'Ther-off han a ful repast,
To staunche hys hunger (for gret nede,)
At the ffulle hym-sylff to ffede.'
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Sapyence axeth:
Quod Sapyence to hym ageyn,
'Than axe I the (no thyng in veyn,)
Yiff thow knowe auht, answere to me,
The inward gret capacyte
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Off an herte, wych ys so smal;
And yiff yt myghte (to reknen al,)
Be fully fed in any wyse;
Or what thyng myghte to yt suffyse
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To appese hys gret delyt,
Or staunche hys gredy appetyt.'
Arystotyles answerd: [Stowe folio 106b]
'Certys,' quod Aristotiles,
'I dar affermë doutëles,
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Ther ys no thyng that I kan se,
That may Gyvë ful sawlë
(Who that wysely kan aduerte,)
ffor to staunche a gredy herte, [Camb. MS. reads: Serteyn, quod he, fulfille it, and saule it, and staunche it, mihte not al the world, thouh al at his wille he hadde it, p. 48.]
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Nat alle the world, yt to fulfyl, [Stowe folio 106b]
Thogh yt were hooly at hys wyl.' [[Stowe]]
Sapience argueth: [[Stowe]]
Thanne her-vp-on / quod Sapience, [[Stowe]]
'Yt behoueth in sentence, [[St. & C.]]
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That the fulfyllyng in substaunce [[St. & C.]]
To the fulle haue suffysaunce; [[St. & C.]]
Or ellys yt mot nedys be [[St. & C.]]
That the wlgar auctoryte, [[St. & C.]]
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Wych for thy party thow hast leyd, [[St. & C.]]
Prevyd by argument & seyd, [[St. & C.]]
In al the world, thow toldest me, [[St. & C.]]
Ther may no placë voydë be; [Non est dare vacuum]
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And yiff that woyde wer any thyng,
Yt sholde folwe, off thy seyyng,
That yt muste fulfylled be;
