Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.80 · 473 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
It is the garment of sorrow From pain it will you borrow contrition it is That getteth forgiveness It pleaseth god passing well Everyman will you were it/ for your hele Now blessed be Iesu maryes son For now have I on true contrition And let us go now/ without tarrying Good deeds/ have we clear our reckoning ye in deed I have it here Than I trust we need not fere Now friends let us not part in twain Nay everyman/ that will we not certain yet must thou lead with the Three persons of great might Who should they be discretion and strength they height And thy beauty may not abide behind Also ye must call to mind your five wits/ as for your counsellors you must have them ready/ at all hours How shall I get them hither you must call them all together And they will here you in continent My friends come hither and be present discretion/ strength/ my five wits & beauty Here at your will we be ready What would ye that we shalde do That ye would with everyman go And help him in his pilgrimage Advise you/ will ye with him or not/ in that voyage We will bring him all thither To his help & cumforte/ ye may believe me So will we go with him all together almighty god/ loved may thou be I give the laud/ that I have hither brought Strength/ discression/ beauty/ & five wits lac I nought And my good deeds/ with knowledge clear All be in company at my will here I desire no more to my business And I strength will stand by you in distress Though thou wouldest in battle fight on the ground And though it were through the world round We will not depart for sweet nor sour No more will I unto deaths hour What so ever thereof befall Everyman advise you first of all Go with a good advisement/ & deliberation We all give you virtues monition That all shall be well My friends hearken what I will tell I pray god reward you/ in his heavenly spear Now hearken all that be here For I will make my testament Here before you all present In alms half my good I will give with my hands twain In the way of charity with good intent And the other halfe still shall remane In quiet to be returned there it ought to be This I do in despite of the fiend of hell To go quite out of his apparel Ever after and this day. Everyman hearken what I say Go to priesthood I you advise And receive of him in any wise The holy sacrament/ and ointment together Than shortly see ye turn again hither We will all abide you here.
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¶It is the garmente of ſorowe From payne it wyll you borow Contrycyon it is That getteth forgyuenes It pleaſyth god paſſynge well ¶Eueryman wyll you were it / for your hele ¶Now bleſſyd be Ieſu maryes ſonne For now haue I on true contrycyon And let vs go now / without taryenge Good dedes / haue we clere oure rekenynge ¶ye in dede I haue it here ¶Than I truſt we nede not fere Now frendes let vs not parte in twayne ¶Nay eueryman / that wyll we not certayne ¶yet muſt thou lede with the Thre perſones of great myght ¶Who ſhulde they be ¶Dyſcreſſyon and ſtrengthe they hyght And thy beautye may not abyde behynde ¶Alſo ye muſt call to mynde your fyue wyttes / as for your councellers ¶you muſt haue them redy / at all houres ¶How ſhall I get them hyther ¶you muſt call them all to gyther And they wyll here you in contynent ¶My frendes cume hyder and be preſent Dyſcreſſyon / ſtrength / my fyue wyttes & beautye ¶Here at your wyll we be redy What wolde ye that we ſhalde do ¶That ye wold with eueryman go And helpe hym in his pylgrymage Aduyſe you / wyll ye with hym or not / in yt vyage ¶We wyll brynge hym all thether To his helpe & cumforte / ye may beleue me ¶So wyll we go with hym all to gyther ¶Almyghty god / loued may thou be I gyue the laude / that I haue hether brought Strength / dyſcreſſyō / beaute / & fyue wyttes lac I nought And my good dedes / with knowlege clere All be in cumpany at my wyll here I deſyre no more to my beſynes ¶And I ſtrength wyll ſtonde by you in deſtreſſe Thoughe yu woldeſt in batayll fyght on ye grounde ¶And though it were throughe the worlde rounde We wyll not departe for ſwete nor ſoure ¶No more wyll I vnto dethes houre What ſo euer therof befall ¶Eueryman aduyſe you fyrſt of all Go with a good aduyſement / & delyberycyon We all gyue you vertues monycyon That all ſhall be well ¶My frendes herken what I wyll tell I pray god rewarde you / in his heuenly ſpere Now herken all that be here For I wyll make my teſtament Here before you all preſente In almes half my good I wyll gyue wt my handes twayne In the waye of charytye with good entent And the other halfe ſtyll ſhall remane In quyet to be returned there it ought to be This I do in deſpyte of the fende of hell To go quyte out of his parell Euer after and this daye. ¶Eueryman herken what I ſaye Go to pryeſthode I you aduyſe And receyue of hym in ony wyſe The holy ſacramente / and oyntment to gyther Than ſhortely ſe ye turne agayne hyder We wyll all abyde you here.