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soth_o for_o to_o say_v so_o you_o welfare_n i_o retche_n not_o to_o they_o how_o may_v it_o ever_o red_a be_v or_o ysonge_v the_o plaint_n that_o she_o make_v in_o her_o dystresse_n i_o not_o but_o as_o for_o i_o my_o lytell_a tongue_n if_o i_o dyscryven_v will_v her_o hevynesse_n it_o shall_v make_v her_o sorrow_n seem_v less_o then_o that_o it_o be_v and_o chyldysh_o deface_v her_o high_a complaint_n and_o therefore_o i_o it_o pace_n pandar_n which_o that_o send_v from_o troilus_n be_v unto_o creseyde_n as_o you_o have_v herd_n devyse_v that_o for_o the_o best_a it_o be_v acord_v thus_o and_o he_o full_a glad_a to_o do_v he_o that_o seruyse_n unto_o creseyde_n in_o a_o full_a secret_a wise_n there_o as_o she_o lay_v in_o turment_n and_o in_o rage_n come_v she_o to_o tell_v all_o holy_a his_o massage_n and_o fond_a that_o she_o her_o seluen_n begin_v to_o trete_n full_o petous_o for_o with_o her_o salt_n teere_v her_o breast_n and_o face_n ybathe_v be_v full_a weet_v her_o mighty_a 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all_o worldly_a bliss_n as_o thynk_v i_o the_o end_n of_o bliss_n aye_o sorrow_n it_o occupy_v and_o who_o trow_v not_o that_o it_o so_o be_v let_v he_o upon_o i_o woeful_a wretch_n see_v that_o myself_o hate_v and_o aye_o my_o birth_n curse_n feel_v always_o fro_o wycke_o i_o go_v to_o worse_a who_o some_o see_v he_o see_v sorrow_n all_o atonis_fw-la payne_n turment_n playnte_v woe_n and_o dystresse_n out_o of_o my_o woeful_a body_n harm_n there_o none_o be_v as_o langour_n anguyshe_n cruel_a bitterness_n annoy_n smart_n drede_n fury_n &_o eke_o sycknesse_n i_o trow_v ywys_o from_o heaven_n teere_v rain_n for_o pyte_v of_o my_o aspre_a and_o cruel_a pain_n and_o thou_o my_o sister_n full_a of_o dyscomforte_n quod_fw-la pandarus_n what_o think_v thou_o to_o do_v why_o ne_o have_v thou_o to_o thy_o seluen_n some_o resport_n why_o will_v thou_o thus_o alas_o thyself_o fordo_v leave_v all_o this_o werke_n and_o take_v now_o heed_n to_o that_o i_o shall_v sayne_v &_o harken_v of_o good_a 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be_v full_a well_o ysent_a for_o right_a as_o thou_o may_v deman_n he_o mighty_a of_o go_v y_z t_z go_v on_o his_o foot_n till_o he_o may_v come_fw-mi to_o thilk_o place_n fro_o the_o which_o place_n there_o ne_fw-la lie_v no_o way_n further_o to_o be_v go_v right_n so_o must_v thou_o needs_o deman_n he_o for_o right_a mighty_a which_o that_o get_v and_o attayn_v to_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o that_o be_v to_o desyren_n beyond_o the_o which_o end_n there_o nys_n nothing_o to_o desire_v of_o the_o which_o power_n of_o good_a folk_n man_n may_v conclude_v that_o we_o wicked_a man_n seman_n to_o be_v barren_a and_o naked_a of_o all_o strength_n for_o why_o forletten_v they_o virtue_n &_o folowen_v vice_n ny_n it_o not_o for_o that_o they_o ne_v know_v not_o the_o good_n but_o what_o thing_n be_v more_o feeble_a and_o more_o caytyfe_n then_o be_v the_o blindness_n of_o ignorance_n or_o else_o they_o know_v well_o which_o thing_n they_o oughten_v folowen_v but_o lechery_n and_o covetyse_n overthrow_v hem_n mysturn_v and_o certes_o so_o do_v dystemperaunce_n to_o feeble_a man_n that_o mow_v not_o wrest_v len_v again_o these_o vice_n ne_o know_v they_o not_o well_o that_o they_o forletten_v the_o good_a wylfullye_o and_o tournen_fw-ge hem_o wilful_o to_o vice_n and_o in_o this_o wise_n they_o ne_fw-fr forleten_v not_o only_o to_o be_v mighty_a but_o they_o forleten_v all_o utter_o in_o any_o wise_n for_o to_o ben_fw-mi for_o they_o that_o forleten_v the_o comune_a fine_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v they_o forleten_v also_o therwythall_o for_o to_o ben_fw-mi and_o peraventure_fw-fr it_o shall_v seman_n to_o some_o folk_n that_o this_o be_v a_o marvel_n to_o sayne_v that_o shrew_n which_o that_o conteynen_n the_o more_o part_n of_o man_n ne_o be_v not_o ne_o have_v no_o be_v but_o natheles_o it_o be_v so_o and_o thus_o stante_fw-la this_o thing_n for_o they_o that_o be_v shrew_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o they_o be_v shrew_n but_o i_o deny_v symp_o and_o plain_o that_o they_o ne_o be_v not_o ne_o have_v no_o be_v for_o right_a as_o thou_o may_v fain_v of_o the_o carayne_a of_o a_o man_n that_o it_o be_v a_o deed_n man_n so_o grant_v i_o well_o forsooth_o that_o vicious_a folk_n be_v wicked_a but_o i_o ne_o may_v not_o absolute_o and_o symplye_o grant_v that_o they_o ben_fw-mi for_o thilk_o thing_n that_o with_o hold_v order_fw-fr and_n keep_v nature_n thilk_o thing_n be_v and_o have_v be_v but_o what_o thing_n fail_v that_o that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o that_o forlete_v naturel_fw-fr order_n he_o forlete_v thilk_o be_v that_o be_v set_v in_o his_o nature_n but_o thou_o wolt_fw-ge sayne_n y_fw-fr t_o shrew_n mow_v certes_o that_o ne_o deny_v i_o not_o but_o certes_o her_o power_n ne_o dyscend_v not_o of_o strength_n but_o of_o feebleness_n for_o they_o mow_v do_v wyckednesse_n the_o which_o they_o ne_v may_v not_o if_o they_o myghten_v dwellen_v in_o the_o form_n and_o in_o the_o do_v of_o good_a people_n and_o thilk_o power_n show_v evydent_o y_z t_z they_o mow_v right_a naught_o for_o so_o as_o i_o have_v gadred_a and_o prove_v a_o lytell_a here_o beforn_v that_o evyll_n be_v not_o and_o so_o as_o shrew_n may_v only_o but_o shreudnesse_n this_o conclusion_n be_v all_o clear_a that_o shrew_n ne_o mow_v right_a naught_o ne_o have_v no_o power_n and_o for_o as_o much_o as_o thou_o understand_v which_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o this_o power_n i_o have_v defynysh_v a_o lytel_n here_o before_o that_o no_o thing_n ny_n so_o mighty_a as_o soverayne_a good_a boece_n that_o be_v sooth_n ê™_n i_o p._n and_o thilk_o soverayne_n good_a may_v do_v none_o evell_a boece_n certes_o not_o ê™_n i_o philo._n be_v there_o any_o wight_n they_o ê™_n she_o that_o wen_v that_o man_n mow_v do_v all_o thing_n boe._n no_o man_n ê™_n i_o but_o if_o he_o be_v out_o of_o his_o wit_n phi._n but_o certes_o shrew_n mow_v do_v yvel_n quoth_v she_o boece_n yea_o will_v god_n quoth_v i_o that_o they_o ne_fw-mi myghten_v do_v none_o phi._n then_o quoth_v she_o so_o as_o he_o that_o be_v mighty_a to_o do_v only_o good_a thing_n he_o may_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o they_o that_o be_v mighty_a to_o do_v yvell_n thing_n ne_o mow_v not_o all_o thing_n then_o be_v it_o open_a thing_n and_o manifest_a that_o they_o that_o mow_v do_v yvell_n be_v of_o lass_n power_n and_o yet_o to_o prove_v this_o conclusion_n there_o help_v i_o this_o that_o i_o have_v show_v here_o before_o that_o all_o power_n be_v to_o be_v number_v among_o thing_n that_o man_n oughten_v require_v and_o i_o have_v show_v that_o all_o thing_n that_o oughten_v be_v desire_v be_v refer_v to_o god_n right_n as_o to_o a_o manner_n height_n of_o her_o nature_n but_o for_o to_o mow_v do_v yvell_n and_o felonye_n ne_o may_v not_o be_v refer_v to_o god_n then_o be_v not_o yvell_n of_o the_o nombre_fw-fr of_o thing_n that_o oughten_a to_o be_v desire_v and_o require_v then_o be_v it_o open_a and_o clear_o that_o the_o power_n ne_fw-fr the_o move_a of_o shrew_n ny_n no_o power_n and_o of_o all_o these_o thing_n it_o show_v well_o that_o the_o goâ—d_a folk_n ben_fw-mi certain_o mighty_a and_o the_o shrew_n doubtless_o unmyghty_a and_o it_o be_v clear_a and_o open_a that_o thilk_o sentence_n of_o plato_n be_v very_a &_o sooth_n that_o say_v that_o only_a wyseman_n may_v donâ—_n that_o they_o desyren_n and_o shrew_n mow_v hâ—â—â—ten_o that_o hem_n like_v but_o that_o they_o desyreâ—_n that_o be_v to_o sayne_v to_o come_v to_o soverayne_a good_a they_o ne_o have_v no_o power_n to_o accomplyshe_a that_o for_o shrew_n do_v what_o hem_n lyste_v when_o bâ—_n though_o thing_n in_o which_o they_o delyten_v they_o wenen_fw-la to_o attain_v to_o thilk_o good_a that_o they_o desyren_n but_o they_o ne_v get_v ne_o attain_v not_o thereto_o for_o vice_n ne_fw-mi come_fw-mi not_o to_o blysfulnesse_n quos_fw-la vides_fw-la sedere_fw-la celsos_fw-la solâ—_n culmine_fw-la regis_fw-la purpura_fw-la claros_fw-la intent_n etc._n etc._n who_o so_o that_o the_o coverture_n of_o heâ—_n vain_a apparaylle_n may_v strypen_v of_o these_o proud_a king_n that_o thoâ—_n see_v sytten_v a_o high_a in_o her_o chair_n glytter_a in_o shine_v purpure_a enuyron_v with_o sorrowful_a armure_n manass_v with_o cruel_a mouth_n blow_v by_o woodness_n of_o herte_n he_o shall_v see_v that_o thilk_o lord_n bearen_v within_o her_o courage_n full_a straight_o chain_n for_o letherye_n tourment_v they_o on_o that_o one_o side_n with_o gredye_a venyme_n and_o troublable_a ire_n that_o arayse_v in_o they_o the_o flood_n of_o troublynge_v tourment_v on_o that_o other_o side_n her_o think_v or_o sorrow_n halt_n hem_o weary_a and_o ycaught_a or_o slide_v and_o dysceyve_a hope_n tourment_v they_o and_o therefore_o since_o thou_o see_v one_o heed_n that_o be_v to_o sayne_v one_o tyrant_n bearen_v so_o many_o tyranny_n then_o ne_o do_v thilk_o tyrant_n not_o that_o he_o desire_v since_o he_o be_v cast_v down_o with_o so_o many_o wicked_a lord_n that_o be_v to_o sayne_v so_o many_o vice_n that_o have_v so_o wycked_o lordshyps_n over_o he_o vides_fw-la ne_fw-la igitur_fw-la quando_fw-la in_o ceno_fw-la probra_fw-la voluantur_fw-la que_fw-la probitas_fw-la luce_fw-fr resplendeat_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la perspicuum_fw-la est_fw-la nunquam_fw-la bonis_fw-la premia_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v thou_o not_o they_o in_o how_o great_a fylthe_n these_o shrew_n ben_fw-mi ywrap_v and_o with_o which_o clerenesse_n these_o good_a folk_n shynen_n in_o this_o show_v it_o well_o that_o to_o good_a folk_n ne_fw-la lack_v never_o mo_z her_o mede_n ne_o shrew_n â—â—en_o never_o more_o tourmente_n for_o of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v thilk_o thing_n for_o which_o â—â—y_a thing_n be_v do_v it_o seem_v as_o by_o right_n that_o thilk_o thing_n be_v y_fw-fr e_o meed_n of_o that_o as_o thus_o if_o a_o man_n ren_v in_o the_o stadye_n or_o in_o the_o forlonge_n for_o the_o crown_n then_o lie_v the_o meed_n in_o the_o crown_n for_o which_o he_o ren_v and_o i_o have_v â—hewed_v that_o 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in_o manner_n of_o work_v in_o the_o same_o conclusyon_n as_o to_o know_v in_o our_o oryzonte_n with_o which_o degree_n of_o zodiac_n the_o moon_n arise_v in_o any_o latytude_n and_o the_o arise_v in_o any_o planete_n after_o his_o latytude_n fro_o the_o eclyptyke_a line_n ¶_o the_o fyfte_fw-mi party_n ¶_o the_o fyfthe_a party_n shall_v be_v a_o introductorye_n after_o the_o statute_n of_o our_o doctor_n on_o which_o thou_o may_v learn_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o general_a rule_n of_o theoryke_n in_o astrologye_n in_o which_o fyfthe_a party_n thou_o shall_v find_v table_n of_o equacyon_n of_o house_n after_o the_o latitude_n of_o oxenford_n and_o table_n of_o dignytee_n of_o planette_n and_o other_o notefull_a thing_n if_o god_n vouchsafe_v &_o his_o mother_n the_o maiden_n mo_z than_o i_o behete_n ¶_o the_o ring_v ¶_o thy_o astrolabye_n have_v a_o ring_a to_o putten_n on_o thy_o thumb_n on_o thy_o right_a honde_n in_o take_v of_o the_o height_n of_o thing_n and_o take_v keep_v 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the_o name_n of_o the_o twelve_o sign_n as_o aries_n taurus_n gemini_fw-la cancer_n leo_n virgo_fw-la libra_n scorpio_n sagitarius_n capricornus_fw-la aquary_n and_o piss_v and_o y_z e_z number_n of_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o sign_n ben_fw-mi write_v in_o augrymatiove_n and_o with_o long_o divysious_a from_o fyve_o to_o fyve_o devyde_v from_o the_o time_n that_o y_o e_o sign_n enter_v unto_o the_o last_o end_n but_o understande_v well_o that_o these_o degree_n of_o sign_n be_v everych_a of_o hem_n consydr_v of_o lx_o mynute_n and_o everye_o minute_n of_o lx_o seconde_n &_o so_o forth_o into_o small_a fraction_n infynite_a as_o say_v alcabucius_n and_o therefore_o know_v well_o that_o a_o degree_n of_o the_o bordure_n contain_v four_o mynute_n and_o a_o degree_n of_o a_o sign_n contain_v lx_o mynute_n &_o have_v this_o in_o mind_n ¶_o the_o cercle_fw-la of_o the_o day_n next_o this_o follow_v the_o cercle_fw-la of_o the_o day_n that_o be_v fygure_v in_o manner_n of_o the_o degree_n that_o conteynen_n in_o nombre_fw-fr ccclxv_o divide_v also_o with_o long_a strike_n from_o u_o to_o u_o and_o the_o number_n of_o augrim_n write_v under_o the_o cercle_fw-la ¶_o the_o cercle_fw-la of_o the_o xii_o month_n next_o the_o cercle_fw-la of_o day_n follow_v the_o cercle_fw-la of_o the_o xii_o name_n of_o the_o month_n that_o be_v to_o say_v januarius_n februarius_n marcius_n apryll_o maius_n junius_n julius_n august_n september_n october_n november_n december_n the_o name_n of_o these_o month_n take_v her_o name_n some_o for_o property_n &_o some_o by_o statute_n of_o emperor_n and_o some_o by_o other_o lord_n of_o rome_n eke_o of_o these_o month_n as_o like_v to_o julius_n cesar_n and_o cesar_n augustus_n some_o be_v ycompow_v of_o dyvers_a number_n of_o day_n as_o july_n &_o august_n then_o have_v januarius_n xxxi_o day_n februarius_n xxviij_o marcius_n xxxi_o april_n xxx_o may_v xxxi_o junius_n thirty_o august_n xxxi_o september_n xxx_o october_n xxxi_o november_n xxx_o 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line_n unto_o the_o very_a angle_n be_v clepe_v vmbra_fw-la recta_fw-la or_o else_o umbra_fw-la extensa_fw-la and_o the_o nether_a party_n umbra_fw-la versa_fw-la ¶_o the_o rule_n then_o have_v thou_o a_o broad_a rule_n that_o have_v on_o every_o end_n a_o square_a plate_n part_v with_o certain_a hole_n some_o more_o and_o some_o less_o to_o receyven_v the_o stream_n of_o the_o sun_n by_o day_n and_o eke_o by_o mediation_n of_o thy_o eye_n to_o know_v the_o altytude_n of_o the_o star_n by_o night_n ¶_o the_o pin_n which_o be_v imagine_v to_o be_v pole_n artyke_a and_o the_o horse_n then_o be_v there_o a_o large_a pin_n in_o manner_n of_o a_o exyltre_n that_o go_v through_o the_o hole_n that_o halt_v the_o table_n of_o the_o clymathe_n in_o y_fw-fr
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