Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.69 · 510 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
ye everyman high you/ that ye ready were Their is no emperor/ king/ duke/ ne baron That of god hath commission As hath the leest priest in the world being For of the blessed sacraments pure & benign He beareth the keys & thereof hath he cure For man's redemption it is ever sure Which god for our soul's medicine Gave us out of his heart with great pine Here in this transitory life/ for the and me The blessed sacraments seven there be Baptym/ confirmation/ with priesthood good And the sacrament of gods precious flesh & blood Marriage the holy extreme unction and penance These vii be good to have in remembrance Gracious sacraments of high divinity Fain would I receive that holy body And meekly to my ghostly father I will go Everyman that is the best that ye can do God will you to salvation bring For good priesthod exceedeth all other thing To us holy scripture they do teach And converteth man from sin heaven to reach God hath to them more power given Than to any angel that is in heaven With .v. words he may consecrate God's body in fresh and blood to make And handleth his maker between his hands The priest bindeth and unbindeth all bands Both in earth and in heaven Thou ministers all the sacrementes seven Though we kiss thy feet thou were worthy Thou art surgeon that cureth sin deadly No remedy we find under god But all only priesthood Everyman god gave priest that dignity And setteth them in his stead among us to be Thus be they above angels in degree If pryestes be good it is so surely But when Iesu hung on the cross with great smart There he gave out of his blessed heart The same sacrament in great torment He sold them not to us that lord omnipotent Therefore saint Peter the apostle doth say That Iesus curse hath all they Which god their saviour do buy or sell Or they for any money do take or tell Sinful pryestes giveth the sinners example bade Their children sitteth by other men's fires I have herd. And some haunteth women's company With unclean life as lusts of lechery These be with sin made blind I trust to god no such may we find Therefore let us priesthood honour And follow their doctrine for our souls succour We be their sheep and they shepherds be By whom we all be kept in surety Peas for yonder I see everyman come Which hath made true satysfaccoon Me thinketh it is he in deed Now Ihesu cryst be your alder speed I have received the sacrament for my redemption And thou mine extreme unction blessed be all they that counseled me to take it And now friends let us go without longer respite I thank god that ye have tarried so long Now set each of you on this rod your hand And shortly folwe me I go before there I would be/ god be our guide
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)
¶ye eueryman hye you / that ye redy were Theyr is no emperour / kynge / duke / ne baron That of god hath commyſſyon As hath the leeſt pryeſt in the worlde beynge For of the bleſſyd ſacramentes pure & benynge He bereth the keyes & therof hathe he cure For mannes redempcyon it is euer ſure Whiche god for our ſoules medycyne Gaue vs out of his harte with great pyne Here in this tranſytory lyfe / for the and me The bleſſyd ſacramentes ſeuen there be Baptym / confyrmacyon / with pryeſthode good And ye ſacrament of godds precyous fleſſhe & blode Maryage the holy extreme vnccyon and penaunce Theſe .vii. be good to haue in remembraunce Gracyous ſacramentes of hye dyuynyte ¶Fayne wolde I receyue that holy body And mekely to my ghoſtly father I wyll go ¶Eueryman that is the beſt that ye can do God wyll you to ſaluacyon brynge For good pryeſthod excedeth all other thynge To vs holy ſcrypture they do teche And conuerteth man from ſynne heuen to reche God hath to them more power gyuen Than to ony angell that is in heuen With .v. wordes he may conſecrate Goddes body in freſſhe and bloode to make And handeleth his maker bytwene his handes The pryeſt byndeth and vnbyndeth all bandes Bothe in erth and in heuen Thou mynyſters all the ſacrementes ſeuen Though we kyſſe thy fete thou were worthy Thou arte ſurgyon that cureth ſynne deedly No remedy we fynde vnder god But all onely pryeſthode Eueryman god gaue pryeſt that dygnyte And ſetteth them in his ſtede amonge vs to be Thus be they aboue angelles in degre ¶If pryeſtes be good it is ſo ſurely But whan Ieſu henge on ye croſſe wt great ſmarte There he gaue out of his bleſſyd herte The ſame ſacrament in great tourment He ſolde them not to vs that lorde omnipotent Therefore ſaynt Peter the apoſtle doth ſaye That Ieſus curſe hathe all they Which god theyr ſauyour do bye or ſell Or they for ony money do take or tell Synfull pryeſtes gyueth the ſynners example bad Theyr chyldren ſytteth by other mēnes fyres I haue herde. And ſome haunteth womens company With vnclene lyfe as luſtes of lechery Theſe be with ſynne made blynde ¶I truſt to god no ſuche may we fynde Therfore let vs pryeſthode honoure And folow theyr doctryne for our ſoules ſocoure We be ther ſhepe and they ſhepeherdes be By whom we all be kepte in ſuertye Peas for yender I ſe eueryman cume Which hath made true ſatyſfaccoon ¶Me thynketh it is he in dede ¶Now Iheſu cryſt be your alder ſpede I haue receyued the ſacramente for my redempcyō And thou myne extreme vnccyon Bleſſyd be all they that counceyled me to take it And now frendes let vs go without longer reſpyte I thanke god that ye haue taryed ſo longe Now ſet eche of you on this rodde your honde And ſhortly folwe me I go before there I wolde be / god be our guyde