[Adambel Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of Cloudesle] Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley. Part 1. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B07199 of text S90452 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 1805.7). 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 8 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B07199 STC 1805.7 ESTC S90452 60449085 ocm 60449085 181184 2240919264

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B07199) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 181184) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2173:22) [Adambel Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of Cloudesle] Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley. Part 1. Heanley, John, former owner. NLS Anderson, John Eustace, former owner. NLS [4+] leaves. W. de Worde, [London : ca. 1505] In verse. Imperfect: fragment, four incomplete leaves. Title, place, and date supplied from STC (2nd ed.). Typeface appears to be one used by W. de Worde, hence place, printer, and date assigned--Cf. STC (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland. Provenance: 19th c. pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: Ex libris John Heanley. 19th c. armorial bookplate on front free endpaper: John Eustace Anderson. eng eebo Adambel Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of Cloudesle. [no entry] 1505 16 1343 124 0 0 0 4 0 1221.15 F The rate of 1221.15 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2013-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-07 Sampled and proofread 2013-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
These gates be shytso wonderly well That we may not come here in Than spake clymme of the cloughe With a wyle we wyll vs in brynge Let vs say we be messengers Streyght comen from oure kynge Adam sayd I haue a lettre wryten wele Now let vs wysely werke We wyll say we haue the kynges seale I holde the porter no clerke Than adam bell bete on the gate With strokes greate and stronge The porter herde suche noyse therate And to the gate fa●●e he thronge Who is there nowe sayd the porter That maketh all this knockynge We be two messengers sayd clymme of the clo● Be comen streyght frome oure kynge We haue a lettre sayd adam bell To the Iustyce we must it brynge Let vs in oure message to do That we were agayne to our kynge Here cometh no man in sayd the porter By hym that dyed on a tre Tyll a false thefe be hanged Called wyllyam of clowdy● 〈◊〉 we haue the kynges seale 〈…〉 ordane arte thou wode 〈…〉 orter had wende it had ben so 〈…〉 yghtly dyd of his hode 〈…〉 me be my lordes seale sayd he 〈…〉 t shall ye come in 〈…〉 ened the gate ryght shortly 〈…〉 euyll openynge for hym 〈…〉 we are we in sayd adam bell 〈…〉 erof we are full fayne 〈…〉 t cryst knoweth that herowed hell 〈…〉 w we shall come oute agayne 〈…〉 we the keys sayd clym of the clowgh 〈…〉 well than sholde we spede 〈…〉 myght we come out well ynough 〈…〉 we se tyme and nede 〈…〉 called the porter to a councell 〈…〉 wronge his necke in two 〈…〉 d kest hym in a depe dongeon 〈…〉 d toke the keys hym fro 〈…〉 w am I porter sayd adam bell● 〈…〉 roder the keys haue we here 〈…〉 worste porter to mery carlell 〈…〉 had this hondreth yere 〈…〉 wyll we oure bowes bende 〈…〉 e wyll we go 〈…〉 ●●oder The market place of mery carlyll They beset in that stounde And as they loked them besyde A payre of newe galowes there they se And the iustyce with a quest of swerers That had iuged clowdysle there hanged to be And clowdysle hymselfe lay redy in a carte Fall ●ounde bothe fote and hande And a stronge rope aboute his necke All redy for to be hangde The iustyce called to hym a sadde Clowdysles clothes sholde he haue To take the mesure of that good yoman And therafter to make his graue I haue sene as greate a merueyll sayd clowdy , As bytwene this and pryme He th●● maketh this graue for me Hymse●fe may lye therin Thou spekest proudely sayd the iustyce I shall hange the with my hande Full well that herde his bretheren two There styll as the dyd stande Than clowdysle cast his eyen asyd● And sawe his two bretheren stande At a corner of the market place With theyr good bowes bente in theyr hand Redy the iustyce for to chase I se good comforte sayd clowdysle Yet hope I well to fare Yf I myght haue my handes at wyn 〈…〉 ll wolde I care 〈…〉 pake good adam bell 〈…〉 ie of the clowgh so fre 〈…〉 e ye marke the iustyce well 〈…〉 er ye may hym se 〈…〉 e sheryf shote I wyll 〈…〉 ly with an arowe kene 〈…〉 shotte in mery carlyll 〈…〉 ven yere was not sene 〈…〉 sed theyr arowes bothe at ones 〈…〉 an had they drede 〈…〉 hyt the iustyce the other the sheryf 〈…〉 the theyr sydes gan blede 〈…〉 voyded that them stode nye 〈…〉 e iustyce fell to the grounde 〈…〉 sheryf fell nyghe hym by 〈…〉 d his dethes wounde 〈…〉 tezeyns fast gan fle . 〈…〉 rste no lenger abyde 〈…〉ghtly they loused clowdysle 〈…〉 with ropes lay tyde 〈…〉 sterte to an offycer of the towne 〈…〉 ut of his hande he wronge 〈…〉 s●de he smote them downe 〈…〉ght he had taryed to longe 〈…〉 sayd to his bretheren two 〈…〉 et vs togyder lyue and deye 〈…〉 ue nede as I haue nowe 〈…〉 l ye fynde by me 〈…〉 ell in that tyde For theyr strynges were of sy●●e full sure That they kepte the stretes on euery syde That batayll dyd longe endure They fought togyder as bretheren true Lyke hardy men and bolde Many a man to the grounde they threwe And made many an herte colde But whan theyr arowes were all gone Men presyd on them full fast They drewe theyr swerdes than anone And theyr bowes from them caste They wente lyghtly on theyr waye With swerdes and buckelers rounde By that it was the myddes of the daye They had made many a wounde There was many an oute horne in carlyll ●●owen And the belles backwarde dyd they rynge Many a woman sayd alas And many theyr handes dyd wrynge The mayre of carlyll forth come was And with hym a full grete route These thre yomen dredde hym full sore For theyr lyues stode in doubte The mayre came armed a full greate pace With a polaxe in his hande Many a stronge man with hym was There in that stoure to stande The mayre smote at clowdysle with his byll His buckeler he brast in two Full many a yoman with grete yll 〈…〉 s treason they cryed for wo 〈…〉 e w●the gates fast they bad 〈…〉 t these traytours theroute not go ●ur all for nought was that they wrought For so ●●st they downe were layde Tyll they all thre that so manfully fought Were goten without at a brayde Haue here your keys sayd adam bell Myne offy●● I here forsake Yf ye do by my councell A newe porter ye make He threwe the keys there at theyr hedes And bad them euyll to thryue And all that letteth ony good yoman To come and comforte his wyue Thus 〈◊〉 good yomen gone to the wode As lyght as ●efe on lynde They laughe a●d be mercy in theyr mode Theyr enemyes were farre behynde Whan they came to Inglyswode Vnder theyr trysty tre There they founde bowes full gode And arowes greate plente So helpe me god sayd adam bell And clymme of the clowgh so fre I wolde we were nowe in mery carlell 〈…〉 e that fayre meyne 〈…〉 them downe and made good chere And eate an●●ke full well Here is a fytte ●●ese wyght yongemen And another I shall you tell 〈◊〉 AS they sat in Inglyswode Vnder theyr trysty tre Them thought they herde a woma● But her they myght not se Sore syghed there fayre alyce And 〈◊〉 as that euer I se this day . For no●● is my dere husbonde slayne ●as and welawaye ●●●ght I haue spoken with his de● With eyther of them twayne My herte were out of payne Clowdysle walked a lytell besyde And loked vnder the grene wod●●●nde He was ware of his wyfe and 〈…〉 Full wo in herte and mynde 〈…〉 Welcome wyfe than sayd 〈…〉 Vnto this trysty tre I had wende yester daye b 〈…〉 Thou sholde me neuer ha 〈…〉 Nowe wele is mesh 〈…〉 My herte is out of 〈…〉 Dame he sayd be me 〈…〉 And thanke my 〈…〉 He 〈…〉 Iw 〈…〉 The 〈…〉 〈…〉 we a harte of grece 〈…〉 oude there se 〈…〉 est alyce my wyfe 〈…〉 of clowdysle 〈…〉 oldely stode me by 〈…〉 ayne full nye 〈…〉 to theyr souper 〈…〉 ete as they had 〈…〉 od of theyr fortune 〈…〉 he mery and glad 〈…〉 y had souped well 〈…〉 houten leace 〈…〉 ayd we wyll to oure kynge 〈…〉 a chartre of peace 〈…〉 ●o●ournynge 〈…〉 ergo 〈…〉 i th me 〈…〉 ayne 〈…〉 〈…〉 don gone