The Interlude of Wealth and Health Part 4

+wytte.+ yf I wist al my masters wolde so do Then from your seruyce I wolde not goo Speake now whether ye wyl or no And let vs know your minde 730

+Health+ Syrs ye be welco me to me playne And for your company I am full fayne I had leuer suffer great payne Then to leue my wit and wyl,

+Wyll.+ Then let vs go hence, with kindnes my her ye do kyll

+Health+ I pray you let vs go, wherfore do we byde styll.

and goeth out

+Remdi+ As touching my first purpose hither I am com again I trow ye know me, good remedy is my name That euery day doth take great .abor or payne 740 To amende all faultes, I am chosen to the same yf any mans conscience here doth grudge or shame Hauing in him self remorse, & mendes in tyme & s.p.a.ce I am good remedy, and G.o.d is ful of mercy and grace Therfore I wyl stand asyde, & a lyttel whyle remaine Of welth, Helth and Lybertye, for to inquire How they be ordred, and yf any man complayne I wil be glad to shew me remedy, my think I se one a peare.

+Hance+ Begots drowse ic my selfe bin c[=u]pt heye sc lansm 750 Ic mot in ander land lopen, al is quade dan

+Remdi+ Thou fleming fr wh[=e]ce comest [thou]

& what dost [thou] here.

+Hance+ Ic my self c.u.mt fr sent Katryns dore mot ic skyne de c beer

+Remdi+ Get [the] thether againe, & tary here no lger

+Hance+ Syr ic mot mid ye spreken ic my self be en scomaker

+Remdi+ What and thou be therwith I haue nothin a doo.

+Hance+ Ic dest al forlore, copin is dod, ic maght aot do therto

+Remdi+ I pray thee go hence, for thou dost trouble me yll.

+Hance+ Nen ic seker, ic wyl not gon, ic wold fain liue h.o.r.e stil

+Remdi+ There is to mainy allaunts in this reale, but now I 760 good remedy haue so provided that English men shall lyue the better dayly.

+Hance+ What segt ye by gots drowse, dai is de quade man Be de moro goi, ic my selfe loue de scone Englishman.

+Remdi+ Fie on [the] flattering knaue, fie on you alia[=u]ts al I say ye can [with] craft & subtel tiget englishm[=e]s welth away

+Hance+ O skon mester, ic heb h.o.r.e bin, this darten yeore ic canskote de coluerin, & ic can be dr beare broer, trust see so prouide that welth from you haue I shall

+Hance+ Ic seg to you dat welth is lopen in an ander contry 770 wat hebegy dar brough, forstan ye net, segt me

+Remdi+ Ic vnderstand the wel, yet thou liest lyke a knaue welth is here [=i] Engld, & welth stil i trust we shal haue

+Hance+ Ic ment no quad ic loue de english man by min here C[=u]p vp sent Katrin and ic shal ye geu[=e] twe stope bere,

+Remdi+ Get [the] hence drk[=e] fleming [thou] shalt tary no lenger here

+Hance+ Mor it net mare herebin, woder sal ic gewest kiskin Ic wil to de Kaizer gan, dar fall ic wal skinkin

& goth out

+Remdi+ Is he gon? I pray G.o.d the deuyll go with him wher is welth, helth & tiberty. I wold see th[=e] come in 780

Helth commeth in with a kercher on his head.

+Health+ -- O good lorde helpe me, by your licence my souerain I am homely to com her in your pres[=e]ce thus diseased Nede constraineth me, for remedy I wold haue faine I am [=i]fect both body & soul, I prai you be not displesed

+Remdi+ Why what aile you shew me, yet you I do not know Glad I am to remedy any man, that is affirmity I perceiue by your phisnamy, [that] ye ar veri weke feble & low yet show me your griefe, & I wil help you gladly.

+Health+ Gracio[us] remedi I thank you, yet I am half ashamed 790 to shew you mi maladi & mi name, I was called helth Therfore I am wel worthi to be punished & blamed Because I haue not folowed your co[=u]sel, but al thing may be suffered saue welth.

+Remdy+ Are you helth, this maketh me very pensife and sad ye t be of good chere, & show how you were infect To remedy you and succour you I wold be very glad For G.o.d wyl punish the people when they be detelt

+Health+ Syr I thanke G.o.d therof for wel worthy I am My conscience doth iudge, some trouble haue I must 800 A mendes I wyl make to G.o.d and if I can Wil d wit hath deceiued me in them I put my trust.

+Remdi+ yf thou haue doone amisse, and be sory therfore Then helfe a mendes is made, for that is contrission Let that pa.s.se, now wil I axe you one thyng more Wher be welth d Libertie, be they of good disposici

+Health+ As for welth is fallen in decay, and neceslitie By wast & war, thorow ytt wyll, and shrewdwit And lybertie is kept in duraunce and captiuite G.o.d helpe vs all, and sende vs good remedy for it 810

+Remdi+ For to heare this tale it maketh my hart heauie yet be of good cfort, G.o.d is ful of grace, & I am good

+Health+ -- Sir, th[=e] I besech you help vs in the way of charity

+Remdi+ I would fayne but I cannot tel which way to begin Except I might catch wil & wit, then I trow I could Tye th[=e] shorter, for they destroy welth, helth & liberty bi sin yf I had [the] theues, punish th[=e] extremly I wole.

+Health+ You may soone catch them, if ye wil stande a syde From this place they two, wyl not longe abide.

+Remdi+ Me thinketh I here them com, helpe to holde th[=e] fast 820

will turneth

+Wyll.+ c.u.m in wit for herc is no body We may ve bolde and talke largely Our hartes to eafe ano shew plainly What we haue doone.

+wytte+ I must nedes laugh I cannot forbeare To remember warre that knaue wil ye heare The horson fleming was bes.h.i.+tten for feare Because he should boyde so soone.

+Wyll.+ Herke now do I meruayle by this bread For I weae surely uhat hrlth be dead 830 I saw saw him go with a kercher on his head As he should go at hangyng.

+wytte+ Harke in thine Eare, yf tste horson hap To complayne to him that weres the red cap I feare then shortly he wyl us clap By the heles from our liuingl

+Wyll.+ Nay nay, there is no doubt By hym I haue reported all about That he doth not wel, his good name to put out ylwyl cannot say wel, 840

+remedi.+ Frende therin thou art the more to blam Co staunder me wrongfully, and vndesrrued But or thou drpart thou shalt answere for the same, wher is Welth & liberty, how hast thou th[=e] ordred?

+Wyll+ Qury cicis quest is vn malt ombre Me is vn spy&nardo compoco parlauere.

+Health+ Thou folse chefe is thine English tonge gone as mischeuo[us] il wil & shrewdwit, ye haue destroyd ma ni on

+Wytte.+ Sir hurt not me, & I wiltel you trouth anone This same ia as false a knaue as euer cam [with]in saint Ioh[=e]s 850