. Confessio amantis. CONFESSIO AMANTIS. Incipit Liber Sextus. Eft gula, que nojirum maculavit prima parentem Ex vetito pomo, quo dolet omnis homoHec agit^ ut corpus anime contraria fpirat, Quo caro fit crajfa, fpirltus atque et exterius fi que virtutis habentur, Potibus ebrietas conviciata fopore labis, que Bachus inebriat hofpes^ Indignata Venus ofcula raro premit. HE grete finne originall,Which every man in gen-eral [venimed,Upon his birth hath en-In paradis it was mif-timed, 5 Whan Adam of thilke appel bote,His fwete morcel was to hote,Which dedly made the
. Confessio amantis. CONFESSIO AMANTIS. Incipit Liber Sextus. Eft gula, que nojirum maculavit prima parentem Ex vetito pomo, quo dolet omnis homoHec agit^ ut corpus anime contraria fpirat, Quo caro fit crajfa, fpirltus atque et exterius fi que virtutis habentur, Potibus ebrietas conviciata fopore labis, que Bachus inebriat hofpes^ Indignata Venus ofcula raro premit. HE grete finne originall,Which every man in gen-eral [venimed,Upon his birth hath en-In paradis it was mif-timed, 5 Whan Adam of thilke appel bote,His fwete morcel was to hote,Which dedly made the in the bokes as I findeThis vice, which fo out of reuleto Hath fet us all, is cleped gule,3 b. Hie in fexto libratra&are intendit deillo capitali vicio,quod gula dicitur,nee non et de eiuf-dem duabus fo-lummodo fpecie-bus, videlicet ebii-etate et delicacia,ex quibus humaneconcupifcencie ob-leclamentum ha-bundancius aug-mentatur. I - 2 CONFESSIO AMANTIS. Of which the braunches ben fo great,That of hem all I wol nought treat,But only as touchend of twoI thenke fpeke and of no mo. * Wherof the firft is dronkefhip,Which bereth the cuppe many a wonder doth this vice,He can make of a wifman niceAnd of a fool, that him fhall feme, 10 That he can all the lawe demeAnd yiven every jugement,Which longeth to the firmamentBoth of the fterre and of the thus he maketh a great clerk fone l* Of him, that is a lewde is no thing, whiche he ne can,While he hath dronkefhip on honde,He knoweth the fee, heknoweththeftronde,He is a noble man of armes, 30 And yet no ftrength is in his he was ftronge inow to-fore,With dronkefhip it is forloreAnd all is cha
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