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A04206	A nevve mery and vvittie comedie or enterlude, newely imprinted, treating vpon the historie of Iacob and Esau taken out of the xxvij. chap. of the first booke of Moses entituled Genesis. The partes and names of the players who are to be consydered to be Hebrews and so should be apparailed with attire. 1 The Prologe, a poete. 2 Isaac, an olde man, father to Iacob [and] Esau ... 11 Abra, a little wench, serua[n]t to Rebecca.; Jacob and Esau.		1568 (1568)	STC 14327; ESTC S109093	36,245	58

woulde if I were sure in your heart to fynde grace Else syr I woulde be lothe Isaac To speake do not refraine And if it be reasonable ye shall obtaine Otherwise ye must pardon me gentle swéete wife Rebecca Sir ye knowe your sonne Esau and sée his life Howe looce it is and howe stiffe he is and stubborne Howe retchelesly he doth him selfe misgouerne He geueth himselfe to hunting out of reason And serueth the Lorde and vs at no time or season These conditions can not be acceptable In the syght of God nor to men allowable Nowe his brother Iacob your yonger sonne and mine Dothe more applie his heart to séeke the wayes diuine He liueth here quietly at home in the Tent There is no man nor childe but is with him content Isaac Oh wife I perceiue ye speake of affection To Iacob ye beare loue and to his brother none Rebecca I déede syr I can not loue Esau so well As I doe Iacob the plaine truth to you to tell For I haue no comforte of Esau God wot I scarse know where I haue a sonne of hym or not He goeth abroade so early before day light And returneth home againe so late in the night And vneth I sette eye on hym in the whole weeke No sometime not in twaine though I doe for hym séeke And all the neighbours sée him as seldome as I But when they would take rest they heare hym blow cry Some sée him so seldome they aske if he be sicke Somtimes some demaunde whether he be dead or quicke But to make short tale such his conditions be That I wishe of God he had nere bene borne of me Isaac Well wyfe I loue Esau and must for causes twaine Rebecca Surely your loue is bestowed on him in vayne Isaac Fyrst actiue he is as any yong man can be And many a good morsell he bringeth home to me Then he is myne eldest and first begotten sonne Rebecca If God were so pleased I woulde that were fordonne Isaac And the eldest sonne is called the fathers might Rebecca If yours rest in Esau God giue vs good night Isaac A prerogatiue he hath in euery thing Rebecca More pitie he shoulde haue it without deseruing Isaac Of all the goodes his porcion is greater Rebecca That the worthy should haue it I thinke much better Isaac Emong his bretherne he hath the preeminence Rebecca Where Esau is chiefe there is a gay presence Isaac Ouer his bretherne he is soueraigne and lorde Rebecca Such dignitie in Esau doth yll accorde Isaac He is the head of the fathers succession Rebecca I woulde Esau had loste that possession Isaac And he hath the chiefe title of inheritaunce Rebecca Wisedome woulde in Esau chaunge that ordinaunce Isaac To the eldest sonne is due the fathers blessing Rebecca That should be Iacobs if I might haue my wishing Isaac And the chiefe endowement of the fathers substance Rebecca Which will thriue well in Esau his gouernance Isaac By title of Eldership he hath his birthright Rebecca And that would I remoue to Iacob if I might Isaac He must haue double porcion to an other Rebecca That were more fitte for Iacob hys yonger brother Isaac In all maner of things diuided by a rate Rebecca Well gyuen goodes to him that the Lorde doth hate Isaac Why say ye so of Esau mine eldest sonne Rebecca I say true if he procéede as he hath begonne Isaac Is he not your sonne too as well as he is myne Wherfore do ye then against him thus sore repine Rebecca Bicause that in my spirite verily I know God will set vp Iacob and Esau downe throwe I haue shewed you many a tyme ere this day What the Lorde of them beyng in my wombe dyd say I vse not for to lye And I beleue certaine That the Lorde spake not these wordes to me in vaine And Iacob it is I know in whome the Lorde will His promises to you made and to your seede fulfyll Isaac I doubt not his promise made to me and my seede Leauing to his conueyaunce howe it shall procéede The Lorde after his way chaunge th inheritance But I may not wetingly breake our ordinance Rebecca Nowe woulde God I coulde persuade my lorde Isaac Iacob to preferre and Esau to put backe Isaac I may not do it wife I pray you be content The title of birthright that commeth by descent Or the place of eldershyp comming by due course I may not chaunge nor shift for better nor for wourse Natures lawe it is the eldest sonne to knowlage And in no wise to barre hym of his heritage And ye shall of Esau one day haue comforte Rebecca Set a good long day then or else we shal come short Isaac I warrant you he will doe well inough at length Rebecca You must nedes cōmend him being your might strēgth Isaac Well nowe go we hence little Mido where art thou Mido. I haue stoode here all thys while listning howe you And my Dame Rebecca haue bene laying the lawe But she hath as quicke answeres as euer I sawe Ye coulde not speake any thing vnto hir so thicke But she had hir answere as ready and as quicke Isaac Yea womens answeres are but fewe times to séeke Mido. But I did not sée Esau neither all this same wéeke Nor I do loue your sonne Esau so well As I do loue your sonne Iacob by a great deale Isaac No doest thou Mido and tell me the cause why Mido. Why for I doe not And none other cause knowe I But euery body as well one as other Doe wish that Iacob had bene the elder brother Isaac Well come on let vs goe Mido. And who shall leade you I Rebecca No it is my office as long as I am by And I woulde all wiues as the worlde this day is Woulde vnto their husbandes likewise do their office Mido. Why dame Rebecca then al wedded men shold be blind Rebecca What thou foolish ladde no such thing was in my minde Actus secundi scaena prima Ragau the Seruant of Esau Ragau. I Haue hearde it ofte but nowe I féele a wonder In what grieuous paine they die that die for hunger Oh my gréedie stomacke howe it doth bite and gnawe If I were at a racke I could eate hey or strawe Mine emptie gutts doe frette my mawe doth euen teare Woulde God I had a piece of some horsebread here Yet is maister Esau in worse case than I If he haue not some meate the sooner he will die He hath sonke for faintnesse twice or thrice by the way And not one siely bitte we got since yesterday All that euer he hath he woulde haue giuen to day To haue had but thrée morsels his hunger to allay Or in the fielde to haue mette with some hoggs I coulde scarsely kepe him from eating of these doggs He hath sent me afore some meate for to prouide And commeth créeping after scarse able to stride But if I knowe where to get of any man For to ease

quinti scaena nona Isaac Mido. Rebecca Iacob Isaac WHere be ye good wyfe Mido. My dame Rebecca is here Rebecca I am glad swéete husband that I sée you appere Isaac For I haue a worde or two vnto you to say Whatsoeuer it be tell it me I you pray Rebecca Sir ye know that now our life daies are but short And we had neuer so great néede of comfort Now Esau his wiues being Hethites both Ye know to please vs are much vnwilling and loth That if Iacob eke would take any Hethite to wife Small ioy should we both haue or comforte of our life Isaac Wife ye speake this well and I will prouide therfore Call Iacob quickly that he appeare me before Mido. I can runne apace for him if ye bidde me go Rebecca Go hye thee at once then like a good sonne Mido Isaac O Lorde saue thou my sonne from miscarying Mido. Come maister Iacob ye must make no tarying For I it is that shall be shent if you be slacke Here is your sonne Iacob now maister Isaac Isaac Sonne Iacob make thée ready as fast thou can And in all hast possible get thée vnto Laban He is thine owne vncle and a right godly man Marry of his daughters and not of Canan In Mesopotamia shalt thou leade thy life The lorde prosper thée there without debate or strife And the God of Abraham prosper thée in peace He multiply thy séede and make it to encrease Nowe kisse me deare sonne Iacob and so go thy way Rebecca Kisse me also swéete sonne and hence without delay Iacob Now most tender parents as wel with heart and word I bid you well to fare and leaue you to the Lord Mido. Nay maister Iacob let me haue an hande also Iacob Euen with all my heart farewell litle Mido Isaac Now will I departe hence into the tent againe Rebecca As pleaseth God and you but I will here remaine Actus quinti scaena decima Esau Ragau Rebecca Isaac Mido. ANd is he gone in déede to mine vncle Laban In Mesopotamia at the toune of Haran And is Iacob gone to the house of Bethuel The whirlewynd with him and flyngyng fende of hel But I shall meete with him yet one daye well enough And who is this my mother whom I sée here now Ragau. She stoode here al this while sir did ye not her sée Esau Didst thou sée her stand here wouldest not warne me Rebecca Sonne Esau afore God thou art much to blame And to do as I heare of thée is a foule shame Esau Mother what is it ye heard of me of late Rebecca That thou doest thy brother Iacob deadly hate Esau Hate Iacob I hate him and will do till I dye For he hath done me both great wrong and vilanny And that shal he well know if the Lord geue me lyfe Rebecca Fye vpon thée to speake so like a lewde caytife Ragau. My maister Esau is of nature much hote But he will be better than he saith feare not Esau My birthright to sell did he not make me consent Rebecca But the same to do were not thy selfe content There is no man to blame for it but thine owne selfe Esau Yea mother sée that ye holde with that mopishe elfe It is your deinty dearlyng your princkoxe your golpoll He can neuer be praised enough of your soule He must euer be extolled aboue the Moone It is neuer amisse that he hath said or done I would he were rocked or dandled in your lappe Or I would with this fauchon I might geue him pap I meruail why ye should so loue him and me not Ye groned as well for the one as thother I wotte But Iacob must be aduaunced in any wyse But I shall one day handle him of the new guise Rebecca Both on thy fathers blessyng and mine I charge thée That thy soule entend neuer such iniquitie Beware by the example of Caym I thée rede That thou bring not the Lordes curse vpon thy head Esau And what should I take all this wrong at Iacobs hande Rebecca Forgeue and the Lorde shall prosper thée on the lande My sonne Esau heare me I am thy mother For my sake let passe this grudge against thy brother Ragau. Syr your mothers request is but reasonable Which for you to graunt shal be muche commendable Esau Mother though it be a great thing that ye require Yet must all malice passe at your desire And for your cause mother this mine angre shall slake Rebecca I thanke thée my sonne that thou doost it for my sake Esau For your sake with Iacob I will be at accorde Rebecca And shall I call thy father to be as recorde Esau As pleaseth you mother I can be well content Rebecca Then wyll I go call hym hyther incontinent And where he dooth already loue thée very well This wyll make hym to loue thée better a greate deale Ragau. Truely syr this is of you a right gentill part At least yf it come from the bottome of your harte Esau It must nowe be thus but when I shall Iacob fynde I shall then do as God shall put into my minde Rebecca He hath at my woorde remitted all his quarele Isaac Forsooth I loue him the better a great deale And if he be here I woulde commende his doing All prest here father to tary on your comming Isaac Sonne Esau thou haste thy selfe well acquited Esau That all quarell to Iacob thou haste remitted It was the Lordes pleasure that it should thus be Against whose ordinance to stande is not for thée But nowe to the entent it may please the Lorde To knitte your hartes one day in a perfect concorde We shall first in a song geue laude vnto his name And than with all gladnesse within confirme the same Rebecca As ye thinke best dere husbande I agrée therto Esau Mée ye may commaunde to what ye will haue me to do And so maye ye do also Ragau my man Isaac I sée none but praise we the Lorde the hest we can Cal foorth all our household that with one accord We may all with one voyce syng vnto the Lorde Ragau calleth al to syng This song must be song after the prayer O Lorde the God of our father Abraham Howe deepe and vnsearcheable are thy iudgementes Thy almightifull hande did create and frame Both heauen and earth and all the elementes Man of the earth thou haste formed and create Some do thee worship and some stray awrye Whome pleaseth thee thou doste choose or reprobate And no fleshe can aske thee wherfore or why Of thine owne will thou didst Abraham electe Promising him seede as sterres of the skie And them as thy chosen people to protecte That they might thy mercies praise and magnifie Performe thou O Lorde thine eternall decree To me and my seede the sonnes of Abraham And whom thou haste chosen thine owne people to bee Guide and defende to the glorie of thy name FINIS Then entreth the Poete and the rest stand still til he haue done WHan Adam for breakyng Gods commaundement The Poet entreth Had sentence of death and all his posteritie Yet the lorde our God who is omnipotent Had in his owne selfe by his eternall decrée Appointed to restore man and to make him frée He purposed to saue mankynde by his mercie Whome he once had created vnto his glorie Yet not all fleshe did he then predestinate But onely the adopted children of promise For he forknewe that many would degenerate And wylfully giue cause to be put from that blisse So on Gods behalfe no maner default there is But where he chooseth he sheweth his great mercy And where he refuseth he doth none iniury But thus farre surmounteth mans intellection To attaine or conceiue and much more to discusse All must be referred to Gods election And to his secret iudgement it is méete for vs With Paule the Apostle to confesse and say thus Oh the déepnesse of the riches of Gods wisedome How vnsearcheable are his wayes to mans reason Our parte therfore is first to beleue Gods worde Not doubtyng but that he wil his elected saue Then to put full trust in the goodnesse of the Lorde That we be of the number which shall mercy haue Thirdly so to liue as we may his promise craue Thus if we do we shall Abrahams chyldren be And come with Iacob to endlesse felicitie All the rest of the actours aunswer Amen Then foloweth the prayer Isaac NOw vnto God let vs pray for all the whole clergy To geue them grace to auaunte gods honor and glory Rebecca Then for the Quenes maiesty let vs pray Vnto God to kepe her in helth and welth night and day And that of his mere mercy and great benignitie He will defend and maintaine hir estate and dignitie That she béeing gréeued with any outward hostilitie May against her enimies alwaye haue victorie Iacob God saue the Quenes counsailours most noble and true And with all godlinesse their noble heartes endue Esau Lord saue the nobilitie and preserue them all And prosper the Quenes subiects vniuersall Amen Thus endeth this Comedie or Enterlude of Iacob and Esau