Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
ye Reason sir ye speak 〈◊〉 a noble man but yet are ye take/ with a 〈◊〉 of oversight What would ye make me/ stand as a sordan And not speak ane word/ for mine own right I see it well/ that if your lordship might by means possible/ once bring it about yourself should be a ruler/ and I but a cast out A ruler? certes and so I ought to be and a lord also/ though ye say it in scorn A lord? whose lord. Thy lord Nay so moat I the thou liest/ it may no longer be forborn thou camyst but to night/ & mayst hap go to morn For if thou be as haute/ as thou beginnest thou shalt avoid/ much sonar than thou wenuyst As for mine avoidance/ how soon so ever it be It shall not skill/ as for this intent But he that first fleeth/ or forsaketh me He shall have greatest/ occasion to repent It shallbe to his great trouble and torment that he hath lest Reason/ and sued his own folly that thereby is fallen/ to wretched penury But now as touching/ the honour and degree that I am ordained to/ I will thou understand that almighty god/ of his grace and bounty Of the and such/ hath given me the over hand And will that I use/ the as a servant to advise the and reform thee/ when thou gynst to err And to clepe the homeward/ if thou rayll to far And where thou sayest/ thou art so necessary that man without thee/ can have no living as in that point/ we shall not much vary I wot thou art necessary/ to his being But be thou sure/ that is not the very thing That maketh him/ to appear so wondrous and to be in his nature so noble and precious a thing that doth 〈◊〉 far exceed All other perfecc●●s/ and virtuous natural For sensuality/ in very deed Is but a mean/ which causeth him to fall In to much folly/ and maketh him bestial So that there is no difference/ in that at the lest betwixt man/ and an unreasonable best But this other/ cometh of great tenderaunce and spiritual love/ that god oweth to mankind whom he hath create/ to his own semblance and endued/ with a wondrous mind whereby he may well discern and find Suffysant difference/ betwixt good and bad Which is to be left/ and which is to be had Lo this is it/ that doth him dygnyfye and causeth him to be/ reputed so excessent and of all this/ the chief door am I which from heaven in to earth by god am sent Only for that cause/ and final intent That I should this his creature/ demean and guyde For the season that he doth in this world abide Now compare thy virtues/ and mine together and say which is/ the wurthyar of them to
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¶ ye Reason syr ye speke a noble man but yet are ye take / wyth a of ouersyght What wold ye make me / stand as a sordan And not speke ane word / for myne own ryght I se yt well / that yf your lordshyp myght by meanes possyble / onys bryng yt about your selfe shuld be a ruler / and I but a cast owt ¶ A rular? certes and so I owght to be and a lord also / though ye say yt in scorne ¶ A lord? whose lord. Thy lord ¶ Nay so mote I the thou lyest / yt may no lengar be forborne thou camyst but to nyght / & mayst hap go to morne For yf thou be as haute / as thou begynnest thou shalt auoyd / myche sonar than thou wenuyst ¶ As for myne auoydaunce / how sone so euer yt be It shall not skyll / as for thys intent But he that fyrst fleeth / or forsaketh me He shall haue gretest / occasyon to repent It shalbe to hys great trouble and turment that he hath lest Reason / and suyd hys own foly that therby ys fallen / to wreched penury ¶ But now as touchyng / the honour and degre that I am ordeyned to / I wyll thou vnderstand that almyghty god / of hys grace and bountye Of the and suche / hath gyuen me the ouer hand And wyll that I vse / the as a seruand to aduyse the and reforme the / whan thou gynst to erre And to clepe the homward / yf thou rayll to far ¶ And where thou sayst / thou art so necessary that man wythout the / can haue no lyuyng as in that poynt / we shall not myche vary I wote thou art necessary / to hys beyng But be thou sure / that ys not the very thyng That maketh hym / to appere so wonderouse and to be in hys nature so noble and precyouse ¶ a thyng that doth far excede All other perfeccs / and vertuouse naturall For sensualyte / in very dede Is but a meane / whyche causeth hym to fall In to moche foly / and maketh hym besty all So that there ys no dyfference / in that at the lest Bytwyxt man / and an vnresonable best ¶ But this other / cometh of great tenderaūce and spyrytuall loue / that god oweth to mankynde whom he hath create / to hys owne semblaunce and endued / wyth a wonderouse mynde wherby he may well dyscerne and fynde Suffysant dyfference / bytwyxt good and bad Whyche ys to be left / and whyche ys to be had ¶ Lo thys ys yt / that doth hym dygnyfye and causeth hym to be / reputed so excessent and of all thys / the chyef doar am I whyche from heuen in to erth by god am sent Only for that cause / and fynall intent That I shuld thys hys creature / demean and guyd For the season that he doth in thys world abyde ¶ Now compare thy vertues / and myne togeder and say whyche ys / the wurthyar of theym to