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(72)
¶ Ther lakketh no thyng to thyne outter eyen [exterioribus oculis]
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That thow nart blynd / for thyng þat we seen alle
That is a stoon / that men may wel espien
That ilke stoon / a god thow wolt it calle
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I rede thee / lat thyn hand vp on it falle
And taste it wel / and stoon thow shalt it fynde
Syn that thow seest nat / with thyne eyen blynde
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(73)
¶ It is a shame / that the peple shal
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So scornen thee / and laughe at thy folye
ffor comenly / men woot it wel ouer al
That myghty god / is in hise heuenes hye
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And thise ymages / wel thow mayst espye
To thee / ne to hem self / mowe noght profite
ffor in effect they be nat worth a myte
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¶ Thise / and swiche othere / seyde she
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And he weex wrooth / and bad men sholde hir lede
Hoom til hir hous / and in hir hous quod he
Bren hire / right in a Bath of flambes rede
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And as he bad / right so was doon the dede
ffor in a Bath / they gonne hire faste shetten
And nyght and day / greet fyr they vnder betten
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¶ The longe nyght and eek a day also
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ffor al the fyr / and eek the Bathes hete
She sat al coold / and feeled no wo
It made hir nat o drope for to swete
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But in that Bath / hir lyf she moste lete
ffor he Almachius / with a ful wikke entente
To sleen hire in the Bath / his sonde sente
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