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And as I was lokyng on that fourthe wall,
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Of Dyogenes beholdyng the ymage,
Sodeynly Doctryne began me to call,
And bad me turne toward hyr my vysage.
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And so then I dyd with humble corage.
"What thynkest thow," she sayde, "hast thow nat thentent
Yet of these foure wallys—what they represent?
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"The pycture on the fyrst, that standeth at my bake,
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Sheweth the the present Tyme of Pylgremage,
Of whyche before I vnto the spake,
Whyche ys the Tyme of Daungerus Passage.
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The secund, dyrectly ageyn my vysage,
The Tyme expresseth of Deuyacion,
Whyle paynym lawe had the domynacion.
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"The thryd wall, standyng on my lyft hande,
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The Tyme representeth of Reuocacion.
And the fourth, standyng on my ryght hande,
Determyneth the Tyme of Reconsylyacion.
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Thys ys the effect of thy vysion.
Wherfore the nedyth nomore theron to muse—
Hit were but veyn thy wittes to dysvse.
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"But duryng the Tyme of Reconsiliacion
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Thy Tyme of Pylgremage looke well thow spende
And then woll gracious Predestinacion
Bryng the to glory at thy last ende."
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And euyn with that cam to my mynde
My furst conclusion that I was abowte
To haue drevyn, er slepe made me to lowte—
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That ys to sey, howe Sensualyte
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With Reason to acorde myght be brought aboute.
Whyche causyd me to knele downe on my kne
And beseke Doctryne determyne that doute.
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"Oo Lord God!" seyde Doctryne, "canst thow nat with oute
Me that conclusion bryng to an ende?
Ferre ys fro the wytte & ferther good mende."
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