'And ther-vpon gaff yow an hete, [[C. & St.]]
Yow to with-stonde & conterplete, [[C. & St.]]
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Touchyng hyr ryht in specyal.
'And thys greueth me most at [[off St.]] al,
That my Maxime ápryved, [[apprevyd St.]]
Ye in dede han yt reprevyd;
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And (to speke in wordys pleyn,)
Neuere in my lyff herde I seyn—
In-no scolys, her nor there,—
But that "on al" (what euere yt were,)
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Mot [[Motte St., Not C.]] be gretter than hys party. [Omne totum maius est sua parte.]
But ye [[y St.]] han makyd wrongfully,
(I wot nat by what [[what St., no C.]] maner scole,)
The part Egal to the hoole,
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With-outen any difference!
Wych I holde a gret offence
Ageyn nature, in verray soth.
And no wonder thogh she be wroth,
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And laboure for Amendëment.
And for thys skyle she hath me sent
To your presence, only to here
What ye wyl seyn in thys matere.'
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Sapyence answerde. [prose cap lxxviii]
A-noon thys lady Sapience. [Stowe folio 102a]
(Whan she hadde herdë [[herd C., herde St.]] in sentence
The wordys of Arystotyles)
She stynte a whyle, & was in pes.
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But at the lastë she abreyde,
And vn-to hym ryht thus she seyde:
'My frend,' quod she, 'I do wel se
Off trowthë that thow lovest me,
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And dost me calle, off herte entere,
"Thyn ounë souereyn lady dere;"
[Camb. MS. reads: Thou louest me, and ther-inne thou hast no thing lost; For therbi is al good bifalle thee. Wel thou shuldest avise thee, if thow woldest, and bithinke thee that tweyne scooles j heeld, &c., p. 45.] In wych thow hast ylost no thyng [folio 84a] [[C. & St.]]
But yfounde ful grete Fortheryng. [[C. & St.]]
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Wherfor thow shuldest, lyke the wyse, [[C. & St.]]
