Comoedia A worke in Ryme contayning an Enter-lude of Myndes, witnessing the Mans Fall from God and Christ. Set forth by HN, and by him newly porused and amended. Translated out of Base-almaynes into English [by Christopher Vitell?] |
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The VI. Chapter.
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The VI. Chapter.
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Unregarding.How sayst thou ; Good-thinking; is not this handled tryckly?
Good-thinking.
Ye as I assure thee: we haue compast it quickly:
For when the Man was falne, and began once to lament/
Then was-ther noman found, that coulde him better content,
Then wee two suttle Spirits, which do ; in craft; excell.
Unregarding.
The Sysze of our Last, doth fitt their Foote right-well.
Wherfore with myne Eys, great Ioy I now beholde.
But the Man shall yet repent it, with Sorrows manyfolde:
For through vs, must he yet ; with Sighing; feare and tremble.
Good-thinking.
Peace/bring him into no Feare, but still with him dissemble.
For I wil perswade him, that his Understanding is very sounde/
And he shall weene, that ; through Good-thinking; he hath Wisdom founde.
For Good-thinkings Attonement, is pleasant to him indeede.
Therfore ; without Arguing; foorth-on let vs proceede:
For the Man doth towards vs, all his Longing sett.
Unregarding.
We two ; I perceaue; can all Men captiue gett:
How wyly soeuer they bee, into our Traps they fall.
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Spirituall, Temporall Simpleons, and Clerks of great Report
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Good-thinking.They do almost all ; for Succour; vnder our Wings resort
For we two generally ; of all Men; are the Gouernours.
But therin Cosen am I, the cheefe of the Commishonours:
For verely I Good-thinking, the greatest swaye do beare.
Through Good-thinking I deceaue, Man and Woman eury wheare.
Many lay People, do beleeue the suttle Sleights I frame.
Thear-are olso many Learned ones, that preache in my Name.
Thus am I ; among all Names; the Cheefest of Renowne.
Unregarding.
O Good-thinking, thou shalt not so disgrace and put me downe
For I am the First borne, and ; before the; begunne.
When Man grew vnregarding, and by falling, was vndunne/
Did he com first, into Good-thinkings Hands?
The Man ; being plaest, in the Best of all Landes;
Became ; euen-theare; Unregarding, in his Thoughts/
And Disobeyed God/by setting his Woord at noughts:
Takeing on him, Knowledg, in steede of the liueing Ueritee.
Thus ; by vnregarding; first, the Man grew to Debillitee:
And fel alway from God, in his owne Knowledg, going-astraye
All this haue I myself brought forth, as heere in breefe I saye.
Euen thus did I gett Power, heer-at take thou no storne.
And so after thatt, wert thou ; Good-thinking; borne.
Therfore keepe thou silence, in clayming Superioritee.
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Good-thinking.But tell me ; Unregarding; what shewst thou heere for Auctoritee/
Like vnto Mee so fyne/that am helde as a Prophet, in eury Lande.
For tis now almost all Good-thinking, what any one doth Understande:
In this sort am I gotten, to be Cheefe aboue thee.
Unregarding.
How shouldst thou haue made the man beleeue anything if hee
Had not first ; through Mee; growen to be so negligent?
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Freend Unregarding, what are thy pleasant Pads of Meryment?
They are nothiug-at-al, except my Exhortation be theare.
I haue surely caught euryone, with in Good-thinkings Snare.
For in Mee, then do almost all, seeke their Comfort at all Seasons.
And out Good-thinkings Theame, then do also frame ther Reasons.
Thus hast thou nothing like Mee, thou vnregarding Pratler.
Unregarding.
Thou mayst well holde thy peace, thou dissembling Tatler/
For with thy Babling, thou bringst Men into Afflictions store/
To that they ; by meanes of theer enuy each other very sore.
Thou makst the People rebellious, with thy Seede of Dissention.
But I Unregarding, do only Mirth frame and mencion.
So much ; thou Hipocrite; am I nobler then Thou.
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Good-thinking.O but soft Unregarding/wheare is thy Holynes now?
Like-as I bring forth thesame, in fayned Hipocresy/
With the which, I do dayly, mingle my self ful craftely/
Among the Learned, the Wyse, and great of Estimacion.
Unregarding.
I am also mingled, with the high of Reputacion:
For I Unregarding, am the Worlds delytfull Melody.
Good-thinking.
But yet I Good-thinking, am the Headd of their Hipocrisy/
Which do al-tymes set forth, fayned Holynes to be enured.
Unregarding.
Now thear art thou wyde/for I haue ; vnder my Power; allured.
The Worlde with her Wyse, both Men and Women, fitt/
That liue Unregarding, and Folly do committ/
And of thy good-thinking Holynes, their recning is but small/
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With thy suttly Deuices, which thou dost forge and set-out.
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Good-thinking.I perceaue wel that we two, can rule all rounde-about,
With our directions, in Worldly and Spirituall, likewyse:
Though then all liue ; through vs; in neuer so beastly Gyse/
Thatt is not regarded, men may perceaue it truly.
Unregarding.
But if a Man fayne himself, and go to Church duly/
Then is he well accounted of, though his Godnes be not much.
Good-thinking.
Yea, he shoulde soone be caught by the Throte, if he were any such,
That oughts, but what Good-thinking aloweth, shoulde like-of and defende.
Unregarding.
But Whoso ; Unregarding, and Good thinking; doth commende/
Hee reioyceth greatly, because he doth honour vs twayne,
But in our filthy Uices, and Workes peruerse and vayne,
Wee Two are doutles, the cheefe Ministers of Hell.
Good-thinking.
Then let vs equall Fellowes bee, and both together dwell:
And giue me now thy hande, in this League of our Equallitee.
And I wil no more aboue thee, clayme the Principalitee:
But alwayes by thy Syde, wil waite, euen hande-in-hande.
Unregarding.
Then let vs no more each other, enuyously withstande:
But be mery still together, and in nowyse to Lament:
To the ende that our Kingdom, in peeces be not rent.
For we continue vnreproued in the Generation of Men.
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