Chapters 6
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1 The Lie - Read by CC 2:47
Go, soul, the body's guest upon a thankless arrant. Fear not to touch the best, the truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, and give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows and shines like rotten wood. Say to the church, it shows what's good and doth no good. If church and court reply, then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live, acting by others' action, not loved unless they give, not strong but by affection. If potentates reply, give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition that manage the estate, their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate. And if they once reply, then give them all the lie. Tell them that, brave at most, they beg for more by spending, who in their greatest cost seek nothing but commending.
And if they make reply, then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it wants devotion, tell love it is but lust, tell time it is but motion, tell flesh it is but dust, and wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, tell honor how it alters, tell beauty how she blasteth, tell favor how it falters, and as they shall reply give every one the lie. Tell wit how much it wrangles in tickle-points of niceness, tell wisdom she entangles herself in overwiseness, and when they do reply straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness, tell skill at its pretension, tell charity of coldness, tell law at its contention, and as they do reply, so give them still the lie.
Tell fortune of her blindness, tell nature of decay, tell friendship of unkindness, tell justice of delay, and if they will reply, then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, but vary by esteeming. Tell schools they want profoundness, and stand too much on seeming. If arts and schools reply, give arts and schools the lie. Tell faith it's fled the city, tell how the country erreth, tell manhood shakes off pity, tell virtue least preferreth, and if they do reply, spare not to give the lie. So when thou hast as I commanded thee, dumb blabbing, although to give the lie deserves no less than stabbing. Stab at thee he that will, no stab the soul can kill.
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2 The Lie - Read by CJRG 3:38
Or by Clarica.
Go, soul, the body's guest, upon a thankless errand. Fear not to touch the best. The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, and give the world the lie. Say to the court it glows and shines like rotten wood. Say to the church, It shows what's good, and doth know good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live, Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong, but by a faction. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition That manage the estate, Their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate, and if they once reply, then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, they beg for more by spending, who, in their greatest cost, seek nothing but commending.
And if they make reply, then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it wants devotion, Tell love it is but lust, tell time it is but motion, tell flesh it is but dust, and wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, tell honour how it alters, tell beauty how she blasteth, tell favour how it vaulters, and as they shall reply, give every one the lie. Tell wit how much it wrangles in tickle-points of niceness. Tell wisdom she entangles herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness, tell skill it is pretension, tell charity of coldness, tell law it is contention, and as they do reply, so give them still the lie.
Tell fortune of her blindness, tell nature of decay, tell friendship of unkindness, tell justice of delay, and if they will reply, then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, but vary by esteeming. Tell schools they want profoundness, and stand too much on seeming. If arts and schools reply, Give arts and schools the lie. Tell faith it's fled the city. Tell how the country erreth. Tell manhood shakes off pity. Tell virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply, spare not to give the lie. So when thou hast, as I commanded thee, done blabbing, although to give the lie deserves no less than stabbing, Stab at thee, he that will. No stab the soul can kill.
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3 The Lie - Read by DB 3:48
Go, soul, the body's guest, upon a thankless arrant. Fear not to touch the best. The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, and give the world the lie.
Say to the court. It glows and shines like rotten wood. Say to the church, It shows what's good, and doth no good. If the church and court reply, Then give them both the lie.
Tell potentates they live, acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong, but by a faction. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.
Tell men of high condition, that manage the estate. Their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate. And if they once reply, then give them all the lie.
Tell them that brave it most, they beg for more by spending, who in their greatest cost seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, then give them all the lie.
Tell zeal it wants devotion. Tell love it is but lust. Tell time it is but motion. Tell flesh it is but dust. And wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie.
Tell age it daily wasteth. Tell honour how it alters. Tell Beauty how she blasteth, tell Favor how it falters, and as they shall reply, give every one the lie.
Tell Wit how much it wrangles in tickle-points of niceness, tell Wisdom she entangles herself in over-wiseness, and when they do reply, straight give them both the lie. Tell Physic of her boldness. Tell skill it is pretension. Tell charity of coldness. Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply, so give them still the lie.
Tell fortune of her blindness. Tell nature of decay. Tell friendship of unkindness. Tell justice of delay. And if they will reply, then give them all the lie.
Tell arts they have no soundness, but vary by esteeming. Tell schools they want profoundness, and stand too much on seeming. If arts and schools reply, give arts and schools the lie. Tell faith it fled the city. Tell how the country erreth. Tell manhood shakes of pity. Tell virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply? Spare not to give the lie.
So when thou hast, as I commanded thee, done blabbing, although to give the lie deserves no less than stabbing, stab at thee he that will, no stab the soul can kill.
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4 The Lie - Read by DEW 4:00
The Lie, by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Go, soul, the body's guest, upon a thankless arrant. Fear not to touch the best, the truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, and give the world the lie.
Say to the court, it glows and shines like rotten wood. Say to the church, it shows what's good and doth know good. If church and court reply, then give them both the lie.
Tell potentates they live, acting by others' action, not loved unless they give, not strong but by affection. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.
Tell men of high condition that manage the estate, their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate, and if they once reply, then give them all the lie.
Tell them that brave it most, they beg for more by spending, who in their greatest cost seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, then give them all the lie.
Tell zeal it wants devotion, tell love it is but lust, tell time it is but motion, tell flesh it is but dust, and wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie.
Tell age it daily wasteth, tell honour how it alters, Tell Beauty how she blasteth, tell Favor how it falters, and as they shall reply, give every one the lie.
Tell Wit how much it wrangles in tickle-points of niceness, tell Wisdom she entangles herself in over-wiseness, and when they do reply, straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness, tell skill it is pretension, tell charity of coldness, tell law it is contention, and as they do reply, so give them still the lie.
Tell fortune of her blindness, tell nature of decay, tell friendship of unkindness, tell justice of delay. And if they will reply, then give them all the lie.
Tell arts they have no soundness, but vary by esteeming. Tell schools they want profoundness, and stand too much unseeming. If arts and schools reply, give arts and schools the lie.
Tell faith it's fled the city, tell how the country erreth. Tell, manhood shakes off pity, tell, virtue least preferreth, and if they do reply, spare not to give the lie.
So when thou hast, as I commanded thee, done babbling, although to give the lie deserves no less than stabbing, stab at thee, he that will. No stab the soul can kill.
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5 The Lie - Read by DH 4:31
The Lie by Sir Walter Raleigh. Read for LibriVox.org by Durant Hare. December 2007, North Carolina. www.duranthaer.com.
Go, soul, the body's guest, upon a thankless arrant. Fear not to touch the best. The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, and give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows and shines like rotten wood. Say to the church, it shows what's good and doth know good. If church and court reply, then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live. Acting by others' action. Not loved unless they give, not strong, but by a faction. If potentates reply, give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition that manage the estate. Their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending, And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie.
Tell zeal it wants devotion, Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion, Tell flesh it is but dust, and wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, tell honor how it alters, tell beauty how she blasteth, tell favor how it falters, and as they shall reply, give every one the lie. Tell wit How much it wrangles, in tickle points of niceness. Tell wisdom she entangles herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness. Tell skill it is pretension. Tell charity of coldness. Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply, so give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, tell nature of decay, tell friendship of unkindness, tell justice of delay.
And if they will reply, then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming. Tell schools they want profoundness, and stand too much on seeming. If arts and schools reply, give arts and schools the lie. Tell faith it's fled the city. Tell how the country erreth. Tell manhood shakes off pity. Tell virtue. Least preferreth, and if they do reply, spare not to give the lie. So when thou hast, as I commanded thee, done blabbing, although to give the lie deserves no less than stabbing, Stabbeth thee he that will. No stab the soul can kill.
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6 The Lie - Read by JCG 3:24
The Lie by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Montréal, November, two thousand and seven. Go, soul, the body's guest, upon a thankless arrant. Fear not, to touch the best, the truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, and give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows, and shines like rotten wood. Say to the church, it shows, what's good, and doth know good. If church and court reply, then give them both the lie. Tell patented they live, acting by others' action, not loved unless they give, not strong, but by affection. If patented reply, give patented the lie. Tell men of high condition that manage the estate. Their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate. And if they once reply, then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most.
They beg for more by spending. Who, in their greatest cost, seek nothing but commanding? And if they make reply, then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it once devotion. Tell love, it is but lust. Tell time, it is but motion. Tell flesh, it is but dust. And wish them not reply, for thou must give the lie. Tell age, it daily wasteth. Tell honor, how it alters. Tell beauty, how she blasteth. Tell favor, how it falters. And as they shall reply, give every one the lie.
Tell wit how much it wrangles in tickled points of niceness. Tell wisdom she entangles herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness. Tell skill it is pretension. Tell charity of coldness. Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply, so give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness. Tell nature of decay, tell friendship of unkindness, tell justice of delay, and if they will reply, then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, but vary by esteeming. Tell schools they want profoundness, and stand too much unseeming. If arts and schools reply, give arts and schools the lie. Tell fate it's fled the city.
Tell how the country erred, Tell manhood shakes off pity, Tell virtue least preferred, And if they do reply, Spur not to give the lie. Commended thee, done blabbing, Although to give the lie Deserve no less than stabbing, Stab at thee, he that will, No stab the soul can kill.