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A15516
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The pedlers prophecie
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Wilson, Robert, d. 1600.
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Pedler was To know of things neuer to be done I warrant you this geare will come to passe When our Ladie hath a new sonne Arti. Surely I am afrayd with the prophecie Which in holy scripture I haue learned The threats of God by Esay and Ieremy Hath all the whole world sufficiently warned But I maruell of one thing brother Pedler That in all your talke you alleage no scripture For he that in prophecies will be a medler By the word of God must his matters assure Ped. The dayes are come to passe spoken of before That such as can see are yet still blind And they that of knowledge haue great store Yet are they without vnderstanding of the mind Artificer artificer you are an artificer That is one liuing by an occupation God graunt you be better than the Traueller And better then the conueyer of abhomination Arti. I would gladly get my liuing by mine Art But Aliants chop vp houses so in the Citie That we poore crafts men must needs depart And beg if they will the more is the pittie Ped. What say the most pestilent Leasemongers If that all the houses in London I were able to let I would let them all to Alians and straungers Before in any of them an Englishman I would set For why a stranger will giue me what I will require And at his day he will keep touch and pay An English man in London cannot an house hyre Except he be vndone for euer and a day Three parts in London are alreadie Alians Other mongrels Alians children mischieuously mixed And that with the most detestable Barbarians Which here for euer hath their dwellings fixed Still you Mariners bring them in daily So you may haue pence You make your selues rich and go gaily I would you were as readie to carry them hence You would bring in the diuell for pence and groates Ye shall see them one day play their parts gaily When we thinke least they shall cut our throates Mar. They that wil talke at their pleasure what they will Shall heare againe that shall them displease But what frantike fooles say it doth not greatly skill For your talke doth neither profit nor disprofit a peace But whereas thou laiest to the charge of Mariners That we haue filled the land full of Alians Thou beliest vs we bring in none but Gospellers And such as we know to be very good Christians Ped. Oh holy Ghospell ô tydings of health most pure Thou art made a cloake to all abhomination Vengeance hangeth ouer your head be you sure For misusing the word of mans saluation What mischiefe and outrage hath bene wrought And that vnder the pretence of the Gospell There is no heresie no impietie no sacriledge on sought And all painted out with the cullour of the Gospell Arti. Of the Gospell we do boast and do it professe But more honest fidelitie is among Turkes O the boasting the pride and the fleshly excesse Among vs is neither true faith nor yet good workes Tra. Speake of your selfe friend and of no man else You know no mans conscience but your owne VVe are men of flesh and blood and no Angels VVhat euery man is to God it is knowne Ped. VVill you haue one word for all All VVhat is that Ye are naught all And so naught that ye are past amendment Therefore the vengeance of God on you must fall And now approacheth the time of aduengement Tyre with all her Trauellers proud and gay VVith all her cunning Artificers in their Arts Shall be consumed in one day And this shall happen for the hardnesse of your hearts But as for Ilion the tormentor of the slaine Shall be ploughed vp like a corne field After he that came do come againe In Ilion shall be found neither woman nor child Tra. Looke that thou studie for the true interpretation Of your fond and fantasticall prophecie I will cause you to be had in examination And that within these fewe dayes I promise you verily Ped. O that all bankrouts pyrats and vsurers Ingroses filthie farmers and sacrilegers Burglaries lease mongers promoters false Mariners Might be examined with counterfeit Artificers Arti. All things spoken here I wish for my part That they were troden vnder the Table For he hath vttered nothing but the fancies of his hart VVho can let a man merily to fable Mar. Fable quoth he by S. Mary sir his fables touch the quicke He mingleth his fable with vnhappy sentences By the faith of my bodie he doth not my conscience a little picke He shall answere them that hath more astriences Ped. Conyskins maydes Conyskins for old pastes VVhat lacke you what buy you any good pinnes Knit caps for children biggens and wastes Come let vs bargaine bring forth your Conyskins I pray you rid my packe you three I promise you I will sell you very good cheape If vpon the price we can agree Of wares for each of you I haue a very great heape Tra. Then open thy pack let me see what thou hast here If thou hast any ware for me some mony thou shalt take For marchant Trauelles I haue such geare As no man in the world is able to make I haue a stone in my packe whereon is a name Which stone if you please here next your heart Shall defend you from perill and shame And keep you from paine when you hence depart But I haue a thing perchance you loue better Although it be not so comely to behold A thing wherewith you may make a water Wherewith all things that you touch shal be turned to gold Mar. This wildbraine doth but only mock and scoffe You shall be tyed a litle shorter one day Tra. If thou hast such geare as thou speakest off Let me know the price and for it I will pay And thou wilt meet me anon at the signe of the Doe Thou and I will reason more of the matter Ped. And it will please you to help to sing a ballet before you go I wil teach you cunningly to make the water Arti. I know the Pedler can sing pleasantly Both vpon the booke and also without Tra. I will sing seeing he desireth me so instantly But to sing by heart to agree I stand in doubt Ped. Behold I haue ballet bookes here Truly pricked with your rests and where you shal come in Mar. Then we soure wil make an honest quere I will follow if the Pedler will begin Hic Cant. Tra. I haue businesse I must needs go hence Farwell Pedler thou knowst my mind Ped. Against my comming prouide a purse of pence For I can sell you a prosperous and a good wind I haue in my pack also another stone Vsed with another thing that I do know Will cause a rough wind soone to be calme anon And in what quarter you will the wind to blow Mar. All thy words here are enigmata that are speeches darke Which I would haue thee declare what they do meane For I had as leeue heare a