vs two you doo grutch Can a man of policy and redy wit haue to much The noble king Salomon was rich had wisdome great store Yet he seassed not dayly to pray to God for more Precipitation Get thée store of fréends saith Cicero for it is déemed A true freend more then Kinsfolke is to be estéemed Inough It is an olde prouerbe and of an ancient time Which saith it is not all Golde that like Golde dooth shine No more are all fréends that freendship pretend As it approoued with many in the end Vvorldly man. Yea inough but I am sure that this policy And this redy wit are my fréends verely Couetouse Are we ye faith there of you may be sure We are they which your welth shall procure Inough is not inough without vs two For hauing not vs what can inough doo Inough is maintained by wisdome and policy Which is contained of a redy wit naturally Precipitation Hauing a redy wit and of polycy the skil You need not to care for this inough except you wil. There is another inough which is inuisible Which inough to want is impossible As for this Inough is inough I cannot deny But this inough serueth but euen competently You haue no more now then dooth your self serue So that your poor Bréethern for all you may sterue But inough that commeth by vs twain Is able your self and many other to sustain Vvorldly man. Your words are euen as true as the Gospel As one named Reason of late to me did tel You may be more heauenly saith he hauing riches Then if you had nothing the trueth to expresse I finde his wordê true for wheÌ„ almes I wold giue I haue not wherwith the néedy to releeue Inough I haue for my self I cannot say nay But I would I had more to succour the néedy alway Inough These woords procéed from a couetouse minde And from a worldly lust which dooth you blinde was not the poor widdow for her offring praised more Then all they that offred of their superfluitie store The sacrifice of God as the prophet Dauid dooth say Is a broken hart and a good minde alway Couetouse He sayes wel by Lady yea and like an honest man But yet Sir riches to be good wel prooue I can For euery man is not called after one sorte But some are called to prophecy some to preach exhorte And he by that meanes Heauen ioyes to win But euery man knoweth not that way to walke in Therfore euery man as his vocation is must walke I am sure that against this you wil not talke Inough The greatest bosters are not the best giuers Nor the ernest preachers are the best liuers As sucre increaseth riches and honor So couetouse inlargeth dayly more and more I knowe soÌ„e in this realme which once were coÌ„tent With poorely inough which God to them had sent Wishing of a good conscience as they said verily That God would once again restore the veritie If it please thee good Lord said they thy woord to vs again send And then truely our Couetouse liues we wil amend But since it hath pleased God them to welth to restore They are ten times more Couetouse then they were before Yea hedling without all consideration They for Couetouse make some lawes in that nation Such bying and selling of Leaces and benifices Such doubling of wares to extreme prices So shamefully Gods ministers they poule shaue That not half inough to liue vpon they haue But it is an olde saying and a true certainly it wil not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone verily The worldly man wil needs be a worldly man stil Wel chuse you I wil let you aloÌ„e doo what you wil. I cannot think but those that of me holde scorne Wil be glad of me or euer the yéer be half worne Exit Vvorldly man. Mary fare wel adieu to the deuil Body of me he would make me his driuil Couetouse You may sée what a trusty freend he is Vvorldly man. A beggerly knaue I warrant you by the blisse And euen so he and they went about me to make Within a while I should haue gone to the hedge for a stake Precipitation I warrant you that you should haue proued shortly They would not haue lost you one grote nor peny I maruail you would tary with them any time or season You are olde inough I trowe to be ruled by reason Vvorldly man. A shame take them all I haue spent on them xx pouÌ„d That I had of money and of mine owne good ground I am a shamed of my self so God me saue Because I haue solde almoste all that euer I haue My freends and companions when I go in the street So God help me I am a shamed with them to meet Couetouse Passion of me it was time to look about They would quite haue vndoon you or els without dout But I trowe I trowe if you wil be ruled by me What I wil doo for you or ere it be long you shall sée A thousand thousand thousand waies I can inuent To fetch in double asmuch as you haue spent Vvorldly man. Be ruled by you yes héer I doo you bothe imbrace As mine owne minde to folowe all my liues space For I tel you plain I am wery of their Schole Precipitation It is time for you els they would haue made you a fool Vvorldly man. I perceiued no lesse in deed hy the talke of Reason But so it should haue come to passe in season Couetouse And doo you my brother Reason perfitly knowe Vvorldly man. Yea and with him one called Agililitie I trowe Reason came to me and mihi flectere mentem he said Sola solet ratio dux sida sophorn est it cannot be denaid To nature and Reason he dooth open iniury Which of other men councel dooth seek God hath giuen men Reason and their wits Policy To forsake that is il and to take that he dooth like Precipitation And beléeue you not these words to be very true Vvorldly man. Yes and I haue thought on them xx times since I tel you Oh Sirs me thinks if I had money and treasure again In faith I would be a liuely lad I tel you plain Heauenly man quoth he let them be heauenly for me The best heauen is me thinks is rich for to be Couetouse In faith it shall cost me and my fréends a fall But you shal be twise as rich as you were before We wil doo it to spite them euen with all Though we doo hundreds wrong therfore I haue set some aloft in a high place Which had rather dye I dare wel say Then one inch of their state should fall or abace But rather to clime vp higher if they may Whow of this world I rule the whole state Yea faith I gouern all lawes rites and orders I at my pleasure raise war strife and debate And again I make peace in all Costes and borders Nay yet a much more
that come to authoritie after that rate Doo end their liues in some miserable and vnhappy state Tenant thou foole saith Christ this night wil I fetch thy soule froÌ„ thée And then who shall haue the things that thine be Wel let him alone I hope all wil prooue for the best Euen as he leadeth his life so shall he finde rest Seruant Peace peace for Gods sake look where the Steward comes Body of me Sirs which way shall I run run out Enter Couetouse God spéed you what mean you would you speak with me Tenant Yea Sir euen to desire your worship my vréend vor to to be Ich haue a zertain petition to your maship to mooue And ich desire you to be my vréend in it vor Gods looue Couetouse What is the matter let me knowe it at once I haue somwhat els to doo then hear to tread the stones Tenant By my trueth Sir I beséech you vor me to speak a good woord To your good maister and my Londlord Ich haue dwelt in his house this vorty yéeres almoste And thervpon ch aue bestowed much money and cost And now ich hear zay ich must double my rent Or els void out of it and that incontinent I beséech you vor Gods sake on me take some pitty and bone If I be put out for euer I cham vndoon Oh good Sir I knowe that you may doo much Couetouse By my trueth I can doo nothing héer in And so God help me I estéeme no such matters worth a pin Ber Lady Sir you haue had it a fair season And that a man should make what he can of his owne it is reasoÌ„ I warrant you therbe inow that that rent wil giue Tenant But they shall neuer thriue on it then I beléeue Ich knowe what he may doo with the house and ground He may chaunce to vinde rent inough of viue pound Couetouse Wel care not you for that if you he a wise man You were best to get one better chepe where you can For I knowe that so much for it haue he may Yea if it stood empty euen this present day Tenant Wel Sir yet me thinks there should be a conscience I think God hateth such couetouse sir by your patience Couetouse Thou art a foolish felowe héer of to me to complain For I medle with no such matters I tel you plain Hireling make much curtsey Good gentlemaÌ„ God saue your life I pray to our lord May I be so bolde to speak with you gentleman one word Couetouse Whether the Deuil wilt thou into mouth me think Fo Gods ames how he smelles all of drink Hireling Nay by my trueth Sir I drink none other drink to day But a little fléet milk mingled with whay For so God help me if for drink or meat I should dye I haue not one farthing any therwith to bye And by my trueth Sir this is my sute at this time I serued your maister in making Brick and lime Halfe a yeer togither not missing one day And by my trueth all my wages is yet for to pay And if it please you heerin to showe me some pleasure The same to my power with like I wil measure Couetouse Body of me what a beggerly knaue is heear Why canst thou not forbere thy money one yéer Hireling No by my trueth Sir for I haue no lands Nor nothing to liue vpon but onely my hands I beseech you be good to me Couetouse Why I meddle not with such things that doost knowe Hireling Yes Sir you are maister Steward I trowe Couetouse No faith I am but maister receiuer I take in all but by gisse I am no payer Hireling Your maister hath a great sort of receiuers in déed But not one to pay the Hireling his true meed All braue Vvorldly man. What worthy policy what make you héer to day Couetouse About your affaires I haue busines this way And beholde Sir as I traueled the Stréet With these two fellowes I chaunced for to méet Who tolde me that they had an ernest sute to you One for his house that he dwelleth in now Wherin he saith you go about to doo him much wrong For he saith that he hath dwelt in it very long The other said you owe him a peece of money he wrought with you half a yeer had neuer a peny And thus they took on with me before you did come And now haue I showed you the whole circumstance some Vvorldly man. Mary hang them Villains haue I nought to doo But to stand and reason matters with them two Hear you tenaÌ„t in few woordê you knowe my minde According as I haue tolde you so you shall me finde Other prouide money your lease to renue Or els you shall out incontinent this t s true Tenant Oh Londlord me thinks this is to much extremitie Alas vpon mine age take you some pittye C ham olde haue many Children and much charge I trust lendlord ich shall vinde you better at large Vvorldly man. I cannot tel what I should doo more beléeue me Many Landlords would not doo as I doo by thée For I am coÌ„tent for money that shouldst haue it before an other I can doo no more for thee if thou wert my brother Couetouse Thou must be answerd father there is no remedy By Saint Anne me think he speaketh very resonably Tenant This resonable speaking coÌ„meth froÌ„ an vnreasonable minde Wo be to him that to such inconueniences shall a man binde Hireling If it please you Sir help me to my money if you may Vvorldly man. No by my faith Sir you get it not to day You thall tary my leisure I wil pay you when I sée cause Hireling You are happy Sir in your hands you haue the lawes But by gisse if I had any thing that would doo you pleasure You should haue it when you would and not tary my leasure Wel I beléeue verely that the prayers of the poor his cry Shall ascend into the eares of the Lord God on hye And he wil plague all those that righteousnes withstand And as the Prophet saith root their posteritie out of the land Tenant Wel Hireling let vs departe this place It preuaileth not vs of him to craue any grace Hireling No more shall it preuail him the Scripture saith in déed To ask mercy of the Lord when he standeth in need Exeunt Vvorldly man. Ha ha ha I must laugh so God me saue To see what a sort of suters now a dayes we haue Couetouse I warrant you if you wil be ruled by Reason and policy You shall haue all the worlde to sue to you shortly Vorldly man. A common saying the Fox fareth the better and not the worse When that the good wife dooth him ban and cursse So what care I though to cursse me the people doo not ceasse As long as by them my riches dooth increace Oh policy how glorious my buildings doo shine No gentlemans in this contrey like vnto mine Sira what shall
I doo I must make my barnes more great For I haue not rowme inough to lay in my Rye and whete Couetouse Set men a woork with it as soon as ye can If you lack rowme make more you may than Vvorldly man. By gisse I wil they shall in hand to morrow I thank you policy I need nothing to borowe Sirra the little tenament that by my house dooth stand I would I could get that to euen out of hand I want a little buttrye to lay in my drink And that would serue the turn handsomly I think And to say the trueth it is not meet that such a begger as he Should dwel so néer vnder the nose of me Couetouse Who the Deuil put that into your minde Vvorldly man. Mary euen that did reason my trusty fréend Couetouse I haue béen about it my self all this wéek Redy wit all the Lawes for to delay dooth séek We wil haue it I warrant you by hook or by crook Tush I warrant you for such od ends dayly we look Prophet without O thou Earth Earth earth hear the woord of the Lord Knowe thy self to be no better then Clay or dust Let the Vvorldly man looke sudenly about him Se that thy life to Gods trueth doo alwaies accorde For from earth thou cammest and to earth thou must What is the matter why what aile ye why look you so about VVorldly man. I heard a terible noise surely without dout Which pronounced the woords of the Prophet Ieremy Saying Earth Earth turn thee speedyly Couetouse Why and are you afraid and amased at that I see wel you haue a hart like a Gnat. Prophet That Seruant that diligently dooth fulfil And watcheth at all times for the coÌ„ming of his maister And dooth in the mean season apply his wil Of his masters goods there be no spoile nor waster That seruant shal be sure to be a Taster Of Gods blessings and ioyes euerlasting Where as is all consolation and nothing wanting But that seruant that liueth idlely without care And looketh not diligently vpon his Office His maister shall come sudenly or he be aware And sâ—all minister to him according to iustice The portion of Ipocrites shal be his Into vtter darknes cast him out wil he Where as weeping and gnashing of téeth shal be Exit Couetouse Oh Sira mary Gods blessing on his hart Ful honestly he teacheth you Sir their parte Vvorldly man. These be the woords of the holy Scripture Declaring the difference between the iust and vnpure Good Lord I wold know what those woordê doo mene Couetouse Your Chaplain can tel you for he is very wel seen Vvorldly man. I pray you policy call him to me heâ—â—er But look that you come again bothe togither Couetouse Yes that we wil I warrant you need not to feare We wil be heer again or a Horse can lick his eare Vvorldly man. By my trueth me thinks I begin to war sick In sending away my counceller I was somwhat to quick Wel I wil sit me down and say to sleep heer Til they into this place again doo appeer Oh my hed Enter Gods plague and stand behinde him a while before he speak It is euen I that vpon thee dooth blowe Filling thee with plagues and sundry disease What I am indéed I wil learne thée to knowe For I am not afraid thée to displease Thou shalt departe from thy house and land Thy wife and Children beggers thou shalt leaue Thy life thou shalt loose euen out of hand And after death thy iust rewarde receiue Thy il gotten goods shall not thée deliuer Thyne costly buildings shall nothing preuail Thy odours thy swéet smelles and thou shalt perish togither Thy rings thy bracelets and Golde chaines shall fall Straungers and those whome thou didst neuer knowe Shall possesse that whiche by frawd thou hast got Thy seed from of thy ground God wil ouerthrowe Because at his Prophets preaching thou amenddest not Thou sleepest in death as the Prophet Dauid dooth say Out of which sléep when thou shalt awake Thou shalt perceiue thou must needs away And that on thée God wil no mercy take I am the plague of God properly called Which commeth on the wicked sudainly I go through all townes and Cittyes strongly walled Striking to death and that without all mercy Heer thou wicked couetouse person I doo strike Which once on the plowe hadst taken holde But willingly again thou rannest in the Dike Therfore thy plague shal be doubled seuen folde Go out and stand at the door Couetouse Come Sir Nicolas come sir Nicolas come Sir Nicolas come Ignorance C ham faint by gisse would ich had a little more buni Couetouse A pestilence take thée haste thou not inough yet Ignorance No I can drink a Galon and eat neuer a bit Couetouse Come in the knaues name you must expouÌ„d a matter Ignorance I can expound good ale from fair water Couetouse Tush felow thou must expound a péece of Scripture Ignorance I can doo it as wel as any Bishop I am sure I haue spouted with the Geneuians xx on a rowe Couetouse And thou wert to good for them all I trowe Ignorance Was I yea faith that I was you shall vnder stand With a peece of Lattin I set them all one dry land Couetouse And I pray thée hartely what was it let me hear Ignorance Thou shalt if thou wilt promise to giue me a pot of béer Magistrorum clericium inkepe miorum Totus perus altus yongus et oldus Multus knauoribus et quoque fasorum Pick pursus omnius argentus shauus polus Let me sée what they are all able to say to this Couetouse For out of deut a worthy peece of learning it is Ignorance A man may as much edyfying out of my lattin take As ye may out of exposicioÌ„s that many ministers make Couetouse Euen as thou saist in faith much of a kinde For they place the scriptures as fethers in the winde Peace body of me our maister is a sleep Ignorance Mary it was time indeed for vs silence to kéep Vvorldly man. Oh I would if I could but now it is to late Hold thy peace I pray thee and doo me no more rate Couetouse To whome speak you to Sir to him or to me Vvorldly man. There is no remedy now man that thou doost sée Ignorance Passion of me Sira he dreameth me think Vvorldly man. Is there no remedy but to hel I must néeds sink Couetouse For my life Deuosion he is haunted with the Mare Ignorance Nay it is some wurser thing truly I feare Couetouse I holde a Crown he is not very wel Ignorance So me thinks for he dreameth of going to Hel. Couetouse We wil wake him out of that troublesome sleep Ignorance Good Lord séest thou not beholde how he dooth wéep Couetouse How doo you good maister is he a sléep or a wake Vvorldly man. Oh good Lord how my hart dooth ake Oh sick sick neuer so sick in my life berfore