Example I fynde in holy wryt,
He wyl bere me wytnesse.

[BAD ANGEL _replies, and then_ HUMANKIND _speaks._]

_Humankind._ Whom to folwe wetyn[39] I ne may,
I stonde in stodye and gynne to rave:
I wolde be ryche in gret aray,
And fayn I wolde my sowle save.
As wynde in watyr I wave.
Thou woldyst to the werld I me toke,
And he wolde that I it forsoke,
Now so God me helpe, and the holy boke,
I not[40] wyche I may have.

(2) From _Everyman_.

[EVERYMAN _has just met_ FELLOWSHIP.]

_Felawshyp._ My true frende, shewe to me your mynde,
I wyll not forsake the to thy lyves ende,
In the way of good company.

_Everyman._ That was well spoken and lovyngly.

_Felawshyp._ Syr, I must nedes knowe your hevynesse.
I have pyte to se you in ony dystresse.
If ony have you wronged ye shall revenged be,
Though I on the grounde be slayne for the,
Though that I knowe before that I sholde dye.