'Off thamptë, wych ys doun [i]falle
Among the brotyl sondys alle.
Yiff he, at euery fallyng doun,
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Hadde lost hys myght & hys renoun [Stowe folio 179b]
ffor to recure the hylle a-geyn,
Thanne al hys labour were in weyn;
But, for on [[A St. Nota St., om. C.]] dysconfyture
He wyl nat cessyn to recure
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That he hath lost, (as by hys wyl,)
Tyl he be hihe vp on the hyl.
'And yiff thow clerly vnderstond,
Thy body ys the hyl off sond,
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The wychë, [[whiche St., wych C.]] thorgh hys brotylnesse, [[Brotylnesse St.]]
And powdrys of vnstabylnesse,
Ys redy (off entencïoun,)
Evere to make the fallë doun,
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And to dyrken (off entent,)
The eye off thyn entendëment
To kepe the in the valë lowe. [folio 157b]
'And whan he may espye or knowe
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That thow, in any maner wyse,
Woldest on the hyl aryse,
Wyth sondry [[sondy St.]] reuolucïouns
Off dyuers temptacïouns
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He travayleth (thys, no tale)
Lowe to holde the, in the vale,
Wyth hys sturdy vyolence,
But thow makë résistence
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Be tymës & at primë face
Whan he begynneth to manace.
'And to wythstonde hys fellë [[ffoul St.]] myghte,
At the gynnyng thow must be lyhte,
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Mawgre hym, wyth herte & wyl,
ffor to gete vp on the hyl;
And thy Iourne nat to tarye,
Ther ys no bettre exaumplarye
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Than thamptë (yiff thow tak hede)
Vp-ward the hyl thy sylff to spede.' [Stowe folio 180a]
'Remembre, in thyn entencyoun
The precept off kyng salomoun,
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