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 _May, wifedome bewrayeth, then Sardanapaltis, yet hatha fmacke of his fenfuall delightes and beafilineffe, the ae be thefe: F oe rT: Ve f.

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gy» I the good Erle of Deuonfhire, go And Maulde my wyfe, thatwas full deare, ~

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so: Wee lyued together lv. yeare, :

9- That wee fpent, wee had 3

0: That wee gaue,weehaue: ' 39 - That weeleft, wecloft. ~° L:

Algrim, the name of afhepheard.’ Mens of the Lay, Lay metn.~ Enaunver, leat that. ;, . c Sasenaunce, remembraunce, Mifcreaunce , difpaire or mifbeliefe. . ,

_ Chenifaunce, fometime of Chaucer vied for gaine:fomnetie of other for fpoyle, ar bow. tic, or enterprife, and fometime for chiefedome. *

Pan himfelfe, God, according as isfaydin Deuteronomie, thatin diuifion of theland - of (anaan, to the tribe of Lewse, no portion of heritage fhould beeallotted, for God himfelf - was theirinhericaunce. : :

» Some gan, mencof the pope,and.his Antichriftian prelates,which vfurp a tyrahniealfdo~ minion in the Church, and with Peters counterfaic keycs,open a wide gate to all wickednes and.anfolent gouernment. Nought here fpoken, as of purpofeto denie fatherly rule and gouernaunce (as fome malitioufly of late haue done tothe great vnreft. and hinderaunee’ of the Church) but todifplay the pride and diforder of fuch, asin ftecde of feeding their’ theepe, in decdefeede of their fhcepe.

Semfe, welfpring andoriginall, - _ _ Borrnve, pledge orfuerti¢,

The Giaunte, isthe great Atlas, whom the reets faynetobe ahuge Giaune, that beareth Heaucnon his fhoulde es. being in deete a meraaylous high-mountaine in Mautitania, - that now-is Barbarie, which to mans {eeming perceth the cloudes,and feemeth to toucht the heauens, Other. think,and they aot amiffethac this fable was ment of one Adis Kine of the fame countrey, (who as the Greekes {ay } did _firft finde out the hidden courfes of the f{tarres, by an excellentimagination, wherefore the poets fayned, that lite fultayned the firmamenton his fhoulders:Many other conie@ures needeleffe be tolde hereof. ©

Warke, worke... F 'Excheafon , caufe, occafion. ~. Deareborow, thatis our Sauiour, the-common pledge ot allmens debts todeath.

Wyeenblame, —-—« ACouszht feemeth, is vnfeemely, Conreck, ftrife.contention. ““Y

Her, their,as vfeth Chaucer... ~ Han, for haue. Sam, together.

This tale is muchliketo.hatin Aefops fables, but the Cataftraphe and end is farre .dif-

ftians. By his damme Chrift, thathath alreadie with carefull watch- words (as here doth rhe pore) warned hér little ones, to beware of fuch doubling deceit. By the Foxe,the falfeand aithleffe Pariftes,to whom iso credit'to bé given, nor fellowfhip to be'vied. The gate, the Gere: Northernly {poken,torurne OintoA. —_ Yode, went, aforefayd. Shee (et, A figure called Fié#io, which v(c th to attribute reafonable ations, and {peaches to.vnreafonable creatures.

forth, when Inftfull heare beginneth to kindle. Andwith, avery Roéticall B those c ‘_ Orphane,a youngiing or pupill, tharne ch d tutor or gonemours” ' ' ‘That worde, a patheticall pareuthefis,to encreafe a.carefull Hyperbaton.. - “3 je braunch, of the fathers body, is the childe,

' "Sie ocaslos, fic sllems vty fic ova ferebat, A thrilling shrob, apearcing Gthe. Liggen, lye.

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