WEALTH

Brother wh to soever you say to me. I will hear the p ci tly I am content and I you heartily Begin and say your pleasure What sayest thou`am I a tagetyue I was never so taken up in my life Nor called unsure, well I will make no strife yet where as thou dost lay, They I should show my commodities always The best for my self whereof I ask praise if I should staved her all my life days yet I could not say. Nor half the benefits that comes of me that cannot be told nor resyted shortly Wealth is the of allthing earthly That you cannot deny. Ferste God save, our sovereign Lady the Queen With all the counsel and all that wish them b ne Am not I wealth with them ever at eve Who should be there but I? Men of the law, and jolly rich merchants There be wealthy both of goods and lands, Without comparison is in their hands I walth hatg all freasure. Stop thereat, and hold thy peace May not men by hea en with richesse As to build churches and make buy ways Such deeds men soul does sans By liberty now I do not set Sing that health and I am met As feloweh together no man shall let Me for to love him best. Such presumptuous words will have a fallen your comparison is but Feeble and small What can you do nothing at all As you have reputed. Liberty I pray the reasou no more you are welcome to us as you were before In deed of liberty it is great suitor Therefore welcome by this light I perceive this fellow is kind And owes to us good will and mind Some kinds again then let him find Let him have some furderauuce Sirs go your way home unto one place And w will hie us after pace And when we come we shall set you in case To hau a living lway. Sir I pray you pardon us of our ignorance now I see well you know us better than we do the Our lord con inue you, & we thank you har lie Both for your good I struction, and for your kindness That you int and so well for us good remedy when we have need we will desire your goodness Sirs I am glade that you h hear How does all our household with them what cheer Is every Thy g in order there A ir our intent? In the honour of God we ask you forgive es all that e we ought to be ashamed oh look you in the face By our folly & negligence, we have done so unwisely we were towle deceived, we p to us to your grace This shall be a good warding for us along space when man is well punished then he will beware w oh that knoweth what need is, well after dread are Now let us all than ̄ ke God y e good remedy hath S ude Trust to him only for his grace and goodness we are forgiveness oh our trespa I trust we will am ̄ worser And clean for ache sin, folly, and unthriftiness we will here continued ̄ clude, sovereign of your graciousness we beseech you to emyt our negligence, & misbehauor There we have said ami ̄ S, we continued ̄ mit also your favour Wealth hath been ever in Thy country And here I p rpose Still for to be For this is the land most meet for me And here I will endure. As I, marry there in deed you do compare. Such words might bring you soon in care Lewd parson, thou art not beware Of what substance I am Nay thou art a wretch, and a fool vuwyse wealth of riches thus to despise Dost thou not see all the world arise By goods and substance He that hath plenty of silver and gold May have all thing whatsoever he would when can wealth lack, sing all thing is sold A worser wealth is of assurance. Thou speakest with a slanderous tonge All of evil will, and yet it is wro e wealth in this realm hath been louge Of me comes great honour. Because that I wealth ath great port All the world, high her does resort Therefore I w l h, am this realms comfort, And here I will endure. I never marked thus much, nor understood That Health was such a treasure, and to man so good Wherefore I am sorry, a worser I will change my mood Now I pray you forgive me. The matter is done we are agreed To reason it more it shall not need Oh brother health, thou art in deed More preciouser then gold. Who is acquainted with this man He is very homely and little good he can To come in here so boldly, then Worser we him away quickly, For your sake he is welcome to b all Let him come to our place and than he shall Have succour of us and help withal & now we will epart. And wealth & health goes out. Sir your maystership is a tely welcome TO ke your place here above as it is reason. Why will you begone or a word P raduenture we did but board Me think you should your master Ford For to speak my mind. S rs you sh ll have bo ods blessing S ce e worth for our praying you are well disposed and of good living I w ll love you the erteral way Good remedy, then we anst des re the r aiding For by good remedy comes all ou preferri g. Wherefore, by God I cannot say to much I am so wealthy of substance and rich In all the world where is one such As I am of comparison. Why should they love thee that woe lde I know As well as me, I pray you show I am the superior of him and low No man may compare with me. Why thinkest thou that all men which h that wealth Gets their goods with brybry and S ealeth Thy repor e is nought therefore Health I counsel thee to ay the best. To whom have I done any harm can you say, you stander me no e, yet I trust I may Answer for my selte in every manner way you will not deny that?