Albeytte wythout wommen menne were pheeres To salvage kynde, and wulde botte lyve to slea, Botte wommenne efte the spryghte of peace so cheres, Tochelod yn Angel joie heie Angeles bee; Go, take thee swythyn to thie bedde a wyfe; Bee bante or blessed hie yn proovynge marryage lyfe.

And I to lyve that was her lyves decay? Shall not this hand reache to this hart the knife That maye bereve bothe sight and life away, And in the shadowes darke to seke her ghoste And wander there with her?

"Jesus sayde unto her, I am the resurreccion and lyfe; whosoever beleveth on me, ye, though he were deed, yet shall he lyve.

The erthe mynystrethe to us 2 thynges; our liflode, that comethe of the erthe that wee lyve by, and oure sepulture aftre oure dethe.

In that yle is gret plentee of alle godes for to lyve with, and of alle manere of spices.

My sight deludes me or stout Pembroke lyves.

There shee lyves Lyke to a ritche and pretious Jewell lost, Fownd shyninge on a doonge-hill, yet the gemme No wyse disparadged of his former worthe Nor bated of his glory; out of this fyre Of lust and black temptation sheis [sic] returned Lyke gold repur'd and tryde. Treadway.

To redeeme her Out of this gayle of sinne and leprosye, This mart of all diseases, where shee lyves Still under the comande and Tyrany Of a most base hee-bawde: about which busines Wee have allready traffict. Treadway.

I knowe you ritche besydes In coyne and jewells; heere you lyve despysed, And whats this clime to us of more esteme

whores and bawdes May lyve in every corner of the woorld, We knowe tis full of sinners.

And after many battayles nowe retyrd In peace to lyve a lyff contemplative.

Then with the hazard of my boates and netts To indanger theire owne lyves.

Though theire goodes perishe, Yet in thy mercy, heaven, protect theire lyves.

Then lyve, my deere Scribonia, synce I am only Spar'd to partake with thee newe miseryes.

Lyve you then? Pal.

Unless my judgment quite miscarry, Shee may lyve in som monastery.

Even wee our selfes That lyve and eate by others charity, To others shall not wee bee charitable?

For my sake, syr, do not for one man's error Destroy a woorke of perpetuity, By which your name shall lyve.

I have project for all these, as willingly To lengthen boathe our lyves, and limitt us Tyme to repent his deathe.

Hence from my gate, you syrens com from sea, Or as I lyve I'l washe your painteinges off And with hotte skaldeinge water instantly.

The restored church is not of great interest, but an unnamed tomb within bears these very pertinent lines: AS THOU DOST LYVE, O READER DERE, SO DYD

Every Man, the principal personage of the piece, is an allegorical representation of all mankind; and the purpose of the play is told in this sentence, which introduces it: "Here begynneth a Treatyse how the Hye Fader of Heven sendeth Dethe to somon every creature to come & gyve a count of theyr lyves in this worlde, & is in maner of a Morall Playe.

"Some have too muche, yet still do crave, I little have and seek no more, They are but poore, though muche they have, And I am ryche with lyttle store; They poore, I ryche, they begge, I gyve, They lacke, I leave, they pyne, I lyve.

"My wealthe is healthe and perfect ease, My conscience cleere my chiefe defence, I neither seek by brybes to please, Nor by deceyte to breede offence; Thus do I lyve, thus will I dye, Would all did so as well as I. "FINIS.

By Octobre betokenyth sixty yere That aege hastely dooth man assayle, Yf he have outgh (6) than (7) it dooth appere To lyve quyetly after his travayle.