Ye seyde, 'the mevyng of the hevene
And the planetys allë seuene
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Longen to me pleynly in al;
And how ther cours celestyal,
I haue yt hol in gouernaunce;
And how that I, at my plesaunce
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Tourne the hevene Round abowte.
'Thanne I axe of yow thys doute: [folio 58b] [[C. & St.]]
Yiff I now made a newë pley, [prose page 27] [[C. & St.]]
ffor to take the sonne away [[C. & St.]]
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Doun fro the heuene a-noon ryht, [[C. & St.]]
That no man of hym hadde a syht [[C. & St.]]
Thys hundryd yer, in no manere, [[C. & St.]]
Nor that hys bryhtë bemys clere
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Ne wer nat seyn: answere here-to,
What maner thyngës myghte ye do?
Or wheroff sholde ye ha socour, [Stowe folio 72a] [[C. & St.]]
To brynge forth outher herbe or flour? [[C. & St.]]
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Or fostre your sedys, blosme, or greyn?
Or with newë grene a-gayn
Clothen the busshes in ther maner [[C. & St.]]
As ye ar wont fro yer to yer, [[C. & St.]]
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By yerly reuolucïouns?
'And touchyng generacïouns,
What power ha ye ouht to do,
Yiff the sonnë wer ago?
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Al sholde faylle, yt ys no nay.
And sythë go ful many a day,
The paynym Arystotyles,
Wrot & expressede douteles,
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That was so noble & prudent,
Preveth ful wel by argument,
By trouth also, & good Reson,
That al [[alle St.]] generacyon [Exemplum]
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Ys susteyned by the sonne. [In 2o de generacione]
Whan the skyës dyrke & donne
Ben devoyded a-way clene,
With hys bemys bryht & shene,
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That on erthe wer no bryhtnesse,
I take your clerk vn-to wytnesse,
