That he hadde don in that place,
And that hys hertë was so set
To worshepë A Marmoset,
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Wych to helpë, (fer nor ner,)
Hath no puissaunce nor power. [Stowe folio 340b]
Wher-off (with-outë mor respyt,)
The Cherl in herte hadde gret despyt,
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And felly gan a-geyn abrayde,
And vn-to me ryht thus he sayde: [Tib folio 67b]
The Vyleyne: [[St., veleyne Tib., . . yleyn C., in margin.]]
'How darstow [[darste thow Tib.]] me her repreue,
Or thyn hertë so to greue,
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To sen me don swych óbseruaunce
With al myn hoolë affyaunce,
To thys ydólës set on stages,
Syth pylgrymes, in ther [[ther om. Tib.]] passáges
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Honowre and worshepe, euerychon,
Ymages off tymber and off ston;
And crystene peple, ful nyh alle,
On ther knes to-forn hem falle;
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And, whan al to-gydre ys souht,
They may helpë yow ryht nowht,
Nor done to yow noon ávauntage,
No mor than her, may myn ymage.'
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¶ The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"That thow woldest her conclude,
Thy resouns ar [[C., St. they are, Tib., St. The 6-syllable line is good.]] but rude.
ffor, sothly, we nothyng laboure
The ymáges to honoure,
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Stook nor ston, nor that men peyntes;
But we honoure the holy seyntes
Off whom they beryn the lyknesse,
In our myndë, to enpresse,
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By clerë [[clere St., cler C., cleer Tib.]] demonstracïouns, [folio 272a]
Ther martyrdam, ther passïouns,
Ther holy lyff, ther [[and ther Tib.]] myracles
Wych ben to vs but [[but St., but as C.]] spectacles,
And as merours, that represente
Ther trewe menyng and ther [[ther om. St.]] entente,
Ther gretë labour and vyctórye;
