. Confessio amantis . melodie Whan every man with other if ther were fuche one nowWhiche couth harpe as he tho ded lor* He might availe in many a ftede Hie narrat exemplumde concordia et imi-tate inter hominesprovocanda. Etdicit,qualiter quidam Ari-on nuper cithariftaex fui cantus cithare-que confona melodiatante virtutis extite-rat, ut ipfe non fo-lum virum cum viro,fed etiam leonem cumcerva,lupumcum ag-no, canem cum leporeipfum audientes un-animiter abfque ulladifcordia ad in vicempacificavit. 4o CONFESSIO AMANTIS. wjs To make pees where nowe is whan men thenken to debateI n


. Confessio amantis . melodie Whan every man with other if ther were fuche one nowWhiche couth harpe as he tho ded lor* He might availe in many a ftede Hie narrat exemplumde concordia et imi-tate inter hominesprovocanda. Etdicit,qualiter quidam Ari-on nuper cithariftaex fui cantus cithare-que confona melodiatante virtutis extite-rat, ut ipfe non fo-lum virum cum viro,fed etiam leonem cumcerva,lupumcum ag-no, canem cum leporeipfum audientes un-animiter abfque ulladifcordia ad in vicempacificavit. 4o CONFESSIO AMANTIS. wjs To make pees where nowe is whan men thenken to debateI not what other thinge is good,But wher that wifdom waxeth woodAnd refon torneth into rage, *s° So that mefure upon oultrage Hath fet this worlde, it is to drede,For that bringeth in the comun dredeWhiche ftant at every mannes whan the fharpnefle of the fpore toss The horfe fide fmit to fore It greveth ofte. And now no moreAs for to fpeke of this matere, *m Which none but only god may ftere. Explicit CONFESSIO AMANTIS. Incipit Liber Primus, Naturatus amor nature legibus orbem Subdit et unanimes concitat ejfe enim mundi princeps amor ejfe videtur. Cuius eget dives pauper et omnis in a gone pares amor et fortunaque^ cecas Plebis ad infidias vertit uterque a?nor egra falus, vexata quies, pius error^ Bellica pax, vulnus dulce^fuave malum. MAY nought ftrecche up to the hevenMin hondne fetten al in evenThis world, whiche ever isin balaunce, [faunceIt ftant nought in my fuffi-5 So great thinges to I mote lette it over paffeAnd treaten upon other thinges,Forthy the ftile of my writingesFro this day forth I thenke chaungeio And fpeake of thinge is nought fo ftrange,


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