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  • Title: Jack Juggler (Quarto 1)
  • Editor: David Swain
  • Textual editor: Dr. Sarah Neville
  • Coordinating editor: Brett Greatley-Hirsch

    • ISBN: 978-1-55058-490-5

    Copyright David Swain. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Editor.
    Author: Anonymous
    Editor: David Swain
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    Jack Juggler (Quarto 1)

    0.01A new Enterlued for
    Chyldren to playe named Iacke Iugeler, both
    wytte, very playsent and merye, Neuer
    before Imprented.
    0.05The Players names.
    May sters. Boungrace. A galant
    Dame coye. A Gentelwoman
    Iacke Iugler. the vyce.
    Ienkin careaway A Lackey.
    0.10Ales trype and go A mayd.
    Iak iuglerM. bouñgraceDame coye.
    1 The Prologue.
    INterpone tuis interdum gaudia curis
    Vt po s s is animo quemuis sufferre laborem
    Doo any of you knowe what latyne is this
    5Or ells wold you haue an expositorem
    To declare it in Engly she per sensum planiorem
    It is be st I speake Engly she or ells with in awhylle
    I may percace myne ownselfe with my latin begile
    The two verses which I rehersid before
    10I finde writen in the boke of Cato the wyse
    Emongs good precepts of lyuing a thousand more
    Which to folowe there he doth all men auise
    And they may be Engly shed breflie in this wise
    Emongs thy carfull busines vse sume time mirth & ioye
    15That no bodilye worke thy wytts breke or noye
    For the mynd (saith he) in serius matters occupied
    If it haue not sum quiet mirthe and recreacion
    Interchaungeablie admixed mu st niddes be sone weried
    And (as who should saye) tried, through continual opera- (cion)
    20Of labour and busines without relaxacion
    Therfor intermixt hone st mirthe in suche wise
    That your strenght may be refre shid & to labours suffise
    For as meat and drinke, naturall re st and slype
    For the conseruacion and helth of the bodye
    25Mu st niddes be had, soo the mynd and wittes to kype
    Pregnant, fre she indu struis, quike and lu stie
    Hone st mirthe, and pa stime is requisite and nece s s arie
    For Quod caret alterna requie durabile non e st
    Nothyng may endure (saith Ouyd) with out sum re st
    30Example proufe her of in erth is well founde
    Manife st open and verie euident
    For except the husband man suffer his ground
    Sum tymes to re st, it woll bere no frute verament
    Therfore the leat the filde lye euerie second yere
    35To the end that aftir re st it may the better corne beare
    Thus than (as I haue sayed) it is a thing naturall
    And naturallie belonging to all liuing creatures
    And vnto man especiallie aboue others all
    To haue at times cõueniẽt, pa staũce, mirthe & pleasurs
    40So they be ioyned Wt hone stie & keape Wt in due mesars
    And the same well allowen not onlye the said Cato
    But also ye Philosophers, Plutarke, Socrates & Plato
    And Cicero Tullius a man sapient and wyse
    Willeth the same in that his fir st boke
    45Which he wrot and entytelid of an hone st mans office
    Who so is disposid therupon to looke
    Wher to define and affirme he boldlie on him tooke
    That to heare Enterluds is pa stime conuenient
    For all maner men, and a thing congruent
    50He rekeneth that namelie as a verie hone st disport
    And a boue all other thinges commendeth ye old cõmedie
    The hearing of which may doo the mynd cumfort
    For they be repleni shed with precepts of Philosophie
    The conteine mutch wisdome & teache prudent pollecie
    55and though thei be al writẽ of mattiers of non ĩportaũce
    yet the shew great wite and mutch pretie conueiaunce
    And in this maner of making Plautus did excell
    As recordeth the same Tullius cõmending him bi name
    Wherfore this maker deliteth pa s s inglie well
    60Too folow his arguments and to draw out the same
    For to make at seasuns cõuenient pa stims mirth & game
    As now he hath don this matter nor worthe an oy ster shel
    Except percace it shall fortune too make you laugh well
    And for that purpose oonlye this maker did it write
    65Taking the ground therof out of Plautus fir st cõmedie
    And the fir st scentence of ye same for higher things endite
    In no wise he wold, for yet the tyme is so quesie
    That he that speakith be st, is le st thanke worthie
    Therfore sithe nothing but trifles may be had
    70you shall heare a thing yt onlie shal make you merie & glad
    And suche a trifling matter as when it shalbe done
    you may report and saye ye haue hearde nothing at all
    Therfore I tell you all, before it bee begone
    That no man looke to heare of mattiers fub stancyall
    75Nor mattiers of any grauitee either great or small
    For this maker shewed vs that suche maner things
    Doo neuer well besime litle boyes handelinges
    Wherfore yf he wylnot sowrelie your broues bend
    At suche a fanta sticall conceite as this
    80But can be content to heare and see the ende
    I woll goo shew the actours what your pleasure is
    Which to wait vpoon you I know bee redie or this
    I woll goo send them hither in too your presens
    Desiryng that they may haue quiet audience
    85 Iake Iugler
    Our lord of heuene and swite sainte Ihone
    Re st you merye my mai stirs euerychone
    And I praie too chri st and swete saint Steuen
    Send you all many a good euine
    90And you to syr, and you, and you also
    Good euine to you an hunderid times & a thousand mo
    Now by all thes cro s s es of fle she bone and blod
    I rekine my chaunce right maruylus good
    Here now to find all this cumpanie
    95Which in my mynd I wy shed for hartylie
    For I haue labored all daye tyll I am werie
    And now am disposed too pa s s e the tyme and be merie
    And I thinke noon of you but he wold doo the same
    For who wol be sad, and nedithe not, is soull to blame
    100And as for me, of my mother I haue byn tought
    To bee merie when I may, and take no thought
    Which leasune I bare so well a waye
    That I vse to make merie oons a daie
    And now if all things happin ryght
    105you shall see as mad a pa stime this night
    As you saw this seuen yers? and as propre a toye
    As euer you saw played of a boye
    I am called Iake Iugler of many an oon
    And in fayth I woll playe a iugling ca st a non
    110I woll cungere the moull and god before
    Or elles leat me lese my name for euer more
    I haue it deuised and compacced hou
    And what wayes I woll tell and shew to you
    you all know well Mai ster baungrace
    115The gentilman that dwellith here in this place
    And Ienkine Carreawaie his page as cursed alad
    And as vngracious as euer man had
    An vnhappy wage, and as foli she a knaue with all
    As any is now within London wall
    120This Ienkine and I been fallen at great debate
    For a mattier that fell betwine vs a late
    And hitherto of him I could neuer reuengid bee
    For his mai ster mentainyth him and louethe not mee
    Albeit the very truth to tell
    125Nother of them both knoweth me werie well
    But againe st all other boyes the said gentle man
    Mayntenyth him all that he can
    But I shall set litle by my wyte
    If I do not Ienkine this night requite
    130Ere I slepe Ienkine shall here bee mete
    And I tru st to cume partlye out of his dete
    And whan we mete againe, if this do not suffise
    I shall paie Ienkine the residue, in my be st wyse
    It chaunced me right now in the other end of ye next stret
    135Withe Ienkine and his mai stire in the face to met
    I a bod ther a whille plaing for to see
    At the buklers, as welbecommed mee
    It was not long tyme, but at the la st
    Bake cumithe my cosune Careawaye homward ful fa st
    140Pricking, praunsing, and springing in his short cote,
    And pleasauntlie synging with a mery note
    Whyther a waye so fa st, tary a while sayed oon
    I cannot now saie Ienkine I mu st nides bee goon
    My mai ster suppeth herbie at a gentylmans place
    145And I mu st thither feache my dame mai stres boũdgrace
    But yet er I go I care not motche
    At the bukelers to playe with the oon faire toche
    To it they went and plaied so long
    Tyll Ienkine thought he had wrong
    150By cokes precious pot stike I wyll not home this nyght
    Quod he, but as good a stripe oon thie hed light
    Within halfe an houre or sume what lese
    Ienkine lefte playng, and went to feache his mai steris
    But by the waie he met with a freuters wife
    155Ther Ienkine and she fell at suche strife
    For snatching of an Apple, that doune he ca st
    Her basket, and gatherid vp the apples fa st
    And put them in his sleue, then came he his waye
    By an other lane as fa st as he maye
    160Tyll he came at a corner by a shoops stall
    Wher boies were at Dice, faryng at all
    When Careawaye with that good cumpany met
    He fell to faring withouten let
    Forgettyng his me s s age, and so well dyd he fare
    165That whan I came bye, he gan swere and stare
    And ful bitterly began to curse
    As oone that had lo st almo st all in his por se
    For I knowe his olde gise and condicyon
    Neuer to leaue tyll all his mony bee goon
    170For he hath noo mony but what he doth stell
    And that woll he plaie awaie euery dell
    I pa s s ed by, and then called vnto my mynd
    Sertayne old rekeaninges that were behind
    Bitwene Ienkine and me, whom partelie to recompẽse
    175I tru st by gods grace, ere I goo hens
    This garments cape, and all other geare
    That now you see apon me here
    I haue doon oon all like vnto his
    Fo the nons, and my purpose is
    180To make Ienkine byliue if I can
    That he is not him selfe but an other man
    For except he hath better loke then he had
    He woll cum hyther starke staryng mad
    When he shall cum I woll handle my captine soo
    185That he shal not well wott whether too goo
    His Mai steris I know she woll him blame
    And his mai stir also well doo the same
    Bycause that she of her supper deceiuid is
    For I am sure they haue all supped by thys
    190But and if Ienkyne wold hither resort
    I tru st he and I should make sum sport
    yf I had sooner spokine he wold haue sooner been here
    For my simithe I doo his voice heare
    Careawaye
    195A syr I may saie I haue been at a fe st
    I haue lo st .ii. s. and syxpence at the le st
    Mary syr of this gaynes I nyd make no bo st
    But the dyuell goo with all more haue I lo st
    My name is Careawaie let all sorow pa s s e
    200I woll ere too morow night be as rich as euer I (was
    Or at ye forthe st within a day or twaine
    Me May sters purse shall paye me agayne
    Therfor hogh careawaie now wol I sing.hei hey
    But bi ye lorde now I remembre an other thing
    205By my fayth Ienkine my Mai steris and thou
    Ar lyke to agree, god knowith hou
    That thou come st not for her incontinent
    To bryng hir too supper when thou wer sent
    And now they haue all supped thou wolt shurlie abye
    210Except thou imagine sum pretie and craftilie lye
    For she is as all other weomen bee
    A verie cursed sh rew by the ble s s id Trinitie.
    And a verye diuell, for yf she oons begine
    To fight or chyd in a weke she wol not lyne
    215And a great pleasure she hath specyally now of late
    To gette poore me now and then by the pate
    For she is an angrie pece of fle she and sone displeasyd
    Quikely moued but not lyghtlye appesed
    We vse to call hir at home dame Coye
    220A Cresie gingerlie pice god saue her and saint Loy
    As denty and nice as an halpeny worthe of syluer spoons
    but vengable melancolie in the aftir noons
    She vseth for hir bodylie helth and safegard
    To chid daylie oone fite too supperward
    225And my May ster hym selfe is wor se then she
    If he ons throughlye angeryd bee
    And a mayd we haue at hom aulsoon tripe and goo
    Not all London shewe such other twoo
    She simperith, she prankith and getteth with out faille
    230As a pecocke that hath spred and sheweth hir gaye taylle
    Se mynceth, she bridelethe, she swimmith to and fro
    Se tredith not one here a wrye, she tryppeth like a do
    A brod in the strete going or cumming homward
    She quauerith and warbelith like one in a galiard
    235Euerie ioint in her bodie and euerie part
    Oh it is a ioylie wenche to myns and deuyd a fart
    She talketh she chatteth like a Pye all daye
    And speaketh like a paratt Poppagaye.
    And that as fine as a small silken threede
    240yea and as high as an eagle can fle for a neade
    But it is a spitfull lying girle and neuer well
    But whan she may sum yll tall by me tell
    She woll I warrant you a non at the fir st
    Of me imagine and saye the wor st
    245And what soeuer she too my mai steris doth saye
    It is writen in the gospell of the same daye
    Therfore I woll here with my selfe deuise
    What I may be st say, and in what wise
    I may excuse this my long taryeng
    250That she of my negligence may suspect nothyng
    For if the fault of this befound in mee
    I may giue me life for halpenis three
    Hic cogitabundo similis sedeat
    Let me stodie this moneth & I shall not fiend
    255A better deuise then now is cume to my mynd
    Mai stries woll I saye, I am bound by my dutie
    To see that your womanhod haue noo iniurie
    For I heare and see more then you now and then
    And your selfe partlie know the wantin wyles of men
    260When wee came yender there dyd I see
    My may ster ki s s e gentilwomen tow or three
    And to come emongs others my thought bysye
    He had a myruayllus great phantasye
    A non he commaundyd me to run thens for you
    265To cũe supe ther if you wold but I wot not how
    My hart grudgid mi stru sting le st yt I being awai
    My mai ster wold sum light ca st playe
    Whervpon mai stries to see the ende
    I tarried halfe supper time so god me mend
    270And besyds that ther was such other compainye
    As I know your mai stri ship settith nothyng by
    Gorges damies of the corte and galaunts also
    With doctours, and other rufflers mo
    At la st when I thought it tyme and seasune
    275I cam too certifie you as it was reasune
    And by the way whome should I mete
    But that mo st hone st Gentilman in the stret
    Which the la st wike was with you here
    And made you a banket, and bouncing cheare
    280Ah Ienkine qp he good spid how fare st thou
    Mary wel god yld it you mai ster qp I how do you
    How dothe thy mai steris is she at home
    ye syr qp I and suppith all a lone
    And but that she hath noo maner good chere
    285I am sure she wold gladlye haue you there
    I cannot cum now sayd he I haue busines
    But thou shalt carie a tokine from me to thy mai steris
    Goo with me too my chaumbre at yone lane end
    And I woll a di she of co sterds vnto hyr send
    290I folowid him, and was bolde by your leaue
    To receiue and bring them here in my sleue
    But I wold not for all Englond by ihesu chry st
    That my mai ster Boungrace herof wy st
    Or knew yt I should any such geare to you bring
    295Le st he misdime vs both in sum wor se thyng
    Nor shew him nothing of that I before saied
    For then in dyd syr I am araied
    Yf you doo I may nothing heraftir vnto you tell
    whether I se my mai ster doo ill or well
    300That yf you now this counsaile kepe
    I wol ease you parchaunce twise in a wike
    you may saye you wer sike and your hed did ake
    that you lu sted not this night any supper make
    Speciallye with out ye dores but thought it be st
    305Too abyde at home and take your re st
    And I woll to my may ster too bryng hym home
    For you know he wolbe angrie if he come alone
    This woll I saye and face it so well
    That she shall belyue it euerie dell
    310Hou saie you frinds by the armes of robyn hood
    Wol not this excuse be resonable good
    To muse for any better great foly it is
    For I may make sure rekennig of this
    That and if I wold sit stoding this .vii. yere
    315I shall not ells find how to saue me all clere
    And as you see for ye mo st part our witts be be st
    When wee takine mo st vnredie st
    But I wol not giue for that boie a flye
    That hathe not al tymes in store one good lye
    320And cannot set a good face vpon the same
    Therfore saint Gorge the boroue as it wol let him frame
    I woll ieoperd a ioint bee as bee maye
    I haue had many like chauncis before this daye
    But I promise you I do cur stlie feare
    325For I fell a vengeable burning in my lift ere
    And it hath byn a saying of tyme long
    That swete mete woll haue soure sauce among
    And surelie I shall haue sum ill hape
    For my here standith vp vnder my cape
    330I would knocke but I dare not by our ladye
    I feare hanging wher vnto no man is ha stie
    But seing there is no nother remedie
    Thus too stand any longer it is but folye
    Hic pulset o stium.
    335They bee soo fare with in the cannot heare
    Iake Iugler
    Soft thy knoking saucie knaue what make st thou there
    Ienkine Careawaie
    What knaue is that? he speaketh not too me I trowe
    340And we mete the one of vs is lyke too haue a blowe
    For now that I am wel chafed, and sumwhat hote
    Twentye suche could I hewe as small as fle she too pote
    And surelie if I had a knyfe
    This knaue should escape hardelye with his lyfe
    345Too teache hym to aske of me any more
    What I make at my owne mai stirs doore
    Iacke iugler
    But if thou cum from that gate thou knaue
    I woll fett thee by the swet lookes so god me saue
    350 Ienkine Careawie
    Woll the horesoon fight in dede by myn hone stie
    I know noo quarell he hath too me
    But I wold I were with in the house
    And then I wold not set by hym a louse
    355For I feare and mi stru st suche quareling thiues
    See how he beginnith to strike vp his sleues
    Iake iugler
    His arse makith buttens now, and who lu stith to feale
    shall find his hart creping out at his heelle
    360Or ells lying hiden in sum corner of his hose
    yf it be not alredie dropped out of his nose
    For as I doubt not but you haue hard beforne
    A more da stard couerd knaue was neuer borne
    Ienkine Careawaie
    365The diuell set the house a fier I trowe it is a cur ste
    When a man hath mo st ha st he spedith wor st
    yf I bee robed, or slane, or any harme geate
    The fault is in them that dothe not me in lete
    And I dur st ieoper an hunderid pounde
    370That sum bauderie might now with in be founde
    But except sum of them come the soner
    I shall knoke suche a peale that all englond shal wonder
    Iake iugler
    Knoke at the gate hardelye againe if thou dare
    375And seing thou wolt not bie faire words beware
    Now fi stes, me thinkithe ye sterdaie .vii. yers pa st
    That four men a sleepe at my fete you ca st
    And this same daye you did noo manar good
    Nor were not wa shed in warme blod
    380 Ienkine Careawaie
    What whoreson is this yt wa shith in warme blod
    Sum diuell broken loose, out of hell for wood
    Four hath he slayne, and now well I see
    That it mu st be my thaunce the fift to bee
    385But rather then thus shamfullie too be slayne
    wold chry st my frinds had hanged me being but yers twã
    And yet yf I take good harte and be bolde
    Percace he wolbe the more sobre and coulde
    Iake iugler
    390Now handes be stur you about his lyppes & face
    And streake out all his teth without any grace
    Gentelman are you disposed to eate any fi st mete
    Ienkin Careawaye
    I haue supped I thanke you syr & ly st not to ete
    395Geue it to them that are hungrie if you be wyse
    Iacke iugler
    yet shall do a man of your dyet no harme to suppe twise
    This shalbe youre chise, to make your met dige st
    For I tell you thes handes weighith of the be st
    400 Ienkin Careawaye
    I shall neuer escape see how he waghith his handes
    Iake iugler
    with a stroke they wyll lay a knaue in our ladye boons
    And this day yet they haue done no good at all
    405 Ienkine Careawaye
    Ere yu a s s aye them on mee I praie thee lame thẽ on ye wal
    But speake you all this in earne st, or in game
    yf you be angrie with me trulee you are to blam
    For haue you any iu st quarell to mee
    410 Iake iugler
    Ere thou and I parte that wol I shew thee
    Ienkine Careawaye
    Or haue i doone you any maner displeasure
    Iake iugler
    415Ere thou & I parte yu shalt know yu mai st besure
    Ienkine Careawaye
    By my fayth yf thou be angrie without a cause
    you shal haue a mẽdes made wt acople of straus
    By the i sete what soeuer thou arte
    420But for thy displeasure I care not a farte
    May a man demaund whose seruant you bee
    Iake iugler
    My mai sters seruaunt I am for veritie
    Ienkine Careawaye
    425what busynes haue you at thys place now
    Iake iugler
    Nay mary tell me what busynes ha st thou
    For I am commaunded for to watche & giue diligence
    That in me good mai ster Boungraces absence
    430Noo misfortune may happen to his house sertayne
    Ienkine Careawaye
    well now I am cume you may go hens agine
    And thanke them yt somuch for my mai ster haue do one
    Sewing them yt the seruants of ye house be cume home
    435For i am of the house, and now in woll i goo
    Iake iugler
    I canot tell whether thou be of the house or noo
    But goo no nere, le st I handle thee like a strainger
    Thanke no man but thy selfe yf thou be in any daunger
    440 Ienkine Careawaie
    Marye I defye the and planly vnto the tell
    That I am a seruaũt of this house, & her I dwel
    Iake iugler
    Now soo god me snache but thou goo the waies
    445Whille thou maie st, for this fortie dayes
    I shall make the not able to goo nor ryde
    But in a dũgcart or a whilberow liyng on on syd
    Ienken Careawaie
    I am a seruaunt of this house by thes .x. bons
    450 Iake iugler
    Noo more prating but geat the hens at towns
    Ienkin Careawaye
    Why my mai stir hath sent me home in his me s s age
    Iake iugler
    455Pike and walke a knaue here a waye is no pa s s age
    Ienkin Careawaye
    What wilt thou let me from my nowne mai stirs house
    Iake iugler
    Be tredging, or if faith you bere me a souse
    460Here my mai stier and I haue our habitacion
    And hath continuallye dwelling in this mãsyon
    at the lea st this doosen yers and od
    and here wol we end our lyues by ye grace of god
    Ienkin Careawaie
    465why then where shall my Mai stier & I dwell
    Iake iugler
    At the dyuell yf you lu st, I cannot tell
    Ienkin Careawaye
    In nomine patris, now this geare doth pa s s e
    470For a litel before supper here our house was
    And this daye in the mornyng I woll on a booke swere
    That my mai ster and I both dwellid here
    Iake iugler
    Who is thy mai ster tell me with out lye
    475And thine owne name also let me knowe shortlye
    For my mai sters all let me haue the blame
    yf this knaue know his ma ster or his owne name
    Careawaye
    My mai sters name is mai ster Boungrace
    480I haue dwelled with him a longe space
    And I am Ienkin Careawaye his page
    Iake iugler
    What ye drunkin knaue begine you to rage
    Take that, art thou mai ster Boungracis page
    485 Careawaye
    yf I be not I haue made a verye good viage
    Iake iugler
    Dare st thou too my face saie thou art I
    Careawaie
    490I wolde it were true and no lye
    For then thou sholde st smart and I should bet
    Where as now I do all the blowes get
    Iake iugler
    And is mai ster Boungrace thy may ster doe st yu then saye
    495 Careawaie
    I woll swere on a booke he was ons this daye
    Iake iugler
    And for that thou shalt sumwhat haue
    Because thou presume st like a fancye lying knaue
    500To saye my mai ster is thyne? who is thy mai ster now?
    Careawaye
    By my trouthe syr who so euer please you
    I am your owne, for you bete me soo
    As no man but my may ster sholde doo
    505 Iake iugler
    I woll handle thee better if faut be not in fy st
    Careawaie
    Helpe saue my life mai sters for ye pa s s ion of chri st
    Iake iugler
    510Why thou lowsy thefe doe st thou crye and rore
    Careawaye
    No fayth I woll not crye one whit more,
    Saue my lyfe helpe or I am slaine
    Iacke iugler
    515ye doe st thou make a roweringe yet a gaine
    Dyd not I byde the holde thy peace
    Careawaye
    In faith now I leaue cryĩg, now I sease, helpe, helpe help
    Iake iugler
    520Who is thy mai ster Careawaye
    Mai ster Boungrace
    Iake iugler
    I woll make the chaung that song ere wee pas this place
    For he is my mai ster, and a gaine too see I saye
    525That I am his ienkin Careawaye
    Who art thou now tell me plaine
    Careawaye
    Noo bodye, but whom please you sertayne
    Iake iugler
    530Thou sayde st euen now thy name was Careawie
    Carawaye
    I crye yow marcye syr, and forgiuenes praie
    I sayd amy s s e because it was soo too daye
    Thought it should haue continuede alwaies
    535Like a fole as I am and a drunken knaue
    But in faith syr ye see all the wytte I haue
    Therfore I beseche you do me no more blame
    But giue me a new mai ster, and an other name
    For it wold greue my hart soo helpe me god
    540To runne a bout ye stretes like a mai sterlis doge
    Iake iugler
    I am he that thou saide st thou were
    And mai ster boũgrace is my mai ster that dwelleth hear
    thou art noo poynte Careawaye thy witts do the faylle.
    545 Careawaye
    ye mary syr ye haue bette them doune in to my taille
    But syr myght I be bolde too saye on thinge
    without any bloues, and without any beatynge
    Iake iugler
    550Truce for a whyle say one what thy lu st
    Careawaye
    May a man too your hone ste by your woord tru st
    I praye you swere by the ma s s e youe woll do me no yll
    Iake iugler
    555By my faithe I promise pardone thee I woll
    Careawaye
    What and you keape no promise. Ia. iugler. thẽ vpõ Ca.
    I praie god may light as much mor as hath on ye this dai
    Careawaye
    560Now dare I speake soo mote I thee
    Mai ster boungrace is my mai ster, aud the name of mee
    Is ienkine Careaway. Iacke iugler. What saie st yu soo?
    Careawaye
    And yf thou woll strike me, and breake thy promise, doo
    565And beate on me, tyll I stinke, and tyll I dye
    And yet woll I stiell saye that I am I
    Iake iugler
    This bedelem knaue without dought is mad
    Careawaye
    570No by god for all that I am a wyse lad
    And can cale to rememberaunce euery thyng
    That I dyd this daye, sithe my vperysinge
    For went not I with my may ster to daye
    Erelie in the mornyng to the Tenis playe?
    575At noone whyle my mai ster at his dynner sate
    Played not I at Dice at the gentylmans gate
    Did not I wayte on my mai ster too supperward
    And I thinke I was not chaũged ye way hõward
    Or ells yf you thynke I lye
    580Aske in the stret of them that I came bye
    And sith that I came hether into your presens
    what man lyuing could carye me hens
    I remembre I was sent to feache my mai steris
    And what I deuised to saue me harmeles
    585Doo not I speake now is not this my hande
    Be not these my feet yt on this ground stande?
    Did not this other knaue her knoke me about ye (hede?
    And beat me tyll I was almo st dede?
    How may it then bee, that he should bee I?
    590Or I not my selfe it is a shamfull lye
    I woll home to our house whosoeuer say naye
    For surelye my name is ienkin Careawaye
    Iake iugler
    I woll make thee say otheruise ere we depart if wee can
    595 Careawaye
    Nay that woll I not in faith for no man
    Except thou tell me what . thou ha st doone
    Euer syth fiue of the cloke this after noone
    Reherse me all that with out anye lye
    600And then I wol confese that thou art I
    Iake iugler
    When my mai ster came to the gentylmans place
    He commaundid me too rune home a great pace
    Too fet thither my mai steris and by the waye
    605I dyd a good whill at the bukelers playe
    Then came I by a wife that did co sterds sell
    And ca st downe hir basket fayre and well
    And gatherid as many as I could gete
    And put theim in my sleue here they bee yet
    610 Careawaie
    How the diuell should thei cume there
    For I dyd them all in my owne sleue bere
    He lyeth not a worde in all this
    Nor dothe in any one poynt myse
    615For ought I se yet betwene erne ste and game
    I mu st go sike me a nother name
    But thou mighte st see al this, tell the re st that is behind
    And there I know I shall thee a lyer fynd
    Iake iugler
    620I ran thens homewarde a contrarye waye
    And whether I stoped there or naye
    I could tell if me lu steth a good token
    But it may not here very well be spoken
    Careawie
    625Noo may I praye thee let no man that here
    But tell it me pryuelye in myne ere
    Iake iugler
    I thou lo st all thy mony at dice chri st geue it his curse
    wel and truelye pycked before out of an other mãs por se
    630 Careawaye.
    Godes bodye horeson thife who told thee that same
    Sum counnyng diuell is with in the payne of shame
    In nomine patris, god and our ble s s ed ladye
    Now and euermore saue me from thy cumpanie
    635 Iake iugler
    How now art thou Careawaye or not
    Careawaye
    By the lorde I doubte, but saye st thou nay to that
    Iake iugler
    640ye mary I tell the careawaye is my name
    Careawaye
    And by these tene bones myne is the same
    Or ells tell me yf I be not hee
    What my name frome hensforth shall bee
    645 Iake iugler
    By my faith the same that it was before
    Whan I lu st too be Careawaye no more
    Looke well vpon me and thou shalt see as now
    That I am ienkyne Careawaye and not thou
    650Tooke well a pon me, and by euerye thyng
    Thou shalt well know that I make no leasing
    Careawaye
    I se it is soo without any doubte
    But how the dyuell came it aboute
    655Why soo in England loke thee on hym stedelye
    Sall perceiue plainelye that he is I
    I haue sene my selfe a thousand times in a gla s s e
    But soo lyke my selfe as he is neuer was
    He hath in euerye poynt my clothing & my geare
    660My hed, my cape, my shirt and notted heare
    And of the same coloure, my yes, nose and lypps
    My chekes chyne, neake, fyte, leges, and hyppes
    Of the same stature, and hyght and age
    And is in euery poynt mai ster Boungrace page
    665That if he haue a hole in his tayle
    He is euen I myne owne selfe without any faile
    And yet when I remembre I wot not how
    The same mã yt I haue euer byne me thinkith I am now
    I know my mai ster, & this house, & my fiue witts I haue
    670Why then should I giue credence to this foli she knaue
    That nothing entendith but me delude and mooke
    For whome should I feare at my mai sters gate to knoke
    Iake iugler
    Thinke st thou I haue sayd all thys in game
    675Goo or I shall send the hens in the dyuills name
    A voyde thou lousye lurden & precious stinking slaue
    That nether thi name knowe st nor can st ani ma ster haue
    yu wĩe shakine pylorye picpours, of lice not wtout a pecke
    Hens or by gods precious I shal breake thy necke
    680 Careawaie
    Then mai ster I Besiche you hartylye take the paine
    yf I be found in any place too bringe me to me againe
    Now is not this a wonderfull case
    That a man should lease him selfe soo in ony place
    685Haue any of you harde of such athyng here to fore
    No nor neuer shall I dare saye from hensforth any more
    Iake iugler
    Whyle he museth an iudgeth hym selfe apon
    I woll stele a waye for a whyle and let hym a loon
    690 Careawaie
    Good lorde of heuyne wher dyd I my selfe leaue
    Or who dyd me of my name by the waye bereue
    For I am sure of this in my mynde
    That I dyd in no place leue my selfe byhynde
    695yf I had my name played awaye at dyce
    Or had sold my selfe to any man at a pryce
    Or had made a fray and had lo st it in fightyng
    Or it had byne stolne from me sleapyng
    It had byne a matter and I wold haue kept pacience
    700But it spiteth my hart to haue lo st it by suche open neg- (ligence
    Ah thou horesone drousie drunken sote
    It were an almes dyde too walke thy cote
    And I sh rew him that wold for thee be sorye
    Too see thee well curryed by and by
    705And by chry st if any man wold it doo
    I my selfe wold helpe there too
    For a man may see thou horesone goose
    Thou wolde st ly s s e thyne arse yf it were loose
    Albeit I wold neuer the dyde beleue
    710But yt the thyng it selfe dothe shewe and priue
    There was neuer Ape so lyke vnto an Ape
    As he is to me in feature, and shape
    But what woll my mai ster saye trow ye
    When he shall this geare here and see
    715Well he know me thinke you when he shal see mee
    yf he do not a nother woll as good as he
    But wher is that other I? whether is he gon
    Too my mai ster by cockes precius pa s s ion
    Eyther too put me out of my place
    720Or too accuse me too my mai ster Boungrace
    But I woll after as fa st as I can flee
    I tru st to be there as soone as hee
    That if my mai ster be not redye home to come
    I woll bee here a gayne as fa st as I cane rune
    725In any wyse to speake with my may steris
    Or ells I shall neuer escape hanging dubtles
    Dame Coye
    I shall not suppe this night full well I see
    For as yet noo bodie cumithe for to fet mee
    730But good ynough let me alone
    I woll bee euen with theim euery chone
    I saye nothyng, but I thinke sumwhat I wis
    Sum ther bee that shall here of this
    Of al vnkind & churli she husbands this is ye ca st
    735To let ther wiues set at home and fa st
    While they bee forth and make good cheare
    Pa stime, and sporte as now he doth there
    But yf I wer a wise woman as I am a mome
    I shold make my selfe as good chere at home
    740But if he haue thus vnkindlye seruyde mee
    I wol not forget it this monethis three
    And if I we ste ye fault were in him I praie god I be dede
    But he shoulde haue suche a kyrie ere he went too bede
    As he neuer had before in all his lyfe
    745Nor any man ells haue had of his wife
    I wolde rate him and shake him after such a sorte
    As sholde be to him a corrasiue full lytle to his cumforte
    Alls trippe and goo
    yf I may be so bolde by your mai steri shps lycens
    750As too speake and shew my mynde and sentence
    I thinke of this you may the boye thanke
    For I know that he playeth you many a lyke pranke
    And that wolde you saye yf you knew as mutch as wee
    That his daylye conuersacion and byhauiore see
    755For if you commaund him to goo speake with sum one
    yt is an houre ere he wolbe gone
    Then woll he rune forth and plaie in the strete
    And cume a gaine and say that he cannot with him mete
    Dame Coye
    760Naye, naye, it is his mai sters playe
    He seruithe me soo almo st euerye third daye
    But I wolbe euen with him as god geue me ioy
    And yet the faulte may bee in the boye
    As vngracious a graft so mot I thriue
    765As any goeth on goddes ground a lyue
    Careawaye
    My witte is breched in suche a brake
    That I cannot deuise what way is be st to take
    I was almo st as fare as my mai ster is
    770But then I begane to remember this
    And to ca st the wor st as on in fere
    yf he chaunce to see mee and kepe me there
    Tyl he cum him selfe, & speake with mi mai steris
    Then am I lyke to bee in sh rewd dy stres
    775yet were I better thought I to rune hom again
    And fyr st speake with her certayne
    Cockes bodie yonder she standeth at the dore
    Now is it wourse then it was before
    Wold chri st I could get againe out of hir syght
    780For I see be her looke she is disposid to fyght
    By ye lord she hath ther an angrie sh rewes looke
    Dame coye
    Loe yender cumithe that vnhappie hooke
    Careawaye
    785God saue you may steris doo you know me well
    Dame coye
    Cume ner hyther vnto mee, and I shall the tell
    Why thou noughtie vyllan is that thy gyce
    To ge st with thy mai steris in suche wise
    790take that to begyne with and god before
    When thy mai ster cumith home thou shalt haue more
    For he told me when he forth wente
    That thou shoulde st cume bake a gaine incontynente
    To brynge me to supper where he now is
    795And thou ha st plaid by the waye, & they haue don by this
    But no force I shall thou maie st tru st mee
    Teache all naughtie knaues to beware by thee
    Careawaye
    For sothe mai steris yf you knew as much as I
    800ye woulde not be with me halfe so angrie
    For the faulte is neither in mi mai ster nor in me nor you
    But in an other knaue that was here euen now
    And his name was ienkin Careawaie
    Dame coye
    805What I see my man is disposid to playe
    I wine he be dronken or mad I make god a vou
    Careawaye
    Nay I haue byn made sobre and tame I now
    I was neuer so handelid before in all my lyfe
    810I would euery man in Englond had so beat me hys wyfe
    I haue forgotten withe tousing by the here
    What I deuysed to say a lytle ere
    Dame coye
    Haue I lo st my supper this nyght through thy negligẽce
    815 Careawaye
    Nay then were I a knaue mi steris, sauing your reuirẽce
    Dame coye
    why I am sure that by this tyme it is doone
    Careawaye
    820ye that it is more then an our agone
    Dame coye
    And was not thou sent to feache mee theyther
    Careawaye
    yes and had cume right quiklie hither
    825But that by the waye I had a gret fall
    And my name, body shape legges and all
    And meat with one that from me did it stelle
    But be god he and I sum bloues dyd deale
    I wold he were now before your gate
    830For you wold poumile him ioylile about ye pate
    Dame Coke
    Truelie this wagepa stie is either drunkẽ or mad
    Careawaye
    Neuer man sofred so mutche wrong as I had
    835But mai steris I should saye a thinge to you
    Tary it wol cum to my remembrence euen now
    I mu st niddes vse a sub stancyal premeditacon
    For the matter lyeth gretylie mee a pon
    I besiche your mai steri shipe of pardon and forgiuenes
    840Desyering you to impute it to my simple & rude dulines
    I haue forgotten what I haue thought to haue sayed
    And am ther of full ill a paied
    But whan I lo st my selfe I knew verie well
    I lo st also that I should you tell
    845 Dame Coye
    Why thou wrechid villen doe st thou me scorne and moke
    To make me to thes folkes a laufyng stoke
    Ere thou go out of my handes yu shalt haue sum thynge
    And I woll rekine better in the mornynge
    850 Careawaye
    And yf you bete mee mai steris a vise you
    For I am none of your seruaunts now
    That other I is now your page
    And I am no longer in your bondage
    855 Dame Coye
    Now walke precious thife get the out of my syght
    And I charge thee cum in my presens no more this night
    Get thee hens and wayte on thy mai ster at ons
    Careawaye
    860Mary syr this is handeling for the noons
    I wold I had byn hanged before that I was lo st
    I was neuer this canuased and to st
    That if my mai ster on his part also
    Handle me as my mai steris and the other I do
    865I shall surelie be killed bytwine theim thre
    And all the diuels in hell shal not saue me
    But yet if the other I might haue wt me parte
    All this wold neuer greue my harte
    iake iugler
    870Hou saye you mai sters I pray you tell
    Haue not I requited my marchent well
    Haue not I handelyd hym after a good sort
    Had it not byne pytie to haue lo st this sporte
    A none his mai ster on his behalphe
    875you shall see how he woll handle the calphe
    yf he throughlye angered bee
    He wol make hym smart so mot I thee
    I wold not for the price of a new payre of shoone
    That any parte of this had bynne vndune
    880But now I haue partelye reuenged my quarell
    I woll go do of this myne apparell
    And now let Careawaye be Careawaye agayne
    I haue done with that name now certayne
    Except perauẽture I shal take ye selfesam wede
    885Sum other tyme agayne for a like cause & nide
    Boungrace
    Why then dary st thou to presume too tell mee
    That I know is no wyse po s s ible for to bee
    Careawaye
    890Now by my truth mai ster I haue told you no lie
    And all these folkes knowith as well as I
    I had no sooner knoked at the gate
    But straight wayes he had me by the pate
    Therfore yf you bet me tyll I fart & shyt agayne
    895you shall not cause me for any payne
    But I woll affirme as I said before
    That when I came nere a nother stode at ye dore
    Boungrace
    Why yu naughtye vyllayne dare st yu affirme to me
    900That which was neuer syne nor hereafter shalbe
    That on man may haue too bodies & two faces
    And yt one man at on time may be in two placys
    Tell me dranke st thou any where by the waye
    Careawaie
    905I sh reue me yf I drãke any more thẽ twise to day
    Tyll I met euen now with that other I
    And withe him I supped and dranke truelye
    But as for you yf you gaue me drinke & meate
    As oftentymes as you do me bete
    910I were the be st fed page in all this Cytie
    But as touchyng that, you haue on me no pitye
    And not onlye I but all that do you sarue
    For meat and drynke maye rather starue
    Boungrace
    915What you saucye mãlypert knaue
    Begine you with your mai ster to prate & raue
    your tonge is lyberall and all out of frame
    I mu st niddes counger it and make it tame
    where is yt other Careaway yt thou said was here
    920 Careawaye
    Now by my chry stendome syr I wot nere
    Boungrace
    Why can st thou fynde no man to moke but mee
    Careawaye
    925I moke you not mai ster soo mot I thee
    Euerye word was trew that I you tolde
    Boungrace
    Nay I know toyes and prankes of olde
    And now thou art not satisfyed nor content
    930Without regarde of my biddinges and cõmaũdemẽt
    To haue played by the waye as a leude knaue & negligẽt
    When I thee on my me s s age home sent
    But also wolde st willinglie me delude and moke
    And make me too all wyse men a laughing stoke
    935 shewing me suche thinges as in no wise be maye
    To ye intent yt thi leudnes mai turne to ie st & play
    Therfore if yu speake any such thing to me agaĩe
    I promyse it shalbe vnto thy payne
    Careawaye
    940Loo is not he in myserable case
    That sarueth suche a mai ster in any place
    that with force woll compel him ye thing to denye
    That he knoweth true, and hath syne wt his ye
    Boungrace
    945was it not troie st thou thyne owne shadoo
    Careawaye
    My shadoo could neuer haue beten me soo
    Boungrace
    why by what reason po s s yble may suche a thyng bee
    950 Careawaye
    Nay I maruael and wonder at it more than ye
    And at the fyr st it dyd me cur stelye meaue
    Nor I wold myne owne yes in no wyse belyue
    Untyll that other I beate me soo
    955That he made me beliue it whither I wold or no
    And if he had your selfe now within his reache
    He wold make you say so too or ells be shite your (breach
    Mai ster Boungrace
    I dur st a good mede and a wager laye
    960That thou laie st doune and slepe st by the waye
    And dremi st all this that thou ha ste me tolde
    ienkyne Careawaye
    Naye there you lye mai ster if I might be so bold
    But we ryse so erlye that yf I hadde
    965I hadde doone well and a wyse ladde
    yet may ster I wolde you vndere stoode
    That I haue all wayes byn tru sty and good
    And flye as fa st as a bere in a cage
    When soo euer you sende me in your me s s age
    970in faythe as for thys that I haue tolde you
    I sawe and felte it as waking as I am nowe
    For I had noo soner knocked at the gate
    But the other I knaue had mee by the pate
    And I dur st to you one a boke swere
    975That he had byn wachyng for mee there
    Longe ere I came hyden in sum pryuye place
    Euen for the nons too haue me by the face
    Mai ster boungrace
    Why then thou speake st not with my wyfe
    980 Careawaye
    No that I dyd not mai ster by my lyfe
    Untyll that other I was gone
    And then my mai steris sent me after a none
    To waight on you home in the dyuelles name
    985I wene the dyuell neuer so beate his dame
    Mai ster boundgrace
    And where became that other Careawaye
    Careawaye
    By myne hone stie syr I cannot saye
    990But I warrant he is now not far hens
    He is here amonge this cumpany for.xl.pens
    Mai ster boungrace
    Hence at tonce sike and smell hym out
    I shall rape thee on the lying knaues snought
    995I woll not bee deludyd with such a glosing lye
    Nor giue credens tyll I see it with my oune iye
    Careawaie
    Trulye good syr by your mai ster shipps fauoure
    I cannot well fynd a knaue by the sauoure
    1000Many here smell strong but none so ranke as he
    A stronger sented knaue then he was cannot bee
    But syr yf he be happelye founde a none
    what a mẽds shal I haue for yt you haue me don
    Ma ster boungrace
    1005If he may befound I shall walke his cote
    Careawaie
    ye for our lady sake syr I bisiche you spare hĩ not
    For it is snm false knaue witheouten doubt
    I had rather thẽ.xl.pens wee could find him out
    1010For if a man maye beliue a glase
    Euin my verie oune selfe it was
    And here he was but euyn right now
    And steped a waye sodenlie I wat not how
    Of such a other thĩg I haue nether hard ne sene
    1015By our bly s s yd lady heauen quene
    Mai ster boungrace
    Plainelye it was thy shadow that thou dide st see
    For in fayth the other thyng is not pa s s ible to be
    Careawaye
    1020yes in good faith syr by youre leaue
    I know it was I by my apples in my sleue
    And speakith as like me as euer you harde
    Suche here,such a Cape,such Hose and cote
    And in euery thing as iu st as.iiii.pens to a grote
    1025That if he were here you should well see
    That you could not discern nor know hĩ frõ me
    For thinke you that I do not my selfe knowe
    I am not so foli she a knaue I trowe
    Let who woll looke him by and by
    1030And he woll depose vpon a boke that he is I
    And I dare well say you woll saye the same
    For he called hym selfe by my owne name
    And tolde me all that I haue done
    Syth fiue of the cloke this after none
    1035He could tell when you were to supper sete
    you send me home my mai steris to fete
    And shewed me all thinges that I dyd by ye waie
    Boungrace
    What was that
    1040 Careawaye
    How I dyd at the bukelers playe
    And whã I scaterid a basket of apples frõ a stall
    And gethered them into my sleue all
    And how I played after that also
    1045 Boungrace
    Thou shalt haue by therfore so mote I go
    Is that the guise of a tru stie page
    To plaie when he is sent on his ma sters me s s age
    Dame Coye
    1050Laye on and spare not for the loue of chry st
    Ioll his hed to a po st and fauoure your fy ste
    Now for my sake swete hart spare & fauoure your hand
    And lay hym about the rybbes with this wande
    Careawaye
    1055Now marcy yt I aske of you both twaine
    Saue my lyfe and let me not be slayne
    I haue had beting ynough for one daye
    That a mischife take the other me Careawaye
    That if euer he cume to my handes agayne
    1060I wis it shalbe to his payne
    But I maruayll greatlye by our lorde ihesus
    How he I escapid I me beat me thus
    And is not he I and vnkind knaue
    That woll no more pytie on my selfe haue
    1065Here may you see, euydentlye i wis
    That in hym me no drope of hone stie is
    Now a vengaũce light on suche a churles knaue
    That no more loue toward my selfe haue
    Dame coye
    1070I knew verye wel swite hart & saied right now
    that no fault therof should be in you
    Maister boungrace
    No trulye good bedfelow I wer then mutch vnkinde
    yf you at any tyme should be out of my mynde
    1075 Dame coye
    Surelye I haue of you a great treasure
    For you do all thynges which may be to my pleasure
    Boungrace
    I am sory that your chaunce hath now byne so yll
    1080I wolde gladely byne vnsupped soo you had your fyll
    But goo we in pigesnie that you may suppe
    you haue cause now to thanke this same hangeupe
    For had not he byne you had faryd very wel
    Dame Coye
    1085I bequeth hym wt a hott wengeaunce to the diuell of hell
    And hartelye I besiche him that hanged on the rode
    That he neuer eate ne drynke that may do hym good
    And that he dye a shamefull dethe sauing my cheryte
    Careawaye
    1090I pray god send him suche prosperitie
    That hath caused me to haue all this busines
    But yet syrs you see the charitye of my mai stris
    She liueth after a wonderful charytable faciõ
    For I a s s ure you she is alwayes in this pa s s ion
    1095and scacelye on daye throughout the hole yere
    She woll wy she any man better chere
    And sum tyme if she well angred bee
    I pray god (woll she saye) ye house may sinke vnder me
    But mai sters if you happen to see that other I
    1100As that you shal it is not verye likelye
    Nor I wolnot desyre you for him purposelye to looke
    For it is an vncomparable vnhappye hooke
    And if it be I. you might happin to seeke
    And not fynd me out in an hole weeke
    1105For when I was wonte to rune a waye
    I vsed not to cum a gaine in le s s e thã a moneth or twaye
    Honbeit for all this I thinke it be not I
    For to shew the matter in dyde trulye
    I neuer vse to rune a waye in wynter nor in vere
    1110But all wayes in suche tyme and season of the yere
    When honye lieth in the hiues of Bees
    And maner frute falleth from the trees
    As Apples,Nuttes,Peres,and plummes also
    Wherby a boie maie liue a brod a moneth or two
    1115This ca st do I vse I woll not with you fayne
    Therfore I wonder if he be I sertaine
    But and if he be,and you mete me a brod by chaunce
    Send me home to my mai ster with a vengaunce
    And shew him if he cume not ere to morowe nyght
    1120I woll neuer receyue him agayne if I myght
    And in the meane tyme I woll giue hym a grote
    That woll well and thryftelye walke his cote
    For a more vngracious knaue is not euen now
    Bytwene this place and Calycow
    1125Nyr a more frantike mad knaue in bedelem
    Nor a more folle hence to Iherusalem
    That if to cume agayne parcace he shall refuse
    I woll continew as I am and let hym choose
    And but he cum the soner by our lady bright
    1130He shall lye without the dores all night
    For I wol shyte vp the gate,and gete me to bede
    For I promi s s e you I haue a verie gydie hede
    I nede no supper for this night
    Nor wolde eate no meat though I myght
    1135And for you also mai ster I thinke it be st
    you go to bede,and take your re st
    For who of you had byn handelyd as I haue ben
    wold not be long out of his bede I ween
    No more woll I but stele out of syght
    1140I praye god geue you all good nyght
    And send you better hape,and fortune
    Then to le s s e your selfe homward as I haue don
    Sumwhat it was sayeth the prouerbe olde
    That the catte winked when here ye was out
    1145That is to saye no tale can be tolde
    But that sum Engly she maye be piked therof out
    yf to serche the laten and ground of it men wil go aboute
    As this trifling enterlud yt before you hath bine rehersed
    May sygnifye sum further meaning if it be well serched
    1150Such is the fa shyon of the worlde now a dayes
    That the symple innosaintes ar deluded
    And an hundred thousand diuers wayes
    By suttle and craftye meanes shamefullie abused
    And by strenth force,and vyolence oft tymes compelled
    1155To beliue and saye the moune is made of agrene chese
    Or ells haue great harme,and parcace their lfie lese
    And an olde saying it is that mo st tymes,myght
    Force, strength,power, & colorable subtlete
    Dothe oppre s s e, debare, ouercum and defeate ryght
    1160Though the cause stand neuer so greatlye again st equite
    And ye truth therof be knowẽ for neuer so p_fit certantye
    ye ∧ the poore semple innocent yt hath had wrong ∧ iniury
    Mu st call ye other his good mai ster for shewing hym such (marcye)
    1165And as it is daylie syne for fere of ferther disprofite
    He mu st that man his be st frende and mai ster call
    Of whome he neuer receiued any maner benefite
    And at whose hand he neuer had any good at all
    And mu st graunt, affirme, or denye, what soeuer he shall
    1170He mu st saye the Croue is whight, yf he be so cõmaũded
    ye and that he him selfe is into a nother body chaunged
    He mu st saye he dyd a my s s e though he neuer dyd offende
    He mu st aske forgiuenes where he did no trespace
    Or ells be in troble,care and meserye with out ende
    1175And he ca st in sum arrierage without any grace
    And that thing he sawe done before his owne face
    He mu st by compulsion stifelie denye
    And for feare whether he woll or not saye tonge you lye
    And in euerye faculte this thing is put in vre
    1180and is so vnyuersall that I nede no one to name
    and as I fere is like euermore to endure
    For it is in all faculties a commyn sporte and game
    The weker to saie as ye stronger biddeth,or to haue blam
    as a cunning sophi st woll by argument bring to pa s s e
    1185That the rude shall confe s s e and graunt him selfe an ase
    And this is ye daylye excersise and practise of their scoles
    and not emongs them onlie but also emong all others
    The stronger to compell and make poore symple soles
    To say as they commaund them in all maner matiers
    1190I woll name none particular but set them all togithers
    with out any exception,for I praye you shewe me one
    Emonges all in the worlde that vsethe not suche fasion
    He that is stronger,and more of power and might
    If he be disposed to reuenge his cause
    1195woll sone pike a quarell be it wrong or ryght
    To the inferior and weker for a cople of straues
    and woll agayn st him so extremelie lay the lawes
    That he woll put hym to the worse other by false iniurie
    Or by some crafte and subtelete,or ells by playne terani
    1200As you sawe ryght now by example playne
    An other felowe being a counterfeat page
    Brought the gentylmans seruaunt out of his braine
    And made hym graunt yt him selfe was fallen in dotage
    Baryng hym selfe in hand that he dyd rage
    1205And when he could not bryng that to pa s s e by reason
    He made him graunt it an saye so by compulsyon
    Therfore happy are they that can beware
    Into whose handes they fall by any suche chaunce
    which if they do they hardlye escape care
    1210Troble,miserie,and wofull greuaunce
    And thus I make an end, cõmitting you to his gidaunce
    That made, ∧ redemed vs all, and to you yt be now here
    I praye god graunt,and send many a good newe yere.
    Finis.
    1215 P Imprinted at London in Temes strete at the Vintre
    vnpon the thre Crayne wharfe by me
    Wyllyam Copland
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