. Confessio amantis. s dwellinge made deliver. Fei domus coiere. The drie coler with his heteUo By wey of kinde his propre fete Hath in the galle, where he dwelleth,So as the philofophre telleth. Nota de ftomacho, Now over this is for to wite, qui una cum aliis i • r* cordi ipeciaiius de- As it is in pnilique write ** Of liver, of lunge, of galle, of fplen,They all unto the herte benServaunts, and eche in his officeEntendeth to don him fervice,As he, which is chefe lord above. H7° The liver maketh him for to love,The lunge yiveth him wey of fpeche,The galle ferveth to do wreche,The fplen doth
. Confessio amantis. s dwellinge made deliver. Fei domus coiere. The drie coler with his heteUo By wey of kinde his propre fete Hath in the galle, where he dwelleth,So as the philofophre telleth. Nota de ftomacho, Now over this is for to wite, qui una cum aliis i • r* cordi ipeciaiius de- As it is in pnilique write ** Of liver, of lunge, of galle, of fplen,They all unto the herte benServaunts, and eche in his officeEntendeth to don him fervice,As he, which is chefe lord above. H7° The liver maketh him for to love,The lunge yiveth him wey of fpeche,The galle ferveth to do wreche,The fplen doth him to laugh and play,Whan all unclenneffe is away. w Lo, thus hath eche of hem his dedeTo fufteignen hem and time of recreationNature hath in creationThe ftomack for a comun coke * Ordeined fo, as faith the ftomack coke is for the hallAnd boileth mete for hem allTo make hem mighty for to ferveThe herte, that he fhall nought fterve. *8* For as a king in his empireAbove all other is lorde and fire,. LIBER SEPTIMUS. 101 So is the herte principal!, To whom refon in fpeciall Is yove as for the governaunce.*i° And thus nature his purveaunce Hath made for man to liven here. But god, which hath the foule dere, Hath formed it in other wife, That can no man pleinly But as the clerkes us enforme, That lich to god it hath a forme, Through which figure and which likeneife The foule hath many an high noblefle Appropred to his owne kinde.**> But oft her wittes ben made blinde Al onelich of this ilke pointe, That her abiding is conjointe Forth with the body for to dwelle. That one defireth toward helle,Sos That other upward to the heven, So fhall they never ftonde in even, But if the flesih be overcome And that the foule have holy nome The governaunce, and that is felde,*• While that the flesfh him may bewelde. All erthely thing, which god began, Was only made to ferve man, But he the foul all onely made Him felven for to ferve and All other beftes t
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