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[exterioribus oculis] Ther lakketh no thyng. to thyne outter eyen
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That thou nart blynd / for thyng þat we seen alle
That it is stoon / þat men may wel espyen
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 thou shalt it fynde
Syn that thou seest nat with thyne eyen blynde
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It is a shame / that the peple shal
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So scorne thee / and laughe at thy folye
ffor communly / men woot it wel oueral
That myghty god / is in hise heuenes hye
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And thise ymages / wel thou mayst espye
To thee / ne to hem self ne mowen noght profite
ffor in effect they been nat worth a myte
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¶ Thise wordes / and swiche othere seyde she
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And he weex wrooth / and bad men sholde hir lede
Hom til hir house / and in hire hous quod he
Brenne hire / right in a bath of flambes rede
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And as he bad / right so was doon in dede
ffor in a Bath / they gonne hire faste shetten
And nyght and day / greet fyre 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 heete
She sat al coold / and feeled no wo
It made hire / nat a drope for to sweete
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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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