"The tooknys outward told hym so,
By Open demonstracïoun. [Stowe folio 344a]
"But ypocras, (off good resoun)
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By vertu only, dyde hys peyne, [folio 276b]
Alle the sygnës to restreyne,
ffor-dyde hys inclynacïoun
Wyth a brydel off resoun;
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And wyth hys fflessh held swych a stryff,
That he was vertuous off lyff.
"The tooknys (who so lyst to se)
Causede noon necessyte;
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ffor, thogh they gaff an ápparence,
They wer fals [[were ffalse Tib.]] in éxistence,
And maden a ful strong lesyng [Tib folio 73b]
To Phylemoun in hys demyng.
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"Wher-for, lernë thys off me;
Lat thy ffantasyës [[ffantesye Tib.]] be,
ffor to bryngë [[brynge Tib., bryng C., St.]] folk in [[in a St.]] rage,
Both off thyn hand and thy vyságe,
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And also ek off thy paner
Wychë [[whiche Tib., St., wych C.]] that thow shewest her.
ffor they be superstycious,
Cursyd, and ryht contagyous;
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And therfor, by the rede off me,
A-noon let cast hem in the Se."
And in thys poynt, good hed I took,
And brak [[brake Tib., St.]] loos oute off hys hook;
And, wyth-outë mor delay,
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Wentë forth vp-on my way,
Tyl at the laste I gan Aproche
ffastë by vn-to A roche.
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And I a-noon (off goode entente)
Ther-vp-on, a-noon I wente.
And to thys rochë large [[longe Tib.]] and squar,
The se kam doun, or I was war,
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And besette me round aboute;
Wher-off I stood in ful gret doute,
And hadde in hertë fful gret wo,
Whan I was besegyd so
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Wyth the floodys sterne and huge,
