will now begin if god give me grace Every man/ god give you time and space Thus I bequeatheth you in the hands of our saviour Thus may you make your reckoning sure In the name of the holy trinity My body sore punished shallbe Take this body for the sin of the flesh Also thou delightest to go gay and fresh And in way of damnation thou did me bring Therefore suffer now strokes and punysshenge Now of penance I will wade the water clear To save me from hell and from the fire I thank god now I can walk and go I am delivered of my sickness and woe Therefore with everyman I will go and not spare His god works I will help him to declare Now everyman be merry and glad your good deeds do come ye may not be sad Now is your good deeds hole and sound Going upright upon the ground My heart is light and shall be evermore Now will I smite faster than I did before Everyman pilgrim my special friend blessed be thou without end For the is prepared the eternal glory ye have me made hole and sound Therefore I will abide with thee/ in every stound Welcume my good deeds now I here thy voice I weep for very sweetness of love Be no more sad/ but ever more rejoice God seeth thy living in his throne above Put on this garment/ to thy behove Which with your tears is no wall weet Lest before god/ it be unsweet When you to your journeys end come shall gentle knowledge/ what do ye it call
seed 43: T4 · seed 44: T5 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶O eternall god / o heuenly fygure O way of ryghtwyſenes / o goodly vyſyon Whiche deſcended downe in a vyrgyn pure Bycauſe he wolde eueryman to redeme Whiche Adam forfeyted by his dyſobedyens O bleſſyd godhede electe and hye deuyne Forgyue me my greuous offence Here I crye the mercy in this preſence O ghoſtly treaſure / o raunſomer & redemer Of all the worlde / hope and conductor Myrrour of ioye / and founder of mercy Whiche enlumyneth heuen and erth therby Here my clamorous complaynte / though it late be Receyue my prayers of thy benygnytye Though I be a ſynner moſte abhomynable yet let my name be wryten in moyſes table O mary pray to the maker of all thynge Me for to helpe at my endynge And ſaue me from the power of my enemy For deth aſſayleth me ſtrongly And lady that I may by meane of thy prayer Of thy ſonnes glory to be parte taker By the meane of his paſſyon I it craue I beſeche you helpe my ſoule to ſaue Knowlege gyue me the ſcorge of penaunce My fleſſhe therwith ſhall gyue a quytaunce I wyll now begynne yf god gyue me grace ¶Euery man / god gyue you tyme and ſpace Thus I bequethe you in the hādes of our ſauyoure Thus may you make your rekenynge ſure ¶In the name of the holy trynyte My body ſore punyſſhyd ſhalbe Take this body for the ſynne of the fleſſhe Alſo thou delyteſt to go gaye and freſſhe And in waye of dampnacyon yu dyd me brynge Therfore ſuffre nowe ſtrokes and punyſſhenge Now of penaunce I wyll wade the water clere To ſaue me from hell and from the fyre ¶I thanke god now I can walke and go I am delyuered of my ſekeneſſe and wo Therfore with eueryman I wyll go and not ſpare His god workes I wyll helpe hym to declare ¶Now eueryman be mery and gladde your good dedes do come ye may not be ſadde Now is your good dedes hole and ſounde Goynge vpryght vpon the grounde ¶My herte is lyght and ſhall be euermore Now wyll I ſmyte faſter than I dyd before ¶Eueryman pylgrym my ſpecyall frende Bleſſyd be thou without ende For the is prepared the eternall glory ye haue me made hole and ſounde Therfore I wyll abyde with the / in euery ſtounde ¶Welcume my good dedes now I here thy voyce I wepe for very ſwetenes of loue ¶Be no more ſad / but euer more reioyce God ſeeth thy lyuynge in his trone aboue Put on this garment / to thy behoue Whiche with your teres is no wall wete Leſt before god / it be vnſwete Whan you to your iourneyes ende cume ſhall ¶Gentyll knowlege / what do ye it call