and the good lady your mother of trewe love
filiall
uostre pere, et la bonne dame uostre mere de uraie amour
filialle,

ye may love your husband whan God shall gyve you one, of
uous puisses aimer uostre mary, quant Dieu uous en donra ung, de

good and trew love in suche wyse that it may
bonne et loialle amour matrimonialle, de sorte que ce soit

be to the helth of your soule.
au the salut de uostre ame.

Ma.

So pleased our Lord by his goodnes to graunt me.
Ainsy le me ueulle nostre Seigneur par sa bonte ottroier.

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WHAT IT IS OF THE SOULE IN GENERALL AND SPECIALL,
AFTER PHILOSOPHY AND SAINT ISYDORE, BY WAY
OF DYALOGUE BETWENE THE LADY MARY
AND HER SERVANT GYLES.

Anima quid.

Mary.
After that well I me remembre, I have herde here above speke of the
soule,
Selon que bien me recorde, je uous ay ouy cy dessus parler de lame,

but neverthelesse ye have nat declared what it is, wherfore I
mais toutes fois uous naues point declare que cest, pourquoy jen

wolde of it faine here somwhat.
uouldroie bien ouir quelque chose.

Gil.
Trewly, madame, it shuld be necessary to be better lerned in good
Certes, madame, il seroit necessaire destre mieulz qualifiez ez bonnes

lettres than I am for to satisfy to your question.
lettres que ne suis pour satisfaire a uostre question.

Ma.
It is nat to me unknowen that ye be nat of the best lettred
of the worlde,
Il ne mest point incongneu que nestes pas des mieulz lectres
du monde,

howbeit that I doubt nat but of it ye can somwhat, wherfore
combien que point ne doubte que nen scaues quelque chose, pourquoy

take hede that the lytell that ye therof can, be nat hydde to me.
gardes que le petit que uous en scaues ne me soit point cele.

Gyl.
Trewe it is that the philosophers have spoken therof, albeit that it