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Heywood's the Pardoner and the
Frere.

A mery playe betwene the pardoner and the frere the curate and
neybour Pratte.

THE FRERE. Deus hic, the Holy Trynyte,
Preserve all that nowe here be!
Dere bretherne, yf ye wyll consyder
The cause why I am come hyder,

Ye wolde be glad to knowe my intent. 5
For I com not hyther for monye nor for rent,
I com not hyther for meate nor for meale,
But I com hyther for your soules heale,
I com not hyther to poll nor to shave,
I com not hyther to begge nor to crave, 10
I com not hyther to glose nor to flatter,
I com not hyther to bable nor to clatter,
I com not hyther to fable nor to lye,
But I com hyther you[r]e soules to edyfye!
For we freres are bounde the people to teche, 15
The gospell of Chryst openly to preche,
As dyd the appostels, by Chryst theyr mayster sent
To turne the people and make them to repent.
But syth the appostels fro heven wolde not come,
We freres now must occupy theyr rome. 20
We freres are bounde to serche mennes conscyens,
We may not care for grotes nor for pens,

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Publication Information: Book Title: English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes: Specimens of the Pre-Elizabethan Drama. Contributors: Alfred W. Pollard - editor. Publisher: Clarendon Press. Place of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 1927. Page Number: 114.
    
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