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Department of History of Foreign Literatures, Lomonosov State University of Moscow (MGU)
The Somoninge of Everyman
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The rhyme scheme of the play combines couplets and quatrains made up of lines of unequal length in stanzas of varying lengths, with occasional tail rhyme. The English Everyman survives in four printed editions by two printers from the period 1508 to 1537. The present text is based on the Britwell copy (ca. 1528-29), printed by John Skot. Apparently none of the four texts was copied from any other; all may be derived from a common original. The other copies have been used to correct the Britwell copy when it is clearly in error, as indicated in the textual notes. |
EVERYMAN
[DRAMATIS PERSONAE
| GOD | ||
| š | MESSENGER | KNOWLEGE |
| š | DETHE | CONFESSION |
| š | EVERYMAN | BEAUTE |
| š | FELAWSHIP | STRENGTH |
| š | KINREDE | DISCRECION |
| š | COSYN | FIVE WITTES |
| š | GOODES | AUNGELL |
| š | GOOD DEDES | DOCTOUR] |
| š | š | š |
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| Here Beginneth a Treatise how the hye Fader of Heven sendeth Dethe to somon every Creature to come and give Acounte of their Lives in this Worlde, and is in Maner of a Morall Playe. | ||
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| [Enter a messenger as prologue.] | ||
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| š | MESSENGER. I pray you all give your audience, | š |
| š | ššššAnd here this mater with reverence, | hear |
| š | ššššBy figure a morall playe: | In form |
| š | ššššThe Somoninge of Everyman called it is, | š |
| š | ššššThat of our lives and endinge shewes | š |
| š | ššššHow transitory we be all daye. | always |
| š | ššššThis mater is wonder[ou]s precious, | š |
| š | ššššBut the entent of it is more gracious, | intent, moral lesson |
| š | ššššAnd swete to bere awaye. | š |
| 10 | ššššThe story saith: Man, in the beginninge | š |
| š | ššššLoke well, and take good heed to the endinge, | š |
| š | ššššBe you never so gay! | š |
| š | ššššYe thinke sinne in the beginninge full swere | š |
| š | ššššWhiche in the ende causeth the soule to wepe | š |
| š | ššššWhan the body lieth in claye. | š |
| š | ššššHere shall you se how Falawship and Jolit?, | š |
| š | ššššBothe Strengthe, Pleasure, and Beaut?, | š |
| š | ššššWill fade from the[e] as floure in Maye; | š |
| š | ššššFor ye shall here how our heven Kinge | hear |
| 20 | ššššCalleth Everyman to a generall rekeninge. | š |
| š | ššššGive audience, and here what he doth saye. [Exit.] | hear |
| š | ||
| God speketh [from above]: | ||
| š | ||
| š | GOD. I perceive, here in my majest?, | š |
| š | ššššHow that all creatures be to me unkinde, | š |
| š | ššššLivinge without drede in worldly prosperit?. | š |
| š | ššššOf ghostly sight the people be so blinde, | spiritual vision |
| š | ššššDrowned in sinne, they know me not for their God. | š |
| š | ššššIn worldely riches is all their minde; | š |
| š | ššššThey fere not my rightwysnes, the sharpe rod. | fear|righteousness |
| š | ššššMy love that I shewed whan I for them died | š |
| š | ššššThey forgete clene, and shedinge of my blode rede. | š |
| š | ššššI hanged bitwene two [theves], it cannot be denied; | š |
| š | ššššTo gete them life I suffred to be deed; | get|consented|dead |
| 33 | ššššI heled their fete, with thornes hurt was my heed. | feet |
| š | ššššI coude do no more than I dide, truely; | š |
| š | ššššAnd nowe I se the people do clene forsake me. | š |
| š | ššššThey use the seven deedly sinnes dampnable, | š |
| š | ššššAs pride, coveitise, wrath, and lechery | š |
| š | ššššNow in the worlde be made commendable; | š |
| š | ššššAnd thus they leve of aungelles the hevenly company. | leave |
| 40 | ššššEvery man liveth so after his owne pleasure, | š |
| š | ššššAnd yet of their life they be nothinge sure. | not at all secure |
| š | ššššI se the more that I them forbere | spare them |
| š | ššššThe worse they be fro yere to yere. | from |
| š | ššššAll that liveth appaireth faste. | grows worse |
| š | ššššTherfore I will, in all the haste, | š |
| š | ššššHave a rekeninge of every mannes persone; | š |
| š | ššššFor, and I leve the people thus alone | if |
| š | ššššIn their life and wicked tempestes, | š |
| š | ššššVerily they will become moche worse than beestes! | š |
| 50 | ššššFor now one wolde by envy another up ete; | š |
| š | ššššCharit? they do all clene forgete. | š |
| š | ššššI hoped well that every man | š |
| š | ššššIn my glory sholde make his mansion, | š |
| š | ššššAnd therto I had them all electe. | š |
| š | ššššBut now I se, like traitours dejecte, | abject |
| š | ššššThey thanke me not for the pleasure that I to them ment, | meant for them |
| š | ššššNor yet for their beinge that I them have lent. | š |
| š | ššššI profered the people grete multitude of mercy. | š |
| š | ššššAnd fewe there be that asketh it hertly. | with their hearts |
| 60 | ššššThey be so combred with worldly riches | š |
| š | ššššThat nedes on them I must do justice, | I must needs, must |
| š | ššššOn everyman livinge, without fere. | š |
| š | ššššWhere arte thou, Deth, thou mighty messengere? | š |
| š | ||
| [Enter] Death. | ||
| š | ||
| š | DETHE. Almighty God, I am here at your will, | š |
| š | ššššYour commaundement to fulfill. | š |
| š | GOD. Go thou to Everyman | š |
| š | ššššAnd shewe him, in my name, | š |
| š | ššššA pilgrimage he must on him take | š |
| š | ššššWhiche he in no wise may escape, | š |
| 70 | ššššAnd that he bringe with him a sure rekeninge | š |
| š | ššššWithout delay or ony taryenge. [God withdraws.] | š |
| š | DETHE. Lorde, I will in the worlde go renne over all, | run everywhere |
| š | ššššAnd cruelly out-serche bothe grete and small. | š |
| š | ššššEvery man will I beset that liveth beestly | š |
| š | ššššOut of Goddes lawes, and dredeth not foly. | š |
| š | ššššHe that loveth richesse I will strike with my darte, | š |
| 77 | ššššHis sight to blinde, and fro heven to departe - | separate |
| š | ššššExcepte that almes be his good frende - | Unless |
| š | ššššIn hell for to dwell, worlde without ende. | š |
| š | ||
| [Enter Everyman at a distance.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | ššššLoo, yonder I se Everyman walkinge. | š |
| š | ššššFull litell he thinketh on my cominge; | š |
| š | ššššHis minde is on flesshely lustes and his treasure, | š |
| š | ššššAnd grete paine it shall cause him to endure | to submit himself |
| š | ššššBefore the Lorde, heven Kinge. | š |
| š | ||
| [Death halts Everyman.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | ššššEveryman, stande still! Winder arte thou goinge | š |
| š | ššššThus gaily? Hast thou thy Maker forgete? | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Why askest thou? | š |
| š | ššššWoldest thou wete? | wit, know |
| š | DETHE. Ye[a], sir, I will shewe you: | š |
| 90 | ššššIn grete hast[e] I am sende to the[e| | š |
| š | ššššFro God out of his magest?. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. What, sente to me? | š |
| š | DETHE. Ye[a], certainly. | š |
| š | ššššThoughe thou have forgete him here, | š |
| š | ššššHe thinketh on the[e] in the hevenly sp[h]ere, | š |
| š | ššššAs, or we departe, thou shalte knowe. | ere |
| š | EVERYMAN. What desireth God of me? | š |
| š | DETHE. That shall I shewe the[e]: | š |
| š | ššššA rekeninge he will nedes have | he must have |
| 100 | ššššWithout ony lenger respite. | any longer |
| š | EVERYMAN. To give a rekeninge, longer laiser I crave! | leisure |
| š | ššššThis blinde mater troubleth my witte. | obscure |
| š | DETHE. On the[e] thou must take a longe journey; | š |
| š | ššššTherfore thy boke of counte with the[e] thou bringe, | account |
| š | ššššFor tourne againe thou cannot by no waye. | return |
| š | ššššAnd loke thou be sure of thy rekeninge, | š |
| š | ššššFor before God thou shalte answere and shewe | š |
| š | ššššThy many badde dedes, and good but a fewe, | deeds |
| š | ššššHow thou hast spente thy life, and in what wise, | š |
| 110 | ššššBefore the chefe Lorde of paradise. | š |
| š | ššššHave ado that we were in that waye, | See to it/on our way |
| š | ššššFor, wete thou well, thou shalte make none attournay. | make no one (your) attorney |
| š | EVERYMAN. Full unredy I am suche rekeninge to give. | š |
| š | ššššI knowe the[e] not. What messenger arte thou? | š |
| š | DETHE. I am Dethe, that no man dredeth, | that fears no man |
| š | ššššFor every man I reste, and no man spareth. | arrest |
| š | ššššFor it is Goddes commaundement | š |
| š | ššššThat all to me sholde be obedient. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. O Deth, thou comest whin I had the[e] leest in minde! | š |
| 120 | ššššIn thy power it lieth me to save; | š |
| š | ššššYet of my good wil I give the[e], if thou wil be kinde: | goods |
| š | ššššYe[a], a thousande pounde shalte thou have, | š |
| š | ššššAnd [thou] differre this mater till another daye. | If you defer |
| š | DETHE. Everyman, it may not be, by no waye. | š |
| š | ššššI set not by golde, silver, nor richesse, | care not for |
| š | ššššNe by pope, emperour, kinge, duke, ne princes; | š |
| š | ššššFor, and I wolde receive giftes grete, | if/great |
| š | ššššAll the worlde I might gete; | š |
| š | ššššBut my custome is clene contrary. | š |
| 130 | ššššI give the[e] no respite. Come hens, and not tary. | hence |
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas, shall I have no lenger respite? | š |
| š | ššššI may saye Deth giveth no warninge! | š |
| š | ššššTo thinke oh the[e], it maketh my herte seke, | sick |
| š | ššššFor all unredy is my boke of rekeninge. | š |
| š | ššššBut twelve yere and I might have abidinge, | Only/if I could stay |
| š | ššššMy countinge-boke I wolde make so clere | š |
| š | ššššThat my rekeninge I sholde not nede to fere. | š |
| š | ššššWherfore, Deth, I praye the[e], for Goddes mercy, | š |
| š | ššššSpare me till I be provided of remedy! | š |
| š | DETHE. The[e] availeth not to crye, wepe, and praye; | š |
| 141 | ššššBut hast[e] the[e] lightly that thou were gone that journaye, | quickly |
| š | ššššAnd preve thy frendes if thou can; | make trial of |
| š | ššššFor, wete thou well, the tide abideth no man, | know/time |
| š | ššššAnd in the worlde eche livinge creature | š |
| š | ššššFor Adams sinne must die of nature. | in the course of nature |
| š | EVERYMAN. Dethe, if I sholde this pilgrimage take, | š |
| š | ššššAnd my rekeninge suerly make, | surely |
| š | ššššShewe me, for saint charit?, | for (the sake of) holy |
| š | ššššSholde I not come againe shortly? | š |
| 150 | DETHE. No, Everyman. And thou be ones there, | Once you're there |
| š | ššššThou mayst nevermore come here, | š |
| š | ššššTrust me verily. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. O gracious God in the hye sete celestiall, | high seat |
| š | ššššHave mercy on me in this moost nede | š |
| š | ššššShall I have no company fro this vale terestriall | š |
| š | ššššOf mine acqueyn[taun]ce, that way me to lede? | š |
| š | DETHE. Ye[a], if ony be so hardy | š |
| š | ššššThat wolde go with the[e] and bere the[e] company. | š |
| š | ššššHie the[e] that thou were gone to Goddes magnificence, | Hasten |
| š | ššššThy rekeninge to give before his presence. | š |
| 161 | ššššWhat, wenest thou thy live is given the[e], | ween, suppose/life |
| š | ššššAnd thy worldely gooddes also? | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. I had wende so, veril? | verily |
| š | DETHE. Nay, nay, it was but lende the[e]. | lent |
| š | ššššFor as soone as thou arte go, | gone, dead |
| š | ššššAnother a while shall have it, and than go therfro, | then go from it |
| š | ššššEven as thou hast done. | š |
| š | ššššEveryman, thou arte mad! Thou hast thy wittes five, | š |
| š | ššššAnd here on erthe will not amende thy live - | And (yet) |
| š | ššššFor sodeynly I do come. | š |
| 171 | EVERYMAN. O wretched caitife, wheder shall I flee | whither |
| š | ššššThat I might scape this endles sorowe? | š |
| š | ššššNow, gentill Deth, spare me till tomorowe, | š |
| š | ššššThat I may amende me | š |
| š | ššššWith good advisement. | reflection |
| š | DETHE. Naye, therto I will not consent, | š |
| š | ššššNor no man will I respite, | š |
| š | ššššBut to the herte sodeynly I shall smite | š |
| š | ššššWithout ony advisement. | š |
| 180 | ššššAnd now out of thy sight I will me hy. | hie, hasten |
| š | ššššSe thou make the[e] redy shortely, | š |
| š | ššššFor thou mayst saye this is the daye | š |
| š | ššššThat no man livinge may scape awaye. [Exit.] | š |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas, I may well wepe with sighes depe! | š |
| š | ššššNow have I no maner of company | š |
| š | ššššTo helpe me in my journey, and me to kepe; | protect |
| š | ššššAnd also my writinge is full unredy. | i.e., my accounts |
| š | ššššHow shall I do now for to excuse me? | š |
| š | ššššI wolde to God I had never be gete! | been begotten |
| 190 | ššššTo my soule a full grete profite it had be | been |
| š | ššššFor now I fere paines huge and grete. | š |
| š | ššššThe time passeth. Lorde, helpe, that all wrought! | who created everything |
| š | ššššFor though I mourne it availeth nought: | š |
| š | ššššThe day passeth, and is almoost ago. | gone |
| š | ššššI wote not well what for to do. | š |
| š | ššššTo whome were I best my complaint to make? | š |
| š | ššššWhat and I to Felawship therof spake, | if |
| š | ššššAnd shewyd him of this sodeyne chaunce? | misfortune |
| š | ššššFor in him is all mine affiaunce, | trust |
| 200 | ššššWe have in the worlde so many a daye | š |
| š | ššššBe good frendes, in sporte and playe. | š |
| š | ||
| [Fellowship enters at a distance.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | ššššI se him yonder, certainely. | š |
| š | ššššI trust that he will bere me company; | š |
| š | ššššTherfore to him will I speke to ese my sorowe. | š |
| š | ššššWell mette, good Felawship, and good morowe! | š |
| Felawship speketh: | ||
| š | FELAWSHIP. Everyman, good morowe, by this daye! | š |
| š | ššššSir, why lokest thou so piteously? | š |
| š | ššššIf ony thinge be amisse, I praye the[e] me saye. | š |
| š | ššššThat I may helpe to remedy. | š |
| 210 | EVERYMAN. Ye[a], good Felawship, ye[a], | š |
| š | ššššI am in greate jeopard? | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. My true frende, shewe to me your minde; | š |
| š | ššššI will not forsake the[e] to my lives ende | š |
| š | ššššIn the waye of good company. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. That was well spoken, and lovingly. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Sir, I must nedes knowe your hevinesse; | sorrow |
| š | ššššI have pit? to se you in ony distresse. | š |
| š | ššššIf ony have you wronged, ye shall revenged be, | If anyone has |
| š | ššššThoughe I on the grounde be slaine for the[e] - | š |
| 220 | ššššThough that I knowe before that I sholde die! | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Verily, Felawship, gramercy. | great thanks |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Tusshe, by thy thankes I set not a strawe! | don't care a bit |
| š | ššššShewe me your grefe, and saye no more. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. If I my herte sholde to you breke, | reveal |
| š | ššššAnd than you to tourne your minde fro me | then |
| š | ššššAnd wolde not me comforte whan ye here me speke, | hear |
| š | ššššThan sholde I ten times sorier be. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Sir, I saye as I will do indede. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Than be you a good frende at nede! | š |
| 230 | ššššI have founde you true herebefore. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. And so ye shall evermore. | š |
| š | ššššFor, in faith, and thou go to hell, | even if |
| š | ššššI will not forsake the[e] by the waye. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Ye speke like a good frende! I bileve you well | š |
| š | ššššI shall deserve it, and I maye. | repay/if |
| š | FELAWSHIP. I speke of no deservinge, by this daye! | š |
| š | ššššFor he that will saye, and nothinge do, | š |
| š | ššššIs not worthy with good company to go. | š |
| š | ššššTherfore shewe me the grefe of your minde, | š |
| 240 | ššššAs to your frende moost lovinge and kinde. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. I shall shewe you how it is: | š |
| š | ššššCommaunded I am to go a journaye - | š |
| š | ššššA longe waye, harde, and daungerous - | š |
| š | ššššAnd give a straite counte, without delaye, | strict account |
| š | ššššBefore the hye Juge, Adonai. | (a Hebrew name for God) |
| š | ššššWherfore, I pray you, bere me company, | š |
| š | ššššAs ye have promised, in this journaye. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. That is mater indede! Promise is duty; | a serious business |
| š | ššššBut, and I sholde take suche a vyage on me, | if |
| 250 | ššššI knowe it well, it sholde be to my paine. | š |
| š | ššššAlso it make[th] me aferde, certaine. | š |
| š | ššššBut let us take counsell here, as well as we can, | let's deliberate |
| š | ššššFor your wordes wolde fere a stronge man. | frighten |
| š | EVERYMAN. Why, ye said if I had nede | š |
| š | ššššYe wolde me never forsake, quicke ne deed, | alive nor dead |
| š | ššššThoughe it were to hell, truely. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. So I said, certainely, | š |
| 258 | ššššBut suche pleasures be set aside, the sothe to saye. | š |
| š | ššššAnd also, if we toke suche a journaye, | š |
| š | ššššWhan sholde we againe come? | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Naye, never againe, till the daye of dome. | doom |
| š | FELAWSHIP. In faith, than will not I come there! | š |
| š | ššššWho hath you these tidinges brought? | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Indede, Deth was with me here. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Now, by God that all hathe bought, | redeemed |
| š | ššššIf Deth were the messenger, | š |
| š | ššššFor no man that is livinge todaye | š |
| š | ššššI will not go that lothe journaye - | loathsome |
| š | ššššNot for the fader that bigate me! | begat |
| š | EVERYMAN. Ye promised otherwise, pard?. | by God |
| š | FELAWSHIP. I wote well I sai[d] so, truely. | š |
| š | ššššAnd yet, if thou wilte ete, and drinke, and make good chere, | š |
| 273 | ššššOr haunt to women the lusty company, | š |
| š | ššššI wolde not forsake you while the daye is clere, | until dawn |
| š | ššššTrust me, verily. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Ye[a], therto ye wolde be redy! | š |
| š | ššššTo go to mirthe, solas, and playe | š |
| š | ššššYour minde will so[o]ner apply, | attend |
| š | ššššThan to bere me company in my longe journaye. | š |
| 280 | FELAWSHIP. Now, in good faith, I will not that waye. | will not (go) |
| š | ššššBut, and thou will murder, or ony man kill, | if |
| š | ššššIn that I will helpe the[e] with a good will. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. O, that is a simple advise, indede. | foolish |
| š | ššššGentill Felaw[ship]e, helpe me in my necessit?! | š |
| š | ššššWe have loved longe, and now I nede; | š |
| š | ššššAnd now, gentill Felawship, remembre me! | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Wheder ye have loved me or no, | Whether |
| š | ššššBy Saint Johan, I will not with the[e] go. | š |
| 289 | EVERYMAN. Yet, I pray the[e], take the labour and do so moche for me. | š |
| 290 | ššššTo bringe me forwarde, for saint charit?, | š |
| š | ššššAnd comforte me till I come without the towne. | arrive outside |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Nay, and thou wolde give me a newe gowne, | even if |
| š | ššššI will not a fote with the[e] go. | foot |
| š | ššššBut, and thou had taried, I wolde not have lefte the[e] so. | if/stayed here |
| š | ššššAnd as now God spede the[e] in thy journaye, | And now may God |
| š | ššššFor from the[fe] I will departe as fast as I maye. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Wheder awaye, Felawship? Will thou forsake me? | Whither |
| š | FELAWSHIP. Ye[a], by my faye! To God I betake the[e]. | faith/commend |
| š | EVERYMAN. Farewell, good Felawship! For the[e] my herte is sore. | š |
| 300 | ššššAdewe forever! I shall se the[e] no more. | š |
| š | FELAWSHIP. In faith, Everyman, farewell now at the end[ing]e! | š |
| š | ššššFor you I will remembre that partinge is mourninge. [Exit.] | š |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. Alacke, shall we thus departe indede - | part |
| š | ššššA, Lady, helpe! - without ony more comforte? | š |
| š | ššššLo, Felawship forsaketh me in my moost nede. | š |
| š | ššššFor helpe in this worlde wheder shall I resorte? | whither |
| š | ššššFelawship herebefore with me wolde mery make, | š |
| š | ššššAnd now litell sorowe for me dooth he take. | š |
| š | ššššIt is said, "In prosperit? men frendes may finde, | š |
| 310 | ššššWhiche in adversit? be full unkinde." | š |
| š | ššššNow wheder for socoure shall I flee, | whither |
| š | ššššSith that Felawship hath forsaken me? | since |
| š | ššššTo my kinnesmen I will, truely, | š |
| š | ššššPrayenge them to helpe me in my necessit?. | š |
| š | ššššI bileve that they will do so, | š |
| 316 | ššššFor "kinde will crepe where it may not go." | kinship/creep/walk |
| š | ššššI will go saye, for yonder I se them. | essay, try |
| š | ššššWhere be ye now, my frendes and kinnesmen? | š |
| [Enter Kindred and Cousin.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | KINREDE. Here be we now, at your commaundement. | š |
| š | ššššCosyn, I praye you shewe us your entent | Cousin (i.e., Everyman) |
| š | ššššIn ony wise, and not spare. | In everything/do not hesitate |
| š | COSYN. Ye[a], Everyman, and to us declare | š |
| š | ššššIf ye be disposed to go ony-whyder; | anywhere |
| š | ššššFor, wete you well, [we] will live and die togyder. | wit, know |
| š | KINREDE. In welth and wo we will with you holde, | keep |
| š | ššššFor over his kinne a man may be bolde. | For with/may presume favors |
| š | EVERYMAN. Gramercy, my frendes and kinnesmen kinde. | š |
| š | ššššNow shall I shewe you the grefe of my minde: | š |
| š | ššššI was commaunded by a messenger | š |
| š | ššššThat is a hye kinges chefe officer; | high king's |
| š | ššššHe bad[e] me go a pilgrimage, to my paine, | š |
| š | ššššAnd I knowe well I shall never come againe. | š |
| š | ššššAlso I must give a rekeninge straite | strict |
| 334 | ššššFor I have a grete enemy that hath me in waite. | enemy (the devil) |
| š | ššššWhiche entendeth me for to hinder. | š |
| š | KINREDE. What acounte is that whiche ye must render? | š |
| š | ššššThat wolde I knowe. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Of all my workes I must shewe | š |
| š | ššššHow I have lived, and my dayes spent; | š |
| 340 | ššššAlso of ill dedes that I have used | practiced |
| š | ššššIn my time, sith life was me lent, | since |
| š | ššššAnd of all vertues that I have refused. | š |
| š | ššššTherfore, I praye you, go thider with me | š |
| š | ššššTo helpe to make min[e] accounte, for saint charit?. | holy |
| š | COSYN. What, to go thider? Is that the mater? | š |
| š | ššššNay, Everyman, I had lever fast brede and water | rather fast on |
| š | ššššAll this five yere and more. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas that ever I was bore! | born |
| š | ššššFor now shall I never be mery | š |
| š | ššššIf that you forsake me. | š |
| 351 | KINREDE. A, sir, what ye be a mery man! | š |
| š | ššššTake good herte to you, and make no mone. | moan |
| š | ššššBut one thinge, I warne you, by Saint Anne: | š |
| š | ššššAs for me, ye shall go alone. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. My Cosyn, will you not with me go? | š |
| š | COSYN. No, by Our Lady! I have the crampe in my to[e]. | š |
| š | ššššTrust not to me, for, so God me spede, | may God help me |
| š | ššššI will deceive you in your moost nede. | š |
| š | KINREDE. It availeth not us to tise. | It's no use trying to entice us |
| 360 | ššššYe shall have my maide with all my herte; | š |
| š | ššššShe loveth to go to feestes, there to be nise, | wanton |
| š | ššššAnd to daunce, and abrode to sterte; | to gad about |
| š | ššššI will give her leve to helpe you in that journey, | leave, permission |
| š | ššššIf that you and she may agree. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Now, shewe me the veryeffecte of your minde: | true tenor |
| š | ššššWill you go with me, or abide behinde? | š |
| š | KINREDE. Abide behinde? Ye[a], that will I, and I maye! | š |
| š | ššššTherfore farewell till another daye. [Exit Kindred.] | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Howe sholde I be mery or gladde? | š |
| 370 | ššššFor, faire promises men to me make, | š |
| š | ššššBut whan I have moost nede they me forsake. | š |
| š | ššššI am deceived; that maketh me sadde. | š |
| š | COSYN. Cosyn Everyman, farewell now, | š |
| š | ššššFor verily I will not go with you. | š |
| š | ššššAlso of mine owne [life] an unredy rekeninge | š |
| š | ššššI have to accounte; therfore I make taryenge. | tarrying |
| š | ššššNow God kepe the[e], for now I go. [Exit.] | protect |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. A, Jesus, is all come hereto? | everything come to this |
| 379 | ššššLo, faire worries maketh fooles faine; | glad |
| š | ššššThey promise, and nothinge will do, certaine. | š |
| š | ššššMy kinnesmen promised me faithfully | š |
| š | ššššFor to abide with me stedfastly, | š |
| š | ššššAnd now fast awaye do they flee; | š |
| š | ššššEven so Felawship promised me. | in the same way |
| š | ššššWhat frende were best me of to provide? | to provide myself with |
| š | ššššI lose my time here longer to abide. | š |
| š | ššššYet in my minde a thinge there is: | š |
| š | ššššAll my life I have loved riches. | š |
| š | ššššIf that my Good now helpe me might, | Goods |
| 390 | ššššHe wolde make my herte full light. | š |
| š | ššššI will speke to him in this distresse. | š |
| š | ššššWhere arte thou, my Gooddes and riches? | š |
| [Goods speaks from a corner.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | GOODES. Who calleth me? Everyman? What, hast thou haste? | š |
| š | ššššI lie here in corners, trussed and piled so hye, | š |
| š | ššššAnd in chestes I am locked so fast, | š |
| š | ššššAlso sacked in bagges. Thou mayst se with thin[e] eye | š |
| š | ššššI cannot stir[r]e; in packes lowe I lie. | š |
| š | ššššWhat wolde ye have? Lightly me saye. | Quickly |
| š | EVERYMAN. Come hider, Good, in al the hast[e] thou may, | hither |
| 400 | ššššFor of counseyll I must desire the [e]. | I must ask your advice |
| [Goods approaches.] | ||
| š | GOODES. Sir, and ye in the worlde have sorowe or adversit?, | if |
| š | ššššThat can I helpe you to remedy shortly. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. It is another disease that greveth me; | trouble |
| š | ššššIn this worlde it is not, I tell the[e] so. | š |
| š | ššššI am sent for another way to go, | š |
| š | ššššTo give a straite counte generall | strict overall account |
| š | ššššBefore the hyest Jupiter of all; | š |
| š | ššššAnd all my life I have had joye and pleasure in the[e], | š |
| š | ššššTherfore, I pray the[e], go with me. | š |
| 410 | ššššFor, paraventure, thou mayst before God Almighty | š |
| š | ššššMy rekeninge helpe to clene and purifye; | š |
| š | ššššFor it is said ever amonge | it is sometimes said |
| š | ššššThat "money maketh all right that is wronge." | š |
| š | GOODES. Nay, Everyman, I singe another songe! | š |
| š | ššššI folowe no man in suche vyages; | š |
| š | ššššFor, and I wente with the[e], | š |
| š | ššššThou sholdes[t] fare moche the worse for me. | š |
| š | ššššFor-bicause on me thou did set thy minde | Because |
| š | ššššThy rekeninge I have made blotted and blinde, | flawed and obscure |
| š | ššššThat thine accounte thou cannot make truly - | š |
| 421 | ššššAnd that hast thou for the love of me! | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. That wolde greve me full sore, | š |
| 423 | ššššWhan I sholde come to that ferefull answere. | š |
| š | ššššUp, let us go thider togyder. | š |
| š | GOODES. Nay, not so! I am to[o] britell, I may not endure. | britlle |
| š | ššššI will folowe [no] man one fote, be ye sure. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas, I have the[e] loved, and had grete pleasure | š |
| š | ššššAll my life-dayes on good and treasure! | š |
| š | GOODES. That is to thy dampnacion, without lesinge, | without a lie, truly |
| 430 | ššššFor my love is contrary to the love everlastinge. | š |
| š | ššššBut, if thou had me loved moderately duringe, | during (your life) |
| š | ššššAs to the poore [to] give parte of me, | (So) as |
| š | ššššThan sholdest thou not in this dolour be, | š |
| š | ššššNor in this grete sorowe and care. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Lo, now was I deceived or I was ware, | ere/aware |
| 436 | ššššAnd all I may wite mi[s]spendinge of time! | totally I may blame |
| š | GOOODES. (What, wenest thou that I am thine?) | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. I had went so. | weened, supposed |
| š | GOODES. Naye, Everyman, I saye no. | š |
| š | ššššAs for a while I was lente the[e]; | š |
| š | ššššA season thou hast had me in prosperit?. | š |
| š | ššššMy condicion is mannes soule to kill; | nature |
| š | ššššIf I save one, a thousande I do spill. | destroy |
| š | ššššWenest thou that I will folowe the[e]? | š |
| š | ššššNay, fro this worlde not, veril?. | (I will) not (go), verily |
| š | EVERYMAN. I had wende otherwise. | š |
| š | GOODES. Therfore to thy soule Good is a thefe; | š |
| š | ššššFor whan thou arte deed, this is my g[u]ise: | š |
| š | ššššAnother to deceive in this same wise | š |
| 450 | ššššAs I have done the[e], and all to his soules reprefe | soul's reproof |
| š | EVERYMAN. O false Good, cursed [may] thou be, | š |
| š | ššššThou traitour to God, that hast deceived me | š |
| š | ššššAnd caugh[t] me in thy snare! | š |
| š | GOODES. Mar[r]y, thou brought thyselfe in care, | š |
| š | ššššWherof I am [right] gladde; | š |
| š | ššššI must nedes laugh, I cannot be sadde. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. A, Good, thou hast had longe my hertely love! | š |
| š | ššššI gave the[e] that whiche sholde be the Lordes above. | Lord's |
| š | ššššBut wilte thou not go with me indede? | š |
| 460 | ššššI praye the[e] trouth to say. | tell (me) the truth |
| š | GOODES. No, so God me spede! | š |
| š | ššššTherfore farewell, and have good daye. [Exit.] | š |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. O, to whome shall I make my mone | š |
| š | ššššFor to go with me in that hevy journaye? | š |
| š | ššššFirst Felawship said he wolde with me gone. | go |
| š | ššššHis wordes were very pleasaunt and gaye, | š |
| š | ššššBut afterwarde he lefte me alone. | š |
| š | ššššThan spake I to my kinnesmen, all in dispaire, | š |
| š | ššššAn[d] also they gave me wordes faire - | š |
| 470 | ššššThey lacked no faire spekinge, | š |
| š | ššššBut all forsoke me in the endinge. | š |
| š | ššššThan wente I to my Goodes, that I loved best, | š |
| š | ššššIn hope to have comforte; but there had I leest, | š |
| š | ššššFor my Goodes sharpely did me tell/td> | š |
| š | ššššThat he bringeth many into hell. | š |
| š | ššššThan of myselfe I was ashamed; | š |
| š | ššššAnd so I am worthy to be blamed. | š |
| š | ššššThus may I well myselfe hate. | š |
| š | ššššOf whome shall I now counseyll take? | š |
| 480 | ššššI thinke that I shall never spede | š |
| š | ššššTill that I go to my Good Dede. | š |
| š | ššššBut, alas, she is so weke | š |
| š | ššššThat she can nother go nor speke. | neither walk |
| š | ššššYet will I venter on her now. | venture |
| š | ššššMy Good Dedes, where be you? | š |
| [Good Deeds, speaks from the ground.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | GOOD DEDES. Here I lie, colde in the grounde. | š |
| š | ššššThy sinnes hath me sore bounde. | š |
| š | šššš That I cannot stere. | Stir |
| š | EVERYMAN. O Good Dedes, I stande in fere! | š |
| 490 | ššššI must you pray of counseyll, | š |
| š | ššššFor helpe now sholde come right well. | would be very welcome |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Everyman, I have understandinge | š |
| š | ššššThat ye be somoned a[c]counte to make | summoned |
| š | ššššBefore Myssias, of Jherusalem kinge; | Messiah |
| š | ššššAnd you do by me, that journay with you will I take. | If you do as I advise |
| š | EVERYMAN. Therfore I come to you my moone to make. | moan |
| š | ššššI praye you that ye will go with me. | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. I wolde full faine, but I cannot stande, verily. | gladly |
| š | EVERYMAN. Why, is there onythinge on you fall? | happened to you |
| 500 | GOOD DEDES. Ye[a], sir, I may thanke you of all! | š |
| š | ššššIf ye had parfitely chered me,thoroughly nurtured me | š |
| š | ššššYour boke of counte full redy had be. | š |
| [Shows Everyman his Book of Account.] | ||
| š | ššššLoke, the bokes of your workes and dedes eke! | deeds also |
| š | ššššBeholde how they lie under the fete. | š |
| š | ššššTo your soules hevines. | sorrow |
| š | EVERYMAN. Our Lorde Jesus helpe me! | š |
| 507 | ššššFor one letter here I cannot se. | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Here is a blinde rekeninge in time of distres! | obscure |
| š | EVERYMAN. Good Dedes, I praye you helpe me in this nede, | š |
| š | ššššOr elles I am forever dampned indede! | š |
| š | ššššTherfore helpe me to make [my] rekeninge | š |
| š | ššššBefore the Redemer of all thinge, | š |
| š | ššššThat kinge is, and was, and ever shall. | shall (be) |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Everyman, I am sory of your fall, | š |
| š | ššššAnd faine wolde I helpe you, and I were able. | if |
| š | EVERYMAN. Good Dedes, your counseyll I pray you give me. | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. That shall I do, verily. | š |
| š | ššššThoughe that on my fete I may not go, | š |
| š | ššššI have a sister that shall with you also, | š |
| 520 | ššššCalled Knowlege, whiche shall with you abide | Knowledge (of one's sins) |
| š | ššššTo helpe you to make that dredefull rekeninge. | š |
| [Enter Knowledge.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | KNOWLEGE. Everyman, I will go with the[e], and be thy g[u]ide, | š |
| š | ššššIn thy moost nede to go by thy side. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. In good condicion I am now in everythinge, | š |
| š | ššššAnd am [w]holy content with this good thinge, | š |
| š | ššššThanked be God my creature! | creator |
| š | GOOD DEDES. And whan [s]he hath brought you there | š |
| š | ššššWhere thou shalte hele the[e] of thy smarte, | pain |
| š | ššššThan go you with your rekeninge and your Good Dedes togyder | š |
| 530 | ššššFor to make you joyfull at herte | š |
| š | ššššBefore the blessyd Trinit?. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. My Good Dedes, gramercy! | š |
| š | ššššI am well content, certainly, | š |
| š | ššššWith your wordes swete. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Now go we togyder lovingly | š |
| š | ššššTo Confession, that clensinge rivere. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. For joy I wepe; I wolde we were there! | š |
| š | ššššBut, I pray you, give me cognicion | š |
| š | ššššWhere dwelleth that holy man, Confession? | š |
| 540 | KNOWLEGE. In the hous of salvacion. | i.e., the Church |
| š | ššššWe shall finde him in that place | š |
| š | ššššThat shall us comforte, by Goddes grace. | š |
| [Knowledge leads Everyman to Confession.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | ššššLo, this is Confession. Knele downe and aske mercy, | š |
| š | ššššFor he is in good conceite with God Almighty. | high esteem |
| š | EVERYMAN [kneeling]. O glorious fountaine, that all unclennes doth clarify, | š |
| š | ššššWasshe fro me the spottes of vice unclene, | š |
| š | ššššThat on me no sinne may be sene. | š |
| š | ššššI come, with Knowlege, for my redemption, | š |
| š | ššššRedempte with herte and full contricion; | Redeemed by earnestness |
| 550 | ššššFor I am commaunded a pilgrimage to take, | š |
| š | ššššAnd grete accountes before God to make. | š |
| š | ššššNow I praye you, Shrifte, moder of salvacion, | Confession |
| š | šššš Helpe my Good Dedes for my piteous exclamacion! | in response to |
| š | CONFESSION. I knowe your sorowe well, Everyman. | š |
| š | ššššBicause with Knowlege ye come to me, | š |
| š | ššššI will you comforte as well as I can. | š |
| š | ššššAnd a precious Jewell I will give the[e] | š |
| š | ššššCalled penaunce, voider of adversit?; | expeller |
| š | ššššTherwith shall your body chastised be | š |
| 560 | ššššWith abstinence and perseveraunce in Goddes service. | š |
| š | šššš[Shows Everyman a knotted scourge.] | whip |
| š | ššššHere shall you receive that scourge of me, | š |
| š | ššššWhiche is penaunce stronge that ye must endure, | š |
| š | ššššTo remembre thy Saviour was scourged for the[e] | š |
| š | ššššWith sharpe scourges, and suffred it patiently; | š |
| š | ššššSo must thou, or thou scape that painful pilgrimage. | ere you escape |
| š | ššššKnowlege, kepe him in this vyage, | course |
| š | ššššAnd by that time Good Dedes will be with the[e]. | š |
| š | ššššBut in ony wise be seker of mercy, | sure |
| š | ššššFor your time draweth fast. And ye will saved be, | draws to a close/If |
| 570 | ššššAske God mercy, and he will graunte truely | š |
| š | ššššWhan with the scourge of penaunce man doth him binde, | punishes himself |
| š | ššššThe oile of forgivenes than shall he finde. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Thanked be God for his gracious werke! | š |
| š | ššššFor now I will my penaunce begin. | š |
| 575 | ššššThis hath rejoised and lighted my herte, | lightened |
| 576 | ššššThough the knottes be painful and harde, within. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Everyman, loke your penaunce that ye fulfill, | see to it |
| š | ššššWhat paine that ever it to you be; | No matter how painful |
| š | ššššAnd Knowlege shall give you counseyll at will | readily |
| š | ššššHow your accounte ye shall make clerely. | š |
| [Everyman makes his confession.] | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. O eternall God, O hevenly figure, | š |
| š | ššššO way of rightwisnes, O goodly vision, | š |
| š | ššššWhiche discended downe in a virgin pure | š |
| š | ššššBicause he wolde every man redeme, | š |
| š | ššššWhiche Adam forfaited by his disobedience: | Which (redemption) |
| š | ššššO blessid Godheed, electe and hye devine, | exalted/divinity |
| š | ššššForgive [me] my grevous offence! | š |
| š | ššššHere I crye the[e] mercy in this presence. | company |
| š | ššššO ghostly treasure, O raunsomer and redemer, | spiritual |
| 590 | ššššOf all the worlde hope and conduiter, | conductor, guide |
| š | ššššMirrour of joye, foundatour of mercy, | founder |
| š | ššššWhiche enlumineth heven and erth therby: | illumines |
| š | ššššHere my clamorous complaint, though it late be, | Hear |
| š | ššššReceive my prayers, of thy benignitye! | š |
| š | ššššThough I be a sinner moost abhominable, | š |
| š | ššššYet let my name be writ[t]en in Moyses table. | i.e., as a penitent |
| š | ššššO Mary, praye to the Maker of all thinge, | š |
| š | ššššMe for to helpe at my endinge, | š |
| š | ššššAnd save me fro the power of my enemy; | š |
| š | ššššFor Deth assaileth me strongly. | š |
| 601 | ššššAnd, Lady, that I may by meane of thy prayer | š |
| 602 | ššššOf your sones glory to be partinere | š |
| 603 | ššššBy the meanes of his Passion, I it crave. | š |
| š | ššššI beseche you helpe my soule to save! | š |
| [He rises.] | ||
| š | ššššKnowlege, give me the scourge of penaunce: | š |
| š | ššššMy flesshe therwith shall give acqueyntaunce. | be acquainted |
| š | ššššI will now begin, if God give me grace. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Everyman, God give you time and space! | opportunity |
| š | ššššThus I bequeth you in the handes of our Saviour. | š |
| 610 | ššššNow may you make your rekeninge sure. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. In the name of the holy Trinit? | š |
| š | ššššMy body sore punisshed shall be. | š |
| [Scourges himself] | ||
| š | ššššTake this, body, for the sinne of the flesshe! | š |
| š | ššššAlso thou deli[gh]test to go gay and fresshe, | š |
| š | ššššAnd in the way of dampnacion thou did me bringe; | š |
| š | ššššTherfore suffre now strokes of punisshinge. | š |
| š | ššššNow of penaunce I will wade the water clere, | š |
| š | ššššTo save me from purgatory, that sharpe fire. | š |
| [Good Deeds rises from the ground.] | ||
| š | GOOD DEDES. I thanke God, now I can walke and go, | š |
| 620 | ššššAnd am delivered of my sikenesse and wo! | š |
| š | ššššTherfore with Everyman I will go, and not spare: | hold back |
| š | ššššHis good workes I will helpe him to declare. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Now, Everyman, be mery and glad! | š |
| š | ššššYour Good Dedes cometh now; ye may not be sad. | š |
| š | ššššNow is your Good Dedes [w]hole and sounde, | š |
| š | ššššGoinge upright upon the grounde. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. My herte is light, and shal be evermore. | š |
| š | ššššNow will I smite faster than I dide before. [Continues to scourge.] | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Everyman, pilgrime, my speciall frende, | š |
| 630 | ššššBlessyd be thou without ende! | š |
| š | ššššFor the[e] is preparate the eternall glory. | prepared |
| š | ššššYe have me made [w]hole and sounde, | š |
| š | ššššTherfore I will bide by the[e] in every stounde. | time of trial |
| š | EVERYMAN. Welcome, my Good Dedes! Now I here thy voice, | Now (that) I hear |
| š | ššššI wepe for very swetenes of love. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Be no more sad, but ever rejoice. | š |
| 637 | ššššGod seeth thy livinge in his trone above. | š |
| š | ššššPut on this garment to thy behove, | behoof, benefit |
| š | ššššWhiche is wette with your teres. | š |
| š | ššššOr elles before God you may it misse | š |
| š | ššššWhan ye to your journeys ende come shall. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Gentill Knowlege, what do ye it call? | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. It is the garment of sorowe. | š |
| š | ššššFro paine it will you borowe. | rescue |
| š | ššššContricion it is, | š |
| š | ššššThat getteth forgivenes; | š |
| š | ššššIt pleaseth God passinge well. | exceedingly |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Everyman, will you were it for your hele? | wear/salvation |
| [Everyman puts on the robe of contrition.] | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. Now blessyd be Jesu, Maryes sone, | š |
| 650 | ššššFor now have I on true contricion. | š |
| š | ššššAnd lette us go now without taryenge. | tarrying |
| š | ššššGood Dedes, have we clere our rekeninge? | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Ye[a], indede, I have [it] here. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Than I trust we nede not fere. | š |
| š | ššššNow, frendes, let us not parte in twaine. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Nay, Everyman, that will we not, certaine. | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Yet must thou led[e] with the[e] | š |
| š | ššššThre persones of grete might. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Who sholde they be? | š |
| 660 | GOOD DEDES. Discrecion and Strength they hight, | are called |
| š | ššššAnd thy Beaut? may not abide behinde. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Also ye must call to minde | š |
| š | ššššYour Five Wittes as for your counseylours. | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. You must have them redy at all houres. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Howe shall I gette them hyder? | hither |
| š | KNOWLEGE. You must call them all togyder, | š |
| š | ššššAnd they will here you incontinent. | hear/immediately |
| š | EVERYMAN. My frendes, come hider and be present, | š |
| š | ššššDiscrecion, Strengthe, my Five Wittes, and Beaut?! | š |
| [Enter Discretion, Strength, Five Wits, and Beauty.] | ||
| š | ||
| 670 | BEAUTE. Here at your will we be all redy. | š |
| š | ššššWhat wolde ye that we sholde do? | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. That ye wolde with Everyman go | š |
| š | ššššAnd helpe him in his pilgrimage. | š |
| š | ššššAdvise you, will ye with him or not in that vyage? | Consider |
| š | STRENGTH. We will bringe him all thyder, | š |
| š | ššššTo his helpe and comforte, ye may bileve me. | š |
| š | DISCRECION. So will we go with him all togyder. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Almighty God, loved may thou be! | š |
| š | ššššI give the[e] laude that I have hider brought | praise |
| 680 | ššššStrength, Discrecion, Beaut? and Five Wittes. Lacke I nought. | š |
| š | ššššAnd my Good Dedes, with Knowlege clere, | š |
| š | ššššAll be in company at my will here. | are together at my command |
| š | ššššI desire no more to my besines. | for my purpose |
| š | STRENGTH. And I, Strength, will by you stande in distres, | š |
| š | ššššThough thou wolde in bataile fight on the grounde. | battle |
| š | FIVE WITTES. And though it were thrugh the worlde rounde, | i.e., no matter where |
| š | ššššWe will not departe, for swete ne soure. | i.e., in good times or bad |
| š | BEAUTE. No more will I, unto dethes houre, | until |
| š | ššššWhatsoever therof befall. | š |
| 690 | DISCRECION. Everyman, advise you first of all: | consider |
| š | ššššGo with a good advisement and deliberacion. | reflection |
| š | ššššWe all give you vertuous monicion | i.e., assurance |
| š | ššššThat all shall be well. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. My frendes, harken what I will tell - | š |
| š | ššššI praye God rewarde you in his heven[ly] sp[h]ere - | š |
| š | ššššNow herken all that be here, | š |
| š | ššššFor I will make my testament | š |
| š | ššššHere before you all present: | š |
| š | ššššIn almes halfe my good I will give with my handes twaine | š |
| š | ššššIn the way of charit?, with good entent, | š |
| 701 | ššššAnd the other halfe still shall remaine | š |
| 702 | ššššIn queth, to be retourned there it ought to be. | bequest/where |
| š | ššššThis I do in despite of the fende of hell, | š |
| š | ššššTo go quite out of his perell | freed from peril of him |
| š | ššššEver after and this daye. | Today and forever |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Everyman, herken what I saye: | š |
| š | ššššGo to Presthode, I you advise, | š |
| š | ššššAnd receive of him, in ony wise | without fail |
| š | ššššThe holy sacrament and ointement togyder. | extreme unction |
| 710 | ššššThan shortly se ye tourne againe hyder; | return |
| š | ššššWe will all abide you here. | š |
| š | FIVE WITTES. Ye[a], Everyman, hie you that ye redy were. | hasten to get ready |
| š | ššššThere is no emperour, kinge, duke, ne baron | š |
| š | ššššThat of God hath commicion | authority |
| š | ššššAs hath the leest preest in the worlde beinge; | living |
| š | ššššFor of the blessyd sacramentes pure and benigne | š |
| š | ššššHe bereth the keyes, and therof hath the cure | care, responsibility |
| š | ššššFor mannes redempcion - it is ever sure - | š |
| š | ššššWhiche God for our soules medicine | š |
| 720 | ššššGave us out of his herte with grete paine. | š |
| š | ššššHere in this transitory life, for the[e] and me, | š |
| š | ššššThe blessyd sacramentes seven there be: | š |
| š | ššššBaptim, confirmation, with preesthode good, | ordination to priesthood |
| š | ššššAnd the sacrament of Goddes precious flesshe and blod, | š |
| š | ššššMariage, the holy extreme unccion, and penaunce. | š |
| š | ššššThese seven be good to have in remembraunce, | š |
| š | ššššGracious sacramentes of hye devinit?. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Faine wolde I receive that holy body, | i.e., the sacrament |
| š | ššššAnd mekely to my ghostly fader I will go. | spiritual father |
| 730 | FIVE WITTES. Everyman, that is the best that ye can do. | š |
| š | ššššGod will you to salvacion bringe, | š |
| š | ššššFor preesthode excedeth all other thinge. | š |
| š | ššššTo us holy Scripture they do teche, | š |
| š | ššššAnd converteth man fro sinne, heven to reche. | reach |
| 735 | ššššGod hath to them more power given | š |
| 736 | ššššThan to ony aungell that is in heven. | š |
| š | ššššWith five wordes he may consecrate | i.e., "Eat, this is my body" |
| š | ššššGoddes body in flesshe and blode to make, | š |
| š | ššššAnd handeleth his Maker bitwene his hande[s]. | š |
| 740 | ššššThe preest bindeth and unhindeth all bandes, | š |
| 741 | ššššBothe in erthe and in heven. | š |
| š | ššššThou ministres all the sacramentes seven; | administer |
| š | ššššThough we kist thy fete, thou were worthy! | š |
| š | ššššThou arte [the] surgyon that cureth sinne deedly; | š |
| š | ššššNo remedy we finde under God | š |
| š | ššššBut all onely preesthode. | Except only from |
| š | ššššEveryman, God gave preest[s] that dignit?, | š |
| š | ššššAnd setteth them in his stede amonge us to be. | place |
| š | ššššThus be they above aungelles in degree. | š |
| [Everyman goes to receive the sacrament and extreme unction from the priest, while the others await his return.] | ||
| š | ||
| 750 | KNOWLEGE. If preestes be good, it is so, suerly. | š |
| š | ššššBut whan Jesu hanged on the crossc with grete smarte, | pain |
| š | ššššThere he gave out of his blessyd herte | š |
| š | ššššThe seven sacramentes in grete tourment. | š |
| š | ššššHe solde them not to us, that Lorde omnipotent! | š |
| 755 | ššššTherefore Saint Peter the Apostell dothe saye | š |
| š | ššššThat Jesus' curse hath all they | š |
| š | ššššWhiche God their Saviour do b[u]y or sell, | š |
| 758 | ššššOr they for ony money do take or tell. | š |
| š | ššššSinfull preestes giveth the sinners example bad: | š |
| 760 | ššššTheir children sitteth by other mennes fires, I have harde; | heard |
| š | ššššAnd some haunteth womens company | š |
| š | ššššWith unclene life, as lustes of lechery. | š |
| š | ššššThese be with sinne made blinde. | š |
| š | FIVE WITTES. I trust to God no suche may we finde. | š |
| š | ššššTherfore let us preesthode honour, | š |
| š | ššššAnd folowe their doctrine for our soules socoure. | š |
| š | ššššWe be their shepe, and they shepeherdes be, | š |
| š | ššššBy whome we all be kepte in suert? | safety |
| š | ššššPeas, for yonder I se Everyman come, | Silence |
| 770 | ššššWhiche hath made true satisfaccion. | Who |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Methinke it is he indede. | š |
| [Everyman returns.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. Now Jesu be your alder spede! | be helper to you all |
| š | ššššI have received the sacrament for my redempcion, | š |
| š | ššššAnd than mine extreme unccion. | š |
| š | ššššBlessyd be all they that counseyled me to take it! | š |
| š | ššššAnd now, frendes, let us go without longer respite; | š |
| š | ššššI thanke God that ye have taried so longe. | š |
| š | ššššNow set eche of you on this rodde your honde, | rood, cross |
| š | ššššAnd shortely folowe me. | quickly |
| 780 | ššššI go before there I wolde be. God be our g[u]ide! | where I wish to be |
| š | STRENGTH. Everyman, we will not fro you go | š |
| š | ššššTill ye have done this vyage longe. | š |
| š | DISCRECION. I, Discrecion, will bide by you also. | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. And though this pilgrimage be never so stronge, | taxing |
| š | ššššI will never parte you fro. | from you |
| š | ššššEveryman, I will be as sure by the[e] | steadfast at your side |
| 787 | ššššAs ever I dide by Judas Machabee. | š |
| [They proceed to Everyman's grave] | ||
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas, I am so faint I may not stande! | š |
| š | ššššMy limmes under me do folde. | š |
| š | ššššFrendes, let us not tourne againe to this lande, | š |
| š | ššššNot for all the worldes golde; | š |
| š | ššššFor into this cave must I crepe | š |
| š | ššššAnd tourne to erth, and there to slepe. | š |
| š | BEAUT?. What, into this grave? Alas! | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Ye[a], there shall ye consume, more and lesse, | decay everyone |
| š | BEAUT?. And what, sholde I smoder here? | smother |
| š | EVERYMAN. Ye[a], by my faith, and never more appere. | š |
| š | ššššIn this worlde live no more we shall, | š |
| š | ššššBut in heven before the hyest Lorde of all. | š |
| š | BEAUT?. I crosse out all this! Adewe, by Saint Johan! | cancel |
| 801 | ššššI take my tappe in my lappe and am gone. | flax for spinning |
| š | EVERYMAN. What, Beaut?, whider will ye? | š |
| š | BEAUT?. Peas, I am defe! I loke not behinde me, | Peace, silence |
| š | ššššNot and thou woldest give me all the golde in thy chest! | if |
| [Exit Beauty.] | ||
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas, wherto may I truste? | š |
| š | ššššBeaut? gothe fast awaye fro me. | š |
| š | ššššShe promised with me to live and die. | š |
| š | STRENGTH. Everyman, I will the[e] also forsake and denye. | š |
| š | ššššThy game liketh me not at all. | pleases |
| 810 | EVERYMAN. Why than, ye will forsake me all? | š |
| š | ššššSwete Strength, tary a litell space. | while |
| š | STRENGTH. Nay, sir, by the rode of grace! | rood, cross |
| š | ššššI will hie me from the[e] fast, | š |
| š | ššššThough thou wepe till thy herte to-brast. | burst in pieces |
| š | EVERYMAN. Ye wolde ever bide by me, ye said. | š |
| š | STRENGTH. Ye[a], I have you ferre inoughe conveyde! | far |
| š | ššššYe be olde inoughe, I understande, | š |
| š | ššššYour pilgrimage to take on hande. | š |
| š | ššššI repent me that I hider came. | š |
| 820 | EVERYMAN. Strength, you to displease I am to blame, | š |
| š | ššššYet promise is dette, this ye well wot. | š |
| š | STRENGTH. In faith, I care not. | š |
| š | ššššThou arte but a foole to complaine. | š |
| š | ššššYou spende your speche, and wast[e] your braine. | spend (in vain) |
| š | ššššGo thrist the[e] into the grounde! [Exit.] | thrust yourself |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. I had wende surer I sholde you have founde. | weened, supposed |
| š | ššššHe that trusteth in his Strength | š |
| š | ššššShe him deceiveth at the length. | š |
| š | ššš Bothe Strength and Beaut? forsaketh me,; | š |
| 830 | ššššYet they promised me faire and lovingly. | š |
| š | DISCRECION. Everyman, I will after Strength be gone. | š |
| š | ššššAs for me, I will leve you alone. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Why, Discrecion, will ye forsake me? | š |
| š | DISCRECION. Ye[a], in faith, I will go fro the[e], | š |
| š | ššššFor whan Strength goth before | š |
| š | ššššI folowe after evermore. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Yet, I pray the[e], for the love of the Trinit?, | š |
| š | ššššLoke in my grave ones piteously! | once |
| š | DISCRECION. Nay, so nye will I not come. | š |
| 840 | ššššFarewell, everychone! [Exit Discretion.] | everyone |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. O, all thinge faileth, save God alone - | š |
| š | ššššBeaut?, Strength, and Discrecion; | š |
| š | ššššFor whan Deth bloweth his blast | š |
| š | ššššThey all renne fro me full fast. | š |
| š | FIVE WITTES. Everyman, my leve now of the[e] I take. | š |
| š | ššššI will folowe the other, for here I the[e] forsake. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Alas, than may I waile and wepe! | š |
| š | ššššFor I toke you for my best frende. | š |
| š | ššššFIVE WITTES. I will no lenger the[e] kepe. | guard |
| 850 | ššššNow farewell, and there an ende. [Exit Five Wits.] | š |
| š | ||
| š | EVERYMAN. O Jesu, helpe! All hath forsaken me. | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Nay, Everyman, I will bide with the[e]. | š |
| š | ššššI will not forsake the[e] indede; | š |
| š | ššššThou shalte finde me a good frende at nede. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Gramercy, Good Dedes! Now may I true frendes se. | š |
| š | ššššThey have forsaken me, everychone; | š |
| š | ššššI loved them better than my Good Dedes alone. | š |
| š | ššššKnowlege, will ye forsake me also? | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Ye[a], Everyman, whan ye to Deth shall go; | š |
| 860 | ššššBut not yet, for no maner of daunger. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Gramercy, Knowlege, with all my herte! | š |
| š | KNOWLEGE. Nay, yet I will not from hens departe | š |
| š | ššššTill I se where ye shall be come. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Methinke, alas, that I must be gone | š |
| š | ššššTo make my rekeninge and my dettes paye, | š |
| š | ššššFor I se my time is nye spent awaye. | š |
| š | ššššTake example, all ye that this do here or se, | hear |
| š | ššššHow they that I love[d] best do forsake me | š |
| š | ššššExcepte my Good Dedes, that, bideth truely. | š |
| 870 | GOOD DEDES. All erthly thinges is but vanit?: | š |
| š | ššššBeaut?, Strength, and Discrecion do man forsake, | š |
| š | ššššFolisshe frendes, and kinnesmen, that faire spake - | š |
| š | ššššAll fleeth save Good Dedes, and that am I. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Have mercy on me, God moost mighty, | š |
| š | ššššAnd stande by me, thou moder and maide, Holy Mary! | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Fere not; I will speke for the[e]. | š |
| š | EVERYMAN. Here I crye God mercy! | š |
| š | GOOD DEDES. Shorte our ende, and minisshe our paine; | Shorten/diminish |
| š | ššššLet us go and never come againe. | š |
| 880 | EVERYMAN. Into thy handes, Lorde, my soule I commende. | š |
| š | ššššReceive it, Lorde, that it be not lost. | š |
| š | ššššAs thou me boughtest, so me defende, | redeemed |
| š | ššššAnd save me from the fendes boost, | fiend's |
| š | ššššThat I may appere with that blessyd hoost | š |
| š | ššššThat shall be saved at the day of dome. | š |
| 886 | ššššIn manus tuas, of mightes moost | š |
| 887 | ššššForever, commendo spiritum meum! | š |
| [Everyman and Good Deeds descend into the grave.] | ||
| š | KNOWLEGE. Now hath he suffred that we all shall endure. | that which |
| š | ššššThe Good Dedes shall make all sure. | š |
| 890 | ššššNow hath he made endinge. | š |
| š | ššššMethinketh that I here aungelles singe, | hear |
| š | ššššAnd make grete joy and melody | š |
| š | ššššWhere Everymannes soule received shall be. | š |
| š | THE AUNGELL [above, or within]. Come, excellente electe spouse to Jesu! | bride |
| š | ššššHere-above thou shalte go, | š |
| š | ššššBicause of thy singuler yertue. | š |
| š | ššššNow thy soule is taken thy body fro, | š |
| š | ššššThy rekeninge is crystall clere. | š |
| š | ššššNow shalte thou into the hevenly sp[h]ere, | š |
| 900 | ššššUnto the whiche all ye shall come | š |
| š | ššššThat liveth well before the daye of dome. | š |
| š | ||
| š | šššš[Enter doctor as epilogue.] | learned cleric |
| š | ||
| š | DOCTOUR. This morall men may have in minde. | š |
| š | ššššYe herers, take it of worth, olde and yonge, | prize it highly |
| š | ššššAnd forsake Pride, for he deceiveth you in the ende. | š |
| š | ššššAnd remembre Beaut?, Five Wittes, Strength, and Di[s]crecion, | š |
| š | ššššThey all at the last do every man forsake, | š |
| š | ššššSave his Good Dedes there dothe he take. | Unless |
| š | ššššBut beware; [for], and they be small, | if |
| š | ššššBefore God he hath no helpe at all. | š |
| 910 | ššššNone excuse may be there for every man. | š |
| š | ššššAlas, how shall he do than? | š |
| š | ššššFor, after dethe, amendes may no man make, | š |
| š | ššššFor than mercy and pit? doth him forsake. | š |
| š | ššššIf his rekeninge be not clere whan he doth come, | š |
| 915 | ššššGod will saye: "Ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum!" | š |
| š | ššššAnd he that hath his accounte [w]hole and sounde, | š |
| š | ššššHye in heven he shall be crounde. | š |
| š | ššššUnto whiche place God bringe us all thyder, | š |
| š | ššššThat we may live body and soule togyder. | š |
| 920 | ššššTherto helpe, the Trinit?! | š |
| š | ššššAmen, saye ye, for saint Charite. | holy |
| š | ššššFinis. | š |
| š | ššššThus endeth this morall playe of Everyman. | š |
| š | ššššImprinted at London in Poules | š |
| š | ššššChyrche yarde by me | š |
| š | ššššJohan Skot. | š |
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