kept with hys vesaile from wyndes [vessel . from wynde most A.] contrary,
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Where-in he maad daily hys passage;
Thys philosophre with princes list not [the prince . list nat to A.] tary,
Ne in theire [Not in his A.] presence to vttyr noo langage.
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¶ A-twene theis tweyn a gret comparison:
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kyng alysaunder, he conquerryd all;
Dyogenes lay in a small dongeon, [tonne A.]
In sondre wedyrs which [Like s. w. A.] turnyd as ball;
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Fortune to Alisaunder gaf a sodayne fall;
The philosophre despised hys coignage,
he thowght vertu was more imperiall,
Than hys aquayntance with all [his grete riches . for al A.] hys prowd langage.
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¶ Antonye and poule despised all richesse [folio 83b]
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lyuyd in desert of wilfull pouert;
Cesar and pompey of martiall wodnesse,
By theyr enuyose compassyd cruelte,
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Twene germany and affrik was gret enmyte;
Noo comperison twene good grayne and forage;
Prayse euery thyng like to hys degre,
And like þe audience, so vttyr þi langage.
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¶ I founde a liknesse depict vpon a wall,
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Armyd in vertues, as I walkyd vp and downe,
The hede of thre, full solempne and roiall,
Intellectus, memórye, and resoune;
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with eyne [yen A.] and erys of clere discrecion,
Mowth and tongge avoydyng all [to-avoyde al A.] outrage,
A-gayne the vice of fals detraccion,
To do no surfett in word ne in [in A, om. C.] langage;
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