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¶ Vpon this matere / shortly to conclude,
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Nat yoore a-gon / as I rehersë shall, [Nat] Nought HR.]
I fond to purpos / A similitude
Ful craftily / depeyntid vpon a wall:
Tweyn sitt / in ther estat Roiall, [sitt] sette H, sittyng in estate R.]
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The hardy Leoun / famous in al rewmys, [Leoun . . rewmys] Lyonne . . realmes H, The fierce lyon . . royames R.]
Themperiall Egle / pershyng the sonnë bemys. [pershyng] percynge H, percyng R.]
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¶ These were the dreedful / Roiall Iugis tweyne, [Roialle] om. R.]
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In ther estatë / sittynge I took keepe, [keepe] goode kepe H, kepe R.]
That herde the parties / bi & bi compleyne,
The Hoors, the Goos / & eke the symple Sheepe. [& eke] and eke H, & LR.]
The processe was nat / to profounde nor deepe,
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Off that debat / but cóntryued of a fable: [that] theyr HR.]
Which of them was / to man most profitáble. [was / to man] HR, to man was L.]
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¶ Ech for his partie / proudly gan procede [folio 67b]
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Tenforce hym silf / bi record of scripture [Tenforce] To enforce H.]
In philosophie / as clerkis seen or rede, [In philosophie . . or] By philosophres . . and HR.]
The prerogatives / geven hem bi nature, [The . . goven] This . . gyven H, The . . yeuen R.]
Which of these thre / to euery crëature
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In re publica / availeth most to man. [to] a R.]
For his partie / then first the hors began:
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¶ "To procede breffly, & nat long to tarie, [Equus] The Horse H. long to] HR, om. L.]
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First fro the trowthë / that I do nat erre, [First] HR, om. L. trowthe] R, trowth LH.]
What beste is found / at al so necessárie [at al] in al L, in alle thing R.]
As is the hors / bothë nyh & ferre, [bothe] LR, bothe so II.]
Or so notáble / to man in pees & werre? [in] bothe in H.]
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