fro the pees of thy thought.

But now is tyme that thou drinke and ataste some softe and

delitable thinges; so that, whan they ben entred with-in thee,

it mowe maken wey to strengere drinkes of medicynes. [Com]

now forth therfore the suasioun of swetenesse rethorien, whiche

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that goth only the right wey, whyl she forsaketh nat myne estatuts.

And with Rhetorice com forth Musice, a damisel of our hous,

that singeth now lighter [moedes] or prolaciouns, now hevyer.

What eyleth thee, man? What is it that hath cast thee in-to