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  Whan he for lust his god refuseth;
  And tok him to the dieules craft。
  Lo; what profit him is belaft:
  That thing thurgh which he wende have stonde;
  Ferst him exilede out of londe
  Which was his oghne; and from a king
  Made him to ben an underling;   2350
  And siththen to deceive a queene;
  That torneth him to mochel teene;
  Thurgh lust of love he gat him hate;
  That ende couthe he noght abate。
  His olde sleyhtes whiche he caste;
  Yonge Alisaundre hem overcaste;
  His fader; which him misbegat;
  He slouh; a gret mishap was that;
  Bot for o mis an other mys
  Was yolde; and so fulofte it is;   2360
  Nectanabus his craft miswente;
  So it misfell him er he wente。
  I not what helpeth that clergie
  Which makth a man to do folie;
  And nameliche of nigromance;
  Which stant upon the mescreance。
  And forto se more evidence;
  Zorastes; which thexperience
  Of Art magique ferst forth drouh;
  Anon as he was bore; he louh;   2370
  Which tokne was of wo suinge:
  For of his oghne controvinge
  He fond magique and tauhte it forth;
  Bot al that was him litel worth;
  For of Surrie a worthi king
  Him slou; and that was his endyng。
  Bot yit thurgh him this craft is used;
  And he thurgh al the world accused;
  For it schal nevere wel achieve
  That stant noght riht with the believe:  2380
  Bot lich to wolle is evele sponne;
  Who lest himself hath litel wonne;
  An ende proveth every thing。
  Sal; which was of Juys king;
  Up peine of deth forbad this art;
  And yit he tok therof his part。
  The Phitonesse in Samarie
  Yaf him conseil be Sorcerie;
  Which after fell to mochel sorwe;
  For he was slain upon the morwe。   2390
  To conne moche thing it helpeth;
  Bot of to mochel noman yelpeth:
  So forto loke on every side;
  Magique mai noght wel betyde。
  Forthi; my Sone; I wolde rede
  That thou of these ensamples drede;
  That for no lust of erthli love
  Thou seche so to come above;
  Wherof as in the worldes wonder
  Thou schalt for evere be put under。   2400
  Mi goode fader; grant mercy;
  For evere I schal be war therby:
  Of love what me so befalle;
  Such Sorcerie aboven alle
  Fro this dai forth I schal eschuie;
  That so ne wol I noght poursuie
  Mi lust of love forto seche。
  Bot this I wolde you beseche;
  Beside that me stant of love;
  As I you herde speke above   2410
  Hou Alisandre was betawht
  To Aristotle; and so wel tawht
  Of al that to a king belongeth;
  Wherof min herte sore longeth
  To wite what it wolde mene。
  For be reson I wolde wene
  That if I herde of thinges strange;
  Yit for a time it scholde change
  Mi peine; and lisse me somdiel。
  Mi goode Sone; thou seist wel。  2420
  For wisdom; hou that evere it stonde;
  To him that can it understonde
  Doth gret profit in sondri wise;
  Bot touchende of so hih aprise;
  Which is noght unto Venus knowe;
  I mai it noght miselve knowe;
  Which of hir court am al forthdrawe
  And can nothing bot of hir lawe。
  Bot natheles to knowe more
  Als wel as thou me longeth sore;   2430
  And for it helpeth to comune;
  Al ben thei noght to me comune;
  The scoles of Philosophie;
  Yit thenke I forto specefie;
  In boke as it is comprehended;
  Wherof thou mihtest ben amended。
  For thogh I be noght al cunnynge
  Upon the forme of this wrytynge;
  Som part therof yit have I herd;
  In this matiere hou it hath ferd。  2440
  Explicit Liber Sextus
  Incipit Liber Septimus。
  Omnibus in causis sapiens doctrina salutem
  Consequitur; nec habet quis nisi doctus opem。
  Naturam superat doctrina; viro quod et ortus
  Ingenii docilis non dedit; ipsa dabit。
  Non ita discretus hominum per climata regnat;
  Quin magis ut sapiat; indiget ipse schole。
  I Genius the prest of love;
  Mi Sone; as thou hast preid above
  That I the Scole schal declare
  Of Aristotle and ek the fare
  Of Alisandre; hou he was tauht;
  I am somdel therof destrauht;
  For it is noght to the matiere
  Of love; why we sitten hiere
  To schryve; so as Venus bad。
  Bot natheles; for it is glad;   10
  So as thou seist; for thin aprise
  To hiere of suche thinges wise;
  Wherof thou myht the time lisse;
  So as I can; I schal the wisse:
  For wisdom is at every throwe
  Above alle other thing to knowe
  In loves cause and elleswhere。
  Forthi; my Sone; unto thin Ere;
  Though it be noght in the registre
  Of Venus; yit of that Calistre  20
  And Aristotle whylom write
  To Alisandre; thou schalt wite。
  Bot for the lores ben diverse;
  I thenke ferst to the reherce
  The nature of Philosophie;
  Which Aristotle of his clergie;
  Wys and expert in the sciences;
  Declareth thilke intelligences;
  As of thre pointz in principal。
  Wherof the ferste in special    30
  Is Theorique; which is grounded
  On him which al the world hath founded;
  Which comprehendeth al the lore。
  And forto loken overmore;
  Next of sciences the seconde
  Is Rethorique; whos faconde
  Above alle othre is eloquent:
  To telle a tale in juggement
  So wel can noman speke as he。
  The laste science of the thre   40
  It is Practique; whos office
  The vertu tryeth fro the vice;
  And techeth upon goode thewes
  To fle the compaignie of schrewes;
  Which stant in disposicion
  Of mannes free eleccion。
  Practique enformeth ek the reule;
  Hou that a worthi king schal reule
  His Realme bothe in werre and pes。
  Lo; thus danz Aristotiles    50
  These thre sciences hath divided
  And the nature also decided;
  Wherof that ech of hem schal serve。
  The ferste; which is the conserve
  And kepere of the remnant;
  As that which is most sufficant
  And chief of the Philosophie;
  If I therof schal specefie
  So as the Philosophre tolde;
  Nou herkne; and kep that thou it holde。   60
  Of Theorique principal
  The Philosophre in special
  The propretees hath determined;
  As thilke which is enlumined
  Of wisdom and of hih prudence
  Above alle othre in his science:
  And stant departed upon thre;
  The ferste of which in his degre
  Is cleped in Philosophie
  The science of Theologie;    70
  That other named is Phisique;
  The thridde is seid Mathematique。
  Theologie is that science
  Which unto man yifth evidence
  Of thing which is noght bodely;
  Wherof men knowe redely
  The hihe almyhti Trinite;
  Which is o god in unite
  Withouten ende and beginnynge
  And creatour of alle thinge;    80
  Of hevene; of erthe and ek of helle。
  Wherof; as olde bokes telle;
  The Philosophre in his resoun
  Wrot upon this conclusioun;
  And of his wrytinge in a clause
  He clepeth god the ferste cause;
  Which of himself is thilke good;
  Withoute whom nothing is good;
  Of which that every creature
  Hath his beinge and his nature。    90
  After the beinge of the thinges
  Ther ben thre formes of beinges:
  Thing which began and ende schal;
  That thing is cleped temporal;
  Ther is also be other weie
  Thing which began and schal noght deie。
  As Soules; that ben spiritiel;
  Here beinge is perpetuel:
  Bot ther is on above the Sonne;
  Whos time nevere was begonne;   100
  And endeles schal evere be;
  That is the god; whos mageste
  Alle othre thinges schal governe;
  And his beinge is sempiterne。
  The god; to whom that al honour
  Belongeth; he is creatour;
  And othre ben hise creatures:
  The god commandeth the natures
  That thei to him obeien alle;
  Withouten him; what so befalle;    110
  Her myht is non; and he mai al:
  The god was evere and evere schal;
  And thei begonne of his assent;
  The times alle be present
  To god; to hem and alle unknowe;
  Bot what him liketh that thei knowe:
  Thus bothe an angel and a man;
  The whiche of al that god began
  Be chief; obeien goddes myht;
  And he stant endeles upriht。    120
  To this science ben prive
  The clerkes of divinite;
  The whiche unto the poeple prechen
  The feith of holi cherche and techen;
  Which in som cas upon believe
  Stant more than thei conne prieve
  Be weie of Argument sensible:
  Bot natheles it is credible;
  And doth a man gret meede have;
  To him that thenkth himself to save。  130
  Theologie in such a wise
  Of hih science and hih aprise
  Above alle othre stant unlike;
  And is the ferste of Theorique。
  Phisique is after the secounde;
  Thurgh which the Philosophre hath founde
  To techen sondri knowlechinges
  Upon the bodiliche thinges。
  Of man; of beste; of herbe; of ston;
  Of fissch; of foughl; of everychon    140
  That ben of bodely substance;
  The nature and the circumstance
  Thurgh this science it is ful soght;
  Which vaileth and which vaileth noght。
  The thridde point of Theorique;
  Which cleped is Mathematique;
  Devided is in sondri wise
  And stant upon diverse aprise。
  The ferste of whiche is Arsmetique;
  And the secounde is seid Musique;  150
  The thridde is ek Geometrie;
  Also the ferthe Astronomie。
  Of Arsmetique the matiere
  Is that of which a man mai liere
  What Algorisme in nombre amonteth;
  Whan that the wise man acompteth
  After the formel proprete
  Of Algorismes Abece:
  Be which multiplicacioun
  Is mad and diminucioun    160
  Of sommes be thexperience
  Of this Art and of this science。
  The seconde of Mathematique;
  Which is the science of Musique;
  That techeth upon Armonie
  A man to make melodie
  Be vois and soun of instrument
  Thurgh notes of acordement;
  The whiche men pronounce alofte;
  Nou scharpe notes and nou softe;    170
  Nou hihe notes and nou lowe;
  As be the gamme a man mai knowe;
  Which techeth the prolacion
  Of note and the condicion。
  Mathematique of his science
  Hath yit the thridde intelligence
  Full of wisdo