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The Prologue.
The messenger.
The
prudent Prince Salomon, doth say,
He that spareth the rod, the chyld doth hate
He wold youth shuld be kept in awe alwaye
By correction in tyme at reasonable rate,
He that spareth the rod, the chyld doth hate
He wold youth shuld be kept in awe alwaye
By correction in tyme at reasonable rate,
To be taught to fear god, and theyr parents obey
To get learning and qualities, thereby to maintain
An honest quiet lyfe, correspondent alway,
To gods law and the kynges, for it is certayne.
To get learning and qualities, thereby to maintain
An honest quiet lyfe, correspondent alway,
To gods law and the kynges, for it is certayne.
If chyldren be noseled in idlenes and yll,
And brought vp therin, it is hard to restrayne,
And draw them from naturall wont euyll,
As here in thys Interlude, ye shall se playne.
And brought vp therin, it is hard to restrayne,
And draw them from naturall wont euyll,
As here in thys Interlude, ye shall se playne.
By two chyldren brought vp wantonly in play,
Whom ye mother doth excuse, whē she should chastise
They delyte in daliaunce and mischief alway,
At last they ende theyr lyues in miserable wyse.
Whom ye mother doth excuse, whē she should chastise
They delyte in daliaunce and mischief alway,
At last they ende theyr lyues in miserable wyse.
The mother perswaded by worldly shame,
That she was the cause of theyr wretched lyfe,
So pensife, so sorowfull, for theyr death, she became,
That in despaire she would slea her self with a knife
That she was the cause of theyr wretched lyfe,
So pensife, so sorowfull, for theyr death, she became,
That in despaire she would slea her self with a knife
Then her sonne Barnabas, (by interpretacyon,
The sonne of comfort,) her yll purpose do stay,
By the scriptures he geueth her godly consolation
And so concludeth, all these partes wyll we playe.
The sonne of comfort,) her yll purpose do stay,
By the scriptures he geueth her godly consolation
And so concludeth, all these partes wyll we playe.
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