The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge made by Andrew Borde ... A Compendyous Regyment or A Dyetary of Helth made in Mountpyllier, compyled by Andrewe Boorde ... Barnes in the Defence of the Berde: a Treatyse made, answerynge the Treatyse of Doctor Borde vpon Berdes: Edited, with a life of Andrew Boorde, and large extracts from his Breuyary by F. J. Furnivall |
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[The first parte of that songe]
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As longe as any berdes be worne,
Mockynge shall not be forborne;
But yet at length, his is the scorne.
I fere it not.
Mockynge shall not be forborne;
But yet at length, his is the scorne.
I fere it not.
With berdyd men he wyll not drynke,
Bycause it doth in theyr berdes synke;
The cause therof, ye may soone thynke,
His berde in Flaunders ones dyd stynke,
Whiche by dystulacyon
Of a vomytacyon
Made suche dysturbacyon,
That it abored the nacyon.
I fere it not.
Bycause it doth in theyr berdes synke;
The cause therof, ye may soone thynke,
His berde in Flaunders ones dyd stynke,
Whiche by dystulacyon
Of a vomytacyon
Made suche dysturbacyon,
That it abored the nacyon.
I fere it not.
Some berdes, he saith, doth grow a pace,
To hyde an euyll coleryd face;
In fayth, his had an homlye grace,
When he was in that dronkyn case.
But sythe he doth this matter stere,
To make that shauynge shuld be dere,
I thynke it doth full well appere,
That foles had neuer lesse wyt in a yere.
I fere it not.
To hyde an euyll coleryd face;
In fayth, his had an homlye grace,
When he was in that dronkyn case.
But sythe he doth this matter stere,
To make that shauynge shuld be dere,
I thynke it doth full well appere,
That foles had neuer lesse wyt in a yere.
I fere it not.
A berde, sayth he, wyl breyd moch care,
If that he with his mayster compare.
Here may ye proue a wyt full bare
That iudgeth so a man to fare.
What man lyuyng, I wold fayne knowe,
That for comparason letes his berde growe?
But yet, though that a spyghtful shrow
His spyghtfull wordes abrode doth blow,
I fere it not, &c.
If that he with his mayster compare.
Here may ye proue a wyt full bare
That iudgeth so a man to fare.
What man lyuyng, I wold fayne knowe,
That for comparason letes his berde growe?
But yet, though that a spyghtful shrow
His spyghtfull wordes abrode doth blow,
I fere it not, &c.
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Of berdes, he sayth, ther comms no gaynes,
& berdes quycknyth not the braynes.
Lo, how in Physyke he taketh paynes!
He merytes a busshel of brwers graynes!
He warneth also euery estate
To auoyde berdes, for fere of debate.
If men, lyke hym, shuld vse to prate,
His warnyng then shuld come to late,
I fere it not.
& berdes quycknyth not the braynes.
Lo, how in Physyke he taketh paynes!
He merytes a busshel of brwers graynes!
He warneth also euery estate
To auoyde berdes, for fere of debate.
If men, lyke hym, shuld vse to prate,
His warnyng then shuld come to late,
I fere it not.
If berdes, also, a purse doth pycke,
As ye compare them to be lyke,
yet ye haue gotte more in one wycke,
Then berdes in .x. togyther may stryke.
For by castynge of a pyspotte,
ye haue pollyd many a grote;
yea, and moche more, God wotte,
By falshede ye haue gotte.
I fere it not.
As ye compare them to be lyke,
yet ye haue gotte more in one wycke,
Then berdes in .x. togyther may stryke.
For by castynge of a pyspotte,
ye haue pollyd many a grote;
yea, and moche more, God wotte,
By falshede ye haue gotte.
I fere it not.
Yet one thynge more, I wyll assayle:
The daunger of drynkyng ye do bewayle.
Beleue ye me, yf all do fayle,
In stede of a cup, ye shall haue a payle;
For you haue gyuen warnynge playne,
That berdyd men shall be full fayne
To brynge a cup, for theyr owne gayne,—
The more fole you, so to dysdayne!
I fere it not.
The daunger of drynkyng ye do bewayle.
Beleue ye me, yf all do fayle,
In stede of a cup, ye shall haue a payle;
For you haue gyuen warnynge playne,
That berdyd men shall be full fayne
To brynge a cup, for theyr owne gayne,—
The more fole you, so to dysdayne!
I fere it not.
Note me well, for it is trewe,
Thoughe berdyd men ye wyll eschewe,
There be moche honyster men than you,
That wyl drynke long, or they do spewe
As you haue done, I knowe, or this.
wherfore I say, though so it is,
I wyll not tell that is amys;
yet wyll I tell some trewyth yewys.
I fere it not.
Thoughe berdyd men ye wyll eschewe,
There be moche honyster men than you,
That wyl drynke long, or they do spewe
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wherfore I say, though so it is,
I wyll not tell that is amys;
yet wyll I tell some trewyth yewys.
I fere it not.
yet of one thynge that ye do treate,
Howe that a berde, in a great swete,
By lyke doth catche a k[n]auysshe hete:
Therby ye do a grete prayse gete,
For trewely vnfayned,
Your honyste is dystayned;
All though ye haue dysdayned,
Men knowe ye haue sustayned.
I fere it not.
Howe that a berde, in a great swete,
By lyke doth catche a k[n]auysshe hete:
Therby ye do a grete prayse gete,
For trewely vnfayned,
Your honyste is dystayned;
All though ye haue dysdayned,
Men knowe ye haue sustayned.
I fere it not.
Though in the wynter a dew wyl lye,
That dystylleth from the nose pryuelye;
To refrayne your cup ye pray then hartly;
And all is for superfluous glotonye.
For glotony is of suche a kynde,
That ende of excesse he can none fynde,
Tyll past is both the wyt and mynde;
So one of those ye be assynde.
I fere it not.
That dystylleth from the nose pryuelye;
To refrayne your cup ye pray then hartly;
And all is for superfluous glotonye.
For glotony is of suche a kynde,
That ende of excesse he can none fynde,
Tyll past is both the wyt and mynde;
So one of those ye be assynde.
I fere it not.
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