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A13762	The debate betweene Pride and Lowlines, pleaded to an issue in assise and hovve a iurie vvith great indifferencie being impannelled, and redy to haue geuen their verdict, were straungely intercepted, no lesse pleasant then profitable. F.T. Seene, and allowed.	F. T., fl. 1577.	1577 (1577)	STC 24061; ESTC S111431	38,993	110

this day Though with a number I thinke it be true No litle vnto vertues ruine and decay Where it is so the godly doon it rue For where thou sayest honor dooth norishe art True honour I suppose thou neuer knewe That iudgest it in arrogance of hart In silke and veluet and in outward shewe The very baightes and lures of Satanas Who for thy sake was throwen out of heauen For the Nabuchodonosor eat grasse And fed with Oxen well nigh yeeres seuen Which is the honor man hath for thy sake Hath béen and is and euermore shal be Who Idols of their carcasses dooe make Through foule presumption and vanitie For he that thorow learning séeketh port Ne maketh other purpose of the same His learning puffeth him in such a sort That oft in sted of honor he hath shame NOwe for the marchaunt and his marchaundise His credite in his mart and cheuisaunce Thou geuest him to séeme both riche and wyse Where through he bringeth many to mischance Of this me néedeth litle for to speake Sith I could know a peny from a grote I knewe not many forced for to breake If Pride ne made him or his wyfe a coate And where thou sayest that man or boy were loth In youth to trauell and to faren hard Yes sure God there are that haue done both And onely heauen hoped for reward As for this world and her fickle glory They haue estéemed it a thyng of nought And for their neighbour freend and territory Imployed haue their studie care and thought I could reherse the stories many a one Of Greekes and Romanes that are memorable Though wormes some eat their flesh so long ago●… Yet are their names accompted venerable But I nyl stay to recken them as nowe How some arosen vnto counselshyp And thereto weren called from the plow Whē they thought nothing lesse then mastership So that of woorship I dooe distinguishe Some seeken it and some of it are sought And those are such as nothing lesse doo wishe Some thinke with golde and siluer it is bought Which maketh offices beare such a price And that so gréedely they béen icaught Before thy time men were not halfe so wyse As sythen in thy schoole they haue béen taught To bye and sellen offices for gaine No question made of his woorthynesse That shall them haue but yf he may not paien How so he powle and pill for his redresse Then which of these thrée for there is but one Woorshyp in déede and of right venerable To vertue freend to vice a deadly sone I shall you tell as néere as I am able The one dooth begge an office to what end For there are two as it is euident Theffect wyll shewe whereto he dooth it bend His chaunge of cheere and eke his gouernment The other byeth payeth déere therefore His meaning may be good possible it is But by your leaue twise as vnlike and more And yet no rule so sure but it may misse The thirde is called vtterly vnwitting For whom spake neither siluer golde ne fréend Thrise happy countrey where suche are sitting Whom grace and vertue only doon commend For there are trueth and mercie met togeather And thither looketh ryghteousnesse from heauen All were they cloth or veluet choose them whether For pride ne shal their wits from them bereuen THat thou art cause of art and faculty Of handy craft which may not be forgon Pride found them not fyrst but necessity In déede thou hast corrupted them eche one And caused them to béen adulterate And chaunged cleane into another guise Deceipt a Iorneyman with eche estate Through whom they waxen riche séemen wyse Which whyle I was in fauour might not be The father was contented that his sonne Should leade a lyfe such as before did he And end in such estate as he begoon Vnto the which small thing is requisite I meane a godly minde to satisfie Whereas to vanitie and foule delite And Pride I dare affirme the contrary To wyt he wasteth much vnorderly And of his cost and charge so small purpose That of the good fewe faren bett thereby For it is spent on vertues vtter foes As dayly is to sée who lyst to looke The Vsurer and eke Thextorcioner Full sure they are his name is in their booke Vntill his house and land be come to their Then come deuises many a shamefull shift To begge to borowe and to deceiue their freend And many another lewde and preuie lyft Tyll lastly foule and shamefull is the end And where thou sayest thou art a punisher Of sinne it is full true I doo confesse As thou hast sayd and in such foorme order Which is to robbe to rauishe and oppresse And so farre from all collour to doo good And further I dare safely vndertake Then deuils to cast out through Beelzebub No truer glose of that text can I make Here are thy fruites by whiche as Christ doth say The trée is knowen for good or ill therefore Of all these presence iudgement I doo pray And that I may haue right I aske no more Nought séeke I for superioritie Ne thing of thyne ne of none other man To hold myne owne if I haue libertie Though it be small right well content I am WIth that I gan to speake vnto them both Is this theffect of all ye haue to say Ye here is all then answeared he of cloth The other held his peace sayd not nay Your matters are iregestred quoth I Euery plea and euery argument Here is a paper witnesse wyll not lye Nowe hearken if it pleas you myne intent Ye are nowe come to master issuable On eyther side as dooth appeare at large And many poyntes therein are inquirable Whereof the Iurie taken shall thee charge As I shall reade it to them orderly Wherfore vnto your chalenges be sure Ye take good heede that blamelesse I may be Which must recorden here your procedure They answered me both they were content With that mee thought I heard a company That downe the hill vnto vswardhem bent And comming neere they dyd vs curtesy The formost weren thrée that went togeather And eke in clokes they weren homely clad Both plaine and light accordyng to the weather And in their gesture sober wyse and sad And Seruing men there wayted them vpon Comely arayed and in number eleuen Fiue of the whiche were seruantes all to one A knight as after I dyd apperceyuen And namely for they ware for cognisaunce A Pecock as mée thought without a tayle Not newe ne yesterdayes remembraunce What ware the rest my memory dooth faile I could haue told ye euen at that tyme For foure of them to one dyd apparteyne Asquire of an auncient race and lyne And to thirde a gentleman but twayne So when I sawe them doon vs curtesy And bidden vs with gentle woordes god spéede I answeard them agayne accordingly And forward in this cause I dyd procéede And tolde them what was fallen in debate At wixt these paires of

fist And to your debters done oppression Your barts to meeke and humble ye resist Yet shame ye not to make profession Of sacrifice and of religion With solempne outward ceremony Hypocrisie and meere derision Where in the hart is not humility Shortly the humble lowe and contrite hart Sayth Dauid is to God most acceptable That wyll I offer sayth be for my part And Bullockes of my lippes lay on thy table Wherein almighty God vs graunt that we By his example and a number mo Enforsen vs such as he was to be Encreas and blesse all them that wyshen so That eche man seeking others not his owne In pacience and longanimitie Of lyfe may make his callyng to be knowen And wynne the weake to praysen God thereby Through stedfastnesse and trueth in woord déede Abhorring filthy gayne and all excesse Supportyng eche another in his néede Accompting godly liuing great richesse Shortly subduing lust and lewde desyre Of sport or speeche and fleshes foule delite May so put out of wickednesse the fyre And growe in fruites and graces of the spirite And thus much of this vertue haue I said Of duetie bound and eke most willingly The rather for pride hath her sore affraid And bosteth he will putten out her eye ▪ Which God of his pure grace sheild and defend And blesse his people and inheritance To him be laud and praise world without end And of all creatures obeyssance The Booke to the Reader ●F gentle Reader thou haue found in me Thing which thy stomake hardly can disgest Here is discribed an Epythyme ●arme it and lappe it close vnto thy brest 〈◊〉 was compounded with great diligence Of Symples by an Apothecary ●●…th trustie and skilfull in that Science And from these iiii verses doth not vary The Epythyme ●ho purposeth to liuen vertuouse In fauour of our God let him take kéepe ●hat pride none office beare within his house For where he doth vertue is layde to sleepe A Prayer to almightie God. LOrd God through whose eternall ordinance Decréed is and set downe by statute That human life shall stand of sustenance And must for want thereof be resolute Into the matter whereout he was take Which was the earth and therfore hast him giue In token of thy loue and for his sake All necessary things wheron to liue Both for his pleasure and necessitie To number them and make diuision The first I may not for infinitie But to the last belongen thrée and one Which are apparel meat and drinke and sléepe Whereof the last thrée ben so necessary That who so lacketh them no life may kéepe The fourth to hide our shame thou will we cary These for our life we holden suffisaunt For these we make shift and prouision Forgetfull of the fourth and ignoraunt Which yet is chiefe of all and liefe allone Thy word O Lord by whom all these are led And through thée which they yelden norishment For else man liueth not onely by bred By meat or drinke or other accident Nor yet by sléepe to nature so friendable Though of all these we taken what we will Yea rather for wée béen vnmeasurable And vse them not for néede but to fulfill A foule delite and priden vs therein They been our snares and hasten our decay Thy iust reward O Lord allas for sinne When we by them are led forth of thy way Graunt vs therfore O Lord that we so vse Thy Creatures as may stand with thy will That for their sakes we do not thee refuse Nor turne thy giftes and goodnes to our ill But that aboue all other things we thirst Thy kingdome and of it the righteousnes Which thou hast bidden vs to séeken first So shall the rest not hurt vs through excesse In this life nor yet in the life to come Which graunt vs Lord for Iesus Christes sake And when in earth our part is playd and done Our soules and bodies to thy mercy take FINIS