London chronicle during the reigns of Henry the Seventh and Henry the Eighth

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... to beyt, and bryn to blys. for yow yer gattes yus haue I goon.10 ffelys me grathly euy ylke one, and se y I haue ffleche & bone: grapis me now, ffor so ne hays sprettes none; y' shall ye trow. to gayr yow kene,11 and knaw me clcre, I shall yow schew insampylles sere: bryng now forth vnto me here some of yor meyt, yf yow emonges yow all In lerc haue owght too eytt. CAM IX SOC. H Jacob yu louand lord, y' last shall aye,12 loo here ys meyt, yf yu eytt may, A hony come, ye soth to say, Rochfych yrtill: to eyt y of we wold ye pray wyth full good will. Jhc Now, sens ye haue broght me ys meyt, to make yor trowght stedfast & grett, & for ye shall whan hope forgett,13 & trow In me, w' yow now here yen will I eyt; yt ye shall see. now haue I doon, ye haue seen how, bodely here etyn wyth yow. Now stedfastly luke y' ye trow yett in me efte;14 & takesye remland vnto you y' here his left. For yow thus was I rent & rayst: y9for some of my panys ye tayst, and speke nore whar yor wordes I wayst here that ye lere; & vnto you ye holy goost resave you here.18 bes now trow, and trowys In me; and here I grant in your postey, whom y ye bound bondon shalbc Ryght at your steyne,16 and whom y' ye lowys lowsyd shalbe euer moor In hevyn. Thomas Alas, for sythe and sorow sad! Mornyng makes me masyd & mad; on grownd now may I goo vnglad, both eyn and morne: y' hynd y I my helpe of had his lyff hays lorne. lorne I haue yt luffly lyght y was my master moost of myght, so dulfully as he was dyght was neii no man: such wo was wroght of y' worthy wyght w' wondis wan.I7 wan was his wondis, & wonderus weytt, w'h swapis sore 1s was he swong y1 swett, all nakytt nalyd throwgh handes & feytt, Alas, for pyne! y blyst y' best my balles myght beyt...