But swych a merveyllous dyner
Ne was neuere a-forn yseyn,
Nor neuere (that I herdë seyn,)
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Ne was no swych mutacyon,
Nor off so wonderful Renoun.
But whan I hadde be-holden al, [prose cap xxxviii]
I tornede me A-noon with-al
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To-ward that lady dame Resoun,
Makynge to hyr thys questyoun:
The pylgrym: [[St. (leaf 63) adds 'Asked']]
'Ma dame,' quod I, 'I yow preye
That ye to me lyst to seye:
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What semeth yow, telle on pleynly.'
Resoun koude nat answere.
'Certys,' quod she, 'that wyl not I, [[St. & C.]]
ffor ther-of I kan no thyng; [folio 51b] [[St. & C.]]
Yt passeth myn vnderstandyng, [[St. & C.]]
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My wyt also, & ek my mynde. [[St. & C.]]
To sen, myn Eyen ben to blynde; [[St. & C.]]
I se no mor ther-off then thow; [[St. & C.]]
And I am so astonyd now,
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Mor than euere I was a-fore, [[St. & C.]]
Syth tymë that I was bore.
ffor yiff that she (I dar wel say)
Hadde ymakyd off an Ay [[de ouo C. & [Stowe folio 63a] ]]
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A bryd with ffethres for the flyht,
Or that she haddë, thorgh hyr myght,
Off a lytel barly greyn
Makyd an Er large & pleyn,
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Thys ylkede [[For 'thys ylke'?]] Ornede Moyses,
I wolde han be stylle & in pes,
And ther-off han take noon heed.
But [s]he [[he C. & St.]] hath mad Rauwh fflessh of bred,
Wherof I am falle in rage. [Stowe folio 63b]
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And also of that beuerage,
That [s]he [[he C. & St.]] hath tornyd wyn to blood,
My sylff beholdyng, ther I stood,
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Ageyn the custom of nature.
And trew[ë]ly, I the ensure,
That I shal no lenger dwelle,
