"Shewede the condycïouns,
And outward made ther-on A skyl
Off governaunce towchyng hys wyl,
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Off folkys inclinacïouns,—
Yt ar [[That are Tib.]] but fals fundacïouns,
(Ther-vp-on, who lyst to se,)
To conclude necessyte,
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That yt muste be so off ryht. [folio 276a]
"ffor tooknys, in A manhys [[mannes Tib., mans St.]] syht,
And sygnës (bothe at eve and prime,)
Deceyve and faylle ful offtë tyme,
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To folk that looke with eyen cler.
Ryght as, off A tauerner,
The grenë bussh that hangeth out,
Ys a sygne (yt ys no doute,)
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Outward, folkys for to telle,
That with-Inne ys wyn to sell.
And for al that, (I the ensure)
Yt may falle [[fayle St.]] off áventure, [Tib folio 73a]
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ffor alle the bowes, rekne echon,
That, with-Inne, wyn ys ther noon.
"And Evene (to purpos off thys cas,)
Yt ffyl thus off Ypocras,
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The phylysofre ful famous,
Ryht prudent and vertuous,
Off whom the ffygur and ymáge
And tooknys alle off hys vyságe,
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Wer ybrouht to Phylemoun,
A phylisofre off gret renoun,
ffor to descryue hem by and by,
And to concluden naturelly
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Al the inclynacïouns
And also the condicïouns
Off Ypocras, that was so wys.
"And Philemoun (by short avys)
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Concludede (as in sentement)
That he was incontynent,
And off hys lyvyng vycyous,
And naturely ek lecherous.
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ffor (whan he took good heed ther-to,)
