'Prudeently thy-sylff avyse, [[C. & St.]]
Thynke aforn, & ek beholde, [[C. & St.]]
How that whylom I dyddë holde [[C. & St.]]
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Two scolys off ful gret Renoun; [[C. & St.]]
And bothen (in conclusïoun,)
Wer vnder my gouernaunce.
And the, in konnyng to avaunce,
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I tauhtë many thyngës newe—
Record thy sylff yiff thow be trewe.—
And (to speke in wordys fewe,)
Grete merveillës didë shewe.
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And in on off thys scolys tweyne,
My scoler mostë [[moste St., most C.]] souereyn,
ffyrst of echon (I the ensure,)
Was hyr-sylff, damë Nature.
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'And as thy-sylff ful wel yt knewe,
I tauhte hyr many thyngës newe;
ffyrst, by Crafft off hyr werkynge [Stowe folio 102b]
To make the fresshë flourys sprynge,
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Buddys, greyns, & flourettys,
The flour delys, the violettys,
The rosys also, fresshe off hewe,
And many other craftys newe,
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As men may se (who taketh hede,)
Wych to reherse, yt ys no nede,
I tauhte hyr al, & thyngës mo.
'And in my other scole also,
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Wych, thy sylff lyst to sue,
I tauhtë folkys to argue
Pro & [[and St.]] contra, yong & olde,
And wych wey they sholden holde
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To preven out the sothfastnesse
Off every thyng, fro the falsnesse;
Betwyxen good & evel dyscerne.
[Camb. MS. reads: And to make canoun and lawe, For therfore was thilke scoole ordeyned; And ther was my wise douhter science, p. 46.] And I maade ek (who kan concerne) [folio 84b] [[C. & St.]]
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Lawes off Cyvile and Canon; [[C. & St.]]
And ther, (in myn Entencion) [[C. & St.]]
