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_ To that true felicity, of which you seem to have
but a faint foretaste. ]

to thilke verray welefulnesse
q{uod} she // of whyche thynge herte dremeth //

[Sidenote: But your sight is clouded with false forms, so that it
cannot yet behold this same felicity. ]

but for as moche as thy syhte is ocupied {and} distorbed / by 1728
Imagynasyon of herthely thynges / thow mayst nat yit
sen thilke selue welefulnesse //

[Sidenote: _B. _ Show me, I pray, that true happiness without
delay. ]

do q{uod} . I. {and} shewe
me / what is thilke verray welefulnesse / . I. preye the [[pg 64]]
w{i}t{h}-howte tarynge //

[Sidenote: _P. _ I will gladly do so at your desire, but I will
first describe that false cause (of happiness), so that you may be
better able to comprehend the exact model. ]

? {a}t wole . I. gladly don q{uod} she / 1732
for the cause of the // but . I.
wol fyrst marken the by
wordes / {and} I wol enforcen me to enformen the //
thilke false cause of blysfulnesse ? {a}t thow more knowest /
so ? {a}t whan thow hast fully by-holden thilke false 1736
goodes {and} torned thyne eyen to ? {a}t oother syde / thow
mowe knowe the clernesse of verray blysfulnesse //]

[Linenotes:
1702 _streyhte_--H. strenghed
1712 _am nat_--H. nam nought
1718 _had[de]_--H. hade
1734 _wol_--H. shall{e}
1739 _wil_--wole
_felde_--feeld]


[Headnote:
AWAY WITH FALSE FELICITY! ]

[Sidenote: * Here the Add. MS. begins again. ]

*QUI SERERE I{N}GENIUM.

[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}. ]]

[Sidenote: He who would sow seed must first clear the ground of
useless weeds, so that he may reap an abundant harvest. ]

? Who so wil sowe a felde plentiuous.