vntruste that is in man moe men can speake plausibly in time of good happe as we terme it then in time of siknes iudge vprightly Alas in time of sicknesse and in assaultes of death wherin the bodye is not more greuously oppressed then the minde diuersly distracted and the soule mightelye assaulted how fewe doe consider or at the leastwise do apply them selues to the relief of the poore afflicted soule to the strengthning of the féeble mynde and to the repelling of those bytter temptations and assaults of the common enemies of man kinde the olde Serpente the vaine wicked and vnconstant worlde and the fraile peruerse and rebellious flesh which alwayes doe attend and attempt the sicke enféebled and oppressed person Surely were it not that God in time of suche extremitye dothe mightelie comforte and confirme suche as be his in the promises of his mercye in the death of his deare Jesus and in the merytes of his passion it is not possible but that sicknes shoulde be intollerable death horryble Hel wictorious the bodye liuing to be a terrour to the mynde and the mynde so terrified and brought to desperation to be the perpetual dampnatioun of the bodye and soule Which thing considered and from my verye harte remembred I cannot choose but in this blessed battaile and I truste thoughe somewhat sharpe and egre yet most happy conflycte whervnto as a fellowe souldyer and adopted brother you are called for your tryall I cannot choose I saye but to the increase of your courage endeuoure to make plaine vnto you in all that I maye the fruit of affliction and the commoditye of death imparting with you suche weapons as for mine owne store the Lorde our Captaine hathe alloted vnto me to the ende that being conueniently appoynted you may resist and auoyde at all assayes and become bolde valiaunt constant and perseuerable to the death Touching which death notwithstanding it be gréeuous to the fraile flesh yet is it moste ioyfullye to be receyued as an vndoubted ende of all griefe for why it is the beginning of Joye and perpetuall tryumph wherevpon a certaine godly man wryteth If thou haddest a good conscience thou woldest not flye death And againe why haste thou pleasure in that wretched body whose felowshippe doth nothing els but violentlye withdrawe and deteine thee from the king â–ª come of euerlasting glorie O cousen what else but a place of exile is the miserable bodie to the Soule And to what thinge else maye this our lyfe more aptlye be compared then to an horswaie or stage playe where men do assemble to behoulde sondrye feates and where euerye man laboureth in all that he maye to winne praise promotion and authoritye after the ende of his tragicall part God onelye is permanent immortall euer lastinge All things else are transitorye and subiecte to corruption They be constituted corruptible and mortall and must be consumed of time and haâ— their endes by corruption The Sâ—â—e shall passe for it was made but for mans vse The Moone and the starres shall perish for they were created but for the necessitye of man Heauen and earth shall decaye for they conteine but a place of exile and prison for the body of man yea the body of man also shall perish for it is but as an enemy to exercyse the soule and to make it apte to apprehend by fayth the Joyes of heauen and crowne of immortalytie Moste certaine I saye it is that the frayle body shal be resolued to earthe there shall sléepe till the soule returne vnto it and tyll the members be restored to their right places Wherefore sithe earth and corruption is the ende of the bodye yea the end of all things that were made created and that the same ende of the bodye is the beginning of lyfe wishe for death wishe for a peaceable departure and finding the same imbrace it saying in your hart Come Lord come Jesus make haste and tary not Come Lorde that I maye be one with thée and coheyre of the kingdome purchased with thy precious bloud Deere Cosen and beloued in the Lorde lette not longe sickenesse discourage you neyther be you in anywise perplexed or gréeued with the lowe state and constitutioÌ„ of your body And in and aboue all thinges let not hyndraunce in worldly affayres disquyet you As you haue begonne so further the will of the Lord and be ready to receiue whatsoeuer he wil lay vpoÌ„ you For the gretest affliction misery that man may or doth suffer in this lyfe is not worthie the leaste of those treasures which God will bestowe vpon him in the lyfe to come which is durable permanent glorious altogither full of blessednes And assure your selfe for so God hath promised and wyll not goe one iote from his worde that he wyll laye no more vpon you then by his grace and strengthe you shal be able to heare althoughe he séeme somewhat sharply to correct you and somewhat seuerely to deale with you for who is he whome the Lorde chasteneth not Surely surely whome he loueth the same dothe he chasten in him is he delighted as the father in his son offering himself vnto him as a déere father to his sonne whereas if we refuse chastycement we are no sonnes but bastards and not inheritable by any right Ioseph was afficted and delyuered by y lord Dauid was chastised and he acknowledged the Lorde and founde reliefe in his Soule Tobias was corrected and he founde health Iob was tryed was made perfect What shoulde I say euen all the Appostles all the Prophets yea and all the good men that euer were haue bine tryed by affliction chosen by persecutoÌ„ and crowned by patience abydinge the wyll and pleasure of god Wherefore be strong in the Lord desire of him in your hart the his will may be wrought in you that you may with a glad hart receyue whatsoeuer his Maiesty shal lay vpon you Assure your selfe that this your present sicknes is either for punishment of sinne for exercise of your faith or to that death And therfore if it be for punishment beséeche him to giue you patienceand assure your selfe vpon repentaunce to haue frée full remission in Christ If it be for tryall giue him thanks if it be to the death reioise in it thinke it is y greatest gift that euer he gaue you in this world being the very passage to the heauenlye and Angelicall Paradice And pray euen from the bottom of your hart that neyther the loue of the worlde nor the feare of the same death may distracte you from the desire of it Be not carefull to leaue your kinsfolckes friends and acquaintaunce let it not gréeue you to part from your goods nor haue any loue depending vpon any earthly thinge whatsoeuer As for your Kinsfolkes and worldly friendes at your Graue they wil leaue you and within a while after forget you and shortlye after that shall dye themselues and be forgotten themselues also
each howre And more then this for how doth walck Sir Nummus day by daye How trudgeth it to buy the Wife and Daughter fine arraye They must not go as other doo Wherefore they must deuise To haue them knowne from coÌ„mon sort by some newfangled guise T' is méete therefore as they do not with courtlyke Dames compare Euen so they should from townish wiues their garments new repaire And so forsooth his wife must haue prepared out of hand Gaye garments of the finest stuffe that is within the land She must haue Partlet Square Lace with Chaine about hir neck She must haue costly kinde of chaunge and all thinges at hir beck Hir Daughter also must be clad well lyke a Ladies féere And all to walcke about the streate with hir true Louer déere What tho Forsooth she must not wed but with some wealthie man And one that must be grounded rych though honest when he can And thus I say aswell t' is séene fayre Parâ—ell must be pranckt And walcke at wyll whereby it haps oft tymes that she is banckte And all through meanes euen of hir Sire which so consumes his good And ioyes therein more then to giue the hungrie wretch his foode Chaunce some men sée good déedes they do But in good sooth not I Though many naught can vnderstand T' were sinne on them to lye And nowe as some you sée to scrape by vyle sinistre wayes So may you sée them spend as yll in these our later dayes I meane for so much as they spend But well haue we to weete Their hoording and their Chesting vp is all as farre vnmeete As this their spence and filthy trade as this their prowling guise As this their building all for gaine and profite to aryse As this their hatefull vyle contempt of poore and needy Wights As this their robbing and their stealth As these their sinfull slights The poore complaine and wanting crye through hunger halfe forepinde And some through want about them haue their fainting breath resignd And yet their Cofers farced lye Their Bags are filde at full But wote you what it is reseru'de For Tib his pretie Trull And Dick his Boy that dappart ladde which for his sake perchaunce Euen both of them when he is gone wyll make syr Nummus daunce But alwayes this is not the cause of such their spitefull hoord For certs I thinke they neuer looke at all to come aboord In crooked Charons vgly Boate Or else perhaps they thinke As long they haue the Pope shall purge and saue them all for thinke And in the meane time weene they best to couer't close and fine And bring more too t t' encrease the heape This iudgement is of mine Else thinges amisse before exprest should nere so yll remaine But soone they would reforme them well and make them streight againe Which so to do God graunt them grace And clense their fylthie mindes That Auarice maye once decay which so their body bindes And subiect makes to vyle deuise to Usurie and deceate That naught they are and wyll persist tyll grace do blow retreate I ende with them protesting styll I touch no good man héere But such as through these words of mine shall wrathfull bent appéere For sure I am that many iust and men vpright remaine Exempted from this talke of mine Who neuer yet with staine Or spot of beastly Usurie or vile notorious vice Were once corrupted or infect which are discrete and wise And truth it is they nill disdaine at this troth telling tale And for the rest let them adue my tongue must further vale Finis The fift Satyr T Is strauÌ„ge to sée what small account men nowe a dayes do make How slightly they let slip the paine of Brimstone burning lake How fondly they perswade them selues at least how they suppose That griesly death shall neuer strike That eyâ—e shall neuer close O sottish sinfull brittle age O mad and blockish Mome O doltish foole and wilfull wretch that here dost hope for home And dwelling aye vnto thy selfe Howe art thou wilfull blinde I tell thee I thou hence shalt flit lyke dust blowne forth with winde Let wearish wimpled age growe on let head be hoarie white And olde be thou yet at the last blackwinged death shall smite But what is he can promise heere him selfe to liue a day No doubt not one Death vnawares shall take our life away And when we thinke vs surest then most often doth he strike O then why do we lyngre on to sleepie sluggerds lyke O why should men thus mucker vp such falsely gotten gaine Or why should they by wicked wayes seeke wealth for to obtaine But soft a while what neede these words as good to bolde my peace For loe how Banckrowts ginne for gaine to put them selues in prease Shall fraude lye hid vnfriended now Shall fowle Deceyt be gon Shall Wylie want No barcke a while and you shall heare anon Some men there be that beare a porte and liue lyke to the best That feast y flow that chop that chauÌ„ge and practise with the rest That Office beare and worthy seeme through welth to weelde the charge That saue that spende bargaines make that keepe their trade at large That warte worke and winde to them good credite in the ende That get such friendes as wyll not stick a thousand pound to lende Oft more oft lesse almost as much as they can well demaunde For why their credite now is such that they may men commaunde But what of this Euen this forsooth They le shut vp doore anon They le giue vp office trade and all farewell they will be gone When they haue gote the most they can they wyll become banckrowte They wyll no longer styfeled be amongst the honest rowte They can no longer byde the trade which honest men do vse They keepe at home amongst their bags They le honesty refuse They le lurking lye lyke Theefe in denne lyke Drane vpon the spoyle They le grease their lips fat their pauÌ„ch with honest Marchaunts toyle O dreyrie dregges of dampishe caue O fowle infernall fiendes O tryple stinged Uipers broode O hagges of hellishe mindes O Cyctops such as styll deuoure the sheepe of forreine foldes O brockish beastes with rauine gorgde that lurcke within their holdes Shall duskie drosse of Dytis caâ—e denie infecting death Shall Oreus spare with skalding skortch to noye their vitall breath No sure the pitchie burning pit and Limboes flaming Lake Shall yolpe them vp except they yéelde the goodes which they did take Or else to powre requite the same But this they neuer thinck For marck how they do still bestowe this beastly gotten chinck And here I must aduertise you that some besides there bee Which oft by meanes becom banckrowte as dayly we may see For some exceede and so abounde in Epiâ—ureous fare That so at length they banckrowte be and bring them selues full bare And othersome through great excesse and prowde surpassing
Your goods wil be fawning vpon other men assoone as the breath shal be out of your body and euen as they serued you so are they readye to scrue an other and perhaps to his perdition without the speciall grace of god To conclude lift vp your harte cal together your wits which are dispersed and diuersely affected to things which are corruptible and fall not from God for things that are so deceytfull and vaine A battaile must be no question No triumphe is obteined without fyghte neyther any Garlande giuen but to him that manfully standeth in the Lorde If any sorrow be found in death it ariseth but of our owne infyrme or desperate feare for death is but a swyfte flyghte or passage of the soule froÌ„ the corruptible bodye rather to be desyred then to be fled from of men God is the rewarder of this conflict heauen is the eternal stipend Wherefore let these giftes prouoke you to esteeme this battaile the lighter for chéerefully shall you passe after death into y pleasant Campes of heaueÌ„ which place is conuenient for those y haue minded heaueÌ„ly things The saints of heaueÌ„ wil receiue you as a friendly coÌ„panioÌ„ of theirs into y portalles of cléerenes wheras you shall finde verye glorious abyding Thus shall you at the last come froÌ„ greeuous cares and from large continuing troubles into a peceable rest and mansion of quietnes In the Paradise aboue or like place of pleasure among the departed Saints shal be your continuaunce hauing all the heauens at your pleasure A celestiall song wil be vttered at those recreations and so swete melodies as are able to mooue the Starres With the Saints I say departed hence shal you lyue and with them shall you raigne in heauen with your Redéemer so much glorie hereafter shall you haue and so muche heauenlye honour What shoulde I saye In that place is eternall pleasure and a lyfe replenished with perpetuall felicytie yea in that place shall the glorye of the Godhead be reuealed vnto you and séene with your very eyes euen with those your eyes of fleshe which from the foundations of the worlde hathe bine hiddeÌ„ from mankinde in this his mortalitye Fynallye there shall you wayte vpon the Lambe your Sauiour Jesus who surelye loues you and reioyseth that he hath saued you God Cousen assure your self that in this blessed place you muste néedes bée And that as surely as your Sauioure lyued here vpon the earth so surely you must and shall raigne with him in the heauens For there is hée there is that Sauiour your head who can not nor will not be separated from any of his members As for the weight of Synne howe heauye howe haynous howe huige and burthensome soeuer it be caste it all vpon him for therefore he dyed and not for small sinnes onely but for all the sinnes that mankinde hath committed doth or shal committe from the begynninge of the worlde to the ende of the same It is his onelye and greate glorye to be a Sauiour And for that cause is he ascended to the heauens in our flesh and will in no wise deceyue those poore séely ones vpon the earth that cling vnto him for helpe and saluation And whereas haply you may feare because of the weakenes of your fayth which nowe in your extreame and laste battayle if so to be the Lorde haue appoynted it vnto you is diuerslye assayled and assaulted Be of good comforte and plucke vp your courage for that méeke Sauiour wyll not caste you of no he will not caste of his séelye creature though he be hable to touche but the hemme of his vesture It is toulde vs in the sacred scriptures that he will not quenche the smoking flaxe nor breake the bruised Réed O he is gentle will make all perfect that in the poore soule of maÌ„ is vnperfect He knoweth and hath felt how harde a thing it is for poore man to stande vpon his legs when he hath to deale with those ghostly and ghastly emmies Sathan the world and the flesh but especially in the Agonye of death O how well acquaiuted is he with those conflicts Feare not CowseÌ„ feare not If your faith be but as a graine of Musterdséede you shal be saued That Sauiour hath said it And as for those wounds and skarres that these bloudy enemies haue made or shal make in your féeble soule that heauenly Samaritane shall binde them vp againe and shall supple them with the oyle of his grace so that they shall not hinder you a whit He will in no wise disdayne you no although you were as fowle as a Leaper For what are they but sins what are they I say but sowle and lothsome sinnes that his precious bloud hath washed and shall wash away in mankinde so longe as mankinde shall haue place and abyding in the Tabernacle of sinful flesh He knoweth yea he knoweth and that throughly what poore man is whereof he is made And as he knoweth him so he pittieth him and thereof hath giuen him a a sure and euerlasting Testimony For he hath dyed for him he hath dyed I saye for man that man might liue with him for euer be saued In him therefore be comforted and vpon him only repose your whole confideÌ„ce to the last gaspe of your life say vnto him if not with a lowde and strong voice yet softly in your sick soule Lorde Jesu receyue my spirit Come Lord and make haste Into thy hands Lorde I commend my spirit c. And so saying waight paciently when he shall come vnto you and put a finall end to your happy conflycte To the same Lorde being God in Trinitye with the father and the holy Ghost be all honor praise and glory eternally Amen Auctâ—or Bertulph Paule Aucthor Paule Aucthor Paule Clergie Bertulph Paule Paâ—◠〈…〉 Judges Practisers at the Law. Anoâ—â—â—â— and Petypractisers Paule Phisitions A Ciuilian or a Canonist or both Bertulph Paule Such are the euyll sort A Potion to cure all kinde of diseases and griefâ—◠†Carnifitia potius Medici quà m noâ—â—ne digâ—â— Bertulph Paule Apothecaties Surgâ—ons Paule Marchâ—â—â— men Not the deede but the inteâ—â— is to be misliked â—ueros pue rilia decent A Foole wyll not giue his hable for the Tower of London Such as bring them in for intent aforesayde are to be blamed I speake not of the trade but of the corruption of the trade abuse of the same Although they haue money in such price yet euyll gotten goodes shall be ill spent A lamentâ—â—ble caâ—â— Banckrowtes I haue made a dyfference betweene the wilfull and the coÌ„trarie Fooles and Roysters Beare baytingâ—on the Saboth day Powles Church abused Bertulph Paule GentlemeÌ„ Userers are Caterpillers in a comon weelth Papistes The Papistes walke in Powles The walke is in the south I le Haue you not seene the knacke to knowe knaues by compiled by many kanues Bertulph Paule Bertulph Paule I meane those of the only that haue bene distained with the bloude of the Lordes Saintes Paule Brokers I speake of the intent as it hath falne out sithens such order made * GentlemeÌ„ when they can get no Money of loane are glad to take wares whereof Money maye be made Note the subtiltie of the Marchaunt which vttereth his wares in such sort and that also for vâ—une The canker â—f couetousâ—es is cause â—f all euill Imprinted at London by John Charlewood and Richard Ihones