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,