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¶ Here entreth Welth, and Helth Г…Вїynging togethera balet of two partes, and after Г…ВїpeakethWelth.Why is there no curteГ…Вїy, now I am comeI tcowe that all the people be dumeOr els Г…Вїo god helpe me and halydumThey were almost a fleepe.No wordes I harde, nor yet no talkingNo inГ…Вїtrument went nor ballattes Г…ВїyngingWhat ayles you all thus to Г…Вїyt dreaming 10Of whom take ye care?Of my coming ye may be gladTherefore I pray you be nof Г…ВїadFor all your deГ…Вїyre Г…Вїhall be hadI can amende your cheareBy God I thinke ye haue forgotten meI am welth of this realme looke upon meFor I am to euery man louing and freendlyFor welth hath no pere.Helth. Brother welth haue ye not yet doone? 20ye prayГ…Вїe your Г…Вїelfe aboue the mooneEuery man may perceyue therby Г…ВїooneThat you lacke diГ…ВїcreГ…ВїyonWeith. Wherfore, by god I cannot Г…Вїay to muchIam Г…Вїo welthy of Г…ВїubГ…Вїtaunce and rychIn all the worlde where is one Г…ВїuchAs I am ofcompariГ…Вїon.Helth. Welth is good I cannot denayYet prayГ…Вїe your Г…Вїelfe Г…Вїo muche ye mayFor welth oftentimes doth decay 30And welth is nothing Г…Вїure.Welth. Welth hath ben euer in this countreyAnd here I purpoГ…Вїe Г…Вїtyll for to beFor this is the lande moГ…Вїt mete for meAnd here I wyll endure.Health Therin ye Г…Вїpeake full louingleFor in this realme welth Г…Вїhould beyeth no diГ…ВїpleaГ…Вїure I pray you hartelyBut in the way of communicacion.And for paГ…Вїtyme I would Г…Вїpeake Г…Вїome wayes 40Of no compariГ…Вїon, nor to you no dyГ…Вїpayre,I doo not intende that maner alwayes,But for a recreation,Wealth Brother what Г…Вїoeuer ye Г…Вїay to me.I wyll heare you pacientlyI am content and I thanke you hartelyBegyn and Г…Вїay your pleaГ…ВїureHealth I thanke you hartely then wyll ISome what unto my purpoГ…Вїe applyThough welth be praiГ…Вїed marualufly 50Yet to myne underГ…Вїtanding.Welth is mutable, and that iu Г…ВїhameAnd welth is hauty and proude of nameWelth is cruell, and in great blameFor welth ts euer wauerynge.Wealth. To whom haue I doone any harme can ye Г…Вїay,Ye Г…Вїtander me nowe, yet I truГ…Вїt I mayAunГ…Вїwere for my Г…Вїelte in euery maner wayYe wyl not deny that?Health God forbyd but ye Г…Вїhould do Г…Вїo 60And ye may doo it whether I wyl or noInlykewiГ…Вїe, I muГ…Вїt anГ…Вїwer you alГ…ВїoWhen ye Г…Вїay not true.Though I be but to you a poore manyet helth I height, the Г…Вїame I amThat is deГ…Вїyred vniuerГ…Вїally thanSome calles me as good as youWelth. As I, mary ther in deede ye do compare.Such wordes myght brynge you Г…Вїoone in careLewde parГ…Вїon, thouart not ware 70Of what Г…ВїubГ…Вїtaunce I amHealth. Yes I can tell what you are, be not dyГ…ВїpleaГ…Вїedwelth is of great Г…ВїubГ…Вїtaunce, that cannot be denyedyet Г…Вїhew your comodities, and ye Г…Вїhalbe anГ…ВїwerrdI promyГ…Вїe you wellh is fugitiue.wealth What Г…ВїayГ…Вїt thou, am I a fagetyueI was neuer Г…Вїo taken vp in my lyfeNor called vnГ…Вїure, well I wyll make no Г…Вїtryfeyet where as thou doГ…Вїt Г…Вїay,Thai I Г…Вїhould Г…Вїhow my commodityes alwayes 80The beГ…Вїt for my Г…Вїelfe wherof I aГ…Вїke prayГ…Вїeyf I Г…Вїhoulde Г…Вїtand her all my lyfe dayesyet I coulde not Г…Вїay....