The Interlude of Wealth and Health | Page 8

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 incõperable

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
+Remdi+ Forsoth here is not halfe that I could reherse
The benefits of
god that be sheweth to you welth
Consider Englyshmen, how valiant
they be & ferce 580 Of al nacions none such, when they haue their
helth
No land can do vs harme, but wyth falsehod or stelth

rem[=e]bre what nõbre of m[=e], or artilerie & good ordinãce Specially
[the] grace of god, which is our chief forderãce
If there be any that
wyll grudge, surmyce or doo
Againe welth, helth & libertie, then
must I for [the] same
Shew mine auctorite and power, for to remedy it
so
That none of you shall diminishe, nor amisse be tane
I good
remedy therfore may & will speake [with]out blãe
For the comen
welth, & helth both of the soule & body 590 [that] is mi office & power,
& therfore I haue my actorite
+wealth+ Our lorde continue ye, & we thanke you hartly
Both for

your good instruction, and for your kindnes
That you intende so wel
for vs good remedy
when we haue nede we will desyre your goodnes
+Health+ When we be infect in the soule or body
Then will I seke
good remedy for succour
As yet I thanke god I haue no nede greatly

yf I haue then wyll I seke to haue your fauour
+liberty+ Syr now we wyl departe hence with your licence 600 For
other divers busines that we must haue tohether
+Remdi+ Sirs I am content, now when ye wyll depart
To god I
commyt you I wyll not make you tary
But yet I pray with all my
minde and heart
Take hede in any wise exchewe yl & shrewd
compani
yf a mã be neuer soo good & vse [with] th[=e] [that] be
vnthrifti He shal lese his name, & to some vice they wil him t[=e]p

therfore beware of such people, & from th[=e] be exempt
+Health+ yes yes I warrant you of sach I wyll beware.
Farewel good
remedy & wel to fare. & goth out 610
+Remdi+ I pray god be your spede & preserue you frõ paine it is mi
mind ye shold prosper I wold haue it so fain.
+Wyll.+ Here is none of our acquainta[=u]ce wil retourneth we haue
made to longe tariaunce
that wyll ye say perchaunce
And they
begone home come away apare
+Wytte.+ Nay by god not so hastie
A lytle whyle we wyll larye

Good euen syr to you mary
Dwell ye in this place? 620
+Remdi+ Nay good fellowe I dwel not heare
Wherefore doest thou
chat inquire:
Woldest thou ought with any heare
Speake be not
afryde
+Wyll.+ By God I would I had your gowne
And were a myle without
the towne
Theron & woulde borowe a crowne
It is I that so sayde

+Wytte.+ Hew lookest thou one him halfe a scorne
I p=omise you he
is a scant gentylman borne 630 What sstyest thou in his face
+Remdi+ For somwhat in his face I lok e
In dede his mastership
standes a crooke
For false shrewes both of you I tooke
And
chyldren that be past grace.
+Wyll.+ I wyll swere for hym, as tor this yeares twenty
that he hath
ben euer as true as I
yet sometyme he will steale and make a lye
He
is of my alyaunce.
+Remdi+ In good fayth the same thinke I 640 That