A decree betwene Churchyarde and Camell quod W. Jlderton. Elderton, William, d. 1592? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21203 of text S2997 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 7555.5). 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. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A21203 STC 7555.5 ESTC S2997 29645110 ocm 29645110 28057 2240919272

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A21203) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28057) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1861:19) A decree betwene Churchyarde and Camell quod W. Jlderton. Elderton, William, d. 1592? 1 sheet ([1] p.). Jmprinted at London by Rychard Haruy, dwellyng in Foste [?] lane, [London] : [1552?] In verse. Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.) Reproduction of original in the Society of Antiquaries. eng Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604. -- Davy Dycars dreame. Camel, Thomas. Davy Dycars dreame. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 16th century. eebo A decree betwene Churchyarde and Camell quod W. Jlderton. Elderton, William 1552 1 1418 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2006-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-12 Sampled and proofread 2006-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Decree betwene Churchyarde and Camell . A decree vpon the dreame made by Dauy Dicar , Wyth answer to Camell , whose tauntes be more quicker . WHer Dicar hath dreamed of things out of frame , And Churchyard by writing affirmeth the same , And Camell contendeth , the same to deface , And therfore hath put hys doynges in place . Sythe both of those twayne hath set foorth in myter The wordes of the Authour , the skyl of the wryghter And runne in thys race , styl chaffyng the bytte I thynke in thys case much more then is fytte . I myndyng as much as lyeth in me To make them both ▪ as in one to agree Haue taken in hande the dreame to defende And so to recite theyr race to the ende . Not so to approue my learning or skyll But onely because it becommeth them yll From rymyng to raylyng so ofte to dygresse , Wheras reason and wyt doth wil nothing lesse . As Dicar hath dreamed so tyme out of mynde , Dicars Dreame . Some thynges were amys , that some men dyd fynde , If al thynges were wel , as I woulde God they were , We shoulde not be plaged from yeare vnto yeare , If all men do ryght , what nedeth the lawe , What nede any iustice to hange and to drawe , If no man be wronged nor wydowe oppressed , Then needeth no care to haue it redressed , If no man wyll venter to robbe or to steale , O England thou hast a good common weale . If no man do hurde nor hydeth in store , Then England shal haue no dearth any more If no man offend by way of excesse . Then grace doth abound , the fault is the lesse , If the lustes of the fleshe be putte oute of vre The world is amended the people be pure . If the poore and the nedye be daylye relyued , What man is so mad , therat to be greued ? If no man do slaunder nor styrre vp debate , Then Dicar I thynke hath dreamed to late . If no man do flatter , nor fawne for a gayne , Then may it appeare this dreame is but vain . If all thyng be well , and in the ryght waye , Why do they not vse good lawes to obey . If no man defraude in bying nor sellyng Then happy is Englande , for ther is best dwellyng . If fayth he vnfayned , and wordes do once bynde , The dreame is all false , and so ye may fynde . If truth do take place and in al thynges encreasse , Dreame no more Dicar , but lette thy dreame ceasse . If thys be not so then Camel to you , I feare me thys dreame wyll proue to be true . For it is not so geeson wyth vs for to heare , But the effect of the dreame doth dayly appeare . And euery man is now in such takynge , It passeth , a dreame , they fynde it out wakyng . If you be suche a one as neuer had peere , Then are you fauty in none of thys geere . But seyng your writyng doth seme somewhat quycke , You seme that ye smarted because ye dyd kycke . Yet when the dreame was to pryntyng dyrected , I thyncke of the dreamer ye were not suspected . And where as you contende it doth not belonge , For Dicar to dreame of ryght or of wronge . In dede you do well yf you haue done amys , To shewe hym hys faulte and saye thus it is . And if you so wel know what doth Dycar behoue , Then ought you to shewe the same to approue . But me thyncketh you want a frendly good wyll , To deface a good matter though the author wer yll . And certes of you both indifferently to tel I cannot in your raylynges commend your doyngs wel . And both of you twayne are yet to me vnknowen , yet can I ayde your doynges , as if they were myne own . ye passe from your purpose in such vnworthy sorte , ye make of your doynges a very laughyng sporte . ye close and ye glose , in sekyng to be fyne , ye taunt and retaunt almost in euery lyne . ye affyrme ye haue red both Terence and Cato , ye count ye do but flatter , ye well resemble Gnato . And looke howe much dyffers a Foxe from a foole , So much do you dyffer from Cato and hys schoole , For Cato doth affyrme ther is no greater shame , Then to reproue a vyce , and your selues to do the same . And because I wyl not seeme your fancy to embrace , As touchyng your debate ▪ I answer in thys case : Methynketh in wrytyng ye both haue such skyll ▪ ye marre a good matter and make it very yll . Wherby to say the truth it appeareth wel vnto me , your names and your wyttes vnnumerable be . Therfore do not thynke that ye can be forborne , But such as be readers shall laugh you to scorne . And when that your doynges be throughly perused , Then by the same deedes ye shal be accused . Ceasse nowe in season cast all contempt away , Be subiect vnto reason , and make no more delay . And eyther of you twayne do not refuse to knowe , As Cato doth enstructe you but strayght embrace it so whych though my skil be smal , here thought I to reherse The text and sence wyth all of euery kynde of verce Contra uerbosos noli contendere uerbis , Sermo datur cunctis animii sapiencia paucis , Cum recte uiuas ne curas uerba malorum Arbitrii nostri non est quid quisque loquatur . To striue wyth men of many words , refrain I the aduise It is not geuen to euery man that he shal be godlye wyse If thou lyue wel do not regarde what wicked men do say For why ? it lyeth not in vs such wycked tounges to staye , Thys is it that ye haue read whyche if you lyst to knowe He wil aswage your sturdi stormes wich you haue reised so Take this in worth good Reder now expound it to the best For I haue sayd to theyr deuyce , now harken to the rest
The iudgement of the Authour . Some thyng is a mys and euer shal be so , Scripture writeth thys as learned men do knowe . And some men haue the gyft therof to speake and wryte , Whych fal yet at a lyfte to frayle and fonde delyte . It doth behoue vs all so iustly as we canne , To do ryght well in deede , and eke to wryte it thanne How be it in hym I iudge much greater faulte there is , Whych nought can saye nor do , but that whych is a mys . The best may be amended , and that is very true The more that haue offended , the more we ought to rue . If any fal from grace gentelly hym assayle , Burden hym wyth charity , no rygour can preuayle , For why , if that the shepherde do wander from the waye , No maruell if the shepe therafter go astraye Some men perhappe ther be wyl take me to the wourst I pray you iudge of me , as I spake it at the furst For it becommeth yll in wryttyng to contende , Wythout wytte or skyll to make a raylyng ende Take me to the best , as one to you vnknowen Whose worthy wyts I do commend & wold with you be one . Not mindyng so assuredly to spende and waste the daye , To make the people laugh at me , & here I make a staye ,
Finis quod W. Ilderton .

Imprinted at London by Rychard Haruy , dwellyng in Fosterlane .

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