The Interlude of Wealth and Health eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 35 pages of information about The Interlude of Wealth and Health.

The Interlude of Wealth and Health eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 35 pages of information about The Interlude of Wealth and Health.

      ¶ Here commeth remedy in and to him saith

+Welth.+ Syr your maystership is hartely welcome Take your place here aboue as it is reason. 530

+Health+ I pray you oardon vs, we know not what ye be ye seme a man of honour, and of great auctority

  +liberty+ Syr to know wherfore ye come we are desyrous

+Remdi+ I am he that ought for to be well knowen
Of you thre specially, and of duetie
Great payne and busines as for mine owne
For you I haue taken because I loue you hartely
To maintaine you is all my desyre and faculty
yet hard it is to doo, the people be so variable
And many be so wilfull, they will not be reformable. 540

+wealth+ Syr I pray you pardon vs of our ignoraunce now I se well ye know vs better than we do you

+Remdi+ I pardon you, for I doo know you wel both welth, and helth, is your right names The which Gngland to forbere were very loth For by welth and helth commeth great fames Many other renlmes for our great welth shames That they dare not presume, nor thy dare not be bold To stryue againe England, or any right with holde.

  +Health+ Sir ye be welcom, I besech you show vs your name 550

  +remedi+ Good remedy forsouth I rm the same.

+liberti.+ yf I durst be so bolde I wolde pray you hartely To shewe vs apart of your great aceoritie,

+R md+ My actoritie is geuen to me most speciall
To maintaine you three, in this realme to be
What mine intent is.  I wyl tel, but not all
For that were to longe to reherse of a surety
And I desyre you all for to be louing to me
For your owne ease, come welth and profyt

+Wealth+ Good remedy, then we must desyre your aydyng 560 For by good remedy cometh all our prefercing.

  +Remdi+ All that I doo intende, if ye wil therto agree
And to be reformable for your owne ease
It is not the thynge that lieth only in me
But my good wyl, therfore I wyl not cease
To haue your loue and fauour, and therby to please
Al the worlde ouer, and to promote ehis realme
That you thre may prosper, ye percelue what I mene
  The chiefe parte of all welth lyeth in great estates
Theyr substance and landes. is right commendable 570 Prelates of the churche is welthy of ryches Mercha[=u]tes hath marcha[=u]dise & goods incoperable
M[=e] of law & franklins is welthy which is laudable
Thus welth of riches is deuided diuerse wayes
And to these many charges, come now a dayes

+Health+ My hert reioyseth to here your good reporting Much are we bound to god, which prouideth althing

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