By ther charge, as they ar bounde.
'Now haue ye herde [[Stowe]] & ye lyst se
How ye shal vsen allë [[Stowe]] thre,
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The plat, the sharpe, & eke the poynt,
I haue yow told, fro poynt to poynt;
And rehersyd ek also
In divers caas how ye shal do; [prose cap xxviii]
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Somtyme Iugë by vengaunce,
Somme punysshë by penaunce,
Entrete sommë with ffayrnesse,
Somme chastysë with sharpnesse,
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And for that skyle, the swerd, ywys,
Ys y-callyd Versatylis; [[Versatile et variable, Add. Gladius versatilis / Genesis (iii.24), C. & St.]]
Wych ys to seyn, (oute of doute,)
A thyng that men mowe [[may St.]] torne abowte,
Now the platte, (who kan take hede,)
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And [[Stowe]] the sharpe, whan yt ys nede.
'And for thys skyles, off resoun
Yt ys yput in your bandoun,
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Ay to be redy, (as yt ys skyle,)
ffor to tourne yt at your wyl.
Ther-to ye han power & myght,
As the caas wyl suffre off ryht,
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Off verray trouthe & equyte.
'And for that skylë, sothly ye,
That in yow ther be no blame, [Stowe folio 52b]
Therfor ye trewly ber the name
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5Cherubin, fful of scyence
And off dyvynë sapyence,
ffor mysterye that ys ther-In.5 [5_5
Cherubim, plain de science,Et de diuine sapience.Add.]
'ffor yiff ye wer nat Cherubin,
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Thys to seyne, in your werkyng
Yiff ye ne haue nat ful konnyng,
Ye myghte do ful gret outrage, [folio 43a]
Ryght gret harme, & gret damage;
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In stede off the platte & pleyn,
Tournen the sharpë egge in veyn
Correcte a causë grene & newe,
Deme, or ye the trouthë knewe,
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Off hast, with-outë good a-vys,
