Ma.
Trewly I am ryght glade to here you, and
you have gyve me
En bonne uerite, Giles, je suis tresjoieuse de uous auoir ouy, et
maues donnes
in your wordes solas and recreation: but I praye you, good syr, tell
en uos parolles soulas et recreation: mais je uous prie, beau sire,
dites
us somwhat of the body and of his worckes.
nous quelque chose du corps et de ses operations.
Gil.
Certainly the body, as I have tolde you here before, is the
Certainement, madame, le corps, come je vous ay dit cy deuant, est le
vessell of the soule, and doth serve of none other thynge but to beare
the soule,
uaisseau de lame et ne sert daultre chose que de porter
lame,
howbeit that some sayen that the soule doth beare him, by cause that
without
combien que alcun dient que lame le porte, pour ce que sans
her, he his deth and may nat styre ne move. But settyng asyde
icelle il est mort et ne se peult bouger ne mouuoir. Mais postposant
suche reasons, trew it is that in his necessite he must be holpen
by him
telles raisons, il est ueray quen ses necessites le fault secourir
that wyll kepe the soule hole in a hole body, in his hungre one must
qui ueult garder lame saineen ung corps sain, en sa fain lui fault
gyve him meate, and in his thurst drinke, in labour rest, slepe in
donner uiande, et en sa soif a boire, en labeure repos, sompne en
werinesse, in tristes and hevynesse myrth, in sorow confort and
fatigacion, en tristesse et ennuy armonie, en doulloir comfort et
helth, in sekenesse strength and vertue, in drede socour and in darkenes
salut, en foiblesse force et uertue, en crainte refuge et entenebres
lyght, and in bataill peas, and lykewyse as the body may nat
lumiere et en bataille paix, etc. et tout ainsy que le corps ne peult
lyve without that whiche to him is necessary, nother more nor lesse may
uiure sans ce qui luy est necessaire, ne plus ne moins ne
nat the soule by proces of tyme contynewe without her propre
norsinge,
peult lame par diuturnite de temps subsister sans sa propre
nourriture,
for her meate his the dyvyn commandement, her drinke is
car sa uiande est le diuin comandement, son beuurage est
pure praier, her bath is fastyng trew and ryghtwyse, her
oraison pure, son baing est june legitime et droituriere, sea