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¶I told Thee that hear we should him not miss. ¶What hushed I say, no more of these words, For appeaching oft, the appeacher disturbs. Be friends again as you were at the first, Let each man say the best, and leave out the worst. ¶If you say I sir, we will not say no. ¶By S. Anne I think therein thou say well, For I know thereof I am Like to here tell. ¶And as thou from Help, hurtful dost throw, So painted, from Profit, I must forgo, For if any man know me, for profit but painted, Men will but little with me be acquainted. My master who a good gentleman is, Thinketh me as profitable as he can wish. So that plain Profit, be thinketh my name, And before his face, my deeds show the same. ¶Why art thou blind, mayest thou not see, That again thee one, we are here three. ¶Ne quisque sapit, qui sibi non sapit, This saying I red, when as I went to school, One not wise for himself, is but a very fool. ¶God speed sir, I pray you show me if you can, Did you not master Welthinesse here about see. ¶And as my master pleased you two, and the scribe, So of Greediness the Merchant, I had a bribe. So that none of us went vacant away, But of one of the parties, had honestly our pay. ¶Let me alone, I warrant Thee some excuse I will have, And the worst fallen I know, I shall be but called knave. But yet sirs after him, I will hie, And by the way I will invent some lie. ¶So it be short, I am well content. ¶My help to singing, I did never deny. ¶My master at home for your worship does stay, And to speak with you he does greatly desire. If it be your pleasure home to repair, Or if you will, he shall hither come, Your masterships pleasure therefore declare, And I know incontinent it shall be done. ¶I trust also you will consider my pain, Thereby I trust you shall not lose, For perchance I may prefer your gain, By mean which with my master I do use. ¶My master thinketh us long I dare say. Exiunt. ¶Sirs I will tell troth to make you agree, By guess I think, you are Knaves all three. ¶Well for that matter, we will not greatly strive, But sirs what wind now did you hither driven? ¶Much good do it Thee, but I am afeard I tarry to long. Therefore friends adue, for I will be gone.
Plot summary
Plot — The Tide Tarrieth No Man
Courage advises a variety of characters to embrace short-term gain, since the tide waits for nobody: he encourages Greediness to ignore spiritual advice, helps No Good Neighbourhood to acquire a neighbour's house unjustly through bribery, recommends Willingto-Win-Worship to get into debt rather than leave the court and his ambitions, and advises Wantonness to get married against her mother's wishes. The results are bad: Willing-to-Win-Worship finds himself worse off than before; Greediness's tenant, No-GoodNeighbourhood's rival, is evicted and left homeless in his old age; Greediness oppress~:s his debtors, one of whom is arrested at a sermon; and Wantonness marries Wastefulness. Christianity is corrupted by riches and policy, and Greediness dies in despair. Despair encourages Wastefulness, who has spent all his money, to commit suicide, but Faithful Few saves him through prayer. Finally Authority intervenes, Courage is arrested by Correction, and Christianity is reformed.