"In gretë [[gret C., St., gvet Tib.]] pereyl thow dost dwelle,
(Off verray soth, And off no Iape,)
Neuere lykly to eskape."
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¶ Sorcerye: [[Tib., St., in margin C.]]
'Al thy seyyng, euerydel,
I wot my-sylff that, wonder wel;
ffor I stonde in swych meschaunce
That I ha [[haue St.]] no répentaunce;
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I am so ffer ybrouht with-Inne, [Tib folio 71a]
And engluyd so with synne, [Stowe folio 342b]
So clevynge vp-on myn errour,
That I truste on no socour;
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ffor thogh I sholdë go to helle,
I wyl nat go ffro that I telle.'
¶ The Pylgryme: [[Tib., om. C., St.]] [folio 274b]
"Declare to me, and haue Ido, [[Tib.]]
Where-off seruith that hand also [[Tib.]]
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whiche thow [[thow St., that Tib.]] holdyst now so ffaste: [[Tib.]]
Thys thyng, expowne to me in hast."
¶ Sorcerye: [[Tib., St., erye in margin C.]]
Quod she to me ageyn [[ageyn, om. Tib.]] a-noon;
'Máthesis, fful yore agon, [[C. & Tib.]]
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Gaff yt to me (by gret outráge,)
And also ek [[C., Tib., eke also St.]] an hool vyságe,
Wych that I haue in my depoos,
Her, with-Inne my paner cloos.
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Yt ys ycallyd 'Physonomye,' [[Tib. transposes these lines.]]
And thys hand 'Cyromancye,' [[Tib. transposes these lines.]]
To telle the dysposicïouns
Off ffolk, and ther condycïouns.'
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¶ The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"Tel on! expowne that thyng to me,
In what wysë that myhte be,
Or that thow and I dysseuere;
ffor, at that scole I was neuere."
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¶ Sorcerye: [[Tib., St., om. C.]]
'Herdystow neuere (off áventure) [Tib folio 71b]
That a man, in scrypture,
Off thys [[That off these Tib.]] phylosofres alle,
How 'Mycrocosme' [[Tib., St., mycocrosme C.]] they hym calle,
