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A greatter thanks, for Churchyardes welcome home
I Bad not Courte farewell
for such hot welcome home,
But glad to leaue the costly Courte
and lyue lyke cuntrye mome.
for such hot welcome home,
But glad to leaue the costly Courte
and lyue lyke cuntrye mome.
From thence I wyllyng went:
and thought in very deed,
To make (ere mischeefs fel on heapes)
a Uertue of a need.
and thought in very deed,
To make (ere mischeefs fel on heapes)
a Uertue of a need.
But my cheeff freend came there,
to whome for duties sake
I rode, and did (by destinies lot)
a further iourney make.
to whome for duties sake
I rode, and did (by destinies lot)
a further iourney make.
Which freend drew me by loue,
to see the Courte agayne:
But sens my suddayn comming there
doth breed in you disdayne:
to see the Courte agayne:
But sens my suddayn comming there
doth breed in you disdayne:
I fynd more fumish flames,
by this fond frantike smoke:
And see (perhaps) a further fyer,
then you with craft can cloke.
by this fond frantike smoke:
And see (perhaps) a further fyer,
then you with craft can cloke.
But tyll your fyngers burne,
ye care not what ye doe:
Well, I wyll helpe to kyndle coales,
and clap on faggots toe.
ye care not what ye doe:
Well, I wyll helpe to kyndle coales,
and clap on faggots toe.
To bryng your handes in heat,
because the ayre is colde:
Ka. me: Knaue thee: I say no more,
the prouerbe is full olde.
because the ayre is colde:
Ka. me: Knaue thee: I say no more,
the prouerbe is full olde.
If Crowes of Cheape cry Ka,
the bawle doth backe rebound:
For sure I owe not all their towne,
the halfe of twentie pound.
the bawle doth backe rebound:
For sure I owe not all their towne,
the halfe of twentie pound.
And thyrteene candels great,
o euery pound allowe:
Then call an audite of my debt,
and cast my charges nowe.
o euery pound allowe:
Then call an audite of my debt,
and cast my charges nowe.
Yet know I cut tayld Curres,
can neuer byght in frame:
Tyll courage claps them on the backs
and thrusts them on the game.
can neuer byght in frame:
Tyll courage claps them on the backs
and thrusts them on the game.
Come on you snarryng whelpes
I feare your force no whit:
Though lowd ye bark ye dare not byte
your teeth are tender yet.
I feare your force no whit:
Though lowd ye bark ye dare not byte
your teeth are tender yet.
Baight me lyke Bull at stake,
I have good flesh and bone:
To trie it out (as hap shall serue)
with any Dog alone.
I have good flesh and bone:
To trie it out (as hap shall serue)
with any Dog alone.
No other aunswer sure,
I make: now skan this well:
But leaue the Lob that rayld on me,
the bable and the bell.
I make: now skan this well:
But leaue the Lob that rayld on me,
the bable and the bell.
Write not to this agayne,
in silence shall ye sit:
As voyde of aunswer euery way,
as you are voyd of wyt.
in silence shall ye sit:
As voyde of aunswer euery way,
as you are voyd of wyt.
(quoth) playne Churchyarde.
FINIS.
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