'Myn eldest douhter, moste Entere, [[C. & St.]]
Ther I settë, folk [[ffolkys St.]] to lere, [[C. & St.]]
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Wych that callyd ys "Syence," [Nota quod Sci|encia est Filia Sapiencie.] [[C. & St.]]
Sotylle, and off gret excellence; [St., om. C.] [[C. & St.]]
And ther she helde hyr parlementys, [[C. & St.]]
And formede many argumentys, [[C. & St.]]
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As she that was deuoyde off slouthe. [[C. & St.]]
ffor loue off whom (thys the trouthe,) [[C. & St.]]
Thow kam to skole; & for hyr sake
Nyht & day thow dydest wake,
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Tyl, for thyn owne Avauntage
Ye wer coniunat [[coniunctt St.]] by maryage, [Stowe folio 103a]
Wherby I madë the so wys,
That thow be-kam myn aprentys.
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And thanne, off gret affeccyoun,
I madë reuelacïoun
To the, Amongys my werkynges
Off naturys secrë thynges;
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To knowe the clerë fro the derke;
Nat that thy syluen sholdest werke
No thyng that longeth to hyr art,
But that thow sholdest (for thy part)
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The causes knowen by & by,
And ther-on demene [[demen St.]] fynally
The trouthë pleynly, & no more.
'And for that skylë gon ful yore,
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In guerdon of thy gret labour,
I callede the my "paramour."
And syth thow hast, vnder my cure, [prose cap lxxix]
Dwellyd so longë with Nature,
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And seyn so many fayrë thynges,
And so many vnkouth werkynges
With-Inne my scole, of gret fauour,
[Camb. MS. reads: And whan thow and nature thus hauen ben vnder my cure, that han lerned in my scooles bothe faire dedes and faire woordes, thouh ye seyen me nowerre, yit ye shulden forbere me, p. 46.] Thogh thow seye in me Errour, [folio 85a] [[C. & St.]]
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Thow sholdest, off thy Curtesy, [[C. & St.]]
ffor-bere me more pacyently, [[C. & St.]]
Yiff thow lovedest, and wer kynde. [[C. & St.]]
