The wich ſo long haith occupeid my mynd,
how he shall only find help through the water-lion, the leech, and the flower.
[2008] How that I ſhal no maner ſucour fynd
Bot only throw the wattir lyon, & ſyne
The leich that is withouten medyſyne;
And of the conſell of the flour; wich ayre
[2012] Wonderis lyk that no man can duclar.”
THE WATER-LION MEANS GOD.
“Now, ſir,” quod he, “and I of them al thre,
What thei betakyne ſhal I ſchaw to the,