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The.x. properte

The louer is of colour deed and pale
There wyll no slepe in to his eyen stalk
He sauoreth neyther mete / wyne / nor ale
He myndeth not what men about hym talke
But etc he drynke he syt lye downe or walke
He burneth euer as hit were with a fyre
In the feruent hete of his desyre

Here sholde the louer of god ensample take
To haue hym contynually in remembraunce
With hym in prayer and medytacyon wake
Whyle other playe / reuell / synge / and daunce
None erthly Ioy / disport / or vayne plesaunce
Solde hym delyte or ony thynge remoue
His ardent mynde from god his heuynly loue

Chapter 73 of 77