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sena 2
Intrat Cacurgus.Ca.
Gods sokinges houlde your handes stay ith quenes name
Ile be his suretie what spare him this once
haue a knave betwext you then fy stay for shame
Gods bodye what will yow lay me oth bones
M.
Nay thou art well served for takinge his parte
dost thou drinke all thy thrift thou swilbold swadd
Ca.
Yow hatt me oth costarde I beshrewe your hart
Yow beginn to be as curst as ere was your dadd.
Œ.
I deserved mine & more to I confesse willinglye
Yow strike I am sure but of corage & might
[I h]ope to see yow past the nine worthies verelie
[I w]***ent yow wt hin this yeare yow shall be dubd a knight
Mi.
Ah sirra yow beginn to knowe your dewty nowe
I must nedes loue the i faithe thart as good as ere twangde
Oe.
I thanke yow that yow sparde my braynes & my browe
if I can helpe sure the old carle shall be hangde.
Ca.
What did yow not feake him fye thats a shame
Yow promisd me that youe wolde when I sent him out
Oe.
Cacurgus I must nedes confesse my selfe was to blame
but let me alone ile come mete wt h the loute
Mi.
Well sayde i faithe but tell me my men
how shall we spende this hole after noone
Œ.
Marry Sr I had thought to haue told yow eren then
I can helpe yow to huntinge of too legged venicin
Mi.
What canst thou my sonne marry thou art worth twentye
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Yf thou canst Œnophilus tell my master in hast
Oe.
Ile bringe ye to a morsell that is tender & dentye
sheis not so much as my spann in hir wast
Ca.
By the mas I knowe hir sheis a good smogly lace
she a hundred tymes better then any scemish rigg
Mi.
Giue me thy hand thoust haue a house & bringe this to passe
I woulde aske no more of hir but one scottish gigge.
Oe.
But one Ile promisse ye the gettinge of a bastarde
Yest haue one night at lest & more if I can
Ca.
Yf ye be shamefast sheile counte yow but a dastarde
Yow must sticke to her & stande to it like a man
Or.
Sheis a smurkinge wenche in dede I knowe her of olde.
but when did she make the this promisse tell vs
Oe.
And yow knewe hir yow woulde say so she is dapper & bolde
Right nowe man in the way as I went to the alhouse
Mi.
What saide she Oenophilus if thou loust me tell trwe
lett me heare hir owne wordes as yu wouldest haue me doe for ye
Oe.
Come yu or thy frend at any tyme due
Or thy frendes frende saide she I thinke she did dore me
Mi.
Gods fishe lettes be gone me thinke now I haue hir
till I see hir Oenophilus I shall thinke the tyme longe
Ca.
What softe yow Sr yowe may yet say god saue hir
before I goe hence I must nedes haue a songe.
Mi.
A songe wt h a horsenightcappe singe they at liste
Till I see my trule Ile nether singe nor say
Ca.
Alas good man he must nedes nowe be kiste
what I pray yow for my sake a litle yet stay
Oe.
Lettes hate then quickly Cacurgus or Ile be gone too
& lettes haue such a one that will slie vpp delight
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Go to I am content then singe one & no moe
beginn you Cacurgus & take your tune righte
Ca.
fa fa fa sol sol sol cods thats too low
la la, la, me, me, re, bith masse thats as hye
Mi.
Take hede Sr yow goe not to low for the crowe
Ca.
& take hede Sr yow goe not to hye for the pye
Or.
None of hus to tell the truthe can singe well meane
to hie or to lowe we singe everye one
Ca.
Well then bycause you take me for your deane
Ile apoynt the partes my selfe by saint John
You shall singe the false kinde I meane yow know what
& thoust bere ye bas because thou art rustye
the counterfet tener is youres by youre lott
my selfe will singe ye truble & that very trusty
A songe to the tune of hartes ease
Singe care away, with sport & playe,
pastime is all our pleasure
Yf well we fare, for nought we care,
in mearth consist our treasure.
pastime is all our pleasure
Yf well we fare, for nought we care,
in mearth consist our treasure.
Let snugis lurke & druges worke,
we doe defie their slauerye
he is but a foole, yt gois to schole
all we delight in braverye.
we doe defie their slauerye
he is but a foole, yt gois to schole
all we delight in braverye.
What dotht awaile, farr hence to saile
and lead our life in toylinge
Or to what end, shoulde we here spende,
Our dayes in vrksome moylinge.
and lead our life in toylinge
Or to what end, shoulde we here spende,
Our dayes in vrksome moylinge.
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It is the best, to liue at rest,
and takt as god doth send it
To haunt ech wake, & mirth to make
and wt h good fellowes spend it.
and takt as god doth send it
To haunt ech wake, & mirth to make
and wt h good fellowes spend it.
Nothinge is worse, then a full purse,
to niggardes & to pinchers
they alwais spare & liue in care
thers no man loues such flinchers
to niggardes & to pinchers
they alwais spare & liue in care
thers no man loues such flinchers
The merye, man wt
h cupp & cann
liues longer then doth twentye
The misers wealth, doth hurt his health,
examples we haue plentye.
liues longer then doth twentye
The misers wealth, doth hurt his health,
examples we haue plentye.
Tza bestly thinge, to lie musinge,
With pensivnes and sorrowe
For who can tell that he shall well
liue here vntill the morowe
With pensivnes and sorrowe
For who can tell that he shall well
liue here vntill the morowe
We will therfore, for evermore,
while this our life is lastinge
[Eat] drinke, & sleape, & lemans keepe
[Its] poperye to vse fastinge.
while this our life is lastinge
[Eat] drinke, & sleape, & lemans keepe
[Its] poperye to vse fastinge.
In cardes & dice, our comforte lies
In sportinge and in dauncinge
Our mindes to please and liue at ease
and sometime to vse praunsinge.
In sportinge and in dauncinge
Our mindes to please and liue at ease
and sometime to vse praunsinge.
With bes & nel we loue to dwell
In kisinge and in hakinge.
But whope hoe hollie, with trollye lollye
to them weil now be walking.
In kisinge and in hakinge.
But whope hoe hollie, with trollye lollye
to them weil now be walking.
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Gods breadlings are the knaves gone & lefte me behinde them
I woulde they were vp tothe necke ith brooke all three
I may looke longe inoughe or ere I shall finde them.
so god helpe me my master doe you thinke he did not heare me.
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