CLUB

Mistress. A sent word a would, for a was but to carry a diet to one of his patients; what call you his, she that paints a day times, and looks fair and Fresh, on the outside, but in the night time is filthier then the inside of Bocardo, and is indeed far more unsavoury that know her forsooth. A had a receipt for the Grincomes in his hand, and a said a would take that in his way. The first in my Account is Master Gerarine your cou sin: Master Doctor Glister and his wife: Master Drifat the Merchant, Master Lipsalue the Courtier, Master Guggin the gallant, and their pages. These J take will be your full num ber. That was the last thing they swore away. Ther's nothing mistress that is sworn out of date, that returns; their first oath in times passed was by the Mass: And that they have sworn quite away: Then came they to their Faith, as by my Faith t'is so: That in a short time was sworn away too; For no man believes now more then a sees. Then they swore by their honesties, and that Mistress you know is sworn quite away: After their honesties was gone, then came they to their Gentility, and swore, as they were Gentlemen: and their Gentility they swore a way so fast, that they had almost sworn away all the Ancient Gentry out of the Land, which indeed are scarce missed: for that Yeomen and Farmars Sons, with the help of a few welshmen, have undertook to supply their places. That at the last they came to Silver; and their Oath was, by the Cross of this silver, and swore so fast upon that, that now they have scarce left them a Cross for to Swear by. Why by () and God refuse them. No mistress, for men, especially Citizens and rich men, have refused them their bonds and protestations all ready. I indeed mistress Glister, he is departed this transitory City, but his whole substa ̄ ce is here enclosed, which (by come manned) we here deliver to your custody, to the use of mistress Maria according to the tenure of the premises. Not to day forsooth, she hath overcharged her self and her memory, she means to use a moderation, and take no more then she can make use of. What are they? With reverence be it spoken, they are the most accomplished Creatures under heaven, in them is all perfection. Omitting their outward graces, I'll show you only one insta ̄ ce which includes all other: they love their neighbours better then themselves. Yes better then themselves, for they love them beter then their husbands, and husband and wife are all one; there before better then themselves. Let him resolve that himself for here he comes. J thank you master Doctor, you are free and liberal still, you'll command me nothing back? Jf you be unclean mistress, you may pure your self, you have my Master's beware at your commandment, but what am I then, that does all the drudgery in your House. Y are my better in Bark and Rhine, but in pith and substance I may compare with you: you're above flesh mistress, and the your boast, but in my tother partly, we are all one before God. I was bound indeed about Mydsommer. So I take it. Indeed mistress I must confess, my falling is rustic gross, and butcherlike, marry yours is a pretty foolish light Court take falling: Yet believe me my master smells some what too gross of the Purgation, he wants tutering. My master being set last night in his shop, comes master Doctor Glister (as his manner is) squerting in sudden lie, and after some conference, tells my master that by his own knowledge you were young with Child, to which my master replied, why master Doctor, will yoe put me to more Charges yet? Now as I am Oh, the Crier, & yet but a young Club, J have not yet practiced that Law, you have a whole dryfat on't, I pray you instruct me? I marry I Like that law well, 'tis studied with the tur ning of a hand: ther's no quiddits, nor pedlars French in't, there needs no book for the exposition o'th terms; 'tis as eam sily learned as the felling of wood, and getting of Children, all is but laying on load the down right blow. Good good; but all this while ther's no Doctor thought on, we must have one to arbitrate; We are ravished with delight Like the wench that was God with child against her stomach—Oh but if we could wrest this smock law (now in hand) to our Club law, it were excel lent. I and give him a two tag point to tie them together. they will be here sir. Rebecca Purge, wife to Peter Purge Pothicary, appear upon thy purgation, upon pain of excommunication. Come, lay your hands upon the Book: you shall speak and aver no more, nor wade no farther into the Cream pots of this woman's crime, then the naked truth, and the cart-rope of your conscience shall conduct you, so help you the contents: kiss the book. Doctor Glister, alias suppositar doctor of physic, ap pear upon thy purgation, upon the belly pain that may en sue therein. After my hearty commendations remembered unto your worshipful doctorship, trusting in God that you are as well as I was at the making hereof thanks be to him there before, The cause of my writing unto you at this time is, to let you understand that your little son is turned a ragged colt, a very stripling, for being now stripped of all his clothing, his backside wants a tayle-peece commends it self to your fa therly Consideratio ̄ . Woe worth the time that ever I gave suck to a child that came in at the window, God knows how. Yet if you did but see how Like the peart little read headed knave is, to his Father: and how Like a Cock sparrow he mouses and touses my little Bess already, you would take him for your own, and pay me my hire, I write not of the want of one thing for I want all things, wherefore take some speedy order or else as naked as he came from the mother will I send him to the father. From Pis. the xxii of — Your poor nurse Thomasiue Tweed es. The very same: your are welcome to our Club Law? Laurence Lipsalue & Gregory Gudgen late of hic & ubi que in the County of nusquam Gentlemen, come into the Court, and give your evidence, upon pain of that which shall en sue.