123. ferdenesse. 124. nothynge. 125. contraryoustie. 130. law. 131. arne. 133. maye. 134. lyueng. 135. payn. 136. be; read by. parte reasonfully. 137. sey. thentent. 139. thende. thorowe. 141. sleight; read sleigh. 142. I insert he. 143. ymagination. boke. 144. Supply am. ferre. 145. let. 146-8. catch. 147. purpose. 148. thentre. 150. lorde sende. 152. stanch. 157. meditations. 158. I supply I.
160. vnshyt. bring. 161. whose spirite. wel; read wol. 163. Nowe. profite. 165. hert. 166. frenship. I supply in. peerle. 170. with; read wyte. 172. habitation. 173. I supply in. 174. be; read by. 176. nowe. enform the. 178-9. boke (thrice).
CHAPTER II.
'Now,' quod Love, 'trewly thy wordes I have wel understonde.
Certes, me thinketh hem right good; and me
wondreth why thou so lightly passest in the lawe.'
'Sothly,' quod I, 'my wit is leude, and I am right blynd, and
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that mater depe. How shulde I than have waded? Lightly
might I have drenched, and spilte ther my-selfe.'