The Life and Death of Mr. Badman

Atten. It seems a marvellous thing in mine eyes, that since a lye is the Offspring of the devil, and since a lye brings the soul to the very den of Devils, to wit, the dark dungeon of hell; that men should be so desperately wicked as to accustom themselves to s• horrible a thing.

Atten. It seems a marvellous thing in mine eyes, that since a lye is the Offspring of the devill, and since a lye brings the soul to the very den of Devils, to wit, the dark dungeon of hell; that men should be so desperately wicked as to accustom themselves to s• horrible a thing.

Wise. It seems also marvellous to me, specially when I observe for how little a matter some men will study, contrive, make and tell a lye. You shall have some that will lye it over and over, and that for a penny^* profit. Yea, lye and stand in it, although they know that they lye: yea, you shall have some men that will not stick to tell lye after lye, though themselves get nothing thereby; They will tell lies in their ordinary discourse with their Neighbours, also their News, their Jests, and their Tales must needs be ador•ed with lies; or else they seem to bear no good sound to the ear, nor show much to the fancy of him to whom they are told. But alas, what will these liars do, when, for their lies ⟨p. 17⟩they shall be tumbled down into hell, to that Devil that did beget those lies in their heart, and so be tormented by fire and brimstone, with him, and that for ever and ever, for their lies?

Wise. It seems also marvellous to me, specially when I observe for how little a matter some men will study, contrive, make and tell a lye. You shall have some that will lye it over and over, and that for a peny^*