"That thys markys, on pool or rafft,
Kan no thyng medlen off the crafft,
Nor helpe ther-to, (yt ys no ffayl,)
Nor to the craffty men avayl. [Stowe folio 335a]
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"And at tavernys (with-outë wene)
[Tib. A vii. starts again with leaf 63.] Thys tooknys nor thys bowys [[C. Tib. leves St.]] grene,
Thogh they shewë ffressh and ffayre,
The wyn they mende nat, nor apeyre, [folio 264a]
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Nor medle no thyng (thys the ffyn)
Off the sale nor [[more Tib.]] off the wyn,
Nór hath nothyng to govérne,
Off the celer nor taverne:
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By hem ys no thyng do nor let;
They bé ther, but for markys set.
"And semblably, to Our entent,
The sterrys and the ffyrmament,
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Planetys and constellacïouns,
Cerclys, sygnes, nor mansïouns,
Ar (to speke in wordys ffewe)
No-thyng but markys, for to shewe
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Off the workman, and off [[off om. Tib.]] the lord
That made al thyng with A word.
"In erthe, ther ys no taverner,
That couchyd hath in hys celer
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So many wynës red nor whyht,
Nor other drynkës off delyt,
As thys lord hath Beveráges
Off Grace, [[gracys St.]] y-mad ffor sondry ages.
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And off al thys, (who lyst to se,)
The sterrys, no-thyng but toknys be,
That al our goodys, her doun lowe,
Kome fro that lord (who lyst to knowe);
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And alle the gyfftys ek off grace
Descendë from that hevenly place.
"He partyth hys gyfftys dyversly,
And, off hys grace and hys mercy,
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All folkys ha suffysaunce,
Plente ynowh, and hábondaunce;
ffor, off hys grace (as yt ys skyl,)
