"ffor they sholde a-vayllë nouht,
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Nor to mankynde do [[C., Tib., be St.]] no good. [folio 265a]
"And Cryst Ihesu, that shadde hys blood,
Only mankynde for to save,
What effectë [[Tib., effect C., St.]] sholdë haue
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Hys peyne or gretë passïoun,
To brynge vs to savacïoun,
Yiff no man myghte don evel [[C., Tib., do well St.]] nor good,
But evene so as the hevene stood?
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Ther wer noon helpë nor socour;
The wych [[whiche Tib.]] wer a gret errour,
A man to leve in any [[C., Tib., such a St.]] wyse
So as thow dost her devyse;
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ffro [[Tib., ffor C., St.]] wych, I pray god me preserue!
"Thow seyst also, men sholde obserue
Houres and constellacïouns
ffor sondry operacïouns;
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The ascendent, consydre and se,
Off a manhys natyvyte,
To ffynde the dysposicïoun
Off A manhys condycïoun,
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To good or evel, [[badd St.]] be kyndely lawe
Off nature, he sholdë drawe;
The wychë (who [[C., Tib., who-so St.]] the trouthe espyes) [Stowe folio 336a]
Ar [[C., Tib., as St.]] but fables, and ful off lyes;
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ffor men ha seyn [[sene St., seyne Tib.]] her-to-fforn,
Two chyldren in O moment born,
The ton ryht good and fortunat,
And the tother infortunat;
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And men ha seyn [[C., Tib., such a St.]] ek at O tyme,
(Bothe at Evyn and at pryme,)
Twey men that a crafft wel konne:
At On hour they ha be-gonne; [Tib folio 64b]
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The ton Off hem ful wel hath wrouht,
And the tother hath [[The tother he hath Tib.]] do ryht nouht.
And tweyne, on hour (who kan espye)
Han bothe had O malladye:
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The ton was mad hol by nature,
The tother myghtë nat endure, [folio 265b] [[C. & St.]]
But hath deyed, in certeyn: [[C. & St.]]
