policy > statecraft, statesmanship
7 Of laws, of judgements, and of decretals;
decretals > decrees
8 All arts, all science, all philosophy, 9 And all that in the world was ay thought wittily.
ay > ever wittily > wisely, intelligently
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Of those that roome was full, and them among
2 There sate a man of ripe and perfect age,
Who did them meditate all his life long,
4 That through continuall practise and vsage,
He now was growne right wise, and wondrous sage.
6 Great pleasure had those stranger knights, to see
His goodly reason, and graue personage,
8 That his disciples both desir'd to bee;
But Alma thence them led to th'hindmost roome of three.
1 Of those that room was full, and them among 2 There sat a man of ripe and perfect age,
perfect > full, mature
3 Who did them meditate all his life long, 4 That through continual practice and usage,