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A new iuterlude [sic] and a mery of the nature of the .iiii. element declarynge many proper poynt of phylosophy naturall, and of dyuers straunge landys and of dyuers straunge effects [and] causis, whiche interlude yf ye hole matter be playd wyl conteyne the space of an hour and a halfe, but yf le lyst ye may leue out muche of the sad mater as the messengers p[ar]te, and some of experyens p[ar]te [and] yet the matter wyl depend conuenyently, and than it wyll not be paste thre quarters of an hour of length.
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Rastell, John, d. 1536.
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be most grose and lowyst in degre ¶ How dare men presume to be callyd clerkê Dysputynge of hye creaturis celestyall As thyngys inuysyble and goddê hye warkys And know not these vysyble thyngys inferyall So they wolde know hye thyngê know nothiÌ„ge at all Of the yerth here wheron they dayly be Nother the nature forme nor quantyte ¶ wherfore it semyth nothynge conuenyent A man to study and his tyme to be stowe Furst for the knowlege of hye thyngê excellent And of lyght matters beneth nothynge to know As of these .iiij. elementis here below whose effectis dayly appere here at eye Such thiÌ„gê to know furst were most mete study ¶ whiche matter before your presence shortly In this interlude here shall be declaryd without great eloquence iÌ„ ryme rudely Because the compyler is but small lernyd This worke with rethoryk is not adournyd For perhappis in this matter muche eloquence Sholde make it tedyous or hurt the sentence ¶ But because some folke be lytyll disposyd To sadnes but more to myrth and sport This phylosophycall work is myxyd with mery conseytis to gyue men coÌ„fort And occasyon to cause them to resort To here this matter wherto yf they take hede Some lernynge to them therof may ê“cede ¶ But they that shall nowe this matter declare Openly here vnto this audyence Be holde I prey you see where they are The pleyers begyn to appere in presence I se well it is tyme for me to go hens And so I wyll do therfore now shortly To god I coÌ„myt all this hole company ¶ Hic intrat natura naturata Humanyte Studyous desire portaÌ„s figuraÌ„ ¶ Natura Naturata THe hye myghty most excellent of all The fouÌ„tayn of goodnes verteu coÌ„nyng whiche is eterne of power most potencyall The ê‘feccyon and furst cause of euery thynge I meane that only hye naâ—tuâ—e naturynge Lo he by his goodnes hath ordeynyd and create Me here his mynyster callyd nature naturate ¶ wherfore I am the verey naturate nature The inmedyate mynyster for the preseruacyon Of euery thynge in his kynde to endure And cause of generacyon and corrupcyon Of that thynge that is brought to distruccyon A nother thynge styll I brynge forth a gayne Thus wondersâ—y I worke and neuer in vayne ¶ The great worâ—d be holde â—o deuydyd woÌ„dersly In to two regyons wherof on I call The etheriall region with the heuyns hye Conteynynge the planettys sterris speris all The lower region callyd the elementall Conteynynge these .iiij. elementis be loo The fyre the ayre the water and yerth also ¶ But yet the elementis and other bodyes all Beneth take theyr effectys and operacyons Of the bodyes in the region ethereall By theyr influens and constellacyons They cause here corrupcyons and generacyons For yf the mouyngâ— a boue sholde onys cease Beneth sholde be nother inâ—râ—se nor decrese ¶ These elementis of them selfe so syngle be Unto dyuers formys can not be deuydyd yet they coÌ„myx to gyder dayly ye sâ—e wherof dyuers kyndes of thyngê be ingenderyd whiche thyngê eftsonys whan they be corruptyd yche element I reduce to his â—urst estate So that nothynge can be vtterly adâ—yâ—helate ¶ For though the forme and facyon of any thyng That is a corporall body be distroyed yet euery matter remaynyth in his beynge wherof it was furst made and formyd For corrupcyon of a body coÌ„myxyd ys but the resolucyon by tyme and space Of euery element to his owne place ¶ For who that wyll take any body corporall And do what he can it to distroy To breke it or grynde it into â—ouder small To washe to drown to bren it or to dry yet the ayre and fyre therof â—aturally To their owne ê“per places wyll ascende The water to the water the yerth to the yerth tende ¶ For yf hete or moysture of any thynge certayne By fyre or â—e water â—e consâ—â—â—yd yet yerth or asshes on yerth wyll remayne So the elementis can neuer be distroyed For essencyaliy ther is now at this tyde As muche fyre ayre water yerth as was Euer before this tyme nether more nor las ¶ wherfore thou man now I speke to the Remembre that thou art compound and create Of these elementis as other creaturis be yet they haue not all lyke noble estate For plantis and herbys growe and be insensate Brute bestis haue memory and their wyttê fyue But thou hast all those and soule intellectyue ¶ So by reason of thyne vnderstandynge Thou hast domynyon of other bestis all And naturally thou sholdyst desire coÌ„nynge To knowe straunge effectê and causys naturall Foâ— he that studyeth for the lyfe bestyall As voluptuous pleasure and bodely rest I account hym neuer better than a best ¶ Humanyte ¶ O excellent prynce and great lorde nature I am thyne owne chylde and formyd instrument I beseche thy grace take me to thy cure And teche me suche scyens thou thikyst expedyeÌ„t ¶ Nature ¶ Than syth thou art so humble and beneuolent That thynge that is mete for thy capasyte And good for thy knowlege I shall Instructe the ¶ Furst of all thou must consyder and see These elementis whiche do yche other penetrate And by contynuall alteracyon they be Of them selfe dayly corruptyd and generate The yerth as a poynt or center is sytuate In the myddê of the worlde with the water Ioyned with the ayre fyre rounde hole inuyronyd ¶ Thâ— yerth of it selfe is ponderous and heuy Colde and dry of his owne nature ê“per Some parte lyeth dry contynually And parte therof coueryd ouer with water Somâ— with the salt see some with freshe ryuer whiche yerth and the water to gyder with all So Ioynyd make a rounde fygure sperycall ¶ So the water whiche is colde moyst is fouÌ„de In and vppon the yâ—rth fyllynge the holâ—nes In dyuers partis liynge with the yerth rounde yet thâ— hyllys and mountâ—yns of the yerth excesse Take nothynge of hit a way the roundnes In comparyson bycause they be so small No more than the prikkê do that be on a gall ¶ The ayre whiche is hote and moyst also And the fyre whichâ— is euer hote and dry A bout thâ— yerth and water Ioyntly they go And compasse them euery where orbycularly As the whyte a boute the yolke of an egg doth lye But the ayre in the lower parte moste remaynyth The fyre naturally to the hyer tendyth ¶ The ethâ—ryall region whiche conteynyth The sterrys and planettys and â—uery spere A bout the elementis dayly mouyth And coueryth them rounde a bout euery where Euery sterre and spere in straunge maner Uppon his owne poles mouyâ—h-dyuersly whiche now to declare were to longe to tary ¶ The fyre and the ayre of their naturys be lyght Therfore they moue by naturall prouydence The water bycause it is ponderous in weyght Mouyth not naturally but by vyolence Of the stâ—rris and planâ—ttê by whose influence The see is compellyd to ebbe and flowe dayly And freshe