Deeds_, where be you?

_Good-Deeds._ Here I lie cold in the ground;
Thy sins hath me sore bound,
That I cannot stir.

_Everyman._ O, _Good-Deeds_, I stand in fear;
I must you pray of counsel,
For help now should come right well.

_Goods-Deeds._ _Everyman_, I have understanding
That ye be summoned account to make
Before _Messias_, of Jerusalem King;
And you do by me[14] that journey what[15] you will I take.

_Everyman._ Therefore I come to you, my moan to make;
I pray you, that ye will go with me.

_Good-Deeds._ I would full fain, but I cannot stand verily.

_Everyman._ Why, is there anything on you fall?

_Good-Deeds._ Yea, sir, I may thank you of all;
If ye had perfectly cheered me,
Your book of account now full ready had be.
Look, the books of your works and deeds eke;
Oh, see how they lie under the feet,
To your soul's heaviness.

_Everyman._ Our Lord _Jesus_, help me!
For one letter here I can not see.

_Good-Deeds._ There is a blind reckoning in time of distress!

_Everyman._ _Good-Deeds_, I pray you, help me in this need,
Or else I am for ever damned indeed;
Therefore help me to make reckoning
Before the redeemer of all thing,
That king is, and was, and ever shall.

_Good-Deeds._ _Everyman_, I am sorry of your fall,
And fain would I help you, and I were able.

_Everyman._ _Good-Deeds_, your counsel I pray you give me.

_Good-Deeds._ That shall I do verily;
Though that on my feet I may not go,
I have a sister, that shall with you also,
Called _Knowledge_, which shall with you abide,
To help you to make that dreadful reckoning.

_Knowledge._ _Everyman_, I will go with thee, and be thy guide,
In thy most need to go by thy side.

_Everyman._ In good condition I am now in every thing,
And am wholly content with this good thing;
Thanked be God my Creator.

_Good-Deeds._ And when he hath brought thee there,
Where thou shalt heal thee of thy smart,
Then go you with your reckoning and your _Good-Deeds_ together
For to make you joyful at heart
Before the blessed Trinity.

_Everyman._ My _Good-Deeds_, gramercy;
I am well content, certainly,
With your words sweet.

_Knowledge._ Now go we together lovingly,
To _Confession_, that cleansing river.

_Everyman._ For joy I weep; I would we were there;
But, I pray you, give me cognition
Where dwelleth that holy man, _Confession_.

_Knowledge._ In the house of salvation:
We shall find him in that place,
That shall us comfort by God's grace.
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