'And off the [[the St., om. C.]] planetys allë sevene.
Ther-in, ful myche they sette her lust,
And ther-in was fynally [[fynally was St.]] her trust,
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As they by wrytyng specefye.
'And I ful [[will St.]] gretly ek affye
In the hevenly mocïouns
And in ther reuolucïouns,
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Conceyvynge that, by ther mevyng,
That, alone [[tha alone St.]] the myhty kyng,
Ys no party (fer nor ner)
The mor excludyd fro hys power,
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Nor exempt in no degre
ffrom hys imperyal powste;
But semblably (and thys ys soth)
As a kyng off custom doth,
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Off hys myght and hih renoun [folio 262b]
Graunteth a commyssïoun
ffor a space, or al ther lyves,
To hys provóstys [[provosts St.]] or bayllyves;
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Yet for al that, in no manere
He restreyneth nat hys powere.'
[The Pilgrim:]
"Thyn answere, I conceyve yt wel,
Wych may suffysë neueradel,
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No mor than may a redë [[reade St., red C.]] sper
Suffyse off myght, nor off power
(Who-so the trouthe espyë konne)
To endure to bern [[bere St.]] A tonne. [Stowe folio 334a]
ffor yiff the kyng (shortly to devyse)
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Hadde yove [[have gyve St.]] hys power in swych wyse
To hys provóstys, [[provost C.]] and ek also
To hys baylyvës, [[baylys C., baylyvs St.]] bothë two,
And hadde hem mad ther-off certeyn,
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And myghte yt nat repelle ageyn,
Thanne he were (to our purpos)
Dysbarryd, and from hys power clos.
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"And evene lyk (to our entent)
Off planetys and the fyrmament,
And off sterrys the mocïoun,
Yiff they hadde commyssïoun
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