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A01509	The commody of the moste vertuous and godlye Susanna neuer before this tyme printed. Compiled by Thomas Garter. Eyght persons may easyly play it. 1. The Prologue and the Saylour for one. 2. Ioachim and Iudex for another, 3. Sathan and Uoluptas another, 4. Sensualitas alone. 5 Susanna alone. 6. Helchia, True Report, Ancilla, another, 7. Ill Reporte the uyce, and Cryer, another. 8. Helchias wyfe, Danyell, Seruus, Serua, for another.	Garter, Thomas.	1578 (1578)	STC 11632.5; ESTC S120868	31,772	48

Bokes and ryse and Voluptas speaketh ¶ Now Mayster Sensuality I would mayster Doctor were here ¶ I had rather talke with him then heare of this geare And so shut their Bokes ¶ Oh Venus that hath suffred me to quench my youthfull fyre With loue of those from tyme to time that I did most desyre And Cupid to that neuer earst didst séeke to quench the hart Of her to whome thou gauest might to mittigate my smart Continue still your friendly guyse to me your auncient man And now with poynt of pearcing dart doe cause that fayre Susan May loue agayne those that loue her graunt this you Gods to me and pull away euen what you will I craue no more but she ¶ Or if you Gods haue any power as auncient Poets fayne Marke well my words which from the hart procéede I tell you playne If any man in all the world haue cause for to replye I must confesse and thanke you to the same is very I I neuer yet did fancy her I thanke you of your grace But you vouchsafte to giue her me with time as méete as place Now those which in felicitie by your good grace haue bene That you will here thus cast them of let not those dayes be séene Graunt to vs now that Susan may graunt loue for loue agayne Thrise happy then shall be our dayes we shall be voyde of payne Volup. ¶ What wight in all this world hath fortune so faunde on As she hath done on Ioachims syde in truth I thinke of none A wyfe quoth a No no I think an Aungell sure she be Why all this world nor ten worldes mo haue any such as she The fewter of her formed face the glistering of her eyne Her shoulders that are quadrant to her nose that is so fyne Her chéekes that are so chery red her lippes so red and thin Her smyling cheare which often showes the pittes vpon her chin Her brestes that are so round and fayre her armes that are so long Her fyngers straight with vaynes beset of blew and white among Her middle small her body long her buttockes broade and round Her legges so straight her foote so small the like treades not on ground I thinke that Nature which made her cannot make like agayne Or else that she a Goddesse is I thinke I tell you playne A Iudge quoth a A Iugler Lorde I would thou madste of me So that I had to Iugle with such iugling staffe as she Sensua. ¶ Why Syr are you a Iugler now I pray you aunswere me What is the iugling staffe you craue if graunted it may be Volup. ¶ You know your selfe no Nicromancie but yet of Leg●rdimayne A cast or two but secretly would right well please vs twayne Sensua. ¶ By God I would spende my best cote to fish within her poole And yet my father in fishers arte was neuer but a foole But what for that it forceth not if we might spie a place And time that well may serue the turne I will put forth the case But we are counted Elders here and doe the people guide And that we doe must secrete be least that we be espide For God or for his threatninges I passe it not a straw But for myne honour in this world is it I stand in aw Volup. ¶ You say I doe assure you as I my selfe doe thinke The time that we haue here to liue it lasteth but a winke And when that we are dead and gone then rest we in the ground And out of doubt besyde this lyfe none other life is found Therefore I doe assure you I mente and doe meane still By right or wrong by force or frawde to lyue and haue my will To eate and drinke to quaffe and play I care not in what sort To leade my lyfe full merrily in euery kinde of sporte And for to haue the company of such a one as shee I will oppresse a thousand fooles to giue her gold and fée Marr● alwayes in our Garmentes sad and graue we must vs show And that shall still our lightnesse hyde that no man shall it know But yet our enterpryse seemeth great that we doe meane to doe For Susan is a secrete Dame reporte me vnto you And eake her credite is so great that if she doe denye The moste and least in all the world beleeue her by and by And therefore let vs séeke and know eche daunger still afore And so our ship shall safely sayle and we may keepe on shore And therefore if we could by crafte some slaunder on her rayse It might helpe well our credite when we seeke our lust to please ¶ I promise thee I must accoumpt thy wits to be deuyne Thy sences are of such effect how for do they passe myne I know a ma●e full meete for this if I knew his resorte A fellow for this to● alone his name is Ill Report Why see how good our fortune is see how he commeth yond And we to see his entraunce now in Corner here will stand The Vice entreth and looketh not at them ¶ Twixt Douer and Kent Except I misu●nt Is myles fyue and durty Twixt London and Powles Are coddes headed nowles A shamefull company Twixt Freshingfield feuershā And Norwich and Ludham A myle and a halfe Twixt Dunington and Dawbny If you will beleeue mee Is a Cow and a Calfe At ●ramlingtowne Stéeple Amongest all the people Are Oysters to sell At the signe of the Plow Is a very fayre Sow I know her by the smell At Baddingham Kay A woman harde say Lay ships at an Anker The best red wyne That euer dranke swyne at the signe of the Tanker On shooters hill Is such a Wyndmill To grinde Gonpowder withall as old womens bones Are saued for the nones To kéepe worke withall Who Robin who How far wilt thou go From Rommey to Rome Well it makes no matter Who can lye and flatter May come agayne soone Why what kynde of weather Did bring me hither Or what make I here Examine me well For I cannot tell Is not this good geare Well euen lyke a mome I must pack and be gone To one place or other My Dad is so black That what I doe lack I aske of my mother The Vyce running out is stayde by Sensualitie who sayeth Sensua. ¶ Why friend know you not me III Rep. ¶ Why man I know not my selfe Volup. ¶ No art not thou a Phisition III Rep. ¶ No by my troth Syrs in no condicion Volup. ¶ No I trow we two gaue thee ten pounde III Rep. ¶ Mary syr and I am glad that such gu●s●es I haue found For the law sayth playnly thus looke what a man doth giue Is irrecompensible sure so long as God doth liue But you shall haue your come agayne so soone as God is dead Or else take all my Landes and goods and also take this head Till then my maysters recorde beare what you doe heare and sée These gentlemen doe both confesse that they

a pryce That no man liueth now adayes but will him excercyse Well the charge I haue eche one of you doe know In accomplishing of the same my dilligence I will show The pollicy of the Deuill the enuie he doth beare The man he séekes to ouerthrow all such as God doth feare Is maruaylous in fayth thinke you his foresight is not straunge Marke well my tale and you shall sée how his deuyse doth chaunge There is in all this Babilon but one that he doth spye That feareth God and eke my Dad in all his workes defye Her hath he sought by pryde at fyrst to blynde her youthfull hart Tush tush she was and is so méeke he sped not in that part Then did he séeke by gluttony to blynde her fancies to Her sober diet him deceiued and did that quyte subdue Then knowing that all women are giuen much to enuyed string To force her haue an enuious hart right many cause did bring But she like one not of this world but like a very foole Did arme her selfe with pacience till euery cause did coole But here you wiues I would not wish that you should take her part But if your husbandes anger you beshrew their crooked hart Well to my matter yet agayne he sets his seruaunt sloth To follow her with sugred steps in euery place she goeth But busy Susan enuies the Deuill and all he dooth As she withstandes sloth and his steps in despyte of his tooth And that you Maydes full well doe know sloth with his drowsy head Is able to doe much with you when you are layde in bed For you had rather serue the Deuill or what he will deuyse Then leaue your bed in winter morne when hory frostes aryse He gaue her Gold then at her will to make her couetous She takes it but for néedefull vse or else doth it despyse And yet with Gold my Dad hath got a thousand olde mens soules As well of them weare bloody gownes as such as sheare their noules But now my Dad nor all these thinges are able to preuayle With filthy lustes of fleshly men meaneth her to assayle And such they be shall her intise to doe that pleasaunt deede As shall preuayle I tell you true by force or else by méede And when that they haue got their wils and so haue wrought her shame My selfe will blow the leaden Trumpe of cruell slaunderous fame Lo thus my Dad I please I trow and thus my nature showe Thus shall ech man my power and might in euery corner blow And say that though the Deuill himselfe could not tempt Susans grace The wit of Mayster Ill Report hath her and it defaste Oh goodly wit oh noble brayne whence commeth this deuyce Herewith commeth in Voluptas and calleth Sensualitas in this sorte ¶ Come in Mayster Sensualitas I pray thee Reche me thy hande and I will helpe thée ¶ By my truth Voluptas I haue néede of thy ayde Such is my secrete sorrow my sences are dismayde ¶ Though you iudge me scant worth to be a proctor Marke me well now and I will play the Doctor Amor vincit omnia I nose cedamas Amori Loue ouercommeth euery thing loue can eche Mount remoue The Gods of olde and euery man are subiect vnto loue ¶ Marke his tale ¶ Trouble him not ¶ Res est Solicia Plena ten oris amor How say you my maysters this is good clamor Loue hath a pleasure in it selfe yet loue is full of feare Loue helpes and it doth harme a man loue is not this good geare Loue from the Sences of a man can steale away the might Loue can make mad the mynde of man and loue can blynde the sighte But is not he a iolly man that loue can so subdue As he can lose it when he list and it agayne renue ¶ My friend God spéede p. ¶ Soft swift not friendes so soone Volup. ¶ Why syr I neuer gaue you cause of offence Sensua. ¶ Nor to doe it is our pretence Ill Rep. ¶ You lye lyke crafty knaues boeth God spéede so carterly to him ye neuer sée before For you and your speede a stinking turde for you both Gogges blood were ye brought vp at the cart To breake a mans tale in such sort now I beshrew your hart Volup. ¶ Oh blame vs not sir I pray you your talke I trow was of loue And hearing your argumentes your wits did vs moue To speake to you breefely for feeling that payne Your Argumentes sayd you could helpe vs agayne Ill Rep. ¶ And though I can what is that to thée Volup. ¶ That you will syr I hope verily Ill Rep. ¶ Nay soft maysters a whyle it is a condicion That neuer yet was vsed by expert Phisition His Patient or Cure to practise to heale Before his disease he know very well And therefore I say your secretes discrye Or else for your helpe I cannot applye Volup. ¶ Mary syr loue is my sicknesse Ill Rep. ¶ And what is the cause of your weakenesse Sensua. ¶ Loue to good Gentleman Ill Rep. ¶ And for thy fayre wordes I will helpe thée if I can But those that stande by will thinke it to straunge That I vnto health your sicknesse should chaunge And busynesse at this time doth call me away And therefore farewell till another day Here he offreth to run out Sensua. ¶ Nay good Mayster Doctor let vs haue your helpe Ill Rep. ¶ So shall you syr but I must fyrst prouyde Such thinges as the cause of your groefes doe desyde And synce you will not pack I must be gone For my confections I alwayes make alone And none of you both to prouyde my trumpery Haue not the wit to offer me money And I being shamefaste the same cannot craue Loe you will haue helpe and I nought shall haue ¶ Yes Mayster Doctor here is fyue pound He lets his Purse fall ¶ And here is as much sée it falleth to the ground Take it vp Mayster Doctor to prouyde your drugs And to buy the same I would you would trudge ¶ At your commaundement syr fyrst I must stoope for my reward And then runne at a beck no that were to harde You know where to haue me get you hence for a space And within a day or two retourne to this place And then for your health here shall nothing be lacking Tarry no longer go hence and be packing ¶ Alas Syr will it be two dayes fyrst ¶ Yea ¶ I thinke sure we are both accurst ¶ Yet will we follow your counsayle ¶ And in so doing you doe but well ¶ God be with you ¶ And with you to ¶ God be with you with all my hart ¶ And with you to with all my fart Here they go out and Ill Reporte speaketh still ¶ Ah syrra I thinke this hower well spended The lyning of my purse is very well amended I might doe little if I could not talke Seing how liberally their handes do walke Iudge what I will doe for this

worke ynough I warrant you and more then he can do Here haue I now a busynesse that is of meruaylous waight The way to fynde the truth thereof is also very straight But yet in doing of the same I would we had begone The sooner that we do begin the sooner is it done What Bayly haue ye here the crye that I wilde you to make Bayly ¶ Yea my Lorde Here the Iudge sitteth downe Iudex ¶ Then let the Cryer here an O yes make And you your selfe doe to him make the order of the crye And let him speake it after you come of and do you hye Bayly ¶ Ill Reporte make an O yes here Then Ill Report goeth vp Ill Rep. ¶ Helpe me vp Bayly ¶ O yes All manner creatures That haue humayne features And dwell within this Lande Come in and disclose What you heare and suppose By this woman Susan And what you can tell Shall now be heard well As reason it is Your worke shall be good In sauing her blood If she did not amis But if she be guilty Then is it necessitie That she die for her sinne Then what you can say Let vs know straight way For the Court doth begin Ill Report ¶ O yes All maner traytours That are yeomen f●utours That leade Dogges in bande Doe stop well your nose For feare of the pose And giue me your hand And if you cannot smell Then are you not well For reasons by gis Will doe you small good But chaunge your good blood To stinking ywis But if you be guiltie With order of necessitie By shyting so thin Then get you away And that straight way And to clense you begin Here shall the Cryer the Bayly and the rest go stand before the Iudge and tell him the crie is made ¶ Cryer call Susanna ¶ Susanna ¶ Here my Lorde ¶ Stand forth and holde vp thy hand ¶ If any here within this court there is that can detect This woman guilty of that cryme whereof she is suspect Come forth and say your mindes at large and all that you know true For now is time and other time you haue not that to do ¶ My Lorde Susanna is the wighte whose fault we must accuse And what she is that standeth there we can do nought but muse She is so muffled about the face we thinke it is not she A crafty Dame may compasse so to haue vs go awry Voluptas shall seeme to whisper in the others eare ¶ Thou sayest as wel as hart can think for though we could not touch Yet pleasing our eyes with this her sight shall serue our lust as much ¶ What peace horeson My Lorde vnder correction I meane to sée her face And know if it be she or no before I speake in place ¶ Discouer her face Bayly ¶ I will my Lorde Come on fayre Lady you here your selfe what I am bid to do 〈◊〉 ¶ I pray thee Gayler holde thée still my selfe wil do it to O liuing God that all thing séeth what meanes this crueltie Doe not I feele ynough good Lord but all the world must sée I mourne the lesse O Lord thou knowest an innocent to dye But yet my gréefe is to to great to end with infamy Yet Lorde I leaue me to thy will and I wil say no more Thou a●●e my strength in thée I hope I haue none other power ¶ Now Cryer holde them a Boke Lay on you handes and marke well what I shall say the euidence that you shall giue agaynst this woman here Is for trothes sake and not for meede for hatred nor for feare Ye shall declare the truth of all and there from shall not slyde Nor any part of it at all from vs you shall not hyde They kis the Boke This is your charge I charge you with sée thereto you doe looke You swere by God who knoweth all and also by this Booke Sensua. ¶ As we two in the Orcharde walkte and none but we alone In came this woman with two maydes but straight she sent them home And wayghty charge she gaue them both we could but muse wherfore In any case that they should shut and spar the Orchard dore With that a yong man straight slept forth that hidden secrete lay And came to her right shamefullye and found her Uenus play For vs to see the ende of this in secrete corner stoode The open sight of this fowle deede appalde our auncient bloode And when we saw with both our eyes that they had lyen togither Pretending for to take the wretch our selues we did discouer But when we layde our handes of him we could not hold him still His strength was of much fortitude and ours very ill This done he hyde him to the gate and so from thence away For reason sayth one ●usty blood two weake men cannot stay Now when this woman thus we tooke Dame quoth we what is he That thus your husbandes bed hath fyld as we with sorrow sée But she because that tyme would helpe to frame a lye full well And craftily then could hold her peace and spared that to tell So this the matter is in déede and both we witnesse be And as we meane to aunswere it we say but what we sée Iudex ¶ How say you syr I charge you now by the oth that you did take Is this conclusyon but the truth that this your friend doth make Volup. ¶ True Syr yea true in deede I would there were no cause For Ioachim her husbandes sake to punish her with lawes Iudex ¶ Susanna now thou seest here the euidence of these men Speake for thy selfe it is high tyme what haste thou to say then Wherefore thou oughtest not to dye for I must sentence giue Speake forth or else I know not how that longer thou shouldste liue Susanna ¶ Oh God oh King oh mighty one oh euerliuing Lorde What secretes is there thou séest not what sinne is not abhorde Before eche thing doe come to passe thou knowest what it will be Thou knowest good Lorde these wicked men haue falsly blamed me Because I would not to their lust most shamefully consent Agaynst me Lorde thou knowest they doe this matter thus inuent Behold my God I dye therefore through mallice of their harte Therefore my God receaue my soule none else can ease my smarte ¶ Susanna holde thée still a whyle and harken to my talke Thy earthly dayes are almost past now must thou change thy walke Thou séest here before thy face how playne thy fault is seene For as I doe I must néedes doe although thou werte a Quéene Be thou therefore attentiue to and harken to thy doome Repent the life is gone and past thinke on the life to come Know that there is a God in déede on whome I heard thée call That were thy sinnes ten times as great he would forgiue them all Well hence thou must and to the place where then shalt end thy life Lo thus I end my sentence now and thou