MOUSE

Clubs, prongs, pitchfo ks, bills, Oh help, a bear, a bear, a bear. Oh sir, she is run down the woods: I see her wite head and her white belly. No faith I never saw any such, But I remember my father's words, He bade me take he de I was not caught with a white bear I tell you what sir as I was going a field to serve my father's great horse, & carried a bottly of hay upon my head, now do you see sir, I fast hoodwinked, that I could see nothing, perceiving the bear coming, I threw my hay into the hedge and ran away. I uva rant you yes, I saw something, for there was tow load of thorns beside my bottle of hay, and that made three. Would would, would, I never saw bear go a milking in all my life. But would k you sir, I did not look so High as her arm: I saw nothing but her whit head, and her whit belly. Why, do you not know me. Why then you know no body, and you know not mee' I tell you sir I am the goodman a S son of the next parish over the hill. why I am very near kin unto him. My name, I have very pretty name I'll tell you what my name is: my name is Mouse, I, plain mouse with out either welt or guard But do you hea e sir I am but a very young mouse, For my ail is scarce grown out yet, look you here ls. Faith ir I know not that, but if you would feign know, ask my father's g eat horse, for he hath been half a year longer with my father then I have. Nay soft sir, tow words to a bargain, pray you what occupation are you? Your lands, a way, you are no master for me, why do you think that I am so m worser, to go S ke my living in the lands amongst the stones, briers, and bushes, and tear my holy day appa ell, not I by your leave. How that n? Whats that? Whats that same King a man or woman? As I am, would ke you sir pray you what kin is he to good man king of our parish the church warden? king of the land, I never see him. shall I go home again to be torn in pieces with bears, no not I, I will go home & put on a clean shirt, and then go drown my self. Shall I not? then hears my hand, isle dwell with you, And hark you sir, now you have entertained me, I will tell you what I can do, I can keep my tougue from picking and stealing, and my hands from lying and slandering, I warrant you, as well as ever you had man in all your life. Oh very well, very well, they keep my sides warm. How, keep the dogs from my shins, I would scorn but my shins should keep the dogs from them. I very well, it hath a door I forsooth he hath a nose on his face. Than S more then I know. Oh very well. I will master, master whats his name? Oh the meal man, I know him very well, He brings meal every Saturday: but hark you master must I bid him come to you or must you come to him Hark you master, how if he be not at home. What shall I do then? O master, if there be no body within, I will leave word with his dog. I cannot tell, wherefore does he keep his cham ber else Nay be lady then go your self. Yes marry will I, Oh 'tis come to my head, And a be not within, I'll bring his chamber to you. Nay be lady I'll know the price of it first. Master it is such a hard name, I have forgotten it a gain I pray you tell me his name, O captain Triple knave, captain Triple knave You must come to my master captain Triple knave Marry then I can, straight to the kitchen dresser, to John the cook, and get me a good piece of beef and brews, and then to the buttery atch to Thomas the butler, for a c e of bear, and there for and hour ileso be labour my self, therefore I pray you call me not till you think I have done, I pray you good master. Why how now, whats the matter. I thought you would be calling before I had done. Why is he drunk, cannot he stand on his feet. Flain, no by Lady he is not flain. What, do you use to kill your friends. I will serve you no longer. Oh did a so, but master, I will have all his appa el if I carry him away. Come then I will help, mass master I think his mother song looby to him he is so heavy. So he shall I warrant him, but do you hear master King, he is kin to a monkey, his neck is bigger then is head. Yes forsooth I warrant you, come on sir, a so Like a sheep biter a looks. So would my master, had he not r n away Aye shipstickes, nothing else. Oh master hear you, you have made a Fresh hand now you would be low you, why what will you do now? you have lost me a good occupation by the means, Faith master now I cannot hang the shep he rd, I pray you let me take the pains to hang you, it is but half and hours exercise. All rain lousy shepherd. Shepherd take law legs, fly away shepherd Aye from Amladine. What w lt thou poison thy self? The worst ale house that I ever came in, in all my life. Even go hang thy self half and nower. What should shepherrdes do amongst us, have we not Lords enough on us in the court? Thats a lie who pays them their wages the ? And you shall hang for company, For leaving me alone. Shepherd stand forth and hear thy sentence, Shepherd begone within three days in pain of, My displeasure, shepherd begun, shepherd begun, begun, begun, begun, shepherd, shepherd, shepherd Wha hoe master will you come away; Why, is it not passed a leaven a clock. I pray you come away to dinner: Heres such a do with you, will you never come. I tell you all the mess S be on the table already, There wants not so much as a mess of mustard half and novver ago. Faith I know nothing, but you bade me go to breakfast. Faith I have forgotten it, the very sent of the meat made me hath forget it quite. What arrant, and arrant knave, or arrant whore; Oh the shepherds bastard. I tell you the shepherd's bastard shall be well kept isle look to it my self else, but I pray you come away to dinner. Why I cannot say banishment and you would give me a thousand pounds to say so, Faith I think I have, and you will not believe me ask my stafe. And happier I, if you would go to dinner. I warrant you I will not lose and inch of you now you are going to dinner, I promise you I thought sea ven year before I could get him away Hold him, hold him hold him, heers a stir in deed Here came hew a ter the crier, and I was set close At mother Nips house, and there I called for three Pots of ale, as 'tis the manner oh us courtiers, now sirrah, I had taken the maiden head of tow of them. Now as I was lifting up the third to my mouth, there came hold him, hold him, now I could not tell whom to catch hold on, but I am sure I caught one perchance a may be in this pot, well isle see, mass I can not see him yet, well isle look a little further, mass he is a little slave if a be here, why heers no body, all this goes well yet: but if the old trot should come for her pot, I marry theres the matter but I care not, isle face her out, and call her old rusty dusty musty ustie crustkie firebran, and worse then all that, and so face her out of her pot: but soft here she comes. Go look your pot, come not to me for your pot twe e good for you. You lie and you say it, I your pot, I know what isle say But say I have him and thou darste, You lie Like and old I will not say whore. Cap me & thou darest, searce me whither I have it or no. O flies master flies. O here master, all about your face. Why master, I have killed a duncart full at the least How, give you one of my ears? not & you were ten masters. How rear the town even go your self, it is more then I can do, why do you think I can rear a town, that can scarce rear a pot of ale to my head? I should rear a town should I not; How? is the shepherd run away with the kin S daughter. or is the kings daughter run away with the shepherd. What a fool is she to run away with the shep herd, why I think I am a little handsomer man then the shepherd my self, but tell me master, must I make a privy search, or search in the privy; I cannot tell. Heers throw the wods, and throw the wods, to look out a shepherd & a stray kings daughter, but oh to who have we here, what art thou? And emmet, I never saw such big emmet in all my life before. Oh I know the now, thou art her that eats up all the hips and hawes, we could not have one piece of fat bacon for thee all this year. What do I seek, for a stray Kings daughter run away with a shepherd: Yes that I can, 'tis this, my master and Amadins walking one day abroad, nearer to these woods then they weet used, about what I can not tell, but toward them comes running a great bear, now my master he played the man and run away, & Amadine crying after him: now sir comes me a shepherd & strikes off the b ears head, now whither the bear where dead be before or no I cannot tell for bring twenty b ars before me and bind their hands & feet and isle kill them all: now ever ince Amadine hath been in love with the shep h ard, and for good will she's even run away with the shepherd. Scrib h m aye I war ant you that I can, a was a litt l, low, broad, tall, narrow, big well favoured fe low, a j kin of whit cloth, and buttons of the same cloth Nay I say rusher and isle prove mine office good, or look sir when any coms f om under he S a or so, and a dog chance to blow his nose backward, then with a whip I give him the good time of the day, and straw rushes presently, therefore I am a rusher, a High off ce I promise you. Why where it is best being, ei her in he itch king a eating or in the buttery drinking: but I you come I will provide for that e a pe ce of beef & brew is knockle worser epe in at, pray you take pains remember master mouse. Exit. And I have been through the woods, and through the woods, and could see nothing but and emet. Nay that emet that I saw was bigger then thou art think he was, for he said he did led a salt seller life about the woods. I think it was so indeed Thou art a wise man, why he did nothing but sleep since he went In a whit gown and a whit hat on his head, and a staff in his hand. How now Rombelo, what shall we do now; Why then thou wilt be hanged. I tell thee what Rombelo, thou shall go in at one end of the wood and I at the other, and we will meet both together at the amid. Nay soft sir are you here abbots on you, I was Like to be hang worser for not finding you, We would borrow a certain stray kings daughter of you, a wench, a wence sir we woe ld have. O Lord, nay and you are so lusty I'll call a coo ling carded for you, ho master, master come away quick lie. Nay thats alie, I found her out my slfe. Master with anon, none no. Weel not have a corner of thy company. Thats a lie, a would have killed me with his pugs nondo. A Lord at that least I am. Then God ge you God morrow goo y shepherd O master laugh, when he's King then isle be a queen. M ister bear this and bear all. He sees sees you take a goose by the crown. Forbear those passion gentle King, And you shall see 'twill turn unto the best, And bring your soul to quiet and to joy. I hear a noise of overpassing joy Within the court, my Lord be of good comfort. And here comes one in hast, A King, a King, a King. Oh 'tis news for a king'tis Worth money. Oh 'tis good, 'tis good, Amadine. How a spirit? no by lady, I will not be aspirit Masters get you away, if I be aspir it, I shall be so lean I shall make you all afraid. Why I shall want parrell. Then stand away, trick up thy self, here they come. Why would ke you master, bones what have you done? What given away the wench you made me take such pains for, you are wise indeed, mass and I had known of that I would have had her my self. faith master now we may go to breakfast with a woodcoke pie. Hoe Lords at the first, I am one to, but hear master King by your leave a cast, now you have done with them, I pray you begin with me. Oh ou forgotten, now, a little apparel to makes handsome what should Lo des go so beggarly as I do ? And with a piece of my liver to. I marry, whats that can you to le Yes forsooth I come laugh at him I pray you. I go master, I run master. Exeunt. What and ass are you heers a stir in dee de heeres message, arrant, banishment, and I cannot tell what. I tell you I will no be made a curtal for no men pleasure My name is called master mouse, M rry sir I am a usher of the stable. Look master, Amadine & the shepherd, o brave