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II. THE OPPOSITIONE OF THE COURT TO CONSCIENCE
The Court and Conscience wallis not weill;
These tua can nevir weill accord.
Quha leivis in Court and halds him leill,
Lang or that lyf mak him a lord;
And Conscience stenȝies if he steill:
So Court and Conscience walis not weill.
These tua can nevir weill accord.
Quha leivis in Court and halds him leill,
Lang or that lyf mak him a lord;
And Conscience stenȝies if he steill:
So Court and Conscience walis not weill.
The Court some qualities requyrs
Quhilk Conscience can not bot accuse;
And, specially, sik as aspyris
Mon honest adulation wse;
I dar not say, and doubly deill:
Bot Court and Conscience wals not weill.
Quhilk Conscience can not bot accuse;
And, specially, sik as aspyris
Mon honest adulation wse;
I dar not say, and doubly deill:
Bot Court and Conscience wals not weill.
First thou mon preis thy Prince to pleis,
Thought contrare Conscience he commands,
With Mercuris mouth, and Argos eis,
And with Briarius hundreth hands;
And seme vhatsoever he sayis to seill.
So Court and Conscience wallis not weill.
Thought contrare Conscience he commands,
With Mercuris mouth, and Argos eis,
And with Briarius hundreth hands;
And seme vhatsoever he sayis to seill.
So Court and Conscience wallis not weill.
Syn evirie minioun thou man mak
To gar thame think that thou art thairs,
Houbeit thou be behind thair bak
No furtherer of thair effairs,
Bot mett thame moonshyn ay for meill.
So Court and Conscience wallis not weill.
To gar thame think that thou art thairs,
Houbeit thou be behind thair bak
No furtherer of thair effairs,
Bot mett thame moonshyn ay for meill.
So Court and Conscience wallis not weill.
To pleis men vhen thou art imployde,
Give glorifluikims in thair face;
Quhilks wald be cunningly convoyde,
To gar thame haif the griter grace,
To mak thame fonde that hes no feill.
So Court and Conscience walis not weill.
Give glorifluikims in thair face;
Quhilks wald be cunningly convoyde,
To gar thame haif the griter grace,
To mak thame fonde that hes no feill.
So Court and Conscience walis not weill.
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