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L. Doe rede the seconde lesson.

Tedet animam meam.

Oh his soule was wearie here, in the life that he had,
His foode was breade and water, his lodgyng was to badde.
Clothed in heere, slepyng againste the harde stones,
That through fastyng, his skinne claue to the bones.
Watchyng in praier, lamentyng bothe daie and night:

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Subduyng fleshlie affection, and walked in the spirite,
Meeke in mynde as a Wolfe, and simple as a Foxe:
As chaste as the he Goate, as slender as the Oxe.
As liberall as the she Beare, as swete as the Brocke,
Of all kinde of linnen clothe, he loued well a smocke.
As wholesome as a madde Dogge, as cleanly as a Bore,
He loued well a fatte Pigge, so he did a h.
Paale as the Turkie Cocke, as gentle as a Snake.
The like is not in all helle, if you seeke hym with a rake.

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