ordre and presthode. At ye last, thys pece of the show
dothe susteyne a company of poure people. _Me._ Thys is
of my faythe a godely cõtemplacyõ, but I maruayll
greatly, seyng you ar thus mynded, that ye neuer dyd
vysyte saynt Patryckes purgatory in Yerlande, of the ||
whiche the comyn people boost many wonderouse thynges,
whiche seme to me not lyke to be true. _Ogy._ Of a
suerty ther is not so meruelouse talkynge of it here,
but the thynge it selffe doth fare excede. _Me._ Hast
thou bene ther than, & gonne thorow saynt Patryckes
purgatory? _Ogy._ I haue saylede ouer a ryuer ot hell,
I went downe vnto the gates of hell, I saw what was dõe
ther. _Me._ Thou dost me a greate pleasure, if thou
wyll wotsaue to tell me. _Ogy._ Lett this be the
prohemy or begynnynge of owr communycatyon, longe
enough as I suppose. I wyll gett me home, & cause my
souper to be made redy, for I am yet vndynede. _Me._
Why haue you not yet dyned? is it bycause of holynes?
_Ogy._ Noo of a truthe, but it is bycause of enuy and
euyll will. _Me._ Owe ye euyll wyll to yowr bely? _Ogy._
No, but to the couetyse || tauerners euer catchynge and
snatchynge the whiche when they wyll not sett afore a
man that is mete & conuenyent, yet they are not afearde
to take of straûgers that, whiche is bothe vnright and
agaynst good consciens. Of thys fashyõ I am acustomed
to be auengede vpon thê. If I thynke to fare well at
souper other with myne acquayntauns, or with some host
som what an honest man, at dyner tyme I am sycke in my
stomacke, but if I chaunce to fare after myne appetyte
at dyner, before souper also I begynne to be well at
ease in my stomacke. _Me._ Wre ye not ashamede to be
taken for a couetouse fellow & a nygerde? _Ogy._
Menedeme they that make cost of shame in soche thynges,
beleue me, bestow theyr money euyll. I haue lerned to
kepe my shame for other purposys. _Me._ Now I longe for
the rest of yowr comunycacyon, || wherfore loke to haue
me yowr geste at souper, where ye shall tell it more
conuenyently. _Ogy._ For sothe I thanke you, that ye
offere yowr selfe to be my gest vndesyred, when many
hertely prayed refuse it, but I wyll gyue yow double
thankes, if ye wyll soupe to day at home. For I must
passe that tyme in doynge my dewty to my howsehold. But
I haue counsell to eyther of vs moche more profytable.
To morrow vnto me and my wyfe, prepare our dyner at
yowr howse, then and if it be to souper tyme, we will
not leyue of talkynge, vntyll you say that ye are wery,
and if ye wyll at souper also we wyll not forsake you.
Why, claw you your hede? prepare for vs in good fayth
we wyll come. _Me._ I had leuer haue no tales at all.
Well go to, you shall haue a dyner, but vnsauery,
except you spyce it with good & mery tales. _Ogy._ But
here || you, are ye not mouyd and styrrede in your
mynde, to take vpon yow these pylgremages? _Me._
Perauenture it wyll sett me a fyre, after ye haue told
me the resydew, as I am now mynded, I haue enough to do
with my statyons of Rome. _Ogy._ Of Rome, that dyd
neuer see Rome?. _Me._ I wyll tell you, thus I go my
statyons at home, I go in to the parler, and I se vnto
the chast lyuynge of my doughters, agayne frome thense
I go in to my shope, I beholde what my seruauntes,
bothe men and women be doynge. Frome thense into
the kytchyn, lokynge abowt, if ther nede any
of my cownsell, frome thense hyther and thyther
obseruynge howe my chylderne be occupyed, what
my wyffe dothe, beynge carefull that euery
thynge be in ordre, these be statyons of Rome.
_Ogy._ But these thynges saynt Iames wold dow
|| for yow. _Mene._ That I shuld se vn-
to these thynges holy scriptu-
re commaundethe, that
I shuld commyt the
charge to sayntes
I dyd rede yt
neuer com-
maun-
ded.
God saue the kynge
FINIS.
* * * * *
[Corrected Errors:
_v_ = verso (back of page)
[+] iiij.
the pryuate iudgmegt of certayne
_was_ iudgmegt
[+] v.
cõsolacyõ of his gracys faythfull and true comens
_was_ ofh is
[+] v. _v_
prudently
_was_ prudenly, but catchword has _prudently_
[+] vi.
but also (to theyr greate laude and prayse)
_was_ prayse(
[+] vi. _v_
Desiderius Erasmus
_was_ Dsiderius Erasmus
B
Whan he lokythe to the West
_was_ te West
D iij. _v_
to the company of the wykyd sowdyeres
_was_ compauy
D v.
Frome thens we returnyd in to the quere
_was_ returuyd
E ij. _v_
Me semede he was a man bothe vertuous and wyse
word _a_ printed only as catchword
E viij.
I haue saylede ouer a ryuer to hell
_was_ ot
Additional Problems:
[+] iiij.
to use theme as goddes
_u_ printed for _v_
whervpon thes brotherhoddes and systerhoodes
_v_ printed for _u_
A Good morow Ogygyus. / Good morow to you Menedemus.
change of speaker not marked
C v.
_Ogy._ No veryly. What lettythe thaym? _Ogy._ That is
a name of dygnyte and nat of relygyõ.
change of speaker not marked
E ij. _v_
What do I here? the vilest part and worst was golde,
change of speaker unclear