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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?]

Vitell, Christopher (fl. 1555-1579)

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A worke in Ryme/contayning an Enterlude of Myndes. Wherin HN, witnesseth the Fall of Men and their Errour.

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The XV. Chapter.

Conclvsion.

A

Longing-for-comfort.
Oh /wonderfull Things, haue I now hearde heere vttered!
O Good-informacion, therof instruct thou mee.

Good-information.
O Longing-for-comfort, wherin art thou yet combered:

Longing-for-comfort.
Oh/wonderfull Things, haue I now hearde heere vttered?

Good-information.
Let not thy Heart ; therwith; be anything distempered/
Ther is no wonderfull thing, I must disclose to thee.

Longing-for-comfort.
Oh/wonderful Things, howe I now heard heere vttered:
O Good-informacion, therof instruct thou mee.
And vnto me declare now, the D[illeg.]st of thissame Playe.

Good-information.
Let the Knowledg not to-much delyte thy Mynde I saye:
That thou com not into much Unrestfulnes therby.

Longing-for-comfort.
I hope well, No: For with a good Desyre woulde I
Uery-gladly now ; at large; euen simply knowe/
The Mynde of thissame Playe, if mee thou wouldst it showe:
And only thatt, to my Desyre, as I do heere declare.

B

Good-information.
O longing-for-comfort, thatt is a good Intent and Care:
For Understanding is gotten, after such a Fashon.
But yet ther doth great Perrill, consist in Informashon:
Because many false Praters, are start-vp and beare swaye/
Which prate and report much, against the Loue, alwaye/
And also in that sort, their false Informations do sowe:

And satisfy ; with Falshold; the Demaunders High and Lowe/
Euen for a

Exe. 13.b. Mich. 3.b.

peece of Bread/or a Handfull of Barly-grayne.

Longing-for-comfort.
Oh/wo is mee: To heare that, my Heart wil brake with payne?
Are-ther now in these Dayes, such Praters to be founde?

C

Good-information.
Thatt may you well perceaue, by their Discords that abounde:
As likewyse by their Renting, Dissencion, and Deceate.

Longing-for-comfort.
This new passed-ouer: instruct me I thee intreate/
Of the Kynde of this Playe, that I may reioyce me than.