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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

out of the dore That if he bidde me runne to get him meat afore I shall runne as fast as my feet were made of leade And tell him there is none though I may wel be spead I will be euen with him for my fare last day When he was with Iacob Esau What is it that thou doest say Ragau. Sir on your behalfe I earnestly wishe and pray That if like nede chaunce ye may fare as last day When ye were with Iacob Esau Well come on let vs go Ragau. Euen when ye will is there let in me or no Exeāt ambo Actus quarti scaena prima Rebecca Iacob Rebecca SOnne Iacob euen now is come the very houre That if thou haue any grace or hearte or power To play thy parte well and sticke vnto it throughout Esau his blessing will be thine without dout Iacob Mother I know your good will to be vnfained But I sée not which waye the thing may be attained Rebecca I haue it contriued how all thing shall be done Do thou as I shall bid thée and it will be wonne Iacob Mother in me shall be no faulte or negligence Rebecca Then herken very well vnto this my sentence I hearde olde Isaac in a long solempne talke Bid thy brother Esau to the fielde to walke And there with his bowe to kill him some venison Which brought and dressed he to haue his benison For I am aged sayd Isaac truly And would blesse thée dere sonne before that I dye Now is Esau gone to do it euen so But while he his away I would haue thée to go Abroade vnto the flocke and fet me kiddes twain Of which I shall with a trice make such meate certain As shall say come eate me and make olde Isaac Licke his lippes therat so toothsom shall it smacke I shall make him therof such as he doth loue Which in thy brothers stéede to blisse thee shall him moue Iacob O swete and dere mother this deuise is but vaine For Esau is rough and I am smothe certaine And so when I shal to my father bring this meate Perchaunce he will féele me before that he will eate Old men be mistrustfull he shall the matter take That I went about my father a foole to make Mother by such a pranck the matter will be wurse And I in stede of blissing shal purchase me his curse Rebecca 〈◊〉 be thy curse my sonne let it light on me Only fet thou the kiddes hither as I bid thée Doo thou thy true deuoire and let God worke therein Iacob Vpon your worde mother I will the thing begin Send me litle Mido to helpe me beare a kidde Rebecca He shall come by and by for so I shall him bidde Now lord if thou please that this thing shall take place Further this our enterprise helping with thy grace Actus quarti scaena secunda Mido. ARe ye here maister Iacob I came you to looke And here dame Rebecca hath sent you your shepecroke And hath commaunded me to wayte on you this day But wherfore or why she woulde nothing to me say Iacob Come on then folow me Mido a litle wayes Mido. Whether ye shall leade me I am at all assayes Iacob And art thou able to beare a kidde on thy backe Mido I am able I trowe to beare a quarter sacke How say you to this corps is it not fat and round How say ye to these legges come they not to the ground And be not here armes able your matter to spede Be not here likely shoulders to do such a déede Therfore come maister Iacob if this your dout be For bringing home of kiddes lay the biggest on me So that if we make a feast I may haue some parte Iacob Yes that shalt thou Mido right worthy thou art Actus quarti scaena tertia Rebecca Abra. Rebecca I Come to sée if Iacob be gone a fielde yet A litle slacking may all our purpose let But now that he is gone he will be here at once Therfore I will call my maide Abra for the nonce That all thing within may be in a redinesse Abra where be ye Abra Abra. Here within maistresse Rebecca Come forth when Abra what Abra I say Abra. Anone Rebecca Must I call so oft why come ye not by and by Abra. I was washing my vessell forsooth maistresse I Rebecca And in very déede looke that all your vessell be clene Abra. There is not one foule péece in all our tent I wene Rebecca Then make a great fyre and make redy your pot And sée there be plenty of water colde and hotte And sée the spitte be scoured as cleane as any pearle Abra. If this be not quickly done cal me noughtie gyrle Rebecca Nay soft whither away I haue not yet all done Abra. I thought ye would haue had me as quicke to be gone As when ye call Abra ye would haue me to come Rebecca Than sée ye haue made redy cloaues mace and sinamom Peper and sasfron then set hearbes for the potte Abra. We will haue the best that by me can be got Rebecca And let no foule corner be about all the tent Abra. If ye find any fault hardly let me be shent Is there any thing else but that I may go now Rebecca Nought but that when I come I finde no faut in you Abra. No I warrant you I will not let my matters slepe Rebecca Any good wenche will at hir dames bidding take kepe Now God of Abraham as I trust in thy grace Sende Iacob the blissing in Esau his place As thou hast ordeyned right so must all thing be Performe thine own wordes lord which thou spakest to me Now will I go in to sée that mine olde husband May of my secrete working nothing vnderstand Or in case he smell what we haue thus farre begonne He may thinke it all for Esau to be done Actus quarti scaena quarta Abra the mayde Deborra the nourse Abra. HE that were now within should find all thing I wene As trimme as a trēcher as tricke as swete as cleane And seing that my dame prepareth suche a feast I will not I trow be found such a fluttishe beast That there shall any filthe about our tent be kepte But that both within and without it shall bée swepte The second song It hath bene a prouerbe before I was borne Yong doth it pricke that wyll be a thorne WHo will be euill or who will be good Who geuen to truth or who to falshood Eche bodies youth sheweth a great likelihood Then let her sweepe with a brome and while she doth it sing this song and when she hath song let her say thus For yong doth it pricke that will be a thorne Who so in youth will no goodnesse embrace But folow pleasure and not vertues trace Great meruaile it is if such come to grace For yong doth it pricke that will be a thorne Suche as in youth will refuse to be tought Or will be slacke to worke as

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