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A new enterlude, neuer before this tyme imprinted, entreating of the life and repentaunce of Marie Magdalene not only godlie, learned and fruitefull, but also well furnished with pleasaunt myrth and pastime, very delectable for those which shall heare or reade the same. Made by the learned clarke Lewis Wager. The names of the players. Infidelitie the vice. Marie Magdalene. Pride of life. Cupiditie. Carnall concupiscence. Simon the Pharisie. Malicious iudgement. The lawe. Knowledge of sinne. Christ Iesus. Fayth. Repentaunce. Iustification. Loue. Foure may easely play this enterlude.; Life and repentance of Marie Magdalene
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Wager, Lewis, fl. 1566.
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1566
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STC 24932; ESTC S111562
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magis tegitur magis aestuat ignis The more closely that you kepe fyre no doubt The more feruent it is when it breaketh out Mary Wel friend I know what you meane by that verse What I wil do for you at this tyme I wil not reherse But in one thyng truly I am muche to blame That all this tyme I haue not inquired your name Infidelitie Swete mistresse Mary I am called Prudence Or els Counsell full of wisedome and science Here vnto you honorable Honor I haue brought A person alway to be in your mynde and thought And this person is named Utilitie Uery profitable for your commoditie Pleasure is the name of this Mynion Conuenient for you forsothe in myne opinion Mary Prudence Honor Utilitie and Pleasure Oh who would desyre in this world more treasure Gramercy heart of gold for your great payne Truly of necessitie I must kisse you once agayne Infidelitie Will you so that is the thyng that haue I wold Euery kisse to me is worth a crowne of golde Pride Leaue kissyng treate we of matters more ernest Let vs reason of thyngs concerning your request Honor is my name a qualitie for you requisite Or rather of honor I am an appetite On the which must be all your meditation With the hearts courage and myndes eleuation I tell you this desyre must be euer next your hart Infidelitie Nay hoa there backare you must stand apart You loue me best I trow mystresse Mary Mary For a hundred pound I would not say the contrary And in token Prudence that I loue you best Here I ioyn you next vnto my heart and breast Cupiditi If ye embrace one you must all embrace For our vse is to dwell all in one place Concupiscence Tushe from our purpose alway we do digresse Let euery one of vs his qualities expresse Infidelitie Agreed mistresse Mary heare you my counsell First all thought from your heart you must expell Trouble not your selfe with any fantasies Neuer attend you to the lawe nor prophecies They were inuented to make fooles afrayd Heare them not for they will make you dismayd God tushe when was God to any man sene I had not ben now aliue if any God had bene Pryde Homo homini Deus Man is God to man this matter is playne And beleue you that none other God doth raigne Cupiditi Man is the begynnyng of his owne operation Ergo then of none other gods creation Man is his owne God therfore with vtilitie Let hym labour here to lyue in felicitie Concupiscence Of many ladies I am certaine you haue hard Which the people as goddesses dyd regard And why â–ª this was the cause truly in my iudgement They had all pleasure here at theyr coÌ„maundement So that they liued in ioy wealth and prosperitie Usyng all pleasures for their owne commoditie Infidelitie To be a goddesse your selfe truely you must beleue And y t you may be so your mind therto you must geue All other gods beside your selfe you must despise And set at nought their Scripture in any wise Pride How say you M. Mary do we not gree all in one Infideli Surely M. Mary we will make you a Goddesse anone Mary You please me excedingly well verily Persons you are of great witte and policie Pride You must be proude loftie and of hye mynde Despise the poore as wretches of an other kynde Your countenance is not ladylike inough yet I see well that we had nede to teache you more wit Let your eies roll in your head declaryng your pride After this sort you must cast your eies aside Mary How thinke you by this maner of countenance Pride ConuenieÌ„t for such as be not of your acquaintance Cupiditi I doubt not but she will do right well hir part By that tyme that all we be fast within hir hart Carnall concu Marke the garmentes of other in any wise And be you sure of one of the newest guise Your haire me thynke is as yelow as any gold Upon your face layd about haue it I wold Sometime on your forehead the breadth of an hand Somtime let your attire vpon your crowne stand That all your haire for the most part may be in sight To many a man a fayre haire is a great delight Infidelitie In sommer time now and then to kepe away flies Let some of that faire haire hang in your eies With a hotte nedle you shall learne it to crispe That it may curle together in maner like a wispe Mary By my trouth you are a merrie gentleman I will follow your counsell as much as I can Pride By your eares somtimes with pretie tusks toyes You shall folde your haire like Tomboyes It becommeth a yong gentlewoman be ye sure And yong men vnto your loue it will allure Cupiditi If the colour of your haire beginneth for to fade A craft you must haue â–ª that yellow it may be made With some Goldsmyth you may your selfe acquaint Of whoÌ„ you may haue water your haire for to paint Concupiscence Besydes Goldsmythes water there is other geare Uery good also to colour agayne the heare Yea if you were not beautifull of your vysage A painter could make you to apere w t a lusty courage And though you were as aged as any creature A Painter on your face would set such an ornature That you should seeme yong and very faire And like one whose beautie doth neuer dispaire Infide M. Mary had you neuer y e smal por in your youth Pryde You are a mad fellow Prudence of a truth Marie I pray you M. Prudence â–ª wherfore ask you that Pride It is lâ—ke that in you he hath spied somewhat Car. con Alas good gentlewoman she blushes like coles Infidelitie In dede about her nose there be little prety holes Therfore I thynk that she hath had the pockes I meane good faith without any gaudes or mockes Mary If there be any fautes in my face verily For money I trust shortly to haue remedy Pride Mistresse Mary there is not a fayrer in this town Infideli Yea by saint Anne she is louely in color but brown Car. concupisceÌ„ce If she be not content with that natiue colour A painter will set on one of more honour Infidelitie I haue known painters that haue made old crones To appeare as pleasant as little prety yong Iones Pride Let vs returne agayne to our ornamentes I would haue you pleasant alway in your garments Upon your forhead you must weare a bon grace Which like a penthouse may com farre ouer your face And an other from your nose vnto your throte Of veluet at the least without spot or moate Your garments must be so worne alway That your white pappes may be seene if you may Cupiditi If yong gentlemen may see your white skin It will allure them to loue and soone bryng them in ConcupisceÌ„ce Both damsels and wiues vse many such feates I know them that will lay out their faire teates Purposely men to allure