Source text for this digital edition:
Heywood, John. The play called the foure PP. London, [1544?]. [online] Ann Arbor, MI; Oxford (UK): Text Creation Partnership, 2008-09. [Accessed: 23 December 2016]
Note on this digital edition
This transcription comes Early English Books Online - Text Creation Partnership. It differs in textual corrections (detailed in the appendix) made with reference
to the transcription in the English Drama collection published by Chadwyck-Healey,
and in assigning role identifiers to speakers. This curation has been carried out
by Isabel Balfagón García and Jesús Tronch Pérez.
With the support of research project GVAICO2016-094, funded by Generalitat Valenciana.
¶The playe called the foure PP.
¶A newe and a very mery enterlude of
A palmer.
A pardoner.
A potycary.
A pedler.
Made by Iohn Heewood
Appendix
Textual notes:
The long 's' ('ſ') has been normalized to the modern form. Symbols preceding speech
prefixes (☞, ❧) and the first line of speeches (⚜, ¶) have been removed.
In the following list of corrections, the original text precedes closing square bracket:
But yf ye hadde all • he pardon ] the
And no whyt of pa •• on graunted ] pardon
〈…〉 that hath wandred ſo farre ] and all that
In parte of your sayenges as thys • o ] lo
There is no choyſe to • le my hande ] fle
That women after theyr a • yſynge ] arysynge
Forſoth women haue many 〈◊〉] lettes
And they • e ma • ked in many • ettes ] be masked in many nettes
What euer my breſte be, my voyce is mete▪ ] mete.
I a • ke but two pens at the moſte ] aske
How farre ſo euer he lyſte to • et ] iet
Nay nay my fr •• de that wyll nat be ] frende
To wayt on the 〈◊〉 on you both ] better
All thynge decaye • where is no hedde ] decayed
But to deuyſe ſom • maner thynge ] some
Wherin ye all be 〈◊〉 connynge ] lyke
And in the ſame 〈…〉 do beſte ] who can
The other twayne 〈◊〉 make them preſte ] to
In euery thynge 〈…〉 hys entente ] of
Holly to be at com ••• ndement ] commaundement
And now haue I ••• nde one maſtry ] founde
That ye can do in • yfferently ] dyfferently
And is nother ſell •• nge nor byenge ] sellynge
Syr I wyll n •• ther boſte ne brawll ] neyther
But take ſuche fo •• une as may fall ] fortune
And yf ye wynne • • s mayſtry ] this
I wyll obaye you • uietly ] quietly
And ſure I thyn • that quietneſſe ] thynke
In any man is g ••• t rycheſſe ] great
In any maner co • pany ] company
To rule or be rul • d indifferently. ] ruled
By that boſt • ou ſemeſt a begger in dede ] thou
What can thy qu • etneſſe helpe vs at nede ] quyetnesse
Yf we ſhulde ſta • e thou haſt nat I thynke ] starue
One peny to bye • s one potte of drynke ] vs
Knele downe all •• re and when ye leue kyſſynge ] thre
Who lyſte to off • ſhall haue my blyſſynge ] offer
Thys kyſſe ſ • all brynge vs muche promocyon ] shall
Fogh, by ſaynt ••• your I neuer kyſt a wars ] sauyour
Ye were as goo •• yſſe all hallows ars ] good kysse
One of the ſeuen • epers trode in a torde ] slepers
Here is an ey ••• th of the great Turke ] eye toth
Whoſe eyes be on • s ſette on thys pece of worke ] ones
But nat all tyll h •• e blynde out ryght. ] he be
I haue no deuac • on to Turkes teeth ] deuacion
Thoſe bees that • onge Eue ſhall nat ſtynge me. ] stonge
And as in value I pas you an a •• ] ace
Here lyeth muche • ycheſſe in lytell ſpace ] rychesse
I haue a boxe of r •• arb here ] rebarb
For though the ••• make do it abhor ] stomake
It pourget you 〈◊〉 from the color ] cleue
And maketh you • •• omake ſore to walter ] stomake
That ye ſhall 〈◊〉 come to the halter ] neuer
Then is that ••• ycyn a ſouerayn thynge ] medycyn
To preſerue a m ••• rom hangynge. ] man from
If ye wyll • wprd • out thys crome that ye ſe ] taste but
If euer ye be ha •• ed neuer truſte me ] hanged
Here haue I dia •• mpholicus ] diapompholicus
From 〈◊〉 payne theſe ſhall you deleuer ] all
If ye be ſet in mer • alynge ] merualynge
Shakynge hys eares as • uged as burres ] ruged
To do my b •• e I promyſed by othe ] beste
I was h • dde into the kechyn ] hadde
This in effect he tolde for t • ueth ] trueth
As ten of that whiche your • a •• en •• ones dy •• 〈◊〉] castell stones dyde kepe
Nay knaue yf ye t • yme by nomber ] tryme
Nat only the thynge it ſelfe alloweth i • ] it
But alſo the boldenes therof auoweth i • ] it
• t wolde be ſayd truſte me at a worde ] It
To let them loſe I thynke it beſt • ] beste
And • yns ye lyſte nat to wayte on me ] lyns
That man by that grace 〈◊〉 one apply ] that
• o begynne de • iue where none is pretendyd ] To begynne vertue
Beleuynge the be •• good may be growynge ] beste
And all that hath ſcape • vs here by neglygence ] scapet
〈◊〉 wolde we ſhulde folowe hys counſell. ] Reason