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thee;
 Thou shalt non harm have, trewely.' 1045
 And with this word bothe he and I
 As nigh the place arryved were
 As men may casten with a spere. (540)
 I nistë how, but in a strete
 He sette me faire on my fete, 1050
 And seyde, 'Walke forth a pas,
 And tak thyn aventure or cas,
 That thou shalt finde in Fames place.'
 'Now,' quod I, 'whyl we han space
 To speke, or that I go fro thee, 1055
 For the love of god, tel me,
 In sooth, that wil I of thee lere,
 If this noise that I here (550)
 Be, as I have herd thee tellen,
 Of folk that doun in erthe dwellen, 1060
 And comth here in the same wyse
 As I thee herde or this devyse;
 And that ther lyves body nis
 In al that hous that yonder is,
 That maketh al this loude fare?' 1065
 'No,' quod he, 'by Seynte Clare,
 And also wis god rede me!
 But o thinge I wil warne thee (560)
 Of the which thou wolt have wonder.
 Lo, to the House of Fame yonder 1070
 Thou wost how cometh every speche,
 Hit nedeth noght thee eft to teche.
 But understond now right wel this;
 Whan any speche y-comen is
 Up to the paleys, anon-right 1075
 Hit wexeth lyk the same wight,
 Which that the word in erthe spak,
 Be hit clothed reed or blak; (570)
 And hath so verray his lyknesse
 That spak the word, that thou wilt gesse 1080
 That hit the same body be,
 Man or woman, he or she.
 And is not this a wonder thing?'
 'Yis,' quod I tho, 'by hevene king!'
 And with this worde, 'Farwel,' quod he, 1085
 'And here I wol abyden thee;
 And god of hevene sende thee grace,
 Som good to lernen in this place.' (580)
 And I of him took leve anoon,
 And gan forth to the paleys goon. 1090

EXPLICIT LIBER SECUNDUS.

511. P. listeth; Th. lysteth; F. Cx. listeneth; B. lystneth. 513. _All_
sely; _read_ selly (Willert). 514. Cx. Th. Scipion; F. P. Cipion; B.
Cypyon. 516. Th. Alcanore. 533. Cx. Th. P. her; F. B. the. 535. F. B. kynge
(_by mistake for_ thing). 536. Cx. Th. P. smyte; F. B. smote. Cx. Th. P.
to; F. B. of. 537. Cx. Th. P. brende; F. beende; B. bende. 543. Cx. Th. P.
at; F. B. in. 545. F. cryinge (!). 548. Cx. P. cam; F. came. 552. P. Cx.
Th. That; F. B. And. F. felynge. 557. Cx. Th. P. agast so (_but read_ so
agast); F. B. _omit_ so. 558. Cx. Th. tho; _which_ F. B. P. _omit_. 566. B.
Th. nas; F. Cx. was. 570. F. that; _the rest_ tho. 573. _All_ seynt. 575.
F. B. _omit_ hit. 592. _All_ made. 603. _All_ do; _read_ done (_gerund_).
618. goddesse _is not in the_ MSS. _The line is obviously too short._ 621.
F. Th. lytel; Cx. lytyl; B. litell; P. litil (_all wrong_); _read_ lyte.
622. Cx. P. bookes songes or ditees; Th. bokes songes and ditees; F. B.
songes dytees bookys. 635. F. B. and in; _rest_ and. 647. F. frerre (_by
mistake_). 650. Cx. Th. dwellen; P. dwelleth; F. B. dwelle. 651. F. ner; B.
nor; Cx. Th. P. ne. 653. F. ymade; B. I-made; Cx. made alle thy; Th. made
al thy; P. I-made alle thy. 658. Cx. P. daswed; F. B. dasewyd; Th. dased.
673. Cx. Th. comen; F. come. 676. F. sothe sawes; Cx. Th. P. sothsawes.
680. Cx. Th. ben; P. been; F. B. _omit_. 682. fare] Cx. Th. P. welfare.
685. Cx. Th. and; _rest om._ 696. F. B. acordes (!). 705. Cx. she; _rest_
he. 711. P. heren; _rest_ here. 715. F. and erthe; _rest omit_ and. 717.
Cx. Th. P. in; F. B. either. 723. or] F. B. or in. 727. Cx. Th. a worthy;
P. a wurthy; F. worthe a; B. worth a; _omit_ a. 739, 740. _I add_ e _in_
wighte, highte. 746. Cx. Th. vp; F. B. P. vpwarde. Cx. Th. P. _transpose_
745, 746. 755. B. it; F. _om._; Cx. Th. P. he. 764. _All_ herke; _see_ l.
725. 766. Cx. Th. spoken; P. poken (!); F. B. yspoken. 773. Cx. Th. P. As;
F. B. Of (_copied from_ l. 772). 780. Cx. Th. P. And ryght so brekyth it;
F. B. _omit this line_. 789. F. Thorwe; B. P. Throw; Cx. Th. Threwe. 794.
F. Th. B. whele sercle (_for 1st_ wheel); Cx. P. _omit the line_. (Sercle
_is a gloss upon_ wheel). 798. F. B. this; _rest_ thus. F. B. _om._ to.
800. Cx. Th. P. Causeth. 803. F. Tyl; _rest_ That. 804. F. _om._ thogh.
805. F. B. _om._ alway. 810. F. B. yspoken. 817. F. B. _om._ in. _Read_
another (Willert). 821. Cx. Th. P. at the. 823. Cx. Th. P. thou haue; F. B.
ye haue in. 827. F. And that sum place stide; B. And that som styde; Th.
And that some stede; Cx. P. _omit_ ll. 827-864. _read_ And that the
mansioun (_see_ ll. 754, 831). 830. _For_ That _read_ Than? 838. MSS. a
wey, away. 839. F. Th. B. haue before; Cx. P. _omit the line_. 853. Th. B.
this; F. thus. 859. Th. of; F. B. or. 860. _All_ ought. 866. P. to a lewde;
Cx. Th. vnto a lewde; F. t_re_alwed (!); B. talwyd (!). 872. _All omit_
Quod he; cf. ll. 700, 701. 873. P. Cx. Th. I; F. B. he. F. B. me (_for_
be). 886. P. Cx. speken; _rest_ speke. 896. Cx. Th. gan to; _rest_ to (!).
899. F. B. P. _om._ and. 911. F. B. _omit this line; for_ Seestow, Cx. Th.
P. _have_ Seest thou. _For_ toun, _all have_ token; _see_ l. 890. 912.
_From_ P.; F. B. _omit this line_. Cx. Or ought that in the world is of
spoken; Th. Or aught that in this worlde is of spoken; _see_ l. 889. 913.
F. B. _om._ I seyde. 932. F. B. _om._ the. 951. Cx. P. lete (= leet); F. B.
lat. 955. F. Cx. Iubiter. 956. F. B. fer fro; P. Cx. Th. _om._ fer. 957.
Cx. P. grete; Th. great; F. mochil; B. mochill. 961. Cx. Th. P. alway
vpper; F. B. vpper alway for. Cf. l. 884. 964. F. Th. B. _ins._ to _bef._
loken. 969. P. Cx. And; _rest om._ 973. Cx. Th. wryteth; F. writ. F. B. of
(_for_ a). 978. _So_ P. Cx.; _rest ins._ and erthe _bef._ and. 984. F. B.
Nas (_om._ he me); Th. Nas me; Cx. P. Nadde he me. 998. to] F. B. ther-to.
999. F. B. _insert_ and _before_ No. 1003. F. B. Briddes; P. Brid; Cx.
Byrd; Th. Byrde. 1007. F. Cx. Th. B. Athalantes (-ys); P. athlauntres;
_see_ note. 1014. Cx. Th. P. As; F. Alle; B. Al. 1015. Cx. P. they shynen;
F. Th. B. thy seluen (!). 1029. F. _inserts_ that _before_ soth. 1030. Cx.
Herkne; P. Th. Herken; F. B. Herke. 1034. F. B. P. _om._ lyk. 1040. Cx. Th.
P. the; F. P. a. Cx. Th. P. a; F. B. oo. 1044. F. P. beten; Th. B. byten;
Cx. greue. 1056. Th. tel; P. tell; _rest_ telle. 1057. Cx. Th. P. I wyl; F.
B. wil I. 1063. F. B. _om._ And. 1071. F. B. _ins._ now _bef._ how. 1072.
Th. the efte; Cx. the more; F. B. eft the; P. the. 1079. Cx. Th. hath so
very; P. hath so verrey; F. B. so were (!). 1080. Cx. P. That; F. B. Th.
And (!). 1088. F. Cx. Th. lerne; _read_ lernen. COLOPHON.--_From_ Cx. Th.

BOOK III.

INCIPIT LIBER TERCIUS.

 _Invocation._

 O god of science and of light,
 Apollo, through thy grete might,
 This litel laste book thou gye!
 Nat that I wilne, for maistrye,
 Here art poetical be shewed; 1095
 But, for the rym is light and lewed,
 Yit make hit sumwhat agreable,
 Though som vers faile in a sillable;
 And that I do no diligence
 To shewe craft, but o sentence. (10) 1100
 And if, divyne vertu, thou
 Wilt helpe me to shewe now
 That in myn hede y-marked is--
 Lo, that is for to menen this,
 The Hous of Fame to descryve-- 1105
 Thou shalt see me go, as blyve,
 Unto the nexte laure I see,
 And kisse hit, for hit is thy tree;
 Now entreth in my breste anoon!--

 _The Dream._

 Whan I was fro 

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