. Eveyman; a moral play. ? Btscrttion Yea, in faith, I will go fro thee;For when Strength is gone before,Then I follow after evermore. Yet, I pray thee, for love of the Trinity,Look in my grave once piteously. Biutvttion Nay, so nigh will I not farewell, fellows everichone. [ 39 ] Oh, all thing faileth, save God alone,Beauty, Strength, and Discretion;For, when Death bloweth his blast,They all run fro me full fast. jFibe Wiitn Everyman, of thee now my leave I take; I will follow the other, for here I thee forsake. ISlirrsman Alas! then may I both wail and weep;For I took you for my bes
. Eveyman; a moral play. ? Btscrttion Yea, in faith, I will go fro thee;For when Strength is gone before,Then I follow after evermore. Yet, I pray thee, for love of the Trinity,Look in my grave once piteously. Biutvttion Nay, so nigh will I not farewell, fellows everichone. [ 39 ] Oh, all thing faileth, save God alone,Beauty, Strength, and Discretion;For, when Death bloweth his blast,They all run fro me full fast. jFibe Wiitn Everyman, of thee now my leave I take; I will follow the other, for here I thee forsake. ISlirrsman Alas! then may I both wail and weep;For I took you for my best friend. JFiiJe WiitB I will no lenger thee keep:Now farewell, and here an end. iStjergman Now, Jesu, help! all hath forsaken me. Nay, Everyman, I will abide with thee, I will not forsake thee indeed; Thou shalt find me a good friend at need. Eijerfitnan Gramercy, Good Deeds, now may I true friends seeThey have forsaken me everychone;I loved them better than my good deeds alone:Knowledge, will ye forsake me also? [ 40 ]. Yea, Everyman, when ye to death shall go;But not yet for no manner of danger. Gramercy, Knowledge, with all my heart. Nay, yet I will not from hence I see where ye shall be come. fSbergman Methinketh, alas! that I must be gone To make my reckoning, and my debts pay; For I see my time is nigh spent away. Take ensample, all ye that this do hear or see, How they that I loved best now forsake me; Except my Good Deeds, that bideth truly. All earthly things is but vanity,Beauty, Strength, and Discretion do man friends and kinsmen, that fair spake;All fleeth save Good Deeds, and that am I. ISlierstnan Have mercy on me, God most mighty, And stand by me, thou mother and maid Mary. Fear not, I will speak for thee. [ 41 ] Here I cry, God mercy! Short our end and minish our pain:Let us go, and never come again. iSiJergman Into thy hands, Lord, my soul I commend,Receive it, Lord, that it be not lost;As thou me boughtest, so me save me
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