'And thow sholdest haue in mynde, [[C. & St.]]
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And remembren (off good Resoun,) [[C. & St.]]
How onys a myghty champyoun, [[C. & St.]]
That koude the crafft off fyhtyng wel,
Tauhte hys konnyng euerydel
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To a poore man hym besyde, [Stowe folio 103b]
And lyst ther-off no thyng [[no thyng / theroff St.]] to hyde;
And for hys mede he took no thyng,
Off curteysye, for hys konnyng.
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'But affterward, the case stood so
That they sholdë bothë two,—
At Requeste off dukys tweyne,
A certeryn quarll to dareyne,—
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Mete in a feld: & so they mette;
And as they gan vp-on to sette,
Euerych other to assaylle,
He that was wysest in bataylle,
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Off wysdam & dyscrecyoun,—
I mene the maister Champyoun,
That was avysee, & mor wys—
Sayde A-noon to hys prentys,
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"Yt ys no ryht, wher-for I pleyne,
On, to fyhtë ageyns tweyne.
Ye be tweyne, I am but On."
And Thaprentys thanne Anoon,
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As he bakward cast hys look,
The tother Rauhte hym swych a strook
That he fyl ded, & al was done:
And thanne the mayster sayde Anoon,
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"My prentys hath nat lernyd al,
ffor I kepte [[kepe St.]] in especyal
[Camb. MS. reads: It is euele bifalle thee to day, whan thou come ayens me. So j sey thee, So god save thec weenest thou that j haue tauht thee now al my wit and al myn art, p. 46.] A poynt, tyl that I haddë nede." [folio 85b] [[Stowe]]
'And thus, yiff thow kanst taken hede,' [[Stowe]]
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(Quod this Lady Sapience) [[Stowe]]
'I taughte neuere al my Science [[& St.]]
To the, as I rehersë shal. [[& St.]]
What, wenystow to knowen al? [[& St.]]
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