1

Reason /

then in remembrance of reson hold yee

2a glas of reson / wherein beholde yee

3youre sealfe to youre selfe namely when ye

4cū neere my dowghter science / then see

5that all thyng be cleane & trycke abowte ye

6least of sū sloogy shnes she myght dowte ye

7thys glas of reason shall show ye all

8whyle ye have that / ye have me & shall

9get ye foorth now / In struccion fare well

11

Reason /

& ye all from parell

12If anye man now marvell that I

13woolde bestowe my dowghter thus baselye

14of truth I reson am of thys mynde

15where partyes together be enclynde

16by gyftes of graces to love ech other

17there let them ioyne the tone wyth the toother

18thys wyt such gyftes of graces hath in hym

19that makth my dowghter to wysh to wyn hym

20yoong / paynefull / tractable / & capax

21thes be wyt gyftes whych science doth axe

22& as for her as soone as wyt sees her

23for all the world he woold not then leese her

24wherfore syns they both be so meete matches

25to love ech other / strawe for the patches

26af woldly mucke / syence hath inowghe

27for them both to lyve / yf wyt be throwhe

28stryken in love as he synes hath showde

29I dowte not my dowghter welbestowde

30thende of hys iornay wyll aprove all

31yf wyt hold owte no more proofe cā fall

32and that the better hold out ye may

33to refresh my soone wyt now by the way

34sū solas for hym I wyll provyde

35an honest woman dwellth here besyde