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Terens in englysh

Terens in englysh.

The poet.

the furst Act.

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the furst Act.

The furst scene

Simo
the old man/Socia his seruant.
Haue in thys gere now/sirs get ye hens
Socia cō hether/for speke wyll I wyth the

So.
Syr kepe your tale/for I know your pretence
Is me to se these thingis well ordryd to be

Si.
No it is a nother thing for a suerte

So.
why what other thing in the world now is
wherin my craft may stede you more than this

Si.
This craft of thyn ys now to me nedeles
for my purpose/but other thyngys whych I
haue euer known in the as trewth & secretnes

So.
Than to know your wyll I desyre gretly

Si.

After I had bought the in thyne infancy
for thy seruice shuld be good & iust to me
Thow knowyst that of a bōdmā I made the free

I gaue the there the best Iowell I had
Because thou diddist me diligent seruice

So.
I wot well/

Si/
I repent not.

So.

& I am glad
yf I haue dō or do in any wyse
That that may you symo please & suffice
And that it hath lykyd your godnes
So to accept it I thank your gentilnes

But this thyng yet take I somewhat in grefe
For this thing which that ye to me do say
Is as yt were a maner of reprefe
As owt of my mynd I had cast away
The good tornys done to me before this day

But now syr shortly I requyre you that ye
wold tell me at onys what ye wold wyth me

Si.
That shall I do but furst hark me lo
The weddinges shall not be that thow lokist after

So.
why feyn ye them thā.

Si.

that thou shalt know
From the begynnyng all the hole matter
And my sonnys lyfe in thys thow shalte here
And my counsell shalt thow know also
And what I wolde haue the in this thing to do

For doutles Socia after that tyme whan
My son had ouer passid his infancy
He was more able to rule hym self than
For as thou wottyst wel before that surely
How cowd a man know his mynd fully
whyle that his age & the drede also
Of his maister were impedimentis therto

So.
Treuth.

Si.

thē for the most ∥t all yong men be wont.
Theyr myndes to set to some maner study
Some to norish horsis some houndes to hunt
And some to lernyng of phylozophy
But non of all these he studyed only
Aboue all other nor gaf his mynd & hart
But of euerychone he lernyd a parte

Then was I glad.

So.
so myght ye well be
For yt is a thing most proffitable
For a mannys lyfe in no wyse that he
Study thing to moch but euer mesurable

Si.

Then soch was his lyf & custome cōmendable
All other men gladly for to p̄fer
And to obey in all goodly maner

wyth whō that he was he did hym self ordayne
To folow theyr myndes as moch as he myght
And neuer was he ony man agayne
Nor hym self p̄farrid before an other wight
So that by soch mean ye know a man might
Get hym lawd withowt any enuy
And frendes also.

So.

syr he dyd wysely

For now adays we se it playne at eye
That trewth gettith hatred and dilygens
Gettith frendis this is sene playnly

Si.
well in the mene tyme abowt .iii. yere hens
A woman of androw cā hydyr from thens
For lak of frendis constreynid here to be
Hole & yong & of excellent bewte

So.
Alas for now I do gretly fere
Lest that some mychefe this androw do bryng

Si.

Furst she lyuyd in good honest maner
Skarcely and hardly getting her lyuing
wyth her handis as spynnyng & carding
But after onis that there cam a louer
Furst one and after that an other

Promysyng money as is the condicion
Of all soch myndid on soch folyshnes
From labour euyn to plesure falling down
Redy and prone vnto voluptuousnes
So that she fell in to the same lewdnes
And in that thing incresid more & more
And toke grete rewardis of men therefore

Than they that did vnto this woman long
My son on a tyme wyth theym can take
To kepe company wyth theym among
Then to my self thought I and spake
He is in loue wyth that noughty pake
Than wachid I both day & night
wyth some of theyre seruaūtes to speke if I might

I callid one/childe I pray the qd I
who had Chrysis yesterday tell thow me
For that was her name of androw truly

So.
well.

Si.

Phedria Clinia or Nicerat quod he
For louers all atonis were these thre
what dyd pamphylus quod I Ithe pray
But suppyd and payd his shot that I cowd se

Then was I glad he nought ells cowd say

A nother day eke of this inquere dyd I
But nothing belōgyng to hym cowd I see
Than I thought hym prouyd soffycyētly
And that in hym was grete chastyte
Seing hym so famylyar to be
wyth theym that vsid soch maner of game
And his mynde not mouyd to the same

Then thow mayst know that able was he
Of his owne lyfe to haue the gouernaūs
It plesyd me also that it shold so be
All men seyd well of hym wythowt varyaunce
And all wyth one voyce praysid my chauns
That I had a sonne of soch condicōn
And eke indewid wyth soch disposycyon

To make short tale Chremes of his own swīg
Striken wyth this fame cam vnto me
His doughter to my sonne than profferyng
And to gyue wyth her a grete dowere
It plesyd me well that yt shold so be
The weddingys appoyntid as this day were

So.
why be they not done thē.

Si.

that shalt thou here

This Chrisis our neybour fortunyd to dye
In the meane tyme that these thingys were

So.
O that happid well for euer more I
As in my mynde this Chrysis dyd fere

Si.

And my sonne wyth theym that folowid the bere
That louid her & to make short tale I also
Bycawse of my sonne with theym did go

My sonne than lokid very heuyly
And from his eye let fall many a tere
yet was I then glad for this thought I
For the lyttyll aquoyntaunce that he hath here
yt greuith hym as though her louer he were
How cowd he for me haue shewyd more kyndnes
yet I thought all that came of gentylnes

yet thoght I nō ill.

so.
what ist.

si.
thou shalt kno
The corps went forth we folowid the bere
Among the wymyn that there did go
I happid to aspy a yong woman ther

So.
peraduenture good.

Si.

& that ryght proper
In countenaunce & fauorid so well
That no wyght myght her bewty excell

whose sorow excedid all that there were
And for that she was semlyest of theym ychone
I askyd of theym that folowid the bere
who she was/Chrysis syster than sayd one
It stroke than to my hart for I thought anon
ffor this is his pyte and also his kyndnes
ffor this is his wepyng for this is hys heuynes

So.
O that I fere what end thy tale will haue

Si.

In the meane whyle the corps forthe did pas
we folowid/when we cam to the graue
In to the fyre than put she was
Thys forseyd syster being in the place
ffolyshly and lyke a mad woman
All perelowsly in to the fyre ran

Then pamphylus in mynd all dismayd
his hid before loue owt shewid he tho
He ran and toke her by the myddill & sayd
My Glycery qd he what wilt thow do
Thy self for to sle why doste thow go
Then she as the wont loue one may well espye
Tornyd to hym weping famylyarly.

So.
what sayst.

Si.
angry from thēs wēt I my way
Nor yet this was not so god me mend
Cause to chyde hym for this myght he say
why father what dyd I offend
I did but saue one that wold her self haue brend
This shold haue bene his skuce at the lest
And it ne had bene but good & honest

So.
ye say well for if you shold hym chyde

That helpith a woman in soch distres
what more ponyshment ought they to abyde
That doth theym hurt.

Si.

than cam Chremes
Crieng to me & sayd he saw dowtles
That pamphylus had chosyn for suerte
This straunger this woman his wyfe to be

I sayd nay and he ye presysely
In conclusion he yed his way me fro
As he that to gyue his doughter did deny

So.
Didist not chyde thy son than.

Si.
forsoth no
There was no cawse why I shold do so.

So.
No was? shew why.

Si.

for this might he haue sayd
ye haue an ende to all these thinges purueid

For the tyme is comyng that chaūgid must be
This maner of lyuīg and after an other wyse
Must I shortly lyue in mene whyle soffer me
For to lyue I pray you after myne old gyse

So.
For what cause ought he now be chid

Si.

yf he for loue no wyfe will mary
That wrong in hym must furst be ponishid
And this thyng to know inquere now do I
By fayned weddinges which yf he deny
To chyde hym tham iust cawse may I haue
Also Dauus that vngracious knaue

yf he haue any cownsell that he may spend
Though his disseytes can do vs no dere
whom I thynk full bysyly will tend
wyth handis fete and all his other gere
All thing to do that lyeth in his power
So that he may hurt me therby
And folow my sonnys mynd.

So.
what the dyuell why

Si.

A shrewd mīd an yllwill whō if I kno
But of these wordis now what is it nede
Let it pas. but that that I wyll to Pamphylo
Haue done suffer me that matter to spede
But one thing restyth now in very dede

which is that Chremes I must now intrete
And I trust his good will to obtayn & get

Now is thy dewty wysely for to fayne
These mariagis and to fere alway
This knaue dauus & eke also agayn
My son for to wach both night & day
what he doth & what counsell he takith ay

So.
Sir I shall take hede let vs go in now

Si.
Mary go before and I will folow.

The .ii. scene

Here. Simo. & Dauus speke ich of them to him self a while.
Simo.
Dauus. his seruant.
My sonne no wyfe will haue playnly I se
For I saw well Dauus waxid aferd ther
when that he hard the mariagis shold be
But forth now he cōmith.

Da.
I meruell of this gere
yf it thus pas/& my masters softnes I fere
For when he hard that his sonne shold not mary
To non of vs he spake nor toke it heuyly

Si.
But now he will and yet as I trow
Not with out thy grete hurt.

Da.
this thought he
That we neclygently shold be opressid so
Exempt from fere vnto wanhope brought to be
Nothing to for cast nor no space haue shold we
The mariagis that he hath wrought so sone
In any wyse to disturb O craftely done

Si.
what sayth the horeson knaue what seyth he

Da.
My mayster is here and I was not ware

Si.
Dauus.

Da.
who ist that wold haue me

Si.
Com hyther syr come hyther nar

Da.
what will ye.

Si.
what sayst.

Da.
what is the mater

Si.
That my sonne louith a rumour ther is

Da.
The people care much for that syr Iwis.

Si.
Takist hede to this.

da.
I here you well ywis

Si.

But now for me these thingys owt to try
It were a wykid fathers dede for before this
what he hath done is nothing to me truly
whyle tyme therto wold soffer hym than I
To fulfill his mynd lyberte hym gaue
But this tyme other lyfe and maners wyll haue

Now dauus I requyre and pray the thys
yf it be couenyent that he may come into
The right way.

Da.
I maruell what this is

Si
All that be louers take it greuously lo
Maried to be.

Da.
many men say so

Si.
Then an iuyll cownsellour to that thing
the loue seek mynde to the wors part oft will brīg

Da.
I vnderstond you not.

S.
no?

D.
I am dauus
Thy seruant and not Edippus truly

Si.
why wilt thow than becawse thow sayst thus
That the rest of my tale I speke plainly

Da.
ye in good fayth.

Si.

yf any disceyt I espy
The to do wherby the mariagis let may be
Or that in this thow woldist shew thy sottelte

Hedling in to the bakhous I will te send
with soch strokis that thow shalt almost be slayn
And so suerly bound that if thow thens wend
I to grynde for the my self will take the payne
Vnderstandist thow me now.

Da.
ye for certayn
ffor ye so opynly haue spoken the thyng
ye haue vsid no superfluouse seyeng

Si
In any other thing rather can I
Suffer to be mokkid than in these mariagis

Da.
Good syr I pray you yet speke gentilly

Si
mokkist? thow shalt not disceyue me yet by Iys
But take hede I warn the for I tell the this
That thow shalt not say yf thow do folysly
But thow haste be warnyd therof opinly

The .iii. scene

Here dauus spekyth all to hym self.
Dauus.
Alone.

To slog or slepe haste thow no tyme daue
Syth I perseyue the old manys mynd & wyll
Towchīg the weddīges which of they ne be
Craftely prouydid for in fayth they will
Me or Pamphylus vtterly spill
Nor I wot not wath is best to do
Pamphylus to help or lene the old man to

His lyfe do I fere if I him leue
yf I hym help the old mannis thretenyng
whom very hard it wilbe to disceyue
For now of this loue he hath an ynkelyng
In his angre euer he will me be waching
That no disceytis I shall to the weddingis do
yf he ony perseyue I am than vndo

yf it be but his plesure yet will he
By hoke or croke some cause fynd anon
That in to the bakhous put I shalbe
And among other mischeffis yet this is one
This woman of androw his wyfe or leman
whether she be is her tyme nere
Grete wyth chyld by pāphylus as she may gon
And it is a world there boldnes to here

For lyke mad men they begyn yet
And not lyke louers for promysid haue they
what so euer she haue to norish it.
And now among theym they feyn & say
That she shold be a Cytycin and this they ley
There was a marchaunt whose ship brake truly.
At the yle of androw and he ther did dy.

Then chrysis father toke vp glycery

Cast from the ship lytle and fatherles
But I think theym fables and nothing lykly
how beit the tale plesith theym well dowtles
But cōmyng forth yonder I se myses
But to the market to warn pāphylus now will I
Lest his father do opresse him sodaynly

The .iiii. scene

Here misis spekith to Archillis being wythin the hous.
Misis the mayd.

Archilles I haue hard sey that thou
Hast send for lesbia but so god help me
She is afole hardy queyne and a dronkyn sow
Nor sofficyent to whom comyttid shuld be
A woman of her furst child yet shall I bring her the.
Here may ye se the importunyte Iwis
Of our olde beldam because her gossip she is.

But god yet gyue her good dylyuerauns
And that lesbia in an other than in her
Rather do offend but what is the chauns
That I se pamphilus now com yonder
Amasid in mynde what is the matter
I fere what it is therfore to know truly
what this troble is here will I tary

The .v. scene

Here pamphylus & misis speke ich of them to them self awhile.
Pamphilus the yong man. Misis.
Is this a gentill dede or a good beginnyng
Is this trow ye a fathers dewte
what menith this.

P.
owt alas this thing
yf this be not a dispyte what may it than be

He hath ordenid this day a wyfe for me
That I shold haue knowen this had it not behouyd
And in communycacōn furst to be mouyd

My.
wo is me wrech what do I here

Pam.

what of Chremes whych denyde to me
As a wyfe to gyue his doughter
Than chaungid he that purpose bycause he
Saw me vnchaungeable euer to be
Doth Chremes his deuer so obstynatly
To make me lyke a wretch forsake glycery

which if it so be then I wot well
For euermore I am vndone vtterly
O is there anyman that can tell
where is ony so infortunat as I
Owt well away now I can not truly
By no maner menys that I can se
Of chremes to auoyd the affinite

By how many ways am I dyspysed
And set at nought for for certayne
All thingys topsytiruia be turned
Now put away & now calde agayn
wherfore? for nothing but as I think playn
They haue some monster of her & because she
Can be put to no body they offer her to me.

My.
I am almost mad for fere wyth thys seyng

Pam.

But of my fader now what shall I sey
So neclygently to do so gret a thing
He met me in the market & sayd go thy way
Home/for thou shalt be maryed thys day
I had as leue he had sayd vnto me
Go home & hang vp thy self on a tre.
I was amasyd than & think ye that I
Coud speke any word or at the lest lay
Any folysh excuse trew or faynyngly
No I was domb/but if I had hard say
Of this before & one had askyd to day

what I wold haue done in this case what
I wold haue done an other & not that.

But what shall I do so many chargys
Do let me which draw my mynd dyuersly
As loue pyte the fere of the mariagis
Then shame of my fader which so tenderly
Hath soffred me euer to lyue plesantly
Tyll this day/o shuld I now him be agayn
what shall I do now I am vncertayn

M.
what this will come to gretly I fere
But now he must speke wyth her somewhat
Or I somewhat to him must speke of her
while hys mynd such dout is at
Sone it is intysyd to his or to that

P.
who spekyth here mysys good euyn tothe now

My.
Good euyn pāphilus.

Pa.
but how doth she now.

My.
Ask ye she laboreth wyth chyld euyn now alas
And of this day she is agreuyd sore
For long ago the mariage was
As she hard say this same day ordeynyd for
But yet this lo she feryth furthermore
That ye will leue her this is all her drede

Pam.

Alas alas shuld I do such a dede.

Shuld I suffer her for me to be dysseyuyd
which hath put her hope & trust alonely
In me and whom I haue purposyd
My wife to be in my mynd firmely
which euer yet honestly & chastely
Hath be brought vp/shuld I for pouerte
Suffer it to be changed nay it shall neuer be

M.
yf it lay in the I fere yt not
But thow canst not resist thy fathers might

P.
O thinkist thow me so grete an Ideot
Or so vnmanly or so vnkinde a wight
Or so mad or of maner so light
That nother aquoyntaunce shame nor loue

To kepe my fayth shold me styr or moue

My.
She hath deseruid well I know well this
That ye shold remember her interely

Pam.

Shold I remember her O misis misis
Now chrysis wordis of that of glycery
Be writtin in my mynde for when she shold dy
She callid me I cam ye were away
we two were alone thus gan she say

My pāphilus now here mayst thow note & se
Her bewty & youth ād right well thow dost know
How vnproffitable both the thingis be
To chastyte and to the keping of her self also
Therfore I charge the by thy fayth and troth to
And bycause she is destytute I the pray
Neuer forsake her nor put her away

And sith I haue euer aboue all
Louyd the as a brother and she euer
Hath bene to the good & most speciall
In all poyntis I gyue the now to her
As a husband frend tutour & father
And all my goodys here I comytt to the
And to thy fayth now I recōmend me

She gaue her in my hand and by & by tho
Deth toke Chrysis and I toke glycery
which takīg I shall kepe.

M.
I trust ye will so

P.
But thow comyst from her now tell me why

My.
I go for the mydwyfe.

P.
mary than hy
But herist not one word beware thow tell
Nothing of the weddingys lest perhappis therby
Her sorow shold īcreace.

M.
I perceyue you well.