+Health+ ¶ O good lorde helpe me, by your licence my souerain
I am homely to com her in your pres[=e]ce thus diseased
Nede constraineth me, for remedy I wold haue faine
I am [=i]fect both body & soul, I prai you be not displesed
+Remdi+ Why what aile you shew me, yet you I do not know
Glad I am to remedy any man, that is affirmity
I perceiue by your phisnamy, [that] ye ar veri weke feble & low
yet show me your griefe, & I wil help you gladly.
+Health+ Gracio[us] remedi I thank you, yet I am half ashamed 790
to shew you mi maladi & mi name, I was called helth
Therfore I am wel worthi to be punished & blamed
Because I haue not folowed your co[=u]sel, but al thing
may be suffered saue welth.
+Remdy+ Are you helth, this maketh me very pensife and sad
ye t be of good chere, & show how you were infect
To remedy you and succour you I wold be very glad
For god wyl punish the people when they be detelt
+Health+ Syr I thanke god therof for wel worthy I am
My conscience doth iudge, some trouble haue I must 800
A mendes I wyl make to god and if I can
Wil ad wit hath deceiued me in them I put my trust.
+Remdi+ yf thou haue doone amisse, and be sory therfore
Then helfe a mendes is made, for that is contrission
Let that passe, now wil I axe you one thyng more
Wher be welth ad Libertie, be they of good disposicio
+Health+ As for welth is fallen in decay, and neceslitie
By wast & war, thorow ytt wyll, and shrewdwit
And lybertie is kept in duraunce and captiuite
God helpe vs all, and sende vs good remedy for it 810
+Remdi+ For to heare this tale it maketh my hart heauie
yet be of good cofort, god is ful of grace, & I am good
+Health+ ¶ Sir, th[=e] I besech you help vs in the way of charity
+Remdi+ I would fayne but I cannot tel which way to begin
Except I might catch wil & wit, then I trow I could
Tye th[=e] shorter, for they destroy welth, helth & liberty bi sin
yf I had [the] theues, punish th[=e] extremly I wole.
+Health+ You may soone catch them, if ye wil stande a syde
From this place they two, wyl not longe abide.
+Remdi+ Me thinketh I here them com, helpe to holde th[=e] fast 820
will turneth
+Wyll.+ Cum in wit for herc is no body
We may ve bolde and talke largely
Our hartes to eafe ano shew plainly
What we haue doone.
+wytte+ I must nedes laugh I cannot forbeare
To remember warre that knaue wil ye heare
The horson fleming was beshitten for feare
Because he should boyde so soone.
+Wyll.+ Herke now do I meruayle by this bread
For I weae surely uhat hrlth be dead 830
I saw saw him go with a kercher on his head
As he should go at hangyng.
+wytte+ Harke in thine Eare, yf tste horson hap
To complayne to him that weres the red cap
I feare then shortly he wyl us clap
By the heles from our liuingl
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