{"id":1534,"date":"2019-07-05T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/epcc-britlit1\/?post_type=chapter&p=1534"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:04:03","slug":"general-prologue-guildmen-cook-shipman-doctor-of-physik","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/epcc-britlit1\/chapter\/general-prologue-guildmen-cook-shipman-doctor-of-physik\/","title":{"raw":"General Prologue: Guildmen, Cook, Shipman, Doctor of Physik","rendered":"General Prologue: Guildmen, Cook, Shipman, Doctor of Physik"},"content":{"raw":"An HABERDASSHERE and a CARPENTER,\r\nA WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER,\u2013\r\n365<\/span><\/small> And they were clothed alle in o lyveree\r\nOf a solempne and a greet fraternitee.\r\nFul fressh and newe hir geere apiked was;\r\nHir knyves were chaped noght with bras,\r\nBut al with silver; wroght ful clene and weel,\r\n370<\/span><\/small> Hire girdles and hir pouches everydeel.\r\nWel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys\r\nTo sitten in a yeldehalle on a deys.\r\nEverich, for the wisdom that he kan,\r\nWas shaply for to been an alderman.\r\n375<\/span><\/small> For catel hadde they ynogh and rente,\r\nAnd eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente;\r\nAnd elles certeyn, were they to blame.\r\nIt is ful fair to been ycleped \"madame,\"\r\nAnd goon to vigilies al bifore,\r\n380<\/span><\/small> And have a mantel roialliche ybore.\r\n\r\nA COOK they hadde with hem for the nones\r\nTo boille the chiknes with the marybones,\r\nAnd poudre-marchant tart, and galyngale.\r\nWel koude he knowe a draughte of London ale.\r\n385<\/span><\/small> He koude rooste, and sethe, and broille, and frye,\r\nMaken mortreux, and wel bake a pye.\r\nBut greet harm was it, as it thoughte me,\r\nThat on his shyne a mormal hadde he.\r\nFor blankmanger, that made he with the beste.\r\n\r\n390<\/span><\/small> A SHIPMAN was ther, wonynge fer by weste;\r\nFor aught I woot, he was of Dertemouthe.\r\nHe rood upon a rouncy, as he kouthe,\r\nIn a gowne of faldyng to the knee.\r\nA daggere hangynge on a laas hadde he\r\n395<\/span><\/small> Aboute his nekke, under his arm adoun.\r\nThe hoote somer hadde maad his hewe al broun,\r\nAnd certeinly he was a good felawe.\r\nFul many a draughte of wyn had he ydrawe\r\nFro Burdeux-ward, whil that the chapman sleep.\r\n400<\/span><\/small> Of nyce conscience took he no keep.\r\nIf that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond,\r\nBy water he sente hem hoom to every lond.\r\nBut of his craft, to rekene wel his tydes,\r\nHis stremes, and his daungers hym bisides,\r\n405<\/span><\/small> His herberwe and his moone, his lodemenage,\r\nTher nas noon swich from Hulle to Cartage.\r\nHardy he was, and wys to undertake;\r\nWith many a tempest hadde his berd been shake.\r\nHe knew alle the havenes as they were,\r\n410<\/span><\/small> From Gootlond to the Cape of Fynystere,\r\nAnd every cryke in Britaigne and in Spayne.\r\nHis barge ycleped was the Maudelayne.\r\n\r\nWith us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISIK;\r\nIn al this world ne was ther noon hym lik,\r\n415<\/span><\/small> To speke of phisik and of surgerye,\r\nFor he was grounded in astronomye.\r\nHe kepte his pacient a ful greet deel\r\nIn houres, by his magyk natureel.\r\nWel koude he fortunen the ascendent\r\n420<\/span><\/small> Of his ymages for his pacient.\r\nHe knew the cause of everich maladye,\r\nWere it of hoot, or coold, or moyste, or drye,\r\nAnd where they engendred, and of what humour.\r\nHe was a verray parfit praktisour:\r\n425<\/span><\/small> The cause yknowe, and of his harm the roote,\r\nAnon he yaf the sike man his boote.\r\nFul redy hadde he hise apothecaries\r\nTo sende him drogges and his letuaries,\r\nFor ech of hem made oother for to wynne-\r\n430<\/span><\/small> Hir frendshipe nas nat newe to bigynne.\r\nWel knew he the olde Esculapius,\r\nAnd Deyscorides and eek Rufus,\r\nOlde Ypocras, Haly, and Galyen,\r\nSerapioun, Razis, and Avycen,\r\n435<\/span><\/small> Averrois, Damascien, and Constantyn,\r\nBernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn.\r\nOf his diete mesurable was he,\r\nFor it was of no superfluitee,\r\nBut of greet norissyng, and digestible.\r\n440<\/span><\/small> His studie was but litel on the Bible.\r\nIn sangwyn and in pers he clad was al,\r\nLyned with taffata and with sendal;\r\nAnd yet he was but esy of dispence;\r\nHe kepte that he wan in pestilence.\r\n445<\/span><\/small> For gold in phisik is a cordial,\r\nTherfore he lovede gold in special.","rendered":"

An HABERDASSHERE and a CARPENTER,
\nA WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER,\u2013
\n365<\/span><\/small> And they were clothed alle in o lyveree
\nOf a solempne and a greet fraternitee.
\nFul fressh and newe hir geere apiked was;
\nHir knyves were chaped noght with bras,
\nBut al with silver; wroght ful clene and weel,
\n370<\/span><\/small> Hire girdles and hir pouches everydeel.
\nWel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys
\nTo sitten in a yeldehalle on a deys.
\nEverich, for the wisdom that he kan,
\nWas shaply for to been an alderman.
\n375<\/span><\/small> For catel hadde they ynogh and rente,
\nAnd eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente;
\nAnd elles certeyn, were they to blame.
\nIt is ful fair to been ycleped “madame,”
\nAnd goon to vigilies al bifore,
\n380<\/span><\/small> And have a mantel roialliche ybore.<\/p>\n

A COOK they hadde with hem for the nones
\nTo boille the chiknes with the marybones,
\nAnd poudre-marchant tart, and galyngale.
\nWel koude he knowe a draughte of London ale.
\n385<\/span><\/small> He koude rooste, and sethe, and broille, and frye,
\nMaken mortreux, and wel bake a pye.
\nBut greet harm was it, as it thoughte me,
\nThat on his shyne a mormal hadde he.
\nFor blankmanger, that made he with the beste.<\/p>\n

390<\/span><\/small> A SHIPMAN was ther, wonynge fer by weste;
\nFor aught I woot, he was of Dertemouthe.
\nHe rood upon a rouncy, as he kouthe,
\nIn a gowne of faldyng to the knee.
\nA daggere hangynge on a laas hadde he
\n395<\/span><\/small> Aboute his nekke, under his arm adoun.
\nThe hoote somer hadde maad his hewe al broun,
\nAnd certeinly he was a good felawe.
\nFul many a draughte of wyn had he ydrawe
\nFro Burdeux-ward, whil that the chapman sleep.
\n400<\/span><\/small> Of nyce conscience took he no keep.
\nIf that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond,
\nBy water he sente hem hoom to every lond.
\nBut of his craft, to rekene wel his tydes,
\nHis stremes, and his daungers hym bisides,
\n405<\/span><\/small> His herberwe and his moone, his lodemenage,
\nTher nas noon swich from Hulle to Cartage.
\nHardy he was, and wys to undertake;
\nWith many a tempest hadde his berd been shake.
\nHe knew alle the havenes as they were,
\n410<\/span><\/small> From Gootlond to the Cape of Fynystere,
\nAnd every cryke in Britaigne and in Spayne.
\nHis barge ycleped was the Maudelayne.<\/p>\n

With us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISIK;
\nIn al this world ne was ther noon hym lik,
\n415<\/span><\/small> To speke of phisik and of surgerye,
\nFor he was grounded in astronomye.
\nHe kepte his pacient a ful greet deel
\nIn houres, by his magyk natureel.
\nWel koude he fortunen the ascendent
\n420<\/span><\/small> Of his ymages for his pacient.
\nHe knew the cause of everich maladye,
\nWere it of hoot, or coold, or moyste, or drye,
\nAnd where they engendred, and of what humour.
\nHe was a verray parfit praktisour:
\n425<\/span><\/small> The cause yknowe, and of his harm the roote,
\nAnon he yaf the sike man his boote.
\nFul redy hadde he hise apothecaries
\nTo sende him drogges and his letuaries,
\nFor ech of hem made oother for to wynne-
\n430<\/span><\/small> Hir frendshipe nas nat newe to bigynne.
\nWel knew he the olde Esculapius,
\nAnd Deyscorides and eek Rufus,
\nOlde Ypocras, Haly, and Galyen,
\nSerapioun, Razis, and Avycen,
\n435<\/span><\/small> Averrois, Damascien, and Constantyn,
\nBernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn.
\nOf his diete mesurable was he,
\nFor it was of no superfluitee,
\nBut of greet norissyng, and digestible.
\n440<\/span><\/small> His studie was but litel on the Bible.
\nIn sangwyn and in pers he clad was al,
\nLyned with taffata and with sendal;
\nAnd yet he was but esy of dispence;
\nHe kepte that he wan in pestilence.
\n445<\/span><\/small> For gold in phisik is a cordial,
\nTherfore he lovede gold in special.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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