'For vn-to the, nat ne syt [[C. & St.]]
ffor to knowen al my wyt; [Stowe folio 104a] [[C. & St.]]
Thow dyst yt neuere yet dysserue. [[C. & St.]]
Som-what to me I wyll reserue, [[C. & St.]]
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To be mor strong in bataylle, [[C. & St.]]
Lyst thow woldest me assaylle [[C. & St.]]
With thy sotyl sophystrye, [[C. & St.]]
To don to me a vyllonye
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With argumentys off fallaas,
Sout out in som [[Sought out / In somme St.]] maner caas,
By fraude or by decepcyoun
ffor lakkyng off dyscrecyoun.
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'But tel me now A-noon, I preye,
And the Trouthë nat geyn-seye,
Yiff I gaff a purs to the,
Ryght fayr & ryche vp-on to se,
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And wentyst forth with-al A-noon;
And sodeynly, whan thow wer gon,
Par caas thow founde ther-in as blyue
Off gold thre pecys, outher fyve
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Outher .vj., whan thow hast souht,
Tel on, as yt lyth in thy thouht,
Wer yt deceyt or sophystrye,
Or myghtestow off gent(e)rye
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Seyn I hadde deceyved the?
Answere ageyn; tel on! lat se!'
Arystotylles [Aristotle, in the Fr. Prose, rightly, and in Camb. MS.—Aldenham.] Answerde: [[St., The pylgrym C.]]
'Certys,' quod he, 'me lyst nat lye,
Yt were no maner sophystrye,
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But A tookne off gentyllesse; [Stowe folio 104b]
And also (pleynly to expresse,) [folio 86a]
A sygne (as I kan devyse,)
Off honour, love, & gret fraunchyse.' [[C. & St.]]
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Sapyence speketh:
'Certys,' quod she to hym ryht tho, [prose cap lxxxi]
'Thys bred I haue ymadd ryht so,
So sotyl ek, yt ys no doute,
But I ha not shewyd with-oute
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