'Consydryd vp-on outher syde,
How som whyle thow wylt abyde,
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And a-nother tyme also,
Thow art in wyl [[wylle St.]] forth for to go;
Now in travaylle, now in reste,
And offte thow thynkest, for the beste,
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Stylle in a placë to soiourne;
And sodeynly thy wyl [[wytte St.]] doth tourne,
ffor to holdë thy passage;
Thy purpos double off vysage,
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Constreynèd by a dyuers lawe,
Now forth, & now yt doth wyth-drawe;
Selde or neuere off O [[oo St.]] thouht;
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The toon wyle, & the [[wylle the St.]] tother nouht."
The pylgrym:
"Ma dame," quod I, "lyk as ye seyn,
fful trewe I ffele yt, in certeyn."
Grace dieu:
Than quod she; "lat nat the greue [Stowe folio 166a]
Vp-on thy wordys; thogh I preue,
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And thogh I make an Argument,
That thow art double in thyn entent,
Alway nat on, [[oon St.]] in certeyne,
But partyd oftë in-to tweyne.
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ffor yt ys knowe, off yore agon,
That two wyllys be nat on, [folio 146a]
Wych be seueryd in o thouht,
And off entent acordë nouht.
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ffor, how myghtë they accorde,
Whan they drawe nat by o [[they nat be/off oo St.]] corde?
Thys knoweth euery maner whyht,
That hath off Resoun any syht."
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The pylgrym:
"Ma dame," quod I/"I yow be-seche,
Clerly [[Clerely St.]] that ye wyl me teche
What that I am; wych seyn that I
Am nat the same that my body.
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What am I thanne? thys wolde I se,
Yiff ye lyst enfourmen me:
Ther wer no thyng to me so leff,
