tendre age of ten yeer to conseyve. This tretis, divided in fyve

parties, wole I shewe thee under ful lighte rewles and naked

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wordes in English; for Latin ne canstow yit but smal, my lyte

sone. But natheles, [suffyse] to thee thise trewe conclusiouns in

English, as wel as suffyseth to thise noble clerkes Grekes thise same

conclusiouns in Greek, and to Arabiens in Arabik, and to Iewes in

Ebrew, and to the Latin folk in Latin; whiche Latin folk han hem

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furst out of othre diverse langages, and writen in hir owne tonge,