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A20118 The gentle craft A discourse containing many matters of delight, very pleasant to be read: shewing what famous men have beene shoomakers in time past in this land, with their worthy deeds and great hospitality. Declaring the cause why it is called the gentle craft: and also how the proverbe first grew; a shoemakers sonne is a prince borne. T.D.; Gentle craft Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600. 1637 (1637) STC 6555; ESTC S118250 59,807 74

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your friend John hath changed his minde for whereas he appointed you to méet him at Islington you shall lose your labour so to doe for he is not there No how so said Florence The reason is this said Haunce So farre as I can vnderstand by him he thinkes you are very flekle and inconstant and because it was his chance this morning to sée you speake to a young man that passed by hee saith ver●ly that you are a maruellous great dissembler and in this humour he is gone I know not whither And is it euen so said Florence I le tell thee what Haunce because hee hath made thee priuy to his minde I will shew thee somewhat of mine Doth hee suspect me because I did but speake to one Nay i● he be so iealous now what will he be hereafter And therefore insomuch that it is so let him goe to the Deuill hee shall very well finde that I will set as light by him as he doth by mee Did ●he Knaue get leaue of my Mistresse for me to come abroad this day and doth hee now serue me thus Well this shall teach mee wit in faith and so she turnes backe againe Nay quoth Haunce séeing you are now abroad let me intreat you to goe to Hogsdon and I will bestow a messe of creame vpon you In the end she was won and as they walked together Haunce spake thus vnto her I know not what cause John the French man hath giuen you to beare him so much good will as I perceiue you doe but in my minde he is a farre vnméet match for you And thus much I know he is of a very mistrustfull nature a wauering minde and deceitfull heart hee did pro●esse great good will to you in outward shew but I haue heard him speake most shamefully of you behinde your backe making his vaunts that he had you at a becke of his finger and how that for a pinte of Wine he could cause you to follow him vp and downe ouer all the City Florence I am a foole to tell you thus much it may be you will scarce beléeue it and for my part I will not vrge you thereunto but in troth looke what I tell you it is for good will because I haue béene sorry to sée you abused I thanke you good Haunce quoth she I may beléeue it well enough but from henceforth I know what I haue to doe I confesse indéed that I haue drunke with him abroad but it was at his owne earnest entreaty neither could I euer be at quiet for the Knaue hee doth so follow mee vp and downe in euery place but séeing I know his dissimulation to be such if I doe not requite him in his kinde trust me no more and now I am heartily sorry that I was so foolish as to follow him this day at his appointment but séeing he hath serued me thus hée shall not know of my comming out of doores and therefore good Haunce doe not tell him that you met mee this day on the fields Nay in ●aith Florence quoth he I will not onely be secret to thee but will also from henceforth acquaint thee with all my procéedings And hauing eaten their creame Haunce brought her some part of the way homeward and taking his leaue of her hée went backe to sée if he could méet with John the Frenchman who hauing stayed at Islington for Florence vntill almost night and she not comming hée and the Musicians together were faine to eate vp the meat without more come pany which caused John the Frenchman to sweare like a Turke And as hée was comming homeward ouer the fields ●hafing and fretting to himselfe who should hée méete withall but Haunce the Dutchman who sayd to him What John who thought to méet you here Here thou ●éest I am now sayd John but when came you from home Marry but euen now quoth Haunce And who is at home sayd John The other answered there was no body but their Mistresse and ●he Maid Florence with the rest of the houshold ●s Florence at home said John The diuell take her for mée shée hath made a right foole of mée indéed ●ow so quoth Haunce Then the other in a great chafe said Be Got shall be reuenged Florence mocke an me too mush too mush shée make me beléeue she loue me an me tinke ●o too and be Go●●he make me a 〈◊〉 foole When Haunce heard him say so he sayd Alas good John she loue thee if you thinke so you are greatly deceiued for she is the ●co●●ingest quea● in London And I haue heard her behinde your backe to mocke and flout you saying Doth shitten John thinke that I will marry him in faith sir no. When the Frenchman heard this he stampt like a mad man and b●● his thumb saying Mordue me shall be reuenged be Got shitten John call a shitten John hea Ad●put in corroyname-shant shitten John no better name but shitten John It is as I ●ell you quoth Haunce an● moreouer ●he sayd she scorned to come after you to Islington saying she would sée you hanged first Well be no ma●ra she no loue me me no loue shee but me shall goe home me shall and beat as a stock●●sh Nay doe not so said Haunce but let her alone for it is no credit for you to beat a woman and besides that if you should our Master would turne you out of doores therefore be quiet a while and be secret in that I haue told you then shall you see how shée v●●th you In this humour they d●●aried at what time John ●ull of melancholy stood frow●ing by the fire side and as the Mayde went vp and downe the house about her businesse he cast lookes on her as ●●erce as a Panther but shée by reason of the Dutchmans tale to her shewes her selfe as scornefull as hee was ●urrish and not once cast her eye towards him and thus they droue out the time of a ●●night or a fortnight CHAP. XIIII How Master Eyer was called upon to be She●iffe of London and how he held his place with worship ●● this space Master Eyer following his businesse had sold so much of his Merchandize as paid the Grecian his whole money and yet had resting to himselfe three times as much as he had sold whereof he trusted some to one ●lderman and some to another and a great deale amongst substantiall Merchants and for some had much ready money which he imployed in diuers Merchandizes and became Adventurer at Sea hauing by Gods blessing many a prosperous voyage whereby his riches daily increased It chanced vpon a time that being in his study casting vp his accounts hee found himselfe to be clearely worth 12. or 13. thousand pounds which he finding to be so ●e called his wife to him and said The last day I did cast vp my accounts and I find that Almighty God of his goodnesse hath lent me thirtéene thousand pounds to maintaine vs in our old age for