PRIDE

¶ See this brat This boy is passing taunt Come behind and follow me Set out the better leg I warn the ¶ Saluꝰ to you sir. ¶ I shall tell you or I go But First would I speak a word I ̄ no more with this servant of yours ¶ for God not Sensuality such a gentleman you seem to be Sir I understand that this gentleman is born to great and intends to inhabyt herein the country. And I am a gentleman y to always hath be brought up with great estatys and affeed with them and if I might be in like fa vour with this gentleman I would be glad thereof / & do you a pleasure. ¶ I dwell her by ¶ Pride ¶ you sickerly But I am cleped worship commonly In places where I dwell. ¶ you you man you would say so if you me knew. ¶ One man what the devil is he ¶ I pray the tell me what manner of man he is And I shall gyve him a lift as I guess ¶ you and that within a short process In faith I will not miss. ¶ Let me alone I shall do well enough Aquaynt me with that man and care not thou The mater shall speed ¶ Sir I shall tell the how / when I am in To thy masters service I will First Begin To set his heart on a merry pin And bid him make good cheer I will bid him / think how he is create To be a worthy potestate And eke that he is predestynate to be a princes peer And other things more than this I shall bring that heart of his To be more howt than that is By a dewys ase Specially I will commend his wit That no man can amend that And that he is able thereby to fit as a judge in come place And when I praise him this wise I think his heart will Begin to rise and after that utterly despise any opray counsel to here He shall trust all to his own brain and than would Reason never so fain Though he come and such opry twain He shall be never the never ¶ Gramercy brother I think me Much bound To the forthy courtesy But sir abide here on thing I will not be known that that is my seeking ¶ I thank you sir / but I do you trespass to come thus homly. ¶ No great thing sir / but I come to see And to know what manner man you be That all men praiseth so mouche ¶ My name is worship. ¶ Truly I am the same ¶ In good say any thing that I May do to your pleasure that is ready I am your own and pray you heartily That you accept me so But where you ask counsel of me Me seemeth you save not your honest ¶ Marry sir for that is right fyttyng That a man of your behaving Should have always sufficient coming Of worldly wit and policy To guide him self every where And not to be led by the ere And beg wit here and there Of every jak a pie you are well complexyond be you sure And nature hath done on you here cure As Much as upon any creature that ever I saw with mine eye And by lykylyhod sir I wys you have wit according to all this Dressys nature hath wrought a miss And that is not likely ¶ Said reason ̄ so. Marry fie on him knave that were better y e would ̄ gma ̄ where I ̄ his graven than ever the lewd foal should have the governance of you ¶ Alas alas man you be mad I see well you be but a very lad On my faith I was very glad 1 line 1 line 1 line 1 line Of you that e would with a why upon the b re hyp If I should you not grieve He that would lordship enjoy And say ever Still the old boy Me seemeth he does but make a toy And you will me believe ¶ I wys you ar but and ydeot I pray you sir make not me a sot I am no tryfler I have be in honour here to forne you allow the counsel of a arse born Before mine I have ytin scorn It is a thing I can not bear ¶ you that same daw ¶ e is astraw Because he kepys you under awe you be therein blind ¶ Grouge that is no marvel hardly shall grieve me certainly As long as I am in your company To see you deem that wise you be now in good way but in faith I like not your array It is not the fashion that goes now a day For now there is a new guise It is now Says a gone Sith that men ban this fashion And every knave had that anon Therefore at this season man that to sets the eby wn honesty ¶ Thus he thou shalt see me devise it eve ̄ Straight It is but tapes that gere with me I have none other study a days parde but how I may new fashions find and theron I set all my labour and mind ¶ Sir our master shall have a gown That all the galandys in this town Shall on the fashion wonder It shall not be sowed but with a face by twyxt every some a space Of two handful a sunder ¶ Than a doublet of the new make Close before and open on the back No sleeve upon his arm Under that a shyrt as soft as sylk and as White as any milk to keep the carcase warm ¶ Than shall his hosen be striped of 1 line And 1 line 1 line ¶ And wh There men will say huf you shall see these fol S on him gaze and muse as that w reon a maze New brought into the land ¶ Reason nay nay hardly He is forsaken utterly Sith I cam to his company He would not onys appear Nevertheless for a surte Worldly affection I advise the as shortly as ever that may be For speed of the mater To bring him shortly in acquaintance With all the company of mine affyaunce and settheym gyve continual attendance Every man bysyly after the property of his office Than shall you see him utterly dospyce Reasons counsel on waran ice and forsake him utterly ¶ Is that so. ¶ Now so ¶ I you ne well I now that is nothing to this purpose on thy tale for God avow ¶ Trowyst thou that is no feigned strife Bytwyxt Them two ¶ Who ¶ No than the craft were nought but now sirs well bethought Sith the mater is hereto brought It is time for me To go and make some provision Of garmentys after the new invention As he commanded me to be done thereto must I see For that is committed to my negligence And if he come hither while I am hens I pray the excuse mine absens ¶ Why Wilt thou go with me Marry you Man me. you sir I make mine avow They gyve you a praising good I now I harden never none such and surely you be right wurthy I see well now they do not lie and therefore I did my hither high To acquaint me with you ut you may say that I am bold As well appareled / at eke point of his array ¶ Who dwells here / will no man speak Is there no foal nor hody peke Now by the bell that were alms to break Some of these knaves brows A gentleman comys in at the dorys That all his days hath worn guilt sperys And none of this knaves nor cutted horys Byddys him welcome to house. ¶ Wot you not how great a lord I am Of how noble progeny I cam My fader a knight my my mother called madame Mine ancestors great estatys. And now the lyuelod is to me fallen By both their dethes natural I am spoken of more than they all Hens to Paris gatys. ¶ How say you First by mine array Does that please you you ornay In the best wise I dare well say By that you know me a while And one thing I put you out of doubt I have wherewith to bear that out As well as any man here about Within these hundredth mouse. 1 line 1 line 1 line 1 line scold Cap that cost him he there Pride had a pull ¶ I love that well to have here a wot byneth mine ere For ever more I stand in fere That mine nek should take cold I knit that up all the night and the day time kemb that do wnryght And the ̄ that cryspeth and shineth as bright as any pyrsed gold ¶ My doublet is on laced before A stomacher of saten and no more Rain that snow that never so soar Me thinketh I am to hight Than have I such a short gown With wide sleves that hang a down They would make some lad in this town a doublet and a coat ¶ Some me ̄ would think y to this were pride But that is not so / ho ho abide I have a dagger by my side yet thereof spoke not I I bought this dagger at the mart A sharp point and a tart He that had that in his heart Were as good to die ¶ Than have I a sword or twain To bear Them my self that were a pain They ar so heavy that I am fain to purvey such a sad Though I say that a praty boy It is half my lives joy He makes me laugh with many a toy The vrchyn is so mad ¶ I begat the horson in baste It was done all in hast you may see there was no wast 1 line Sometime he serveth me at board sometime he beareth my two hand sword thou Look thy faders face ¶ But now to be that I come before And of these things to speak no more me longeth before To here some newly I here say there is a great state Come in to this country late And is disposed algate and householder to be ¶ Father's soul sirs / you shall understand ̄ worser That if he keep household in this land I will threst in one hand who so ever say nay what so ever the man intend To appayre the world or to amend I willbe with him at that one end Hap what hap may ¶ I meet worldly affection ere wile From this town skant a mile and he hath she wed me a praty while If I may put that in use He tellys me that Sensuality Begynnys a great rular to be and if that be so / care not for me The mater is cok sure ¶ Ey good lord what man is that Father's soul this is some great what