'but they be servants vnto me.
'And also, yf thow lyst to loke,
touchynge myn hand eke with the crooke,
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I will the tell, or I ha do,
in what wyse I cam therto:
thou shalt know[ë] certaynly,
that Symon Magus and Gyosy,
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bothë twayn, in theyr entent,
made ther-of to me present.
but the crooke, by óblacion,
was gyven tó me of Symon.
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'and yf I shall the truthe atame,
the fyrst[ë] letter of his name
is an .s. (who takythe hede,)
of shape y-krokyd in the hed;
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and of his name (be well certeyn)
it is chefe capytall & cheftayn.
thow wost full well thy selfe, ywys,
that every .s. y-crokyd is,
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lyche a crose highe in the top,
lyche the staffe of a byshope,
or of an abot, wher it be,
thow mayst example ther-of se.
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'and of an abbey, in sothnesse,
I am callyd an abbesse.
whiche abbey, by gret vyllenye,
ys [y]callyd symonye.
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and as myn hand her with this hook,
of the .s. his nam[ë] tooke,
ryght so, in conclusïon,
symonye cam of symon.
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'and fyrst thow shalt well vnderstond,
that by falsnes of this hond,
most horryble and odyous,
was brought fyrst in-to christis hous
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the falsë vyce of symonye.
and by his feyned trecherye,
by his sleyhte, and by his gyn,
at the dore he cam not in;
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but at some travas, lych a theffe,
