Here begynneth a treatyse of a galau[n]t Treatyse of a galaunt. 1510 Approx. 13 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A13936 STC 24240 ESTC S111419 99846771 99846771 11760

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A13936) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 11760) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1040:11) Here begynneth a treatyse of a galau[n]t Treatyse of a galaunt. Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name. [8] p. In the Flete strete at the [sygne of t]he sonne, by Wynkyn de Worde, [[Enprynte]d at London : [1510?] Doubtfully attributed to John Lydgate. In verse. Caption title. Printer's name and address from colophon; publication date conjectured by STC. Signatures: A⁴. The British Library fragment is in a different setting from the Huntington copy. Cf. "The Library", Sept. 1993, p. 181-2. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Partly in facsimile.

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Here begynneth a treatyſe of a galaūt Ryght as ſmall flodes encreaſe to waters fell So that narowe furrous may not ſuſtayne Ryght ſo pryde vncloſed may not counſell This new wretchednes yt cauſeth vs cōplayn How wo hath wrapped vs in a cruell chayne Our pryde ſheweth it well bothe ferre and nere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here The ſynne that now reygneth to beholde is ruthe Of fraude and dyſceyte grete abhomynacyon But nede conſtrayneth vs now to ſaye the truthe Of pryde and dyſceyte this newe dyſcymulacyon That blyndeth and conſumeth our englyſſhe nacyon Lucyfers progenye amonge vs dooth appere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here Ryght late ſtode our londe in ſuche proſperyte Of chyualry / manhode / and ryche marchaundyſe Thrughe all cryſten realmes ſprange our felycyte Of grete welth and pro weſſe in ſondry wyſe Our ſadnes is chaunged for the newe guyſe we haue exyled our welth I note where Englonde 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 gooth now ryght gaye But alas our ſorowe encreaſeth euery daye And yf ye lyue longe ye ſhall bothe ſe and here That Englonde ſhall wayle that euer it came here For pryde hathe our plente torned 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 the lyuynge that this worlde vſeth ynoughe How nede with ſynne groweth euery where Englonde may wayle that euer it came here For many a veugeaunce as ſcrypture maketh mencyon Path fallen to kyngomes in ſondry wyſe And fynally put the people in dyſtruccyon For theyr obſtynacy / a newe fangle guyſe Alas Englonde that ſomtyme was ſo wyſe Other nacyons refuſe / haſt bought ſo dere That thou may wayle that euer it came here Somtyme we had Fraunce in grete deryſyon For theyr hatefull pryde and lotheſome vnclennes Vſe we not nowe / the ſame in our regyon And haue permuted our welthe for theyr gladnes Lechery of our people is become a mayſtres Our gentylnes / for galantyſe haue we lefte there Englonde may wayle that euer it came here yf ye beholde the galantes progenye vyperius That out of Fraunce be fledde for theyr intoxicacyon Hathe nowe vengeaūce conſumed / that realme gloryus For theyr pryde and ſynfull abhomynacyon That all the worlde may wayle theyr deſolacyon O Fraunce why ne had theſe galauntes byden there Englonde may wayle that euer it came here For in this name galaūt ye may expreſſe Seuen lettres for ſome cauſe in eſpecyall That fygureth ye .vij. deedly ſyn̄es & 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 gaye galaunte by thyn vnthryfty name with gabbynge and gloſynge geteſt that thou haſt Gyle was thy fader and Ialouſye thy dame In gettynge / in Ianglynge thy dayes ben paſt For all thy gloryous goynge / aege gnaweth faſt Thy glaſed lyfe and glotony / be glewed ſo in fere That englonde may wayle that euer it came here Appetytes of auaryce / be to them ſo amerous Ambuſyon and arrogaunce ben of one affynyte Auenture and angre ben aye ſo debatous Feynynge eſtate of counterfet auctoryte Adulacyon of auenture / mayſt thou not auaunt the As a lyer in goodnes in thyn araye dooſt appere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here For all thy loude lechery / thou lepeſt ſo faſt aboute That good loue and lawe ben almooſt lorue Of luſt and lykynge ledeſt thou ſuche a route That laches and lechery haue clennes to torne Thou laboureth to loſe / that thy frendes gate toforne For lewednes and lechery ben ſo ledde in fere Englonge may wayle that euer it came here Abhomynable accydyo 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 hatered haue vs ſo accuſed That dyuerſe aduerſytees ſueth vs yere by yere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here For our waſtynge wretchednes yt hath waded ſo depe In our wanton werynge of clothes to torne To wyldnes and wrathe the world taketh mooſt kepe For in waſtynge & vanyte / men reken not what is lorne For wyfe and for women / for ware the horne That vertuous virgynyte is deed and layde on bere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here The noble courſe of nature nycete hath deuoured For nede / nedeth be ſo it cauſeth our deſolacyon So hathe theſe newe fangles our welthe obſcured That neclygence nouryſſheth neceſſyte to our confuſyon This cauſeth our galauntes by theyr nacyon Neuerthryfte and tryfles / noye euer vs ſo nere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here For trygetours and tryflours that tauernes haunte Haue trouth and temporaunce troden vnder foote Talewes and talkynge and drynkynge ataunte As tyrauntes and tractours / toyllous in moote Tyll they be tryed out is there no boote And tryſed to baratrum / toſſed in fere Englonge ſhall wayle that euer it came here O galaunt vpon galaunt / and o thou galaunt gaye And thou ruſkyn galaunt that pouerte dooth menace For all thy warrocked hoode and thy proude araye And thy parrocked pouche that thou ſo faſt dooſt brace Thou beſyeſt the to counterfet Lucyfets trace Thynke not to longe or thou dwell with hym there Our men with cloutes at theyr breſt lyke a pye Our women haue debated with ſhamefaſtnes And our men with vnclennes yf I ſhall not lye O Englonde thou mayſt wepe with Ieromye Seynge the people thus ledde by the ere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here Our women in theyr parte labour as they may In theyr araye with chere and countynaunce Our men on theyr ſyde make them freſſhe and gay And laboure to purchace womens pleaſaunce Thus betwene bothe groweth moche myſchaunce Eche ſeketh ſynne as it doth appere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here Our galāntes lyue in luſtes as beeſtes Maynteynours of quarelles and vnthryftynes Our ſhameles women with theyr hyghe creeſtes Extorcyon / robbery / and our vngentylnes Prelates neclygēce / lordes rauayn / marchaūtes 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 foly How nede wyll compelle vs by tranſmygracyon with veray wo dryue vs in to Babylonye O Englonde where is nowe thy glorye That ſomtyme ſhone thrughe the worlde ſo clere well mayſt yu wayle that euer this ſorowe came here All people laboure of this newe dyſguyſynge In forgynge theyr fantaſyes to maynteyne pryde He is now wyſeſt that can mooſt of deuyſynge For the curſed enſample that thou ſheweſt here So many barefoote people / and ſo fewe good lyuers Hath noo man ſeen ſyth the worlde began So many ſtyropes and ſo fewe good chyuallers And ſo many braynles that lytell good can Men arayed as women and women as man This cauſeth deth / that all thynge is ſo dere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here So moche rycheſſe in araye and ſo moche nede So many bedes borne and ſo lytell deuocyon So moche faſtynge for hungre and ſo lytell mede So moche paynted worſhyp / and ſo lytell reaſon I trowe no man hath ſeen in this lytell regyon Our ſynne aſketh vengeaunce / I am in grete fere In ſhorte tyme we ſhall wayle that euer it came here How many poyntes were they now a dayes And yet a good poynt amonge them were to ſynde Daggers of vengeaunce redy to make affrayes with longe taters downe to the ars behynde Tryppynge with ſmall ſhākes as lyght as lefe on lynde To make it toughe and freſſhe as it were the newe yere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here So many purfled garmentes furred with no ſequitur with ſo many penyleſſe purſes hath no man ſawe Small gyrdynge in the waaſt wt all theyr other That we go all back warde from hyghe to the lawe ye floryſſhing mede of our welth we haue begō to mawe But we beſeche god amende vs an other yere Or elles we ſhall wayle that euer it came here Our women are dyſpoyled & gyue them to wantonnes Good makynge of man is nowe layde on ſyde This newe araye is brought vp in this londe ſo wyde And yet for all that it may not laſt a yere Englonde may wayle that euer it came here Beholde the rolled hodes 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 capes as nowe be / and 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 abhomynable Theyr typpettes be wrythen lyke to a chayne And they go haltred in them as hors in the ſtable It is a peryllous pronoſtycacyon certayne For ſynfull ſoules ſhall be bounde in payne Hande and fote in perpetuall ſyre 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 gothe 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 Forgete not lyghtly how many ſtraungers Haue entred this kyngdome and kepte the poſſeſſyon Fyue tymes as wryteth olde cronyclers And chaunged our tonges in ſondry dyuyſyon O clergy praye for our Englyſſhe nacyon That god for his mercy of this ſynne make vs clere Elles ſhall we wayle that euer it came here Effectually praye god for his reformacyon Of welte / manhode / and of marchaundyſe And treſory of peas / that cryſte in his paſſyon Lefte bytwene god and man whan he ſholde dye The comynalte in loue / conſerve perſeuerauntlye with tharyte bothe hyghe and lowe to Ioyne in fere In boydynge of ſynne that tourmenteth vs here O Englond remembre thyn olde ſadnes That thou may reſorte agayne to thy gladnes Exyle pryde relyeue to thy goodnes Synne hath conſumed this worldes humanyte Praye god thou may reioyſe thyn olde felycyte And his bleſſyd moder / as this londe is her dowere we haue no cauſe to wayle that euer it came here ¶Finis.

¶Here endeth this treatyſe made of a galaunt. Enprynted at London in the Flete ſtrete at the ſygne of the ſonne / by wynkyn de worde.

wynkyn·de·worde.

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