WHAT IT IS OF THE SOULE IN GENERALL AND SPECIALL,
AFTER PHILOSOPHY AND SAINT ISYDORE, BY WAY
OF DYALOGUE BETWENE THE LADY MARY
AND HER SERVANT GYLES.
Anima quid.
Mary.
After that well I me remembre, I have herde here above speke of the
soule,
Selon que bien me recorde, je uous ay ouy cy dessus parler de lame,
but neverthelesse ye have nat declared what it is, wherfore I
mais toutes fois uous naues point declare que cest, pourquoy jen
wolde of it faine here somwhat.
uouldroie bien ouir quelque chose.
Gil.
Trewly, madame, it shuld be necessary to be better lerned in good
Certes, madame, il seroit necessaire destre mieulz qualifiez ez bonnes
lettres than I am for to satisfy to your question.
lettres que ne suis pour satisfaire a uostre question.
Ma.
It is nat to me unknowen that ye be nat of the best lettred
of the worlde,
Il ne mest point incongneu que nestes pas des mieulz lectres
du monde,
howbeit that I doubt nat but of it ye can somwhat, wherfore
combien que point ne doubte que nen scaues quelque chose, pourquoy
take hede that the lytell that ye therof can, be nat hydde to me.
gardes que le petit que uous en scaues ne me soit point cele.
Gyl.
Trewe it is that the philosophers have spoken therof, albeit that it
hath nat ben
Il est bien uray que les philosophes en ont parle, ja soit que
pas na este
sufficiently specially touchyng the soule resonable, for some
souffisanment, especiallement touchant lame rationnelle, car aulcuns
of them have it esteme mortall, as Pliny among other that sayth
that suche
deulz lont estime mortelle, come Pline entre aultres qui dit que
tel
shalbe the soule after the dethe of the body, as she was before
the lyfe
sera lame appres la mort du corps, quelle elle estoit deuaunt
la uie
of the same, and it is nat yet come to my knowlege that
dicelluy, et il nest point encore uenu a ma congnoissance que
the holy scripture doth make of it any mention; but syth that your
lescripture saincte en face mention aulcune; mais puisque uostre