And then to Wanton Youth I will make a station;
For between us three
Of her your pleasure ye shall have hardely.
_Idle._ Shall I go with you also? C1,_r._
_Evil C._ Yea, sir, and it please you so to do.
How say you? Have not they merry lives
That may kiss and bass other men's wives.
Lo! youth is full of jollity.
But when saw you your brother Sensuality?
_Idle._ Sir, I left him on the plain of Salisbury.
He told me that he would lift
Some good fellow from his thrift;
And as I trow somewhat he will get
To make with the penny.
Many one for their good do labour and sweat;
But he doth not so; he getteth it lightly.
_Evil C._ Sir, he did me a shrewd turn, as I you tell.
_Idle._ I pray thee show me how it befel.
_Evil C._ The last day, sir, I wist
The puttock that he ware on his fist
Would have trod my hen,
And up I caught a rottock
And hit him on the buttock
That there lay in a thenne.
_Idle._ Whereby knowest thou that it was he?
_Evil C._ For he had a bell about his cue,
And thereby each him knew.
I bid him hold in the wind, C1,_v._
Till at the last he had his mind;
God give him an ill pew.
_Idle._ And what meat did thou give him?
Say on hardely!
_Evil C._ Sir, a fair piece of bacon,
And a black bowl full of barley.
_Idle._ By Jesu, this is a gentle meat for a hawk;
To keep birds thou art very conning.
Thy thrift, I trow, is laid a sonninge;
But tell me now where is thy wonning?
_Evil C._ Sir, at the stews is my most abiding;
Otherwise going and sometime riding;
And if the ground be slipper and sliding,
In faith I fall down mosellinge.
_Idle._ What, some pleasure then there appears;
Beshrew your head between your ears!
_Evil C._ Nay, sir, it shall be yours and theirs;
For when a man hath enow
Let him part with his neighbours.
_Idle._ It is thy destiny, I trow,
For to be clad all in briars,
And ride the horse with four ears.
_Evil C._ Nay, sir, not afore you
For I love ill to waiter; C2,_r._
A ride in a saddle, but ye shall ride in a halter.
_Idle._ In good faith, knave, thou shalt bear me a stripe.
_Evil C._ And thou shalt have another an I can hit thee aright.
_Idle._ Why smitest thou not? Come off!
_Evil C._ Nay, I trow ye do but scoff.
But I would not for an hundred pound fight with thee.
_Idle._ Why so? Tell me!
_Evil C._ For I never fought with man but he died;
And so should you and ye did my strokes abide.
_Idle._ Marry, I had liever thou were tied;
Thou art as manly as ill chieving;
Thou were a good bold fellow to go a thieving.
_Evil C._ Well, let us go to Unthrift's a while hence,
And let some other keep residence;
For I dare lay thereon forty pence
We shall have a sermon or night.
_Idle._ I trow then he will come hither
That laid first _In principio_ together.
_Ambo._ Go we, for we two will go thither,
Thereas we will make merry, by this light!
[_They go out. Enter_ ACTIO _and_
EUGENIO.
_Actio._ A, sir, I have been long away;
I said I would see you by the light day. C2,_v._
_Eug._ There hath be a fair array.
Where we two have be,
There was laying of the law,
And all was not worth a new straw,
So God help me!
_Actio._ Sir, I saw the wench that did your neck claw,
That bare in her hand a gay gewgaw;
Methought it was like a paw
Of a whiting;
She held me with a tale of titmary tally,
Till my thrift was gone as quit as a dally.
God wot, it is a nice thing.
_Eug._ Peace, man! ye shall hear a sermon i-fashion
Of the eagle that riseth full high;
If he do hear thy exclamation
He will make thee to fly.
_Actio._ Not in a string, I trow.
Peace! for he is come now. [_Enter_ ST. JOHN.
_St. John._ O men unkind, wretched and mortal,
Hearken to this parable that I shall tell.
_Eug._ The hearing thereof give you I shall.
_Actio._ And I to do by your counsel, if ye say well.
_St. John._ Now I begin; give good audience!
Two men ascended once to a temple to pray, C3,_r._
Their conversation having great difference.
It was the Pharisien and the Publican, I say.
Two ensamples by them perceive we may.
The great pride of the Pharisee:
Other men's faults he dispraised aye,
And his own counsel hid under false hue.
In the Publican's prayers there was than
A great excellence of meekness;
He despised himself, a wretched man,
Thinking each creature exceeded him in goodness.
His faults he did confess
With great sorrow for his transgression.
And in the Pharisee's prayer did express
Of full pride and adulation.
He prayed not, but praised himself there,
Standing upright with a pert face.
The mass beginneth with _Confiteor_,
And endeth with _Deo gratias_.
Even the reverse he did in this case.
There the mass endeth, he began proudly,
Making no confession of his trespass,
But said _Deo gratias ago tibi_,
In that he thanked God he was not to blame,
But in that he thanked Him not with very meekness.
Three species of sin he rehearsed by name
In which all sins be comprehended express.
By raveners is understand covetise;
In unrightful to say pride of him than;
In advoutry all lechery that men can rehearse.
And thus he excused himself, and slandered the publican.
I pay my tithes, he said also; C3,_v._
And so he did, but not of the best.
In that cayme he was like to,
For he tithed alway of the worst.
Twice in the week, he said, he did fast;
From meat and drink he did, but not from deadly sin;
And that is the fast that pleaseth God best.
But thereat hypocrites will not begin.
Against God he sinned grievously,
In that he justified himself so,
And his even Christian slandering maliciously.
_Tu testimonium perhiberis de teipso,_
_Et testimonium tuum non est verum_--I say so.
Wherefore God did him divide
From the nine parts of angels the tenth, so
There Lucifer is falle[n] for his pride.
The Gospel said, who doth hie him shall be ho.
All they that praiseth themself do sin, be you sure.
And so, you curséd men, do your cure;
For by God's judgment,
If ye forsake not your sin, be you sure
You go to hell. Wherefore, repent!
_Ambo._ I cry God mercy for mine offence;
My wicked life I do defy.
_Eug._ Also I am sorry of my negligence;
Your doctrine I will follow full meekly.
_St. John._ This sample God sayeth us to,
That we should consider it wisely.
Who deemeth himself good is far therefro,
And he that thinketh himself sinfullest is blessed hardely.
Think now that your purpose was set cursedly, C4,_r._
In sin thus to lead lives vain
Under colour of virtue, deeming yourself good.
You and all they that it doth sustain
Be worlde than the Pharisee; men's laws are wood;
Remember this for the reverence of Him that died on rood;
And to the laws of the Church abide every man,
And ye shall be partners of Christ's precious blood,
And blessed of God, as was the Publican.
Thus if ye will be stedfast and true
Jesus will then with His grace you renew.
To that Lord's bliss ye shall come all a
_Qui vivit per infinita seculorum secula._ Amen.
FINIS.
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_M._ _Mankind._
_N._ _Nature._
_WS._ _Wit and Science._
_R._ _Respublica._
_WH._ _Wealth and Health._
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A, (_a_) (_passim_), of varying usages: _e.g._ (1) I: "to God
_a_ vow"; (2) "_a_ be" (R213,_d_)--"He tumbleth whom _a_ lust"
(R212,_c_) = he; (3) = one; (4) "a potful _a_ worts" (M13,_c_) =
of; (5) = on; (6) = have; (7) sometimes used to lengthen a line,
to accent a syllable, or to make a rhyme-ending: also merely
pleonastic. For examples see other volumes of this series.
(_b_) "azee" (R257,_b_)--"A, zee!" (R267,_a_), look! see!
ABAND, "if thou _aband_ thee" (N48,_c_), forsake, abandon. "And
Vortiger enforst the Kingdome to _aband_."--Spenser, _Fairy
Queen_ (1590), ii. v. 63.
ABLE, "zo chwas _able_" (R229,_b_), fit, proper, "fettled": in
original _hable_--cf. _habile_. "Noye, to me thou arte full
_able_, And to my sacrifice acceptable."--_Chester_ _Plays_ (c.
1400), i. 55.
ABRY, see Jack Noble.
ABUSION, "hidden their _abusion_" (R180,_a_), abuse, malpractice.
"The vtter extirpation of false doctrine, the roote and chief
cause of all _abusions_."--Udall, _Pref. to St. Mark_. "To print
such _abusion_."--_Albion Knight_, Anon. Pl. 2 Ser. (E.E.D.S.),
131,_d_.
ADJUTORY, "God will be you[r] _adjutory_" (M12,_a_), properly an
adjective = helpful; the exigencies of the rhyme has, however,
apparently led to its use substantively: the original manuscript,
as indicated, has "be yow _adiutory_."
ADVENTURE, see Joint.
AFFEED, "_affeed_ with them" (N70,_a_), hired, engaged with for
profit: cf. _fee_ (A.S.) = property, money, annual salary,
reward. "There is not a thane of them but in his house I have a
servant _feed_."--Shakespeare, _Macbeth_ (1606), iii. 4.
AFFERE, "With his company myself _affere_" (N63,_d_), belong, be
identified with, "of a kidney with." "He was then buryed at
Winchester in royall wise, As to suche a prince of reason should
_affere_."--Hardyng, _Chronicle_ (_d._ 1465), f. 106.
AFFIANCE, "Company of my _affiance_" (N78,_a_), close connection,
affinity, trusted advisers or servants: see other volumes of this
series.
AFINE, "well _afine_" (R261,_d_), perfectly, thoroughly; _i.e._
well a (= and) fine: a generic intensive. "Till grapes be ripe
and well _a-fine_."--Chaucer, _Romaunt_ _of the Rose_ (1360),
3690.
AGAINST, "_against_ I you call" (R199,_b_), again: the converse
usage (_again_ = against) was also common enough in old writers.
AGED, "some of them were _aged_ ... one by one" (R219,_b_). Mr.
Magnus thinks that in these lines there must be some hint at the
treatment of Bishops Gardiner and Bonner, who were imprisoned and
their lands seized: see Respublica.
ALBS, "th' _albs_ and amices" (R221,_d_), a long white linen
garment or robe worn by officiating priests of the Roman
communion. It reached nearly to the feet, and differed from the
modern surplice (Rev. H. J. Tod), inasmuch as it was worn close
at the wrists, similar to a bishop's lawn sleeves now-a-days.
"They (the bishops) shall have upon them in time of their
ministration, besides their rochet, a surplice or _alb_, and a
cope or vestment."--_Rubric of K._ _Edw. VI._ (1548).
ALE, "mend ... as zour _ale_ in summer" (R227,_b_), _i.e._ not at
all: see Heywood, _Works_ (E.E.D.S.), II., 91_b_.
ALGATE, "hath pleased thy noble grace _algate_" (N48,_a_), always.
ALIANTS, "too many _aliants_ in this realm" (WH 300,_b_ and _c_),
aliens. Foreign immigration seems to have become a burning
question early enough: how dealt with history informs us; and
posterity has, in the main, confirmed the generally judicious and
far-sighted policy of welcome extended to refugees and others,
with its consequent introduction of new blood, new ideas, new
crafts, and the benefits arising therefrom.
ALISE DICTS (R210,_b_), _i.e._ _alias dicta_. People's manglement
of both English and Latin phrases is a noteworthy characteristic
of the play--see Divum, Captivity, Commediens, Enquest, Policate,
etc.
ALL, "then am I _all_ safe" (R241,_d_), quite, entirely. "Woe to
the bloody city! it is _all_ full of lies and robbery."--_Nah._
iii. 1. _Bible_, Auth. Vers. (1611).
ALLECTUOUS, "_allectuous_ ways" (M33,_d_), alluring, enticing:
_allective_ is a commoner form. "Woman yfarced with fraude and
disceipt, To thy confusion most _allective_ bait."--Chaucer,
_Rem. of Love_, ver. 14.
ALLOW, "these words be greatly to _allow_" (N59,_a_), approve,
sanction: American by survival. "First, whether ye _allow_ my
whole device--And if ye like it, and _allow_ it well."--Norton
and Sackville, _Gorboduc_ (1570. 1), 94,_a_ and _b_ (E.E.D.S.).
ALL THING, "_all thing_ hath prospered" (R201,_b_)--"_All_ _thing_
I tell you" (R202,_c_)--"_all thing_ should soon be well"
(R208,_d_), everything.
ALOFT, "look _aloft_ with th' hands under the side"
(R192,_d_), _i.e._ Insolence when presented to Respublica
as the captain of the marauding crew is to assume a
butter-will-not-melt-in-my-mouth expression.
AMICALLY, "he hath _amically_' directed" [(R237,_d_), amicably,
in a friendly fashion. "An _amical_ call to repentance and the
practical belief of the Gospel."--W. Watson, M.A., 1691, in A.
Wood, _Ath. Ox._, 2nd ed., vol. ii., col. 1133.
AMICES, "th' albs and _amices_" (R221,_d_), a piece of fine linen
worn by officiating priests: it was oblong-square in form,
folded diagonally. It covered the head, neck, and shoulders, and
was buckled or clasped before the breast, and when the altar
was reached was thrown back upon the shoulders. It forms the
uppermost of the six sacerdotal garments, the others being the
alb, cingulum, stole, manipulus, and the planeta. The amice is
still worn under the alb.
AMONG, "follow his appetite _among_" (N49,_c_), in
company--elliptical: see other volumes of this series.
AMROMES, "books _Amromes_" (JE356,_b_), so in original. I can
suggest nothing beyond a misprint for "amorous"; but, in that
case, why the capital _A_? A line (or lines) may also be missing
at this point, the connection being not at all obvious. However,
there is nothing to suggest a break, the printing being unusually
regular and clear at this point in the original.
ANCH, "_anch_ hear om" (R230,_b_)--"_anch_ can spy my time"
(R231,_c_), for _an ich_ = if I.
ANGEL, (_a_) "an _angel_ for a reward" (R264,_b_). Mr. Magnus
thinks that here is enshrined a play on the proper meaning of the
word, and _angel_ = a coin of the realm.
(_b_) see Angelot.
ANGELOT (R216,_d_). Mr. Magnus in his note (E.E.T.S. ed., p. 67,
line 768) seems to identify this coin with the angel. He may be
right; but on the other hand, it is not out of place to point
out that in numismatics an angelot is generally regarded as an
ancient French coin first struck at Paris when that capital was
in English occupation (1420). It bore on it the figure of an
angel supporting the escutcheon of England and France. The angel
of Edward VI. was a gold coin, named from the fact that on one
side of it was a representation of the Archangel Michael in
conflict with the Dragon (Rev. xii. 7). The reverse had a ship
with a large cross for the mast, the letter E on the right side
and a rose on the left; whilst against the ship was a shield
with the usual arms. Angels were first struck in France in 1340,
and were introduced into England by Edward IV. in 1465. Between
his reign and that of Charles I. it varied in value from 6s.8d.
to 10s. The last struck in England were in the reign of Charles
I.--H. Noel Humphreys, _Coins of England_, 5th ed., 1848; and
other authorities. _Angelots_ (_i.e._ half the value of an
angel), were also struck by Edward VI. in 1550: see Edwards.
ANNEXION, "the soul hath his _annexion_" (M38,_c_), conjunction:
Shakespeare in _The Lover's Complaint_ employs it in the sense of
_addition_.
ANOINTED, "two knaves _anointed_" (N113,_d_), thorough-paced,
"out-and-out"; a double pun is intended the references being to
_anointed_ = beaten, with an eye on _anointed_ = consecrated by
the pouring on of oil. "Then thay put hym hout, the kyng away
fly, Which so well was _anoynted_ indede, That no sleue ne pane
had he hoe of brede."--_The Romans of Partenay_ (ed. Skeat),
5652-4.
APAID, "very well _apaid_" (WH280,_c_), glad, satisfied, pleased,
paid. "They buy thy help: but sin ne'er gives a fee, He gratis
comes; and thou art well _appay'd_, As well to hear as grant what
he hath said."--Shakespeare, _Rape of Lucrece_ (1594), l. 913.
APPAIR, "I say his wealth doth mend, he saith it doth _appair_"
(R226,_b_), becomes worse, degenerates. "All that liveth
_appaireth_ fast."--_Everyman_, Anon. Pl. 1 S. (E.E.D.S.), 94,_d_.
APPLE (19,_d_), in original _a nappyl_.
APPLIED, "to Him should be _applied_" (M3,_b_), given, rendered,
one's heart or mind fixed upon: the only sense of _apply_ in the
English Bible.
APPLY, see Aged.
APPREHENSIBLE, "was not _apprehensible_" (M33,_a_), competent.
APPROPRIATIONS, "bare parsonages of _appropriations_" (R218,_d_),
technically, at law (according to Blackstone, I. 11) an
_appropriation_ is the transference to a religious house, or
spiritual corporation, of the tithes and other endowments
designed for the support of religious ordinances in a parish;
also these when transferred. When the monastic bodies were
in their glory in the Middle Ages they begged, or bought for
masses and obits, or in some cases even for actual money,
all the advowsons which they could get into their hands. In
obtaining these they came under the obligation either to present
a clergyman to the church, or minister there in holy things
themselves. They generally did the latter, and applied the
surplus to the support and aggrandisement of their order. On
the suppression of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII.
the appropriated advowsons were transferred to the king, and
were ultimately sold or granted out to laymen, since called
_impropriators_. See Respublica.
ARRAY, (_a_) "_array_ toward" (R258,_d_), _i.e._ preparations
in progress. (_b_) "nice in their _array_" (M14,_b_), dress,
equipment, outward appearance. "But for to telle you of his
_aray_, His hors was good, but he ne was nought gay."--Chaucer,
_Cant. Tales_ (1383), Prologue, 73-4.
ASCITE, "I _ascite_ you ... to appear" (IP342,_c_), summons,
call. "Hun answered that the infant had no propertie in the
shet, wherupon the priest _ascited_ him in the spiritual
courte."--Hall, _Henry VIII._, f. 50.
ASPEN-LEAF, "tir-tremmeleth as the _aspen-leaf_" (M32,_c_), an
early example of a common simile. The text, "tir-trimmeleth,"
etc., is as in original.
ASSAY, _subs._ and _verb_, "_assay_ him I will" (M11,_a_),--"_at_
_all assays_" (M7,_c_), as _verb_ = try, tempt, essay; as
_subs._ = at all points, in every respect. "I will _assay_ ere
long."--_Jacob and Esau_, Anon. Pl. 2 Ser. (E.E.D.S.), 15_d_; "at
all _assays_" (_Ibid._ 53_b_).
ASSEMBLE, "I _assemble_ the life" (N89,_b_), compare, liken: cf.
Shakespeare's use of _assemblance_.--"Care I for the limb,
the thewes, the stature, bulk, and big _assemblance_ of a
man!"--Shakespeare, _2 Henry IV._ (1598), iii. 2.
ASSIEGE (N89,_b_), siege: see Halliwell, _s.v._ Assege.
ATAME, "almsdeed I can _atame_" (N86,_d_), commence, begin: Fr.
_entamer_. "Yes, hoste, quod he, so mote I ride or go, But I be
mery, y-wis I wol be blamed; And right anon his tale he hath
_attamed_."--Chaucer, _Cant. Tales_ (1383), 14824.
ATTEMPT, "Ye must _attempt_ the world" (N59,_d_), try, "sample,"
experience: cf. Shakespeare, _Lear_, ii. 2.
ATTEMPTATES, "immoderate _attemptates_" (R266,_a_), attempts,
endeavours: specifically to commit a crime. Puttenham, in
1589, said this word was a recent importation, but it had
already been in use half a century at least. "To forbear that
_attemptate_."--Sadler (A.D. 1543), in Froude, _Hist. Eng._, vol.
iv. p. 241.
AVENT, "_avent_ thee! Nature compels" (M25,_b_), _i.e._ relieve the
bowels.
AVOID, "_Avoid_, good brother!" (M5,_d_)--"_avoid!_ I charge thee"
(R254,_d_), begone, make room, depart, "get out." "I shall make
you _avoid_ soon."--_Youth_, Anon. Pl. 2 Ser. (E.E.D.S.), 94,_b_.
AVOIDANCE, "as for mine _avoidance_" (N52,_a_), departure: see
Avoid.
AVORE, "I chil wait _avor_ you" (R. _passim_), afore: there are
numerous examples of _v_ for _f_ in this play: also of _z_ for
_s_.
AVOUTRY, "taken in _avoutry_" (_passim_), adultery: see other
volumes of this series.
AYENST, "_ayenst_ thy sores" (N121,_d_), against. "... whan he
wente in batayle _ayenst_ them...."--_Invention_ _of the Holy
Cross_ (ed. Morris), p. 159.
BA, "_ba_ me" (M19,_d_), kiss: cf. _basse_ or _buss_.
BADGE, "bear on my bryst the _badge_ of mine arms" (M15,_b_),
badge. Princes, noblemen, and other gentlemen of rank had
formerly, and still retain, distinctive badges, and servants
and dependants wore these cognisances on their liveries. Douce,
in his _Illustrations of Shakespeare_ (1839), pp. 205-7, says:
"The history of the changes which badges have undergone is
interesting. In the time of Henry IV. the terms _livery_ and
_badge_ seem to have been synonymous. A badge consisted of the
master's device, crest, or arms on a separate piece of cloth, or
sometimes on silver in the form of a shield fastened to the left
sleeve. In Queen Elizabeth's reign the nobility placed silver
badges on their servants. The sleeve badge was left off in the
reign of James I., but its remains are still preserved in the
dresses of porters, firemen, and water-men, and possibly in the
shoulder-knots of footmen. During the period when badges were
worn the coat to which they were affixed was, as a rule, blue,
and the blue coat and badge still may be seen on parish and
hospital boys."
BAGGAGE, "the _baggage_, the trash," etc. (R183,_c_), rubbish,
refuse, trumpery, scum. "Fill an egg-shell newly emptied with the
juice of singreen, and set it in hot embers; scum off the green
_baggage_ from it, and it will be a water."--Lupton, _Thousand_
_Notable Things_ (1579).
BAGS, "the names of my _bags_" (R221,_a_), purses: those carried
by Avarice were probably, for the sake of "business," more like
small sacks; he is represented as hugging them (216,_a_), as
hauling them (215,_d_), and as dragging them out (225,_d_). "...
see thou shake the _bags_ Of hoarding abbots; imprison'd angels
Set at liberty."--Shakespeare, _King John_ (1596), iii. 3.
BALE BLISSES (JE355,_c_), probably blisses which are evil, and the
reverse of blisses; with an eye on A.S. _bale_ = "fiery"; as in
_bale_-fire, etc. "... bring me forth toward _blisse_ with se
_bale_ here."--_MS. Cott._, _Titus_, D. xviii., f. 146_b_.
BALES, "lay on with your _bales_" (M6,_a_). "Scared us with a
_bales_" (M35,_d_), in the first example the manuscript has
_ballys_, in the second _bales_, but I think the context in
each case shows the meaning to be the same. _Bales_ = a rod or
scourge, and specifically a bow: at 6,_a_ it is the minstrels who
are charged to "lay on."
BALL, "to it Boy, box him _Ball_" (R194,_c_), a dog: cf. 195,_d_.
Halliwell says the name was given to various animals: "it is
mentioned as the name of a horse in Chaucer and Tusser, of a
sheep in the _Promptorium_, and of a dog in the Privy Purse
Expenses of Henry VIII., p. 43."
BANKET, see Junkery.
BAUDERY, "sorcery, witchery, _baudery_" (R263,_d_), the manuscript
has _bandery_, but? _baudery_ as in present text. If _bandery_,
plotting is doubtless meant.
BASH, "look thou not _bash_" (JE354,_a_), _i.e._ timidly, or with
too much inattention. "No, Leonato, I never tempted her with word
too large, But, as a brother to his sister, shew'd _Bashful_
sincerity and comely love."--Shakespeare, _Much Ado_ (1600), iv.
I.
BAST, "begat the whoreson in _bast_" (N68,_b_), fornication,
adultery. "For he was bigeten o _baste_, God it wot."--_Artour &
Merlin_, 7643.
BE (_passim_), been.
BEDLAMS, "stark _bedlams_" (R233,_c_), madmen: see other volumes of
this series.