"(In the byble ye may se,)
Hym lyst nat Armyd for [[for om. St.]] to be
Whan that he (thus stood the caas,)
Sholdë fyhte with Golyas,
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Swych Armure he hath forsake;
Off whom I wyle exaumple take,
ffor my party, to go lyht,
To ben ay redy to the flyht, [folio 130a]
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Whan that Venus (by bataylle,)
On the weye me wyl [[wylle me St.]] assaylle,
Al thys armure I wyl leue,
Be-causë that they do [[wylle St.]] me greue,
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Off purpos (lyk as ye shal se)
That I may the bettre fle, [Stowe folio 148a]
Lyst I stode in Iupartye
Whan Venus me dyde [[dydde me St.]] espye,
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Wych ys the peryllous hunteresse,
Pylgrymes to putten in dystresse."
Grace dieu
'Yt nedeth her-on no mor to muse,— [prose cap cxxxii]
By cause thow dost thy sylff excuse,—
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How armure doth to thé grevaunce;
ffor he that hath [[hath St., om. C.]] no suffysaunce
Wyth-Inne hym-sylff tendurë peyne,
Off lytel thyng he wyl compleyne,
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And a lytel charge refuse.
'But shortly, yiff thow koudest vse
Thys Armure, yt sholde semë lyht,
And nat lette thé in thy flyht;
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ffor thys armure ys nat heuy
To hertys stronge, that be myghty
To endure, and bydë longe
Vp-on heuy chargys stronge.
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'But thow hast excusyd the,
That thow wylt nat Armyd be,
But go lyht, bothe [[bothe om. St.]] fer & ner,
And therfore thow shalt han A [[a om. St.] Somer [These lines are in Cambridge prose, p. 138.] / [Bahu / St., om. C.]
To karyen-in [inne St.]] thyn harneys al, [These lines are in Cambridge prose, p. 138.]
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Wych in soth shal be but smal,
