'That euery party off thys bred
Off vertu, in especyal,
I make as gret as I do al,
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Thogh yt be broke on many a part.
'And tak Exaumple (for al thyn art)
Off A merour, fyrst hool at al:
Thogh yt be brooke on pecys smal,
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In echë part and quantyte
Thow mayst as wel thy facë se [folio 89b] [[C. & St.]]
As toforne, (yiff thou lyst lere) [[C. & St.]]
Whan yt was fyrst hool and entere [[C. & St.]]
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Aristotiles Axeth: [Stowe folio 109a] [[om. C.]]
'Now, [Stowe folio 109b] myne ownë lady dere, [prose cap lxxxvi]
I pray yow, [[yow pray St.]] (towchyng thys matere,)
Wych be so sotyl in konnyng,
Telleth me, touchyng thys thyng,
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Vnderstonde ye "localiter,"
Or ellys "virtualiter?"
Lat thys thyngës ben yset,
To-gydre bounden & yknet;
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In boundys closyd so strongly
That I ther-on may feythfully
Gyve answere, as yt ys skylle,
Or close my mouth, & so be stylle.'
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Sapience Answereth: [[St., om. C.]]
'I vnderstondë nat,' quod she, [prose cap lxxxvii]
"'Localiter," as thow shalt se;
Thys to seynë, with thy grace.
He occupieth ther no place.
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Somme vnderstondë certeynly
That he ys ther vertuously; [.i. virtualiter St., om. C.]
Somme seyn "ymaginatiue,"
And somme "representatiue,"
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On ther oppynyouns, as they dwelle.
And this exaumplys I the telle,
To yive the ful avysëment
How thow mayst, in thyn entent,
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Conceyve, that halst thy sylff so wys,
And to yive the, good avys,
How a cloystre off smal mesure
