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and_o haunt_v the_o company_n of_o wyseman_n and_o not_o of_o the_o scotfree_a ¶_o and_o say_a dispraise_n not_o a_o little_a of_o good_n thin_a ge_n for_o they_o may_v grete_o encresse_n and_o amend_v ¶_o and_o say_v endure_v patient_o without_o take_v vengeauce_n galyen_n be_v one_o of_o the._n viij_o leche_n right_o excellent_a in_o medicine_n which_o be_v al._n viij_o superlatyf_v above_o all_o other_o lechi_v of_o the_o which_o the_o first_o be_v esculapyus_fw-la the_o second_o gorius_n the_o therde_n myrius_n the_o four_o the_o promenide_n the._n v._o platon_n the._n vj._n esculapius_n the_o second_o the._n seven_o ypocras_n the._n viij_o galyen_n which_o have_v none_o like_o to_o he_o he_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o incarnation_n of_o our_o lord_n ij_o c._n year_n and_o he_o compose_v and_o make_v shal_v a_o iiij_o c._n volume_n of_o bookis_n among_o which_o therben_fw-ge viij_o that_o be_v study_v in_o such_o thing_n as_o man_n desire_v to_o learn_v of_o the_o art_n of_o 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