English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Satire, English -- Early works to 1800
At all ale houses trewely
Ye shall be prayed for hertely
With a Ioyefull wepynge
And the pope darlaye hath graūted in his byll
That euery brother may do what he wyll
Whyle that they be wakynge
And the pardone gyueth you that hath the pose
On your owne sleue to wype your nose
Without rebuke takynge
Also pope nycoll graunteth you all in this texte
The coughe and the colyke the gout and the flyxe
With the holsome tothe ache
Also it is graunted by our bulles of lede B. v. _a._
That whan ony brother is dede
To the chyrche dogges shall cary hym
A ryche pal to ly on yᵉ corse late fro rome is come
Made of an olde payre of blewe medly popley hosone
For yᵉ worshyppe of all yᵉ brethrene
Theyr knylles shall be rōge in yᵉ myddes of tēse hosone B. v. _b._
And theyr masse songe at shoters hill amonge the elmes
With grete deuocyon in dede
And many thynges elles shall be done
The resydewe I wyll reherse soone
For drynke fyrst must I nede
Than Cocke cast a syde his hede
And sawe the stretes all ouer sprede
That to his bote wolde come
Of all craftes there were one or other
I wyll shewe how many or I passe ferther
And reken them one by one
The fyrst was golde smythes and grote clyppers
Multyplyers and clothe thyckers
Called fullers euerychone
There is taylers tauerners and drapers
Potycaryes ale brewers and bakers
Mercers fletchers and sporyers
Boke prynters peynters bowers
Myllers carters and botyll makers
Waxechaundelers clothers and grocers
Wolle men vynteners and flesshemongers
Salters Iowelers and habardashers
Drouers cokes and pulters
Yermongers pybakers and waferers
Fruyters chese mongers and mynstrelles
Talowe chaundelers hostelers and glouers
Owchers skynners and cutlers
Blade smythes fosters and sadelers
Coryers cordwayners and cobelers
Gyrdelers forborers and webbers B. vi. _a._
Quylte makers shermen and armorers
Borlers tapstry workemakers and dyers
Brouderers strayners and carpyte makers
Sponers torners and hatters
Lyne webbers setters with lyne drapers
Roke makers coper smythes and lorymers
Brydel bytters blacke smythes and ferrars
Bokell smythes horse leches and gold beters
Fyners plommers and penters
Bedmakers fedbed makers and wyre drawers
Founders laten workers and broche makers
Pauyers bell makers and brasyers
Pynners nedelers and glasyers
Bokeler makers dyers and lether sellers
Whyte tanners galyors and shethers
Masones male makers and merbelers
Tylers brycke leyers harde hewers
Parys plasterers daubers and lyme borners
Carpenters coupers and ioyners
Pype makers wode mōgers and orgyn makers
Coferers carde makers and caruers
Shyppe wryghtes whele wryghtes and sowers
Harpe makers leches and vpholsterers
Porters fesycyens and corsers
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