Here begynneth a treatyse of this galaunt with the maryage of the bosse of Byllyngesgate. vnto London stone. Treatyse of a galaunt. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A13939 of text S103670 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 24242). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 17 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 7 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A13939 STC 24242 ESTC S103670 99839418 99839418 3836 2240880677

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A13939) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 3836) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 18:05) Here begynneth a treatyse of this galaunt with the maryage of the bosse of Byllyngesgate. vnto London stone. Treatyse of a galaunt. Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name. [12] p. J. Skot for Wynkyn de Worde, [London? : 1521?] Doubtfully attributed to John Lydgate.--STC. Another edition of STC 24240, published ca. 1510 with title: Here begynneth a treatyse of a galaunt. Signatures: A⁶. Some print faded. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Billingsgate Ward (London, England) -- Early works to 1800. England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Early works to 1800. eebo Here begynneth a treatyse of this galaunt with the maryage of the bosse of Byllyngesgate. vnto London stone. [no entry] 1521 14 2657 4 0 0 0 0 0 15.05 C The rate of 15.05 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2009-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-03 Sampled and proofread 2010-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

decorative border Here begynneth a treaty se of this Galaunt with the maryage of the bosse of Byllyngesgate . vnto London Stone .
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Ryght as small flodes / encrease to waters fell So that narowe furrous / maye not susteyne . Ryght so pryde vnclosed may not counsell this new wretchednes that causeth vs complayne How wo hath wrapped vs in a cruell chayne Our pryde sheweth it well bothe terre and nere Englonde may wayie ▪ that euer it came here The synne that now regneth / to beholde is ruthe . Of fraude and dysceyte / grete But nede constrayneth vs / now to saye the truthe Of pryde and dysceyte / this newe dyssymulacyon That blyndeth and consumeth / our Englysshe nacyon . Lucyters progeny amonge vs doth appere Englande may wayle that euer it came here Ryght late stode our lande in suche prosperyte Of chyualry / manhode / and ryche marchaundyse Thrughe all crysten royalmes / sprange our felycyte . Of grete welthe and prowesse / in sondry wyse Our sadnes is chaunged / for the newe guyse We haue eryled our welthe / I note where Englande may wayle / that euer it came here . Pryde hath founde waye to exclude man fro blys In dysfygurynge nature / by this newe araye Bothe men and women / can saye what it is For bothe nede and pouerte / goth nowe ryght gaye But alas our sorowe / encreaseth euery daye And yf ye lyue longe ye shall bothe se and here That Englande shall wayle / that euer it came here . For pryde hathe our plente / tourned to euyll fare And fedeth vs as beestes / that draweth in the ploughe Many a worthy man / bryngeth he to sorowe and care Where fortune somtyme / fresshely on hym loughe Examyne thy lyuynge that this worlde vseth ynoughe . How / nede with synne / groweth euery where Englande may wayle that euer it came here For many a vengeaunce as scrypture maketh mencyon Hath fallen to kyngdomes in sondry wyse And fynally put the people in dystruccyon For theyr obstynacy / a newe fangle guyse Alas englande that somtyme was so wyse . Other nacyons refuse / hast bought so dere That thou mayst wayle / that euer it came here . Somtyme we had Fraunce / in grete derysyon For theyr hatefull pryde and lothsome vnclennes Vse we not nowe / the same in our regyon And haue permuted out welthe / for theyr gladnes Lechery of our people is become a maystres . Our gentylnes / for galauntyse haue we lefte there . Englonde may wayle that euer it came here . It ye beholde the galauntes progenye byperyous That out of Fraunce be fledde / for theyr intoxycacyon Hath nowe vengeaunce consumed / that royalme gloryous For theyr pryde / and synfull abhomynacyon . That all the worlde / may wayle theyr desolacyon O Fraunce / why dyde not these galauntes abyde there Englande 〈…〉 For in this name Galaunt / ye maye expresse . Seuen letters for some cause in especyall That fygureth the .vii . deedly synnes & theyr wretchednes By whome man is made / to the deuyll thrall . Was not pryde cause of Lucyfers fall Pryde is in hell / and galauntes nygheth them nere . Englonde may wayle / that euer it came here O thou gay galaunt / by thyne vnthryfty name With gabbynge & glosynge / gettest that thou hast Gyle was thy father / and Ialousye thy dame In Iettynge / in Ianglynge / thy dayes ben past . For all thy gloryous goynge / age gnaweth fast Thy glased lyfe and glotony / be glewed so in fere That Englande may wayle●t that euer it came here Appetytes of auaryce / be to them so amerous Abusyon and arrogaunce / ben of one affynyte Aduenture and angre / ben aye so debatous . Faynynge estate / of counterfet auctoryte Adulacyon of aduenture / mayst thou not auaunt the As a lyer in goodnes / in thyne araye doest appere Englande may wayle / that euer it came here For all the lande / lechery lepeth aboute That good loue and lawe / ben almoost lorne Of luste and lykynge / ledest thou suche a route That slouth and lechery / haue elennes to torne Thou labourest to lose / that thy frendes gat to forne For lewdenes and lechery / ben so ledde in fere . Englonde may wayle that euer it came here . Abhomynable accydye / accuseth all our nacyon Our aungelyke abstynence / is nowe refused . Ferthermore of Antecryste / this newe dyssymulacyon Alas that suche sorowe / amonge vs is vsed Our auaryce and hatred / haue vs so accused That dyuers aduersytees / seweth vs yere by yere . Englande may wayle that euer it came here . For our wastynge wretchednes / that wades so depe . In our wanton werynge / of clothes to torne To wyldenes & wrathe / the worlde taketh moost kepe . For in wastynge & vanyte / men reken not what is lorne For wyfe and for women / for to were the horne . That vertuous vyrgynyte / is deed and layde on bere Englande may wayle that euer it came here The noble course of nature / nycete hath deuoured For nede causeth it to be our desolacyon So hath the newe fangles / our welth obscured That neclygence nouryssheth necessyte / to our confusyon . This causeth our galauntes / by theyr nacyon Neuerthryfte and thryueles / noye euer vs so nere Englande may wayle / that euer it came here . For trygetours & tryflours / that tauernes haunte Haue trouth and temperaunce / troden vnder foote Talewes and talkynge / and drynkynge ataunte . As tyrauntes and traytours / toyllous in moote Tyll they be tryed out is there no boote And trysed to baratrum / tossed in fere . Englande shall wayle / that euer it came here . O galaunt vpon galaunt / & o thou galaunt gaye And thou ruskyn galaunt / that pouerte doth menace For all thy warrocked hoode / and thy proude araye And thy parrocked pouche / that thou so fast doest brace . Thou busyest the / to counterfet Lucyfers trace . Thynke not to longe / or thou dwell with hym there For the cursed ensample / that thou shewest here : So many barefote people / & so fewe good lyuers Hath no man sene / syth the worlde began So many styroppes / and so fewe good chyuallers And so many braynles / that lytell good can Men arayed as women / and woman as man This causeth deth / & that all thynge is so dere Englande maye wayle / that euer it came here So moche rychesse and araye / and so moche nede So many bedes borne / and so lytell deuocyon So moche fasrynge for hungre / and so lytell nede So moche paynted worshyp / and so lytell reason I trowe no man hath sene / in this regyon Our synne asketh vengeaunce / I am in grete fere . In shorte tyme we shall wayle / that euer it came here . Howe many poyntes were they nowe a dayes And yet a good poynte / amonge them were harde to fynde Daggers of vengeaunce / redy to make frayes . With longe taters downe to the ars behynde Tryppynge with small shankes / as lyght as lefe on lynde . To make it toughe & fresshe / as it were the newe yere Englande may wayle that euer it came here So many purfled garmentes / furred with non sequitur With so many penyles purses / hath no man sawe . Small gyrdynge in the waste / with all theyr other mustur That we go all backewarde / from hyghe to lawe Y● florysshynge mede of our welth / we haue begon to mawe But we beseche god / amende vs another yere Or elles we shall wayle that euer it came here Our women are dyspoyled / & gyue them to wantones Our men with cloutes / at theyr brest lyke a pye Our women haue debated / with shamefastnes And our men with vnclennes / it I shall not lye O englande thou mayst wepe with Ieromye Seynge the people thus ledde by the ere . Englande maye wayle that euer it came here . Our women in theyr parte / laboure as they may In theyr aray with chere and countenaunce Our men on theyr syde make them fresshe and gay And laboure to purchace / womens pleasaunce Thus bytwene bothe groweth moche myschaunce Eche seketh synne as dothe appere . Englande may wayle / that euer it came here . Our galauntes lyue / in lustes as beestes . Maynteynours of quarelles / and vnthryftynes . Our shameles women with theyr hyghe crestes Extorcyon / robbery / and our vngentylnes . Prelatis necligence lordis rauayn & marchauntis deceytes These asketh vengeaunce / this lesson must ye lere Elles shall ye wayle / that euer it came here . Beholde these dayes / the people of our nacyon . Are charged with synne / and gouerned by folye . Howe nede wyll compell vs / by transmygracyon With very wo / dryue vnto Babylonye . O englande / where is nowe thy glorye That somtyme shone / thrughe the worlde so clere . Well mayst thou wayle / that euer this sorowe came here . All people laboure of this newe dysguysynge . In forgynge theyr fantasyes / to maynteyne pryde . He is nowe wysest / that can moost of deuysynge Good makynge of a man is nowe layde on syde This newe araye is brought vp / in this lande so wyde And yet for all that it may not last a yere Englande may wayle that euer it came here Beholde the rolled heddes / stuffed with flockes . The newe broched doublettes / open at the brestes Stuffed with pectoll / of theyr loues smockes . Theyr gownes and theyr cotes / shredde all in lystes So many cappes as now be / & so fewe good preestes I can not reken halfe the route of theyr marde gere . Englonde may wayle that euer it came here . These galauntes / vse also full abhomynacyon . Theyr typpettes be wrythen / lyfe to a chayne . And they go haltered in them / as horse in the stable It is a peryllous pronostycacyon certayne For synfull soules / shall be bounde in payne Hande and fote in perpetuall fyre . They shall curse the tyme / that euer it came here . All these newe bulwarkes / they were at theyr knees They laboure sore in theyr wyttes / fantasyes to fynde No man holdeth hym contente / with his degrees Pryde goth before / and shame cometh behynde Alas that Englysshe men / sholde be so blynde So moche sorowe amonge vs and so lytell fere We may wayle the tyme that euer it came here Forget not lyghtly / howe many straungers . Haue entred this kyngdome / and kepte the possessyon . Fyue tymes / as wryteth olde cronycles And chaunged our tunges / in sondry dyuysyon . O elergy / praye for our Englysshe nacyon That god for his mercy / of this synne make vs clere Elles we shall wayle / that euer it came here Effectually pray god / for his reformacyon . Of welth / manhode / and of marchaundyse . And tresoury of peas / that Cryst in his passyon Lefte bytwene god and man / whan he sholde dye . The comynalte in loue / conserue perseuerauntlye With charyte bothe hyghe and lowe to Ioyne in fere In voydynge of synne that tourmenteth vs here O englonde / remembre thyne olde sadnes Praye god thou maye reioyce / thyne olde felycyte Exyle pryde and releue to thy goodnes For synne hath consumed / this worldes humanyte That thou may resore / agayne to thy gladnes And his blessyd moder / as this lande is her dowere For we haue cause to wayle that euer it came here

Thus endeth this galaunt .

Here begynneth the maryage of London Stone and the fayre pusell the bosse of Byllyngesgate . HErken vnto me / bothe lowde and styll And to this matter / laye to your eere And of your aduyse & also your good wyll Of this lytell prosses / that after doth appere . Of .ii. that haue dwelte in london many a yere . And nowe is dysposed / to be man and wyfe Helpe them with your charyte / to bye theyr weddynge gere For they be bothe naked / & not worth an halfpeny knyfe . To you theyr names / I wyll declare If ye knowe ony Impedymente . The one is the bosse of Byllyngesgate of beaute so fayre . And the other London Stone / curtes and gente This is theyr purpose and hole entente To be maryed / as soone as they maye He that wolde let them I wolde he were shente It wolde do you good to se them daunce and playe . For now the grete loue / that is bytwene them twayne . And neyther of them loked other in the face . London Stone answered / full wysely agayne . Where is no loue / there lacketh grace But euyll tunges is so vnmylde And of late hath sayd / in a place where they dydemete ●ow the Besie of byllyngesgate / hath had a chylde . By the well with two buckettes in bysshop gate strete . It were able to make ony woman wepe To be so deedly belyed as is the good Bosse . The man is in synnes depe That robbeth her so of her good lose For to his soule it is daungerouse . Thus sayth London Stone / of prudence so wyse He that in sclaunder / ony wyll dysclose . Of the deuylles rewarde / he shall not mysse Therfore let my wyfe and me alone . For by my study and wakynge many a nyght . I knowe by the sterres / that shone by the moone . That fayre Bosse / hooly was in my syght And that to my nature / she sholde be coequall . And remayne as my fere / euer in my syght . By the purueyaunce / of the goddes Imperyall To my comforte shynynge as the sterres bryght Wherfore I beseche you / in humble wyse To reporte the beste in euery place And saye no worse / than maye be to your prayse . Whiche Iupyter had ordeyned of his grete grace Longe or that we came in to this towne For our comforte / and for our solace . As man and wyfe by dyuyne prouysyowne Therfore are we greed to remayne in this place . Syth the goddes aboue / hath destyned them so . Let vs be mery and thynke howe they daunce For it is a goodly couple of them two . For in theyr behauoure / was neuer founde varyaunce As knoweth all that here be present Whiche brynge the herers / to lyfe eternall . Where god is regnynge permanent Amonge his aungelles celestyall Finis .

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