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His shrine was, Weever observes, 714. St. Paul's Church; and contributed largely the building church, conjectures
have been erected there that account. Drayton, however, his Poly Olbion, Song xxiv. speaks
of others that name, as
“Richard, the dear son Lothar king Kent, “When his happy days religiously had spent; “And feeling the approach his declining age,
holy pilgrimage; “Into thy country come, Lucca left his life,
“Desirous see Rome
“Whose miracles there done, yet this day are rife. ” Again, -
“So countries more remote with ours we did acquaint, “. . . As Richard for the fame his holiness had won,
“And for the wondrous things that through his prayers were done; From this his native home into Calabria call’d,
“And St. Andrew's there the bishop was install'd
“For whom she hath profess'd much reverence Again,
So other southern sees, here either less more, Have likewise had their saints—— -
this land. ”
“.
“Saint Richard, and with him St. Gilbert, which “Inroll'd amongst the rest this our mitred band. ”
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And at our lady that standeth in the oke. ” To these, with other many one,
Devoutly have I prayed and gone,
Prayeing to them, to pray for me
Unto the blessed trynytye,
By whose prayers and my dayly payne, I truste the soner to obtain 49
For my salvacyon, grace and mercy. For be ye sure I thynke surely,”
Who seketh sayntes for Chryste's sake, And namely suche as payme do take On fote, to punysh their "frail body, Shall therby meryte more hyely
Then by any thynge done by man.
Pardoner. ” And when ye have gone as far as ye” Can,
For your labour and gostely entente,
Ye” will come home wyse wente. Palmer. Why, syr, dyspyse pylgrymage
Pardoner. Nay, fore” god, syr, then dyd rage; thynke ryght well occupyed,
seke these sayntes every syde. Also your payne” nat dyspraise
But yet
And you
discomende your wit: we even shall ye,
thys wyl answere me.
France; and died prison Anglerye, the province Lom bardy, where large church was built honour him. See
Legenda Aurea,
238. World Wonders, 816.
obtain] obtaye, 1st edit. surely] assuredly edit. their] thy, 1st edit.
Pardoner] “Pardoners were certain fellows that carried
“about the Pope's Indulgences, and sold them such would “buy them; against whom Luther, Sleydan's report, incensed
the people Germany his time, exhorting them “viles tanti emerent. ” Cowel.
ye] you, edit. 1569.
Ye will come home] Yet welcome, 1st edit.
fore] for, lst edit. payne] paynes, or] ere, edit. 1569.
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64 THE Fou R P's.
I pray you shew what the cause is
Ye wente these pylgrymages?
Palmer. Forsoth, this lyfe dyd begyn
To rydde the bondage my syn:
For whiche these sayntes rehersed have both sought and sene, wys;
Besechynge them bear recorde Of my payne, unto the lord, That gyveth remyssion,
Upon eche man's contricyon
this:
trust have
For my soule helthe the better spede.
Pardoner. Nowe your owne confessyon lykely To make yourselfe’s fole quyckely.
For perceyve wolde obtayn
No other “thynge for your payne,
thyr good mediacion, Upon myne humble submyssion,
And
very dede,
But onely grace your soule save
Now marke this what wyt
have. To seke farre, and helpe nye;
Even here home remedy:
For your dore myselfe doth dwell,
Who coulde have saved your soule
As your wyde wandrynge shall do,
well;
Palmer.
wente thryes Jericho, myght have spedde
Though Nowe syns What have
this true that Then my wyt dede reproved.
home,
Rome have moved,
wone ronnying
But here fyrste what are
Pardoner. Truly am pardoner.
Palmer. Truly pardoner! that may true;
But true pardoner doth nat ensew.
myne) my, edit. 1569. other] nother, 1st edit.
yourselfel you, edit. 1569.
ronnying] running, 1st edit. - - This mistake, the first edition reading ronnying, which
the old spelling running. Another error was committed, printing hitherto “running Rome” the correct reading being
‘ronnying Rome. ”
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65
Ryght selde is it sene, or never,
That treuth and pardoners dwell together, For be your pardons never so great,
Yet them to enlarge ye wyll nat let,
With suche lyes, that ofttymes Cryste wot,
Ye seme to have that ye have nat.
Wherfore I went my selfe to the selfe thynge In every place, and without faynynge:
Had as much pardon there assuredly,
As ye can promyse me here doutefully. Howe be thynke but scoffe:
But And
hadde the pardon speak” whyt pardon graunted
any place, where have haunted: Yet my labour nothynge repent;
God hathe respect how eche tyme spent. And his knowlege all regarded
his goodnes rewarded.
Pardoner. By the fyrste parte this last tale,
seemeth came late from the ale.
For reason your syde farre doth fayle, That leve reasoning,” and begyn rayle. Wherin you forget your owne part clerely
For you” untrue
And one poynteye are beyonde me,
For you's may lye
And all that have
That man can
aucthoryte,farre, wandred
theyr controller.
And where you" esteme your labour
muche;
say yet agayne my pardons are suche,
hepe, wold brynge them heven, good chepe,
That there were thousand soules
scoffe] scofte, 1st edit. speak] kepe, 1st edit. the] this, edit. 1569.
came late] you come late, 1st edit.
reasoning] sonyng, 1st edit.
you] ye, 1st edit. have] hath, 1st edit.
are] be, 1st edit. wold brynge them
you] ye, 1st edit. you] ye, 1st edit. you] ye, 1st edit.
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heven,
Johnson observes, market, and good cheap therefore bou marche.
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THE Four P's.
As ye have brought yourselfe on pylgrymage, In the least" quarter of your vyage,
Which is o far a this side heaven, by god: There your labour and pardon is od.
With smale cost and without any payne, These pardons bring” them to heven playne,
Geve me but a peny or two pens,
And assone as the soule departeth hens,
In halfe an houre, or thre quarters at the moste, The soule is in heven ; with the holy ghost.
Poticary. Sendeye any souls to heaven by water?
Pardoner. If we doo,” sir, what is the mater?
Poticary. By god, I have a drye soule shulde thyther;
I praye you let our soules go to heven togyther, - So bysy you twayne be in soules helth;
May nat a potycary come in-by stelth? Yes, that I wyl saynt Antony,
And
Prove parte
Thou,
thys company.
false knaves bothe, gre” goo,
your sayenges, thys,
thy travayle, thynkest heaven
the leve
pardons and reliques countest To sende thyne owne soule heaven sure; And other whome thou lyste procure.
The expression very frequent ancient writers, yard's Worthyness Wales. Evans's Edition, 1776,
And thou
“Victuals good cheap most part Wales. ” Euphues, 1581, “Seeing thou wilt not buie counsayle
“the first hande good cheape, thou shalt buy repentance second “‘hand, such unreasonable rate that thou wilt curse thy hard “penyworth, and ban thy hard heart. ”
Dekkar's Belman's Night-walks, “He buyes other men's cunning good cheap London, and sels deare the countrey. ”
See other instances Mr. Steevens's Note First Part Henry IV. A.
least] leste, 1st edit. least, edit. 1569.
King
And supported
least probably the reading the author intended, and both the old copies, restored; the Pardoner
means
the smallest quarter as, 1st edit.
the Palmer's voyage.
bring] bryngeth, 1st edit.
wyl] we will, edit. 1569. letel hinderance.
dool dyd, 1st edit. ere] or, 1st edit.
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THE Fou R P's. 67
If I toke an accyon, then were they blanke:
For lyke theeves the knaves” rob away my thanke,
There But,
Syns sende
choyse my hand, sayd, into the bande.
our soules the multitude heaven, when all vewd,
togyther,
theyr comynge thyther?
soules
heven, havynge relefe,
Shall they thanke your craftes? nay, thanke myn chefe.
soule, knowe, entreth heven gate, Tyll from the bodye separate;
And whome have knowen dye honestly Without helpe the potycary?
Nay, that commeth our handlynge, Except happe come hangynge;
That way, perchaunce, shall nat myster,
glyster. But sure wolde wo
If? ” shulde chaunce begyle me so. good lye with me nyght.
hang abrode the mone light.
heven without
Who shulde but then Have thanke
Pardoner.
When come they Poticary.
were teyd; When come they
kyl'd thousande houre space, heven dyenge out grace”?
thousande pardons about your necks
heven, they never dyed Palmer. Long lyfe after good workes dede
Doth hinder manne's receyt mede; And deth before one dewty done,
May make thynke
dye sone.
homestly) hostely, 1st edit.
old writers, sig
106. edit.
nify
often used sorry. Shakspeare's Tempest,
rob] they rob, edit. 1569. wolde wo) woe,
am woe for’t, Sir. Chaucer's Court Love:
See Mr. Steevens's Note Shakspeare, vol. That, edit. 1569.
dyenge out grace] from state grace,
wo,
wolde
“That presume her writin so. ”
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Yet better tary a thing then * have it; Then go to sone, and vaynly crave
Pardoner. The longer dwell communicacion,
lyke thys ymagynacyon. For ye" may percey've even the fyrst chop,
Your tale trapt such stop.
That, the leste, seme worse than we.
Poticary. By the masse, holde nought thre.
Pedler. By our lady, then have gone wronge And yet here thought longe.
Poticary. Brother, have gone wrong wyt,
prayse your fortune and your wyt, That can dyrecte you discretely, To plante you this company.
Thou palmer, and thou pardoner,
poticary.
The lesse shall
pedler.
Poticary. Nowe, my fayth, ful well watched;
Where the devyll were foure hatched
Pedler. That maketh no matter, since we matched,
coulde mery that had catchyd
Some money for parte the ware my packe. -
Poticary. What the devyll hast thou there thy back
Pedler. What dost thou nat knowe, that every pedler
In all kinde of trifles must be medler? Specyally women's tryflinges;
Pedler. And
Those use we cheefly above
thinges. disposed,
Whiche thyngs se, Beholde what ware here
This gere sheweth itself
That eche man thynketh “it saith come bye me.
Loke where your self can lyke Yourselfe shall make pryce, though
them] Mr. Dodsley reads, and.
chooser, looser.
ye) you, edit, 1569.
kind trifies] every tryfull, 1st edit: 1st edit. thymketh] thinks, edit. 1569.
cheesly] chefe,
disclosed suche bewte,
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THE Four P's. 69
Is here” nothynge for my father Palmer ?
Have ye nat a wanton in a corner’
your walkyng holy places,
For
cryste, have herde straunge cases.
Who lyveth love, and love wolde wynne, Even this packe must begynne.
ryght many proper token,
Wherin"
which name parte shal spoken
Gloves, pynnes, combes, glasses unspottyd, Pomanders, hookes, and lasses knotted $7;
Broches, rynges, and manner bedes: Laces rounde and flat for women's hedes;
Nedyls, threde, thymbell, shers, knackes,
and
suche
Where lovers be, suche thynges lackes: Sypers”, swathbondes rybandes, and slevelaces,
Gyrdyls, knives, purses, and pyncases.
Poticary. Do women bye their pyncases you
Pedler. Ye, that they make God vow. Poticary. So mot thryve then for my parte,
Ibeshrewe thy knave's nakyd herte,
For makynge my wifeys pyncase wyde, The pynnes fall out, they cannat abyde: Great pynnes she must have, one other;
she lese one, she wyll fynde another. Wherin fynde cause complayne;
New pynnes her pleasure, and my payne.
here] there, edit 1569.
Wherin] Where, 1st edit. knotted] unknotted, edit.
1569.
Laces] Lace, 1st edit.
Needles, thred, thimbles, and such other knacks, Edit. 1569.
Sypers] Cyprus; thin stuff which women's veils were made. So, Shakspeare's Winter's Tale, A.
“Lawn white driven snow,
“Cyprus black any crow. ” Again, Twelfth Night:
cyprus, not bosom “Hides my poor heart. ”
swathbondesli. rollers which infants were swath'd. So, Timon Athens.
“Had thou, like from thy first swath, &c. ”
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70 THE Fou R P's.
Be
Pardoner. Syr, ye seme wel sene in women's causes
I praye you tell me, what causeth this:
That women after theyr arysynge
longe theyr apparelyng?
Pedler. Forsoth, women have many lettes,
And they masked many nettes:
As frontlettes”, fyllettes, partlettes and bracelettes;
And then theyr bonettes and theyr poynettes”.
By these lettes and nettes, the lette suche,
That spede small, whan haste muche.
Poticary. Another cause why they come natforwarde,
Whiche maketh them dayly drawe backwarde; And yet thynge they cannat forbere;
The trymmynge and pynnynge theyr gere;
Specyally theyr fydling with the tayle pyn;
And when they wolde have prickt" in, chaunce double the clothe,
*Then they wode, and swere othe. arysynge] uprising, edit. 1569.
frontlettes]. Frontal Fr. frontlet, forehead-band. Cotgrave. frontlet mentioned part woman's dress, Lyly's Midas, 1592 “Hoods, frontlets, wires, cauls, curling irons, peri “wigs, bodkins, fillets,hair laces, ribbons, rolls, knotstrings, glasses,
C.
glas's Translation Virgil.
poynettes] Little bodkins puncheons. Cotgrave, voce poin
çonnet.
yet] edit. 1569.
prickt] prycke, 1st edit.
Then they wode] Wode signifies mad, furious, violent. So,
Ascham's Torophilus, Bennet's Edition, 4to. 86. “How will “you thincke that such furiousnesse; with woode countenance, and “brenninge eyes, with staringe and bragginge, with hart redye “leape out the bellye for swellinge, can expressed the tenthe
-
See also Mr. Steevens's Note
partlettes] Ruffs bands for women. See Glossary Dou
part
the uttermost. ”
Churchyard's Worthiness Wales, 103. Evans's Edition, 1776.
“It flowes with winde, although rayne there bee,
“And swelles like sea, with waves and foming flood: “A wonder sure, see this river Dee,
“With winde alone, Make such sturre,
“And shewe such life, they] they be, edit. 1569.
King Lear,
S. 4.
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Tyll it stande ryght they wyll not forsake
Thus though may not, yet wolde” they make
But sure they but defarre it;
For when they wolde make ofte times marre
But prycke them and pynne them nyche" wyll, And yet wyll they loke for pynnynge styll.
that durste holde with you joynt,
shall never have them full” point.
Pedler. Let women's maters passe, and marke myne:
What ever theyr poyntes be, these poyntes fyne.
wyllynge bye,
Lay downe money, come off” quyckely.
Palmer. Nay, my trouth, we lyke fryers; We are but beggars, we byers.
Pardoner. Syr, may showe your ware for your mynde.
Wherfore
But thynke shall profyle fynde. Pedler. Well, though this journey acquyte
Yet thynke nat my labour loste: For the fayth my body,
lyke ful well thys company.
Up shall this packe, for playne
came not hyther for gayne.
Who may nat play one day weke,
May thynke hys thryfte farre seyke. Devyse what pastyme that yethynke beste, And make sure fynde me prest”.
wolde] wyl, edit. 1569.
Neither edition reads wyl, nor wil, but wolde.
coste,
The oldest copy has “as nyche wyll,” and the edition
1569, “as nie you will. ” C.
full fall, 1st edit.
come off] vol. VIII. 512.
wilt,” perhaps the meaning “as much
pay down. See Note The Wits,
pret, Fr. So, Casar and Pompey, 1607:
prest] i. e. ready
“What must be, must Caesar's prest for all. ”
See Note The Merchant
Venice, Again, Churchyard's Challenge, 1593,
80.
“Then shall my mouth, my muse, my pen and all,
“Be prest Cynthia's Revels,
prest
serve each good subject's call. ” for the encounter. ”
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72 THE Fou R P's.
Poticary. Why? be ye so unyversall,
That ye can do what so ever ye shall? Pedler. Syr, yf ye lyste for to oppose me;
What I can do, then shall you se.
Poticary. Then tell me thys, are you perfyt in
drynkynge 2
Pedler. Perfyt in drynkynge, as may be wysht by
thynkynge.
Poticary. Then after your drynking, how fall ye to
wynking?
Pedler. Syr, after drynkynge, whyle the shot” is tynkynge;
Some hedes be swymmyng", but myne will be synkyng,
And upon drynkynge, my eyse will be pynkynge: For wynkynge to drynkynge is alway lynkynge.
Poticary. Then drynke and slepe you can well do; But yf ye were desyred therto,
I pray you tell me, can you synge 2
Pedler. Syr, I have some syght in syngynge. Poticary. "But is your brest any thynge swete 2
First Part Again,
26
shot)
the reckoning. See Mr. Steevens's Note The King Henry IV.
Churchyard's Worthyness
“Behold besides, further thing note,
“The best cheap cheare they have that may found; “The shot great when each mans pais his groate, “If alike the reckoning runneth round. ”
swymmyng) The second edition reads, swynking. See Note Gammer Gurton's Needle, vol. II.
197 But your brest any thunge swetel Sir John Hawkins's History Musick, vol. III. 466. passage, Tusser's Five Hun dred Points Husbandry, 1580, cited which this line occurs:
“The better brest, the lesser rest;”
upon which makes this observation: “In singing the sound
originally produced
“essential organ
“formerly common
“Italians make use
the action the lungs; which are this respect, that have good breast was periphrasis denote good singer. The
the terms Voce Petto, and Voce Testa, voice, which the first the best.
“signify two kinds
“Shakespeare's Comedy Twelfth Night, after the Clown,
asked sing, Sir Andrew Aguerheek says,
“By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. ”
“And the statutes Stoke College, Suffolk, founded
Wales:
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THE Four P's. 73
Pedler. What ever my breste be, my voyce is mete. Poticary. That answere sheweth you a ryght syng
ynge, man.
Now what is your wyll, good father, than 2
Palmer. What helpeth wyll, where is no skyll 2 Pardoner. And what helpeth skyll, where is no willo? ” Poticary. For wyll or skyll what helpeth
Where frowarde knaves lackynge witho?
thys curyosytie,
And who that lyste, synge after me. [Here they synge.
Pedler. Thys lyketh me wel, mot the.
Pardoner. So helpe me god, lyketh nat me. Where company met and well agreed,
Good pastyme doth ryght well dede.
Leve
But who can syt Men syt suche
dalyaunce,
variaunce? came in,
o
we were set,
Whiche stryfe thys man dyd fyrst begynne;
Allegynge that suche men use For love god, and not" refuse On fot goo from place place
pylgrimage, callynge for grace,
“Parker, Archbishop Canterbury, provision
“Of which said queristers, after their breasts are changed (i.
their voices broke,) we will the most apt wit and capacity “helpen with exhibitions forty shillings,” &c.
See also the Notes Mr. Warton and Mr. Steevens Twelfth Night,
Again, Middleton's More Dissemblers besides Women,
Dondolo after song his Page, says, “Oh rich, ravishing, rare,
and inticing. Well, thy ways, for sweet brested page
“ever lay his master's feet truckle-bed. ”
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Yet
distinction between the breast and the voice, which induces the Poticary observe,
“That answere sheweth you ryght syngynge man. ” will wyt, 1st edit. wit] wyll, 1st edit.
or] ere. See Note Gammer Gurton's Needle, vol. II.
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Women,
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