 | Wit and Science |  |
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/ then in remembrance of reson hold yee
a glas of reson / wherein beholde yee
youre sealfe to youre selfe namely when ye
cū neere my dowghter science / then see
that all thynges be cleane & trycke abowte ye
least of sū sloogyshnes she myght dowte ye
thys glas of reason shall show ye all
whyle ye have that / ye have me & shall
get ye foorth now / Instruccion fare well
Instruccion
/ syr god keepe ye
/ heere all go out save resone
Reson
/ & ye all from parell
If anye man now marvell that I
woolde bestowe my dowghter thus baselye
of truth I reson am of thys mynde
where partyes together be enclynde
by gyftes of graces to love ech other
there let them ioyne the tone wyth the toother
thys wyt such gyftes of graces hath in hym
that makth my dowghter to wysh to wyn hym
yoong / paynefull / tractable / & capax
thes be wytes gyftes whych science doth axe
& as for her as soone as wyt sees her
for all the world he woold not then leese her
wherfore syns they both be so meete matches
to love ech other / strawe for the patches
af woldly mucke / syence hath inowghe
for them both to lyve / yf wyt be throwhe
stryken in love as he synes hath showde
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thende of hys iornay wyll aprove all
yf wyt hold owte no more proofe cā fall
and that the better hold out ye may
to refresh my soone wyt now by the way
sū solas for hym I wyll provyde
an honest woman dwellth here besyde
verte foliū
whose name is cald honest recreacion
as men report / for wytes consolacion
she hath no peere / yf wyt were halfe deade
she cowld revyve hym / thus is yt sed
wherfore yf monye or love can hyre her
to hye after wyt / I wyll desyre her
confydence
cūth in wt a pycture of wyt
/ ah syr what tyme of day ⌈yst⌉ who can tell
the day ys not far past I wot well
for I have gone fast / & yet I see
I am far from where as I wold be
well I have day inowgh yet I spye
wherfore or I pas hens now must I
see thys same token heere / ap layne case
what wyt hath sent to my ladyes grace
now wyll ye see a goodly pycture [of]
of wyt hym sealfe hys owne image sure
face / bodye / armes / legges / both lym & ioynt
as lyke hym as can be in every poynt
yt lakth but lyfe / well I can hym thanke
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for what wyth thys pycture / so well faverde
& what wyth those sweete woordes so well saverd
dystyllyng from the mowth of confydence
shall not thys apose the hart of science
yes I thanke god I am of that nature
able to compas thys matter sure
as ye shall see now who lyst to marke ⌈yt⌉
ho⌈w⌉ neately & [[illeg.]] feately / I shall warke yt
Wyt
cūth in/wtout Instruccion / wyth study &c
/ Now syrs cū on whyche is the way now
thys way or that way / studye how say you
speake dylygence whyle he hath bethowghte hym
dylygenge
/ that way belyke most vsage hath wrowht hym
studye
/ ye hold your pease best we here now stay
for instruccion I lyke not that waye
wyt
/ Instruccion / studye / I weene we have lost hym
Instruccion
cūth in
/ In deade full gently abowte ye have tost hym
what mene you wyt styll to delyghte
rūnynge before thus styll owt of syghte
& therby out of your way now quyghte
what doo ye here excepte ye woold fyghte
cū back a gayne wyt for I must choose ye
an esyer way then thys or ells loose ye
wyt
/ what ayleth thys way / parell here is none
Instruccion
/ but as much as your lyfe standth vpon
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tedyousnes to brayne or to gore ye
wyt
tedyousnes / doth that tyrant rest
in my way now lord how am I blest
that occacion so nere me sturres
for my dere hartes sake to wynne my spurres
ser woold ye fere me wyth that fowle theeafe
wyth whome to mete / my desyre is cheafe
Instruccion
/ & what woold ye doo / you havyng nowghte
for your defence for thowgh ye have cawghte
garmentes of science vpon your backe
yet wepons of science ye do lak
wyt
what wepons of science shuld I have
Instruccion
such as all lovers of ther looves crave
a token from ladye science wherbye
hope of her favor may spryng / & therbye
comforte whych is the weapon dowteles
that must serve youe agaynst tedyousnes
verte folyū
wyt/ yf hope or comfort may be my weapen
then never wt tedyousnes mee threten
for as for hope of my deere hartes faver
& therby cōfort Inowghe I gather
Instruccion
/ wyt here me / tyll I see confydence
have browght sū token from ladye science
that I may feele that she favorth you
ye pas not thys way I tell you trew
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/ whych way than
Instruccion
/ A playner way I told ye
out of danger from youre foe to hold ye
wyt
/ Instruccion / here me / or my swete hart
shall here that wyt / from that wrech eshall ⌈start⌉
one foote thys bodye & all shall cracke
foorth I wyll sure what ever I lacke
dylygence
yf ye lacke weapon syr / here is one
wyt
/ well sayde dylygence / thowe art alone
how say ye syr is not here weapon
Instruccion
/ wyth that weapon your enmy never threton
for wyth owt the returne of confydence
ye may be slayne sure for all dylygence /
dylygence
god syr & dylygence I tell you playne
wyll play the man or my master be slayne
Instruccion
ye but what sayth studye no wurde to thys
wyt
no syr ye knowe studyes [h]ofyce is
meete for the chamber not ⌈for⌉ the feeld
but tell me studye wylt thow now yeld
studye
my hed akth sore I wold wee returnd
wyt
thy hed ake now I wold it were burnd
cū on walkyng may hap to ese the
Instruccion
& wyll ye be gone then / wythout mee
wyt
/ ye by my fayth except ye hy ye after
reson shall know yee are but an hafter
exceat wyt study & dylygenc
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/ well go your way whan your father reson
heerth how ye obay me at thys season
I thynke he wyll thynke hys dowghter now
may mary an other man for you
when wytes stand so in ther owne conceite
best let them go tyll pryde at hys heyghte
turne & cast them downe hedlong agayne
as ye shall see provyd by thys wyt playne
yf reson hap not to cū the rather
hys owne dystruccion he wyll sure gather
wherefore to reson wyll I now get me
levyng that charge where abowt he set mee
exceat instruccion
tedyousnes
cūth in wt a vyser over hys hed /
/ Oh the bodye of me
what kaytyves be those /
that wyll not once flee /
from tediousnes nose
but thus dysese me /
out of my nest /
when I shoold ese mee /
thys body to rest /
that wyt / that vylayne /
that wrech / a shame take hym
yt is he playne [that thus]
that thus bold / doth make hym
wythowt my lycence /
to stalke by my doore /
to [dr] that drab syence /
to wed that whore /
but I defye here /
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or wyt cū ny her /
the knaves hed shall ake /
thes bones / this mall /
shall bete hym to dust /
or that drab shall /
once quench that knaves lust /
but hah mee thynkes /
I am not halfe lustye /
thes iontes / thes lynkes /
be ruffe / & halfe rustye /
I must go shake them /
supple to make them /
verte foliū
stand back ye wrechys /
beware the fechys /
of tediousnes /
thes kaytyves to bles /
make roome I say /
rownd evry way /
thys way / that way
what care I what way /
before me / behynd me /
rownd abowt wynd me
now I begyn
to swete in my skin
now am I nemble
to make them tremble
pash hed / pash brayne
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all that I hyt
where art thow wyt
thow art but deade
of goth thy hed
a the fyrst blo
ho ho ho ho
wyt
spekyth at the doore
/ studye /
studye
/ here of
wyt
/ how doth thy hed ake
studye
/ ye god wot syr / much payne I do take
wyt
/ dylygens
dylygence
/ here syr here
wyt
how dost thow /
doth thy stomak serve the to fyght now
dylygence
/ ye syr wyth yonder wrech / avengans on hym
that thretneth you thus / set evyn vpon hym
[studye
/ vpon hym dylygence / better nay]
[dylygence
/ better nay studye why shoold we fray]
[studye
/ for I am wery my hed akth sore]
dylygence
/ why folysh studye thow shalt doo no more
but ayde my master wyth thy presens
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/ no more shalt thow nether dylygence
ayde me wyth your presence both you twayne
& for my love my selfe shall [[illeg.]] take payne
studye
syr we be redye to ayde you so
wyt
/ I axe no more studye cū then goe
Tedyiousnes
rysyth vp
/ why art thow cū
wyt
ye wrech to thy payne /
tediousnes
then have at the
wyt
have at the agayne /
here wyt fallyth downe & dyeth
tediousnes
/ lye thow there / now have at ye kaytyves
do ye fle I fayth / a horeson theves
by mahowndes bones had the wreches taryd
ther neckes wythowt hedes / they showld have caryd
ye by mahowndes nose / myght I have patted them
in twenty gobbetes / I showld have squatted them
to teche the knaves / to cū neere the snowte
of tediousnes / walke furder abowte
I trow now they wyll / & as for thee
thow wylt no more / now troble mee
yet lest the knave / be not safe Inowghe
the horeson / shall bere me an other kuffe
now ly styll kaytyv / & take thy rest
/ whyle I take myne / in myne owne nest
exceat tedy
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honest recreacion
/ Now wyt how do ye wyll ye be lustye
wyt
/ The lustier for you needes be must I
honest recreacion
/ Be ye all hole yet after your fall
wyt
/ As ever I was / thankes to you all
Reson
cūmth in & sayth as folowyth
/ ye myght thanke reson that sent them to ye
but syns the have done that the shoold do ye
send them home soonne & get ye forwarde
wyt
/ oh father reson I haue had an hard [chance]
chance synce ye saw me
Reson
cūth in
/ I wot well that / [the more to blame ye]
the more to blame ye when ye wold not
obay instruccion as reson wyld ye
what marvell thowgh tedyousnes had kyld ye
but let pas now synce ye ar well agayne
set forward agayne syence to attayne
wyt
/ good father reson be not to hastye
in honest cūpany no tyme wast I
I shall to youre dowghter all at leyser
Reson
/ ye wyt is that the grete love ye rayse her
I say yf ye love my dowgter science
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al go out / save honest recre
wyt
here cōfort / quiknes & strength go out
/ nay by saynt george they go not all yet
Reson
no wyll ye dysobey reson wyt
wyt
father reson I pray ye content ye
for we parte not yet
Reson
well wyt I went ye
had bene no such man as now I see
/ exceat
fare well
honest recreacion
/ he ys angry
wyt
/ ye let hym be
I doo not passe
cū now a basse
honest recreacion
/ nay syr as for bassys
from hence none passys
but as in gage
of mary age
wyt
/ mary evyn so
a bargayne lo
honest recreacion
what wythout lysence
of ladye science
wyt
/ shall I tell you trothe
I never lovde her
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/ the cōmon voyce goth
that mariage ye movd her
wyt
/ promyse hath she none
yf we shalbe wone
wythout mo wurdes grawnt /
honest recreacion
/ what vpon this soodayne
then myghte ye playne
byd me avawnt
nay let me see
in honeste
what ye can doo
to wyn recreacion
vpon that probacion
I grawnt therto
wyt
small be my dooinges
but apt to all thynges
I am I trust
honest recreaciō
can ye dawnce than
wyt
evyn as I can
prove me [I] ye must
honeste recreacyon
then for a whyle
ye must excyle
this garment cūbryng
verte foliū
wyt/ In deede as ye say
this cūbrus aray
woold make wyt slūbryng
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/ yt is gay geere
of science cleere
yt seemth her aray
wyt
/ whose ever it were
yt lythe now there
honest recreacion
/ go to my men play
here they dawnce / & [[illeg.]] in the mene whyle / Idellnes cūth in / & sytth downe & when the galyard is doone / wyt sayth as folowyth / & so falyth downe [on evry syde] in Idellnes lap
wyt
/ sweete hart gramercys
honest recreacion
/ why whether now have ye doone synce
[honest recrea] / [wyt cion]
wyt
ye in fayth wt wery bones ye have possest me
/ among thes damselles now wyll I rest me
honest recreacion
/ what there
wyt
ye here / I wylbe so bold
Idlenes
/ ye & wellcū by hym that god sold
honest recreacion
/ yt ys an harlot may ye not see
Idlenes
/ as honest a woman as ye be
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/ her name is Idlenes wyt what mene you
Idlenes
/ nay what meane you to scolde thus you quene you
wyt
/ ther go to lo now for the best game
whille I take my ese youre toonges now frame
honest recreacion
ye wyt by youre fayth is that youre facion
wyll ye leave me honest recreacion
for that cōmon strūpet Idellnes
the verye roote of all vyciousnes
wyt
she sayth she is as honest as ye
declare your selves both now as ye be
honest recreacion
/ what woolde ye more / for my declaracion
then evyn my name honest recreacion
& what wold ye more her to expres
then evyn her name to Idlenes
dystruccion of all that wyth her tarye
wherfore cū away wyt she wyll mar ye
Idelnes
wyll I mar him drabb thow calat thow
when thow hast mard hym all redye now
cawlyst thow thy sealfe honest recreacion
ordryng a poore man after thys facion
to lame hym thus & make his lymmes fayle
evyn wyth the swyngyng there of thy tayle
the dyvyll set fyre [ont] one the for now must I
Idlenes hele hym agayne I spye
I must now lull hym rock hym & frame hym
to hys lust agayne where thow dydst lame hym
am I the roote sayst thow of vyciousnes
nay thow art roote of all vyce dowteles
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then I poore gerle nay more then the dyvyll
the dyvyll & hys dām can not devyse
more devlyshnes then by the doth ryse
vnder the name of honest recreacion
she lo bryngth in her abhominacion
mark her dawnsyng her maskyng & mūmyng
where more concupyscence then ther cūmyng
her cardyng her dycyng dayly & nyghtlye
where fynd ye more falcehod then there not lyghtly
wyth lyeng & sweryng by no poppetes
but teryng god in a thowsand gobbetes
as for her syngyng / pypyng / & fydlyng
what vnthryftynes therin is twydlyng
serche the tavernes and ye shall here cleere
such bawdry as bestes wold spue to heere
& yet thys is kald honest recreacion
& I poore Idlenes abhomynacion
but whych is wurst of vs twayne / now Iud wy
verte foliū
wyt/ Byrladye not thow wench I Iudge yet
honest recreacion
/ no ys youre iudgment such then that ye
can neyther peseve that best how she
goth abowte to dyceve you nor yet
remembre how I savyd youre lyfe wyt
thynke you her meete wyth mee to compare
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when wyll she doo / such an act as I dyd
savynge your lyfe when I you revyved
& as I savyd you so save I all
that in lyke Ieoperdy chance to fall
when tediousnes to grownd hath smytten them
honest recreacion vp doth quyken them
wyth such honest pastymes sportes or games
as vnto myne honest nature frames
& not as she sayth wyth pastymes suche
as be abusyd lytell or muche
for where honest pastymes be abusyd
honest recreacion is refused
honest recreacion is present never
but where honest pastymes be well vsyd ever
But in deede idlenes she is cawse
of all such abuses / she lo drawes
her sort to abuse myne honest games
& therby full falsly my name defames
vnder the name of honest recreacion
she bryngth in all her abhomynacion
dystroyng all wytes that her imbrace
as youre selfe shall see wyth in short space
she wyll bryng you to shamefull end wyt
except the sooner from her ye flyt
wherefore cū away wyt out of her pawse
hence drabb let hym go out of thy clawse
Idlenes
wyll ye get ye hence or by the mace
thes clawes shall clawe you by youre drabbes face
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/ yt shall not neade syns wyt lyethe as wone
that neyther heerth nor seeth I am gone
/ exceat
Idlenes
/ ye so fare well & well fare thow toonge
of a short pele this pele was well roong
to ryng her hence & hym fast a sleepe
as full of sloth as the knave can kreepe
how wyt awake how doth my babye
neque uox neque sensus byr ladye
a meete man for Idlenes no dowte
hark my pygg how the knave dooth rowte
well whyle he sleepth in Idlenes lappe
idlenes marke on hym shall I clappe
sū say that Idlenes can not warke
but those that so say now let them marke
I trowe they shall see / that Idlenes
can set her sealfe abowt sū busynes
or at the lest / ye shall see her tryde
nother Idle nor yet well ocupyde
lo syr yet ye lak an other toye
wher is my whystell to call my boye
here she whystleth & ingnorance cūth in
/ I cū I cū
Idlenes
coomme on ye foole
all thys day or ye can cū to scoole
Ingnorance
/ vm mother wyll not let me cū
Idlenes
/ I woold thy mother had kyst thy bū
she wyll never let the thryve I trow
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that Idlenes can do sūwhat ye
& play the scoolemystres to yf neade bee
mark what doctryne by Idlenes cūmes
say thy lesson foole
Ingnorance
vpon my thūmes
Idellnes
ye vpon thy thūmes ys not there thy name
Ingnorance
yeas
Idellnes
go to thā spell me that same
wher was thou borne
verte foliū
Ingnorance/ chwas I bore in ingland mother sed
Idlenes
/ in ingland
Ingnorance
/ yea
Idlenes
/ & whates half inglande
heeres ing & heeres land whates tys
Ingnorance
/ whates tys
Idellnes
/ whates tys horeson whates tys
heeres ing & heers land whates tys
Ingnorance
/ tys my thū
Idellnes
/ thy thū / yng horeson ing / ing /
Ingnorance
/ yng / yng / yng / yng /
Idellnes
/ foorth shal I bete thy narse now
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/ vmmm
Idellnes
/ shall I not bete thy narse now
Ingnorance
/ vmmm
Idellnes
/ say no foole say no
Ingnorance
/ noo / noo / noo / noo / noo
Idlenes
/ go to put together / yng
Ingnorance
/ yng
Idellnes
/ no
Ingnorance
/ noo
Idellnes
/ forth now what sayth the dog
Ingnorans
/ dog barke
Idlenes
/ dog barke / dog ran horeson dog ran
Ingnorance
/ dog ran horson dog ran dog ran
Idellnes
/ put together ing
Ingnorance
/ yng
Idellnes
/ no
Ingnorance
/ noo
Idellnes
/ ran
Ingnorance
/ ran
Idlenes
/ foorth now what seyth the goose
Ingnorance
/ lag lag
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/ hys horson hys
Ingnorance
/ hys hys s s s s
Idlenes
/ go to put together / ing /
Ingnorance
/ Ing
Idlenes
/ no /
Ingnorance
/ noo /
Idlenes
/ ran /
Ingnorance
/ ran /
Idlenes
/ hys /
Ingnorance
/ hys s s s s s s /
Idlenes
/ no who is a good boy /
Ingnorance
/ I I I I I I /
Idlenes
/ go to put together / Ing /
Ingnorance
/ Ing /
Idlenes
/ no /
[Idlenes], Ingnorans
/ noo /
Idellnes
ran
Ingnorance
/ ran /
Idellnes
/ his
Ingnorance
/ hys s s s s s /
Idellnes
/ I /
Ingnorance
/ I /
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/ Ing / no / ran / his / I /
Ingnorance
/ Ing / no / ran / hys s s s /
Idlenes
/ I /
Ingnorance
/ I /
Idellnes
/ Ing
Ingnorance
/ Ing
Idellnes
/ foorth
Ingnorance
/ hys s s s
verte foliū
Idelnes/ ye / no horeson no
Ingnorance
/ noo noo noo noo
Idlenes
/ Ing / no
Ingnorance
/ Ing / noo
Idellnes
/ forth now
Ingnorance
/ hys s s s s s
Idellnes
/ yet agayne / ran / horson / ran / ran /
Ingnorance
/ ran / horson / ran / ran
Idellnes
/ ran say
Ingnorance
/ ran say
Idlenes
/ ran horson
Ingnorance
/ ran horeson
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/ ran /
Ingnorance
/ ran /
Idellnes
/ Ing / no / ran /
Ingnorance
/ Ing / no / ran
Idellnes
/ foorth now what sayd the goose
Ingnorance
/ dog barke
Idlenes
/ dog barke / hys horson hys s s s s s
Ingnorance
/ hys s s s s s s
Idlenes
/ I
[Ingnorance
/ I]
Idellnes
/ Ing / no / ran / hys / I /
Ingnorance
/ Ing / no / ran / hys / s / s s s
[Ingnorance], Idellnes
/ I
Ingnorance
I
Idellnes
/ how sayst now foole is not there thy name
Ingnorans
/ yea
Idellnes
/ well than / cū me that same
what hast thow lernd
Ignorance
/ Ich can not tell
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/ Ich can not tell / thow sayst evyn very well
for yf thow cowldst tell / then had not I well
towght the thy lesson / whych must be tawghte
to tell all / when thow canst tell ryghte ⌈noght⌉
Ingnorance
/ Ich can my lesson
Idellnes
/ ye & therfore
shalt have a new cote by god I swore
Ingnorance
/ A new cote
Idellnes
/ ye a new cote by & by
of wyth thys old cote / a new cote / crye
Ingnorance
/ A new cote / A new cote / A new cote /
Idellnes
/ pease horson foole / wylt thow wake hym now
vnbuttū thy cote foole canst thow do nothyng
Ingnorance
/ I note how choold be
Idellnes
/ I note how choold be / a foole betyde the
so wysly hyt spekyth cū on now whan
put bak thyne arme foole
Ingnorance
/ put backe
Idellnes
/ so / lo / now let me see how thys geere
wyll trym this ientle man that lyeth heere
ah god save hyt / so [wysely] ⌈sweetly⌉ hyt [spekyth] doth sleepe
whyle on your back thys gay cote can creepe
as feete as can be for this one arme
Ingnorance
oh cham a cold
Idellnes
hold foole keepe the warme
& cū hyther / hold this hed here / softe now for wakyng
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that he shall soone scantlye knowe hym sealfe
heere is a cote as fyt for this elfe
as it had bene made evyn for this bodye
so yt begynth to looke lyke a noddye
Ingnorance
vmmmm
Idellnes
what aylest now foole
Ingnorance
now cote is gone
Idlenes
& why is it gone
Ingnorance
twoollnot byde on
Idellnes
twoolnot byde on twoold if It cowlde
but marvell it were that byde it shoold
sciens garment on Ingnorance bak
but now letes se syr what do ye lak
verte foliū
no thyng but evin to bukell heere this throte
so well this wyt becūthe a fooles cote
Ingnorance
/ he is I now
Idellnes
/ ye how lykste him now
is he not a foole as well as thow
Ingnorance
/ yeas
Idellnes
/ well than won foole keepe another
geve me this & take thow that brother
Ingnorance
/ vmm
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/ pyke the home go
Ingnorance
/ chyll go tell my moother
Idellnes
yea doo
but yet to take my leve of my deere lo
wyth a skyp or twayne heerelo / & heerlo
& heere agayne & now this heele
to bles this weake brayne now are ye weele
[all goeth out]
by vertu of Idellnes blessyng toole
cuniurd from wyt vnto a starke foole
[exceat]
Confydence
cūth in wt a swoord by his syde & sayth as folowyth
I seake & seake / as won on no grownde
can rest / but lyke a masterles hownde
wandryng all abowt / seakyng his master
alas ientle wyt / I feare the fasster
that my tru servyce clevth vnto thee
the slakker thy mynd / cleevth vnto mee
I have doone thye message / in such sorte
that I not onlye / for thy comfort
to vanquishe thyne enmy have browght heere
a swoord of comfort / from thy love deere
but also furder / I have so enclynd her
that vpon my wurdes / she hath assynd her
in her owne parson / half way to meete thee
& hytherward she came / for to greete thee
& sure / except she be turned agayne
hyther wyll she cū / or be long playne
to seake to meate the / heere in this cost
but now alas thy selfe thow hast lost
or at the least / thow wylt not be fownd
alas ientle wyt / how doost thow woonde
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to lease my credence / to ladye science
thow lesyst me to / for yf I can not
fynd the shortly / lenger lyve I ma / not
but shortly / get me evyn in to a corner /
& dye for sorowe throwhe such a scorner /
exceat
here the cū in wt vyoles
fame
/ cū syrs let vs not dysdayne to do
that the world hath apoynted vs too
favor
/ syns to serve science the world hath sent vs
as the world wylth vs let vs content vs
ryches
/ content vs we may synce we be assynde
to the fayrest lady that lyvth in my mynde
woorshyp
/ then let vs not stay here muet & mū
but tast we thes instrumentes tyll she cū
here the syng excedynge mesure
Experyence
/ dowghter what meanyth / that ye dyd not syng
science
/ oh mother / for heere remaynth a thynge
freendes we thanke you / for thes your plesures
takyn on vs / as chance to vs measures
woorshyppe
/ ladye / thes [p] our plesures & parsons too
ar sente to you / you servyce to doo
fame
/ ladye science / to set foorth your name
the world to wayte on you / hath sent me fame
favor
/ Ladye science / for your vertues most plentye
the world to cherysh you / favor hath sent ye
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/ Lady science / for youre benefytes knowne
the world to mayntayne you / ryches hath thrown
woorshyp
/ And as the world hath sent you thes three
so he sendth mee / woorshypp to avawnce yo u degre
science
/ I thank the world but cheefly god be praysed
that in the world such love to science hath raysed
but yet to tell you playne ye iiij ar suche
as science lookth for lytell nor muche
for beyng as I am alone wooman
neede of your servyce I nether have nor can
but thankyng the world & you for your payn
I send ye to the world evyn now agayne
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woorshyppe/ why ladye set ye no more store by mee
woorshypp / ye set nowght by your selfe I se
fame
/ she [[illeg.]] setth nowght by fame / wherby I spye her
she carethe not what the world sayth by her
favor
/ she setthe nowght by favor / wherby I trye her
she caryth not what the world sayth / or dooth / by her
Ryches
/ she setth nowght by ryches / whych dooth showe
she careth not for the world / cū let vs goe
science
/ In deede smalle cawse gevyn to care for the worldes ⌈faverȳg⌉
seeyng the wyttes of worlde be so waveryng /
Experyence
/ what is the matter dowghter / that ye
be so sad / open your mynd to mee
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/ My marvell is no les my good moother
then my greefe is greate / to see of all other
the prowde scorne of wyt / soone to dame nature
who sent me a pycture of hys stature
wyth all the shape of hym selfe there openyng
hys amorous love therby betokenyng
borne toward me in abūdant facion
& also furder to make ryght relacion
of this hys love / he put in cōmyshion
such a messenger as no suspicion
cowld growe in mee of hym confydence
experience
/ vm
syence
/ who I ensure ye / wyth such vehemence
& faythfull behavoure in hys movynge
set foorth the pyth of hys masters lovynge
that no lyvyng creature cowld coniecte
but that pure love dyd that wyt dyrect
experience
/ so
science
/ now this beinge synce the space [of th]
of three tymes sendyng from place to place
betwene wyt & his man I here no more
nether of wyt nor his love so sore
how thynk you by thys / my nowne deere mother
experience
/ dowghter in this I can thynke none oother
but that It is true thys proverbe old
hastye love is soone hot & soone cold
take hede dowghter how you put youre trust
to lyght lovers / to hot at the furst
for had this love of wyt bene growndyd
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lytell voyde tyme wold have bene betwene ye
but that this wyt wolde have sent or seene ye
science
/ I thynke so
experience
/ ye thynke ye so or no
youre mother experience proofe shall showe
that wyt hath [[illeg.]] set hys love I dare say
& make ye warrantyse another way
wyt
cūth be fore
/ But your warrantyse warrant no trothe
fayre ladye I praye you be not wrothe
tyll you here more / for deere ladye science
had your lover wyt / ye or confydence
hys man bene in helth all this [long] tyme spēn
long or this tyme / wyt had [ethe] cūme or sent
but the trothe is they have bene both sykke
wyt & hys man / ye & wyth paynes thycke
bothe stayde by the way / so that your lover
could neyther cū / nor send by none other
wherefore blame not hym / but chance / of syknes
science
/ who is this
experience
/ Ingnorance or his lykenes
science
/ what the cōmon foole
experyence
/ yt is much lyke him
science
/ by my soothe his toong servth him now trym
what sayst thow Ingnorance speak agayn
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/ Nay ladye I am not Ingnorance playne
but I am your owne deere lover wytt
that hath long lovd you & lovth you yet
wherefore I pray the now / my nowne swetȳg
let me have a kys at this our meetyng
science
/ ye so ye shall anone but not yet
ah syr this foole here hath got sū wyt
fall you to kyssyng syr now adayes
your mother shall charme you / go your wayes
Wyt
/ What nedth all this / my love of long growne
wyll ye be so strang / to me your owne
youre aquayntance to me was thowht esye
but now your woordes make [youre] ⌈my harte⌉ all quesye
youre dartes at me so strangely be shott
science
/ [youre d]
heere ye what termes this foole here hath got
wyt
/ well I perseve my foolyshnes now
Indeede ladyes no dasterdes alowe
I wylbe bolde wyth my nowne darlyng
cū now a bas my nowne proper sparlȳg
science
/ What Wylt thow arrand foole
Wyt
nay by the mas
I wyll have a bas or I hence pas
science
/ What Wylt thow arrande foole / [what] ⌈hence⌉ foole I say
wyt
/ what nothyng but foole & foole all this day
by the mas madam / ye can no good
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/ Art a sweryng to / now by my hood /
youre foolyshe knaves breeche vj strypes shall ⌈bere⌉
wyt
/ ye godes bones foole & knave to be ye there
by the mas [madam ye can no good] ⌈call me foole once agayne⌉
& thow shalt sure call a blo or twayne
[science
/ Art]
experience
cū away dowghter the foole is mad
wyt
/ nay nor yet nether hence ye shall gad
we wyll gre better or ye pas hence
I praye the now good swete ladye science
all this strange maner now hyde & cover
& play the goodfelowe wyth thy lover
science
/ what good felowshyppe wold ye of me
whome ye knowe not nether yet I knowe ye
wyt
/ Know ye not me
science
/ no how shoold I know ye
wyt
/ dooth not my pycture my parson shoow ye
science
/ your pycture
wyt
/ ye my picture ladye
that ye spake of / who sent it but I
science
/ yf that be youre pycture / then shall we
soone se how you & your pycture agree
lo here the pycture that I named is this
Wyt
/ ye mary myne owne lykenes this is
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to knowe me whych this so playne showthe
science
/ why you are nothyng lyke in myne eie
wyt
no how say ye
experience
/ as she sayth so say I
Wyt
/ By the mas than are ye both starke blynde
what dyference betwene this & this cā ye fynd
Experience
/ marye this is fayer plesant & goodlye
& ye are fowle dysplesant & [good] vglye
wyt
/ mary avawnt thow fowle vgly whoore
science /
/ so lo now I perseve ye more & more
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Wyt/ what perseve you me as ye wold make me
a naturall foole
science
/ nay ye mys take me
I take ye for no foole naturall
but I take ye thus / shall I tell all
Wyt
/ ye marye tell me youre mynd I pray ye
wher to I shall trust / no more delay ye
science
/ I take ye for no naturall foole
browght vp a mong the innocentes scoole
but for a nawgty vycious foole
browght vp [among t]
wyth Idellnes in her scoole
of all arrogant fooles thow art one
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ye goges bodye
experience
/ cū let vs be gone
wyt
/ my swerd is yt gone / a vengeance on them
be they gone to & ther hedes vpon them
[out] but prowde quenes the dyvyll go wyth you both
not one poynt of curtesye in them gothe
a man is well at ease [for] ⌈by⌉ sute to payne him
for such a drab that so doth dysdayne hym
so mokte so lowted so made a sot
never was I erst synce I was begot
am I so fowle as those drabes wold make me
where is my glas that reson dyd take me
now shall this glas of reson soone trye me
as fayre as those drabes that so doth belye me
hah / goges sowle / what have we here a dyvyll
this glas I se well hath bene kept evyll
goges sowle a foole / a foole by the mas
what a very vengeance aylth this glas
other this glas is shamefully spotted
or els am I to shamefully blotted
nay by goges armes I am so no dowte
how looke ther facis heere rownd abowte
all fayre & cleere they evry chone
& I by the mas a foole alone
deckt by goges bones lyke a very asse
Ingnorance cote hoode eares / ye by the masse
kokscome & all / I lak but a bable
& as for this face / is abhominable
as black as the devyll / god for his passion
[how] where have I bene rayde affter this fassyon
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this same is her wurke the devill in hell rake her
the whoore hath shamd me for ever I trow
I trow / nay verely I knowe
now it is so the stark foole I playe
before all people now se it I maye
evrye man I se lawhe me to scorne
alas / alas / that ever I was borne
yt was not for nowght now well I se
that those too ladyes dysdayned me
alas ladye science of all oother
how have I rayld on her & her moother
alas that lady I have now lost
whome all the world lovth & honoryth most
alas [lad] from reson had I not varyd
ladye science or this [the] I had maryd
& those fower gyftes which the world gave her
I had woon to had I kept her favor
wher now in stede of that lady bryght
[a]wyth all those gallantes seene in my syght
favor / ryches / ⌈ye⌉ worshyp / & fame
I have woone hatred beggry & open [shame]
shame cūth in / shame wt a whyppe
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Wyt/ Out vpon the shame / what doost thowe heere
Reson
/ mary I reason bad hym heere appeere
vpon him shame wyth stryppes Inow smitten
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fyrst he hath broken his promyse formerly
made to me reson my dowghter to marye
nexte he hath broken his promyse promisyd
to obay instruccion & him dyspised
thurdlye my dowghter science to reprove
vpon Idlenes / he hath set his love
forthlye he hath folowed Idellnes scoole
tyll she hath made him a verye stark foole
lastlye offendyng both god & man
sweryng grete othes as any man can
he hath abused himselfe to the grete shame
of all his kynred & los of his good name
wherfore spare him not shame / bete him well there
he hath deservyd more then he can beare
wyt
knelith downe
/ oh father reson be good vnto me [alas]
alas thes strypes of shame [wold] ⌈will⌉ vndo mee
Reson /
/ be still a while shame / wyt what sayst thow
wyt
/ oh syr forgeve me I beseech you
Reson
/ yf I forgeve the thy ponyshment
wylt thow than folow thy fyrst entent
and promyse made my dowghter to marye
Wyt
/ Oh syr I am not woorthy to carye
the dust out where your dowghter shoold syt
Reson
I wot well that but yf I admyt
the vnwoorthy agayne to her wooer
wylt thow then folow thy sewte vnto her
Wyt
/ ye syr I promyse you while lyfe enduryth
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Cū neere masters heere is wone ensuryth
here cūth instruciō studye & diligens in
/ In woordes to becū an honest man
take him instruccion do what ye can
Insturucion
/ What to the purpose he went before
Reson
ye to my dowghter prove him once more
take him & trym hym in new aparell
& geve that to shame there to his farewell
Instruccion
/ Cū on your way wyt be of good cheere
/ after stormy clowdes cūth wether clere
Instruciō / study wyt & dyligens go out /
Reson
/ Who lyst to marke now this chance heere doon
may se what wyt is wythout reson
what was this wyt better then an asse
being from reson strayde as he was
but let pas now / synce he is well poonyshyd
And therby I trust meetely well monyshyd
ye and I lyke him never the wurs I
thowgh shame hath handled hym shamefullye
for lyke as yf wyt had prowdly bent hym
to resyst shame / to make shame absent hym
I wold have thowght than / that wyt had bene
as the sayeng is / & daylye seene
past shame once / & past all amendment
so contrarye syns he dyd relent
to shame when shame / ponysht him evyn yll
I have I say good hope in him styll
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my dowgter welbestowd on this man
[*y] but all the dowte now is to thynke how
my dowghter takth this for I may tell you
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I thynk she knew this wyt evyn as weele
as she seemd heere to know him no deele
for lak of knoledge in science ⌈there⌉ is none
wherfore she knew him & thervpon
his mysbehaver perchance evyn strykyng
her hart agaynst him she now myslykyng
as women oft tymes / wylbe hard hartyd
wylbe the stranger to be revertyd
this must I helpe reson must now walke
on wytes part wyth my science to talke
a neere way to her know I / wherebye
my soonnes cūmyng prevent now must I
perchance I may bryng my dowghter hyther
yf so I dowght not to ioyne them to gether
exceat reson
Confydence
cūth in
/ I thanke god yet at last I have fownd hym
I was afrayde sū myschance had drownd him
my master wyt wyth whome I have spoken
ye and deliverd token / for token
& have an oother to science agayne
a hart of gold syngnifyeng playne
that science hath wun wytes hart for ever
whereby I trust by my good endever
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a maryage betwene them ye shall see shortlye
confidens exceat
Instruccion
cūth / in wyth / wyt / study / & dylygence
Lo syr now ye be entryd agayne
toward that passage where dooth remayne
tedyousnes your mortall enmy
now may ye choose whether ye wyll trye
your handes agayne on that tyrant stowte
or els walkyng alytell abowte
Wyt
/ nay for godes pashion syr let me meete him
ye se I am able now [for] to greete him
this sword of cūfort sent fro my love
vpon her enmy needes must I proove
Instruccion
/ then foorth there / & turne on your ryght hand
vp that mownt before ye shall see stand
but heere ye / yf your enmye chance to ryse
folowe my cowncell in anye wyse
let studye & dyligence flee ther towche
the stroke of tediousnes & then cowche
them selves as I told ye / ye wot how /
Wyt
/ ye syr for that how marke the proofe now
Instruccion
/ to mark it in deede / heere wyll I abyde
to see what chance of them wyll betyde
for heere cūth the pyth lo of this iornaye
that mowntayne before which they must assaye
in cald in laten mons pernassus
which mowntayne as old auctors dyscus
who attaynth ones / to sleepe on that mownt
ladye science / his owne he may cownt
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a fyght wt no les polycye wrowght
then strenghth / I trow If that may be praysed
tediousnes
/ oh / ho / ho
Instruccion
/ hark
tediousnes
/ out ye kaytyvss
Instrucion
/ the feend is raysyd
tediousnes
/ out ye vilaynes / be ye cū agayne
have at ye wretches
Wyt
fle syrs ye twayne
tediousnes
thei fle not far hens
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dyligens/ turne agayne studye
studye
/ now dylygence
Instrucciō
/ well sayde holde fast now
studye
/ he fleeth
dyligence
/ then folowe
Instruccion
wyth his owne weapon now wurke him sorow
wyt lyth at reseyte
tediousnes
dyeth
/ oh / ho / ho /
Instrucion
hark he dyeth
where strength lackth policye ssupplieth
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wyt
/ I can ye thanke syrs this was well doone
studye
/ nay yours is the deede
dyligence
/ to you is the thank
Instruccion
/ I can ye thank all this was well doone
wyt
/ how say ye man is this feelde well woonne
conffydence
cūth rūning in /
/ ye by my fayth so sayth your deere hart
wyt
/ why where is she that here now thow art
confidens
/ vpon yonder mowntayne on hye
she saw ye strike that hed from the bodye
wherby ye have woonne her bodye & all
in token whereof reseve heere ye shall
a gowne of knoledge wherin you must
reseve her here strayght
wyt
/ but sayst thow Iust
so iust I say that except ye hye ye
or ye be redye she wylbe by ye
wyt
/ holde present vnto her this hed heere
& gyve me warning / when she cūth nere
Instruccion wyll ye helpe to devyse
to trim this geere now in the best wyse
Instruccion
/ Geve me that gowne & cū wyth me all
dyligence
/ oh how this gere / to the purpose dooth fall
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/ cūth rūning in
how master / master / where be ye now
wyt
/ here confydence what tidynges bryngst thow
confydens
/ my ladye at hand heere dooth abyde ye
byd her wellcū / what do ye hide ye
here wyt / Instruccion / studye / & digigence syng wellcū my nowne / & syence / experience / [&] reson / & confidence cū in at / As & answer evre second verse & when the song is doone / reson sendyth instruccion / studye & dyligence / [&] cōfidens out / & then standyng in the myddell of the place / wyt sayth as folowyth
Wyt
/ Wellcū myne owne wyth all my hole ⌈harte⌉
whych shalbe your owne / till deth vs depart
I trust ladye / this knot evyn syns knyt
science
/ I trust [ladye this knot evyn syns] ⌈the same / for syns ye have⌉ smitt
downe my grete enmye tedyousnes
ye have woon me for ever dowghtles
all thowgh ye have woon a clogg wyth all
wyt
/ A clogg sweete hart / what
science
/ such as doth fall
to all men that ioyne them selves in [cariage] ⌈mariage⌉
in kepyng ther wyves a carefull cariage
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/ Carefull / nay / ladye that care shall imploye
no clogg / but a key of my most Ioye
to kepe you swete hart / as shall be fyt
shalbe no care but most ioy to wyt
science
/ well yet I say / mark well what I saye
my presence brynghth you aclogg no naye
not in the kepynge of me onelye
but in the vse of science cheeflye
for I science am in this degree
as all or most part of woomen bee
yf ye vse me well in a good sorte
then shall I be youre Ioy & comfort
but yf ye vse me [w] not well then dowt me
for sure ye were better then wyth out me
wyt
/ why ladye thinke you me such a wyt
as being avansyd by you & yet
wold mysvse ye / nay yf ye dowt that
heere is wone lovth [ye] thee more then sūwhat
yf wyt myvse ye at any season
correct me then your owne father reson
Reson
/ Lo dowghter can ye desyre any more
what neede thes dowtes avoyde them therfore
experience
/ Byrlakyn syr but vnder your favor
this dowgt our dowghter doth well to gather
for a good warnyng now at begynnynge
what wyt in the end shall looke for in wynning
whych shalbe this syr yf science here /
whych is godes gyft wyll be vsyd meere
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of you & your neybowre / whych / goth /
in her of kynd to do good to all
this seene to experience I shall
set you forth wyt by her to imploye
doble encrece to your doble Ioye
but yf you[r y]vse her contrary wyse
to her good nature & so devyse
to evyll effectes to wrest & to wry her
ye & cast her of & set nowght by her
be sure I experience shall than
declare you so before god & man
that thys talent from you shalbe taken
& you ponysht for your gayne forsaken
Wyt
/ once warnd half armd folk say namely whan
experience shall warne a man than
tyme to take heede / mother experience
towchyng youre dowghter my deere hart ⌈siens⌉
as I am sertayne that to abuse her
I brede myne owne sorow / & well to vse her
I encrece my Ioy / & so to make yt
godes grace is redye yf I wyll take yt
then but ye cownt me no wyt at all
let never thes dowtes into your hed fall
but as your selfe experience cleryng
all dowtes at lenght so tyll tyme aperyng
trust ye wyth me in god / & swete hart
whyle your father reson takth wyth parte
to reseve godes grace as god shall send it
dowte ye not our Ioy / tyll lyves end / [end] yt
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/ well than / for the end of all dowtes past
& to that end whiche ye spake of last
among our weddyng matters heere rendryng
thend of our lyves wold be in remembryng
which remembrance wyt shall sure / defend / ye
from the mysvse of science / & send you
the gayne my mother to mynd did call
Ioy wyth out end that wysh I to all
Reson
/ well sayd & as ye dowghter wyshe it
that ioy to all folke in generall
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so wysh I reson the same but yet
fyrst in this lyfe wysh I here to fall
to our most noble kyng & quene in especiall
to ther honorable cowncell / & then to all the rest
such Ioy as long may reioyse them all best
All
say /
Amen
Heere cūth in fowre wyth violes & syng remembrea[man]⌈nce⌉ / & at the last quere all make cursye & so goe forth syngyng
Thus endyth the play of wyt & science
made by master Ihon redford /
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