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Capitalum VIII	A
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Dame Sapyence taryed a lytell whyle	B
Behynd the other saynge to Dyscrecyon	C
And began on her to laugh and smyle	B
Axynge her how I stode in condycyon	C
Well she sayd in good perfeccyon	C
But best it is that he maryed be	D
For to eschewe all yll censualyte	E
I knowe a lady of meruelous beaute	E
Spronge out of hyghe and noble lynage	F
Replete with vertue and full of bounte	E
Whiche vnto youth were a good maryage	F
For she is comen of royall apparage	F
But herde it wyll be to gete her loue	B
Without youth frayltye do sore reproue	G
I kneled downe than vpon my kne	C
Afore dame Sapyence with humble chere	G
Besechynge her of me to haue pyte	E
And also Dyscrecyon her syster dere	G
Than dame Sapyence came me nere	G
Saynge youth wyll ye haue a wyfe	A
And her to loue durynge her lyfe	A
Ye madame that wolde I fayne	C
Yf that she be both fayre and bryght	E
I wyll her loue euer more certayne	C
And pleas her alway with all my myght	E
Of suche a persone wolde I haue a syght	E
With all my herte now at this houre	G
Wolde to god I had so fayre a floure	G
Than sayd dyscrecyon there is a kynge	F
Dwellynge fer hens in a fayre castell	B
Of whome I oft haue herd grete talkynge	F
Whiche hath a doughter as I you tell	B
I trowe that youth wyll lyke her well	B
She is both good eke fayre and pure	G
As I report me vnto dame Nature	G
But yf that youth sholde her go seke	H
Ye must syster than hym well indue	E
With your grete power so good and meke	H
That he all frayltye may eschue	I
For by the way it wyll oft pursue	J
On hym by flatery and grete temptacyon	C
That shall brynge hym in tribulacyon	C
As for that sayd she he shall not care	G
For he shall theym sone ouercome	K
And of theyr flatery ryght well beware	G
For I to hym shall gyue grete wysedome	K
Theyr dedes to withstande make theym d me	K
Wherfore dere syster as I you pray	G
Unto her lede hym now on the way	G
Loke that ye send me in his necessyte	E
By dame swyftnes full sone a letter	G
By whiche that I may knowe the certaynte	E
That I may come to ayde hym beter	G
So that fraylte to hym be no freter	G
And though I be not alway vysyble	B
With hym my power he hath inuyncyble	B
Than sayd dame Sapyence to dyscrecyon	C
Fare well dere syster I may not tary	G
Loke ye of youth haue the tuycyon	C
That he fall not into vaynglory	G
And that ye puruey for hym shortly	B
That he may wedde the fayre dame clennesse	J
Whiche for her loue haue ben in duresse	J
With that dame Sapyence downe went	E
Into her place that was the doctrynall	B
Of famous clerkes in connynge splendent	E
A myrrour of lernyng that was dyuynall	B
With all the craftes artyfycyall	B
Byfore her dame Fortune went to her mancyon	C
And eke dame hardynes to her habytacyon	C
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Capitulum nonum	K
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Forth than went dyscrecyon and I	L
Out of the castell into a grene	C
Where byrdys sange by grete melody	E
There daunst also the fayre quene	C
Besyde a ryuer named Ephesene	C
Ouer whiche we wente to the other syde	E
That was a medowe both longe and wyde	E
Longe there we wandred tyll at the last	E
We came vnto a ryght grete wyldernes	J
By that tyme Phebus was ouer past	E
Wherfore we walked in grete derkenes	J
The whiche to me was a grete heuynes	J
For Lucyna eke dyd her shrowde	E
Under a blacke and mysty clowde	E
For she was horned and no thynge cleere	G
And entred into the sygne of caprycorne	C
Ryght ferre from phebus fulgent speere	G
And not ayenst hym the crowne had worne	C
I went vp and downe tyll on the morne	C
That phebus his golden reyes dyd sprede	E
Than dyscrecyon ferther forth me lede	E
Amonge thornes sharpe bestes wylde	E
There was the lyon the wolf the bere	G
But I coude mete nother man ne chylde	E
But many serpentes that dyde me fere	G
And by a swete smelle I knewe a pantere	G
So forth I went by longe contynuaunce	J
Tyll that I sawe an herber of pleasaunce	J
To whiche I toke anone my waye	G
Where that I sawe a lady excellent	E
Rydynge on a goote in fresshe arraye	G
Ryght yonge of age lusty of entent	E
Prayenge me to her for to assent	E
As to fulfyll the flesshly pleasure	G
Whiche she desyred me out of mesure	G
Nay sayd dyscrecyon that may not be	E
No sayd I in no maner of wyse	J
To her request I wyll now agree	E
But euermore here foule lust despyse	J
For I my selfe do now aduyse	J
To kepe me chast that I may mary	E
Fayre dame Clennes that noble lady	E
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So forth I went walkynge my iournay	C
Metynge a lady olde and amyable	B
Syttynge in a castell both fressh and gay	G
On an olyphauntes backe in strength so stable	B
Whiche it to bere was good and able	B
Hauynge in her hande a cup of golde	E
Sette with perles ryght many afolde	E
She sayd she was the lady of rychesse	J
The quene of welth and worldely glory	E
Praynge me to company with her noblenesse	J
And she than wolde promote me shortely	B
To innumerable ryches and make me worthy	E
Where I am poore and sette by nought	E
By her to worshyp I sholde be brought	E
Unto her I answered I wolde not so	J
As for to hunt in the parke of pryde	E
The whiche to Clennes is mortall fo	A
But with Dyscrecyon I wyll abyde	E
Whiche doth a wyfe for me prouyde	E
By whome I shall haue the possessyowne	C
Of heuenly kyngdome grete renowne	C
So forth I went and had grete trauayle	B
Without the comfort of ony persons	J
Saue of dyscrecyon whiche dyd me counsayle	B
As she went walkynge with me alone	C
Unto her I made full grete mone	C
And lykened the wyldernes by morall scence	J
Unto worldely trouble by good experyence	J
She sayd the fyrst lady that I dyd mete	E
Iclyped was dame Sensualyte	E
Whiche can well flater with wordes swete	E
Causynge a man to fall into fragylyte	E
And for to haunt the carnall freylte	E
Whiche vnto clennes is abhomynable	B
For they in werke be gretely varyable	B
The seconde was pryde enduyd with couetyse	J
A lady of ryght fruytles medytacyon	C
Delytynge gretly in the synne of auaryce	J
The whiche is cause of her dampnacyon	C
For she by her fals supportacyon	C
Blyndeth many a mannes conscyence	J
And dryueth ryght oft fer in absence	J
So ferther I went tyll at the last	E
I was in a mase goynge in and oute	E
Ther was none other way I was agast	E
But forth I walked in grete doute	E
Now here now there and so rounde aboute	E
Than sayd vnto me dame Dyscrecyon	C
Ye are in the besynes of worldely fastyon	C
There in I trauayled by longe space	J
Tyll that I mette a lady gloryous	J
Indued with vertue and grete grace	J
To whom I sayd o lady precyous	J
As ye seme to be good and vertuous	J
I you beseche now without delaye	G
Unto dame Clennes to teche me the waye	G
I Sapyence now wyll shewe to the	M
The ryght waye vnto fayre clennes	J
And yf thou wylt be ruled by me	E
Thou shalt mary that noble prynces	J
Yes that wyll I sayd than douteles	J
Dyscrecyon sayd she wolde be my suerte	E
Sapyence sayd none better myght be	E
Than sayd dyscrecyon to dame sapyence	J
Welcome to vs my syster dere	E
And I to her dyd humble reuerence	J
Saynge who had went to fynde you here	E
Yes she sayd I haue ben neere	E
You often tymes syth my departynge	F
And haue ben cause of your goode gydynge	F
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Capitulum X	J
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Come on your waye walke on a pace	J
For ye longe for to haue a syght	E
Of dame Clennes so clere a face	J
So goodely of body in beauty bryght	E
That there can not be so fayre a wyght	E
So forth we walked to a ryuer syde	E
That ebbed and flowed at euery tyde	E
Than I saw a castell a pales royall	B
Bylded with marble blacke as the gette	E
With glasse wyndowes as clere as crystall	B
Whiche on the other syde was sette	E
No man to the castell myght gette	E
But ouer the water on a lytell brydge	F
Not halfe so brode as a hous rydge	F
But as I cast myn eye than asyde	E
I saw a lady wounderous fayre	E
Demure of contenaunce without pryde	E
That went her selfe for to repayre	E
By the water syde to take the ayre	E
Beholde and se than sayd dame sapyence	J
Yonder is dame Clennes the sterre of excellence	J
Full glad was I than in my mynde	E
For to se that flour of complacence	J
The syght of her dyd my herte bynde	E
Euer her to loue with percynge influence	J
Unto her I sayd o well of contynence	J
Unto your grace fayne wolde I go	J
Ner lettynge of this water blo	B
To me she answered than agayne	C
Saynge this worlde withouten mys	J
Is but a vanyte no thynge certa	E