"As knowe her-off A trewë preff."
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Grace dieu:
Quod gracë dieu: 'yt semeth wel,
Thow hast nat lernyd euerydel
Thyngys nouther hih nor lowe,
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Syth thy sylff thow [[om. St.]] kanst nat knowe;
The wych, a-boue al other thyng [Stowe folio 166b]
Ys the bestë [[best St.]] knowelychyng
That man may han in thys [[t hys St.]] lyff here.
'And, yiff thow lyst platly lere,
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To knowe thy sylff ys bet knowyng [Melior est si te ipsum cognoscas, quam si te ignorato [ignorate St.] causas side|rum, vires herbarum.]
Than to be Emperour outher kyng,
Or for to knowen al scyénces,
Practykes, & experyences;
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Or to han al the rychesse
Off thys world (in sothfastnesse),
Or the tresour euerydel,
But syth thow knowest nat ryht wel
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Thy sylff, as thow sholdest knowe,
(Wyth cyrcumstauncys hih & lowe,)
Me semeth (as in myn avys,)
Taxe and lernë, [[To axe and lern St.]] thow art wys. [folio 146b]
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And I shal telle the feythfully
In thys materë, trewëly, [[trewly C., St.]]
What that I fele in myn entent
Shortly, as in sentement:
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'The Body, fyrst, (be nat in doute,)
Off wych [[the which St.]] I spak closyd wyth-owte,
Whan yt ys fro thë segregat,
Dysseueryd & separat,
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Thanne off the, (I dar wel seyn
And afferme yt in certeyn
Off god thow art the portrature,
Thymage [[The ymage St.]] also, and ffygure;
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And [[And nat St.]] off nouht (yiff thow kanst se)
He ffourmede & he madë the,
(That lord [[Lorde St.]] ffyrst, in thy creaunce,)
To hys ownë résemblaunce
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And ymage, wych off lyknesse
Most dygne, & worthy off noblesse, [Stowe folio 167a]
