Anonymous · published 1534 · first performed or written c.1519 (Annals) not in BritDrama T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.76 · 518 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
Nay everyman I will bide with the I will not forsake the in deed Thou shalt find me a god friend at need Gramercy good ded now may I true friends see They have forsaken me every one I loved them better than my good deeds alone Knowledge will ye forsake me also ye everyman when ye to death do go But not yet for no manner of danger Gramercy knowledge with all my heart Nay yet I will not from hens depart Till I see where ye shall become Me thinketh alas that I must be gone To make may reckoning and my debts pay For I see my time is nigh spent away Take example all ye that this do here or see How they that I loved best do forsake me Except my good deeds that bideth truly All ertly thing is but vanity beauty strength and discretion do man forsake foolish friends and kinsmen that fair spoke All fleeth save good deeds and that am I Have mercy on me god most mighty And stand by me thou mother & maid holy Mary Fere not I will speak for the Here I cry god mercy Short our end and minish our pain Let us go and never come again In to thy hands lord my soul I commend receive it lord that it be not lost As thou me boughtest so me defend And save me from the fiends boast That I may appear with that blessed hoofed That shall be saved at the doom (In manus tuas) of mights most For ever (commendo spiritum meum) Now hath he suffered that we all shall endure The good deeds shall make all sure Now hath he made ending Me thinketh that I here angels sing And make great joy and melody Where every man's soul shall received be Cume excellent elect spouse to Iesu Here above thou shall go By cause of thy singular virtue Now thy soul is taken thy body fro Thy reckoning is crystal clear Now shalt thou into the heavenly spear Unto the which all ye shall come That liveth well/ before the day of doom. This memorial men/ may have in mind ye hearers take it of worth old and young And forsake myde/ for he deceiveth you in the end And remember beauty/ five wits/ strength/ and discretion They all at the last/ do everyman forsake Save his good deeds/ there doth he take But beware/ for and they be small Before god/ he hath no help at all None excuse may be there/ for everyman Alas how shall he do than For after death/ amends may no man make For than mercy and yet ye doth him forsake If his reckoning be not clear/ when he do come God will say (ite maledicti in ignem eternam. And he that hath his account hole & sound high in heaven/ he shall be crowned Unto the which place/ god bring us all thither That we may live/ body and soul together Thereto help the trinity Say ye for saint charity.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶Nay eueryman I wyll byde with the I wyll not forſake the in dede Thou ſhalte fynde me a god frende at nede ¶Gramercy good ded now may I true frendes ſe They haue forſaken me euerychone I loued them better then my good dedes alone Knowlege wyll ye forſake me alſo ¶ye eueryman whan ye to deth do go But not yet for no maner of daungere ¶Gramercy knowlege with all my herte ¶Naye yet I wyll not from hens departe Tyll I ſe where ye ſhall become ¶Me thynketh alas that I muſt be gone To make may rekenynge and my dettes paye For I ſe my tyme is nye ſpente awaye Take example all ye that this do here or ſe How they that I loued beſt do forſake me Excepte my good dedes that bydeth truly ¶All ertly thynge is but vanyte Beaute ſtrength and diſcrecyon do man forſake Folyſſhe frendes and kynneſmen that fayre ſpake All fleeth ſaue good dedes and that am I ¶Haue mercy on me god mooſt myghty And ſtande by me thou moder & mayde holy Mary ¶Fere not I wyll ſpeke for the ¶Here I crye god mercy ¶Shorte oure ende and mynyſſhe our payne Let vs go and neuer come agayne ¶In to thy handes lorde my ſoule I commende Receyue it lorde that it be nat loſt As thou me boughteſt ſo me defende And ſaue me from the fendes booſt That I may appere with that bleſſed hooft That ſhall be ſaued at the dome (In manus tuas) of myghtes mooſt For euer (commendo ſpiritum meum) ¶Now hath he ſuffred that we all ſhall endure The good dedes ſhall make all ſure Now hathe he made endynge Me thynketh that I here angelles ſynge And make great Ioye and melodye Where euery mannes ſoule ſhall receyued be ¶Cume excellent electe ſpouſe to Ieſu Here aboue thou ſhall go By cauſe of thy ſynguler vertue Now thy ſoule is taken thy body fro Thy rekenynge is cryſtall clere Now ſhalt thou into the heuenly ſpere Vnto the whiche all ye ſhall cume That lyueth well / before the day of dome. ¶This memoryall men / may haue in mynde ye herers take it of worth olde and yonge And forſake myde / for he deceyueth you in ye ende And remembre beautye / fyue wyttes / ſtrength / and diſcreſſiō They all at ye laſt / do eueryman forſake Saue his good dedes / there dothe he take But beware / for and they be ſmall Before god / he hath no helpe at all None excuſe may be there / for eueryman Alas how ſhall he do than For after deth / amendes may no man make For than mercy and yet ye doeth hym forſake If his rekenynge be not clere / whan he do cume God wyll ſaye (ite maledicti in ignem eternam. And he that hath his accounte hole & ſounde Hye in heuen / he ſhall be crounde Vnto the whiche place / god brynge vs all thether That we may lyue / body and ſoule to gyther Therto helpe the trynytye Say ye for ſaynte charytye.