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A worke in Ryme contayning an Enter-lude of Myndes, witnessing the Mans Fall from God and Christ. Set forth by HN, and by him newly porused and amended. Translated out of Base-almaynes into English [by Christopher Vitell?]
  
  
  

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Unregarding.
How sayst thou ; Good-thinking; is not this handled tryckly?

Good-thinking.
Ye as I assure thee: we haue compast it quickly:
For when the Man was falne, and began once to lament/
Then was-ther noman found, that coulde him better content,
Then wee two suttle Spirits, which do ; in craft; excell.

Unregarding.
The Sysze of our Last, doth fitt their Foote right-well.
Wherfore with myne Eys, great Ioy I now beholde.
But the Man shall yet repent it, with Sorrows manyfolde:
For through vs, must he yet ; with Sighing; feare and tremble.

Good-thinking.
Peace/bring him into no Feare, but still with him dissemble.
For I wil perswade him, that his Understanding is very sounde/
And he shall weene, that ; through Good-thinking; he hath Wisdom founde.
For

Esa. 30.a. Eze. 22.a.

Good-thinkings Attonement, is pleasant to him indeede.

Therfore ; without Arguing; foorth-on let vs proceede:
For the Man doth towards vs, all his Longing sett.

Unregarding.
We two ; I perceaue; can all Men captiue gett:
How wyly soeuer they bee, into our Traps they fall.

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Then do into our Netts, yeelde them captiue all:
Spirituall, Temporall Simpleons, and Clerks of great Report