Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

CONFESSION

in Everyman

Metadata

PlayEveryman
Year (catalogued)1535
Decade1530s
Speech prefix(es)Confeſſyo ̄
Words155
Characters799
Typicality0.18 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA00471
ClusterCluster 10 — Mourners, mothers & doleful voices

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Full speech

¶I know your sorrow well / everyman Because with knowledge you cum to me I will you comfort as well as I can And a precious Jewel I will gyve the Called penance voider of aduersytye Therewith shall your body chastised be With abstinence & ꝑseueraunce in gods service Here shall you receive that scourge of me Which is penance strong that you must endure To remember thy saviour was scourged for the With sharp scourges and suffered it patiently So must y to or thou escape that painful pilgrimage Knowledge him and keep him in this voyage And by that time good deeds will be with the But in any wise be sure of mercy For your time draws fast / and you will saved be Ask God mercy and he will grant truly When w to the scourge of penance man does high ̄ bind The oil of forgiveness than shall he find