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Scena prima.

Eupelas et Philogonus.
Eu.
Now surelye Philogonus but that I knowe gods providence
in shewinge mercye to his servauntes is alwayes vsiall
this wonderfull thinge I coulde not credite by any humaine evidence
it is so straunge that otherwyse I woulde perceauer in deniall

Phi.
In deede Eupelas but that we must not marvaile at ye workes of the Lorde
It is so straunge that the like I thinke were never barde
yf we shoulde all histories of auncient writers recorde
nether I dare say the like shall be sene once afterwarde

Eu.
Praysed be ye lorde that ever is in mercies most rich
and wt hin his apoynted tyme his chosen folke doth ayde

Phi.
In tyme in deede Eupelas or otherwise Ide bene ith backhouse dich
Yea rather if he had not helpt in graue I had bene layde

Eu.
I greatly doe reioyce that yet at lenghte your sorrowes are dispatcht
& that doble & treble ioyes your calamities do requite

Phi.
I ioy likewise but vnder hope my chickings are not hatcht
I nil to counte of him as yet for so presume I mighte

Ali.
A comes a comes a comes sexies.

Phi.
Me thinkes one sais my sonne doth come my spirites are in a dampe
now truly Alison hath waighted at the townes end for his comminge

Co.
Ile go tell my Mr Ile go tell my Mr quater

Eu.
Without doubt Philogonus my harte is in a soden crampe
beholde is not this father Codrus wc h is hither runinge

Co.
Whale ye whale ye whale whale giue me Mr & Ile tell yow newes of your s[onne]
will yow not say fa Custers a good boy an he come at townes end

Phi.
I will say that thou all my ioyes and hartes ease hast begone
and Ile geue the inoughe to spend one yeare spend while thou wilt spe[nd]

Co.
I am sure Turgus is come for I saw his brindell dogge
and our Alison saw a brasse of striplings come wt h him

Eu.
It is vnpossible this silly thinge shoulde either lye or cogge
wthout doubte Philogonus in that he spoake yow may beleiue him

Is.
Now Margerye yow haue served me a trust yeames woud all thy teth were [o]**
ant had not bene for the saddlebackt grombole Ide gott well by this shifte

Ma.
Woud thy tounge were out witherd wich didst not thou kepe all the rout
ites all aboute towne faus ge ge gib what saidst to Sr John at last******

Is.
Wert not longe of the sufukes that I went not to my master
twod a bin in my way xxs thicke thou woreton morell

Ma.
Longe a me thou list that thou dost twer longe oth wate[r]******
Didst not go of thyne owne mind thou grombold [go]******

[Is.]
The Devill cast him and the to like vile wretches a[s]*****
Ile nether trust the nor such as he is fort while I [h]***

**
Thy tounges mad oth devils thinge or else thou wo[u]********
[That scurvy] scrub wont ne[ar leave thy fe]*****

[Co.]
Loe yow marke moster how yone coietous scoles here chide
it g[re]ives them that they did not tell, bycause now ites knowne

Phi.
That I may here what theile say Ile stand a litle aside
Eupelas I woud we had some chers here to sitt downe

Co.
Woud I had my settel & my boust stoule ye shoud both sitt
ye shall se howe wisly Ile saman them I coud a chopt logetes wones

Is.
An I were as yonke as er I were that scottish knaverye I woud quit
and yow too Grānome.

Ma.
Woud yow I might chaunce rottle your bones

Co.
Why how now neighboures whates matter ha whers your womanhoode
leaue this brawlinge & waulinge for shame gupe kisarse will yow none

Is.
Yow mought haue tolds when yead gone yet & yed had any neighbourhood
wesl gett nothinge for yow nowe yes a litle wt h a spone

Co.
Why faith Isbell what taukes Ist not haue past a couple of shotes
& thou knowest what casualties I had in my beasts last hallowmas

Ma.
Bith meke Isbell I woud thinke I were happy and I coud gett a couple of groates
and I woud fare the better fort too ery day this Curstmas

Is.
Bow wow why shoud we haue lesse then he are not we the nediar
and did not we when he were borne both rocke him and cradell him

Co.
Weale and youle be content Isbell I may chaunce helpe yow to a breder
thoughe I did not our Alison a sennit together did swaddell him

Intrat Liturgu[s]
Li.
Now yow be welcome Eugonus as I may sait into Laurentū towne
behold at yone same turrit wc h yow see is your fathers place

Co.
Who how my yonge Mr is come in deed nowe by gods nowne
ken him well does he not saumple my maistris in plexion & his face

Eugonus.
O high Jehova wc h dost rule wt h thy almightye power
all thinges wt hin the sacred skies & eke in seas & lande
I giue to the redoubted kinge in this so lucke an howre
all thākes for that thou hast me plast vppon my country sande

Co.
Year welcome home Mr ge me your hande how ha ye done this many a day
I am as gladd for yow as twer ether for my Robin or Tome

Li.
This is one father Custar my Mr Tenant he loves yow well I dare sa[y]
he was the first man I tell yow that causd yow to be fetcht home

Co.
I am more then hauf your father Mr I causde yow to be fatcht
by cocke & pye I diswadid him to send Turgus for yow

Is.
Year welcome to our towne. did ye not remember sinc I satt by yow & watcht
when my maistrisse lay in & we sange lulley by baby & bore ye

Eu.
I can say nothinge but by information of nuncle & my naunte
& ye testificats wc h Liturgus from my father did bringe

**
His membres were but slipperye then foole thoughe he be now all a flaunte
wherfore & yow sait weile haue some probabilation of ery thinge.

Intrat C[r]***
**
Well said father lets haue out of hand some vndoubted triall
[Te]ll thy Mr Philogonus yt he may heare ye matter discust

**
****** be longe what Alison what Alison. so me thinkes wt h lye & all
******* wt h a wannion to my Mr here thou comst as thadst no lust.

***
******* Saint Swithun blesse him has even my maistrisse face vp & downe
*******e as bould as ere I was by my troth ye shoude be kist

**
******** now quite out of all your knowledge growne
******** what name I had given me when I was babtist

**
***********ome.

Co.
Yow moughte lett your betters speake before ye Margerye [be] *****
your goodman was but Thurdbarer as goodlye as yow makte

Ma.
Be go go go good in your office I speake by my masters leave
thou sekst to haue all tyth dost if thou canst haue all takte

Eug.
Giue hir leaue to speake to Codrus it may happe she knowes that thou dos[t] ****
to take thy neighboures varditt in such a case thou must not sticke

Ma.
It speakes in our mother tounge yt yow were a go go good sonne well I wott
but I ca ca ca ca cannot thinke onte for twere a vile harde word in ebric[ke]

Ali.
Ebricke nay it was but greke yet as god woude haute
as cūninge as yeare ye mist cushinge once yet Margerye

Co.
Towa Alison towa towa houre.

Crito.
As longe as she hites interpretation thoughe she misse ye name its no great fau[te]

Co.
No maye but tis to say Ebrickes for greke its playne doggerye

Ali.
First letter of your names Eue bith same token Custar of my bruckle faste eu[e]
tother parte as I takte is ene much like my younge Moster Sognus

Li.
By my fayth Alison thats well remembred all this is trewe
canst thou tell if I name him

Ali.
Ey

Li.
How saist wert not Eugonus.

Ali.
Twas in dede.

Is.
Twas so

Ma.
Faith twas

Co.
Gods drabes a hayte Eugonus in deed

Crito.
But can ye tell whether year mistrisse sonne had any privie marke
if ye can awnswere me to this poynte Ile say heis his sonne wthout fail[e]

Is.
All we can tell had a too more then a should ha. & so can the preist & the clarke

Co.
Shall she Alison shall she. take hir vp for haltinge, god I woud she were ith [J]***

Ali.
An ye be my maistrisse sonne gentleman yeave six toes oth righte foute
I haue toulde them many a tyme & often they stand even all by dene

Eug.
It can n[o]t otherwise be Ime even ye same ye talke one wthout doubte
& for a crtainty if ye will yeist haue my fout sene

Co.
Maye content Moster come a gods name dauf me of year hose
Alison remember thy selfe well & take thy marke righte

Eug.
Ide rather ye woud for this tyme ripp them & so vewe my toes
Ide be loth to haue them pluckt of till I gote bedd for all night

Co.
Here Alison take my penknif then ites as sharpe as a racer
Looke thou ripst it ith seeme & take hede thou hurtes not his foute.

Is.
Gods blwe hood lets see to I pray yow what were your father a glacier
letes haue some rome to or else I may chaunch giue the an arsebutt.

Crito.
How many yeare a go ist since he were borne can any of ye tell.
lay all year heades together & make trewe acownt.

Co.
It were after the risinge rection ith north I remember well
where was corne then Alison letes see how that will mounte

Ma.
I gatherd pe pe pe pescods at bau bau bau baules bush then Ime sure
& brought them to my maistrisse when she was wt h child

Co.
Thou wert nether oth court nor oth counsaile speake Alison *****
how saist were not pipers hill then the rye feilde

Ali.
Ey maye wante.

Co.
why vmbert then ites at least a score
Three & three, three & three, whats all that

Ali.
Threet no more I hate now heis twentye & fo***
our tom were borne but a yeare aftere I can te***

[Lit.]
This agreis beleue me to what should we say ****

[Co.]
Why she has augrū in hir she woud tell ye whates thirty & thirty [tymes] ***

Crito.
What tyme oth yeare wert, when year maistrisse him bore

Co.
Ime sure Alison when thou camst from hir laboure yu wert all [to be] ****

Ali.
Custar Custar dost remember we clementid when she were b***
& yu best rememberd a saint Clemens day I were sent her gossups to ****

Co.
Mas ites trwe & we had peny dole yth honer of S Nicolas whē sh*****
an a good token S Stevens day that year fell iust in Curstmas [w]***

Eug.
Say no more heres prouf inough depart yow a gods n[ame] home
I will se that my father shall yow liberally content

Crito.
Codrus go you tell yr Mr that his sonne now is come
ha heres a letter wc h his brother from Apolonia hath sent

Co.
Letter good god where be my wittes I coud once a letter my patnuster
I ha sounge yet cū spiritu tuo wt h preist ith kirke, when wer howlinge
and what said my father? what said a may thoust be a man one day Cust[er]
gods ludd I near left my booke till I cam to the houre a catar waulinge

Ali.
An thou woudst not another woud I coud a had woud shoudst knowe as good as tow
I coud a had as vp right a fellowe as ere trod on netes lether

Co.
why & all the wenches ith towne were yearnest & breame of me thou knowst well inough
when I were in my lustistes there a come to me twenty wo silliboukes togeather

Phi.
I can suffer no longer Eupelas.

Co.
Here he comes.

Li.
Accordinge to your worships cōmaundement.

Phi.
I hard all Liturgus
o welcome my sonne

Eug.
o my father

Phi.
O my sonne

Eugo.
Blesse me my father

Phi.

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******* use haue I Lorde to reioyce whom thus thou hast prservde
***** [a]nd landes even from my youth fare from my native soy[le]
**** [p]tunes rage & Eolus force I might haue well bin starvd
*********** not bin readye at nede to helpe at ery broyle.
[And no]w when I am home redust such a fathe[r *******]
[who] tendrethe me so lovingly that one me he doth be *****
his landes & countes it happynes he is to me so kinde
O father deare, O father deare what shall I say or do

Phi.
I am able to speake no more my harte for gladnes s[o] doth melte
Eupelas I praye yow & the rest to accompany vs [in]

Eu.
The like inward motion of all your well willers here Is felte
our gaudeamus I speake for vs all is not now to begin