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135
140
145
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155
160
Confessor
165
Amans
170
175
180
Confessor
185
190
195
200
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205
210
215
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225
230
235
240
245
Confessor
250
255
260
265
270
ii.
L
275
280
285
290
295
300
305
310
315
320
325
330
335
340
345
350
355
360
365
370
L
375
380
385
390
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L
L
405
410
415
L
420
425
L
430
435
440 L
445
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455
460
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L
470
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480
485
490
495
L
500
505
510
515
520
525
530
535
L
540
545
550
555
560
565
570
L
575
580
585 L
590
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605
610
615
620
625
630
L
635
640
645
650
655
660
665
L
670
675
680
685
690
695
L
700
705
710
715
720
725
L
730
735
740
745
750
755
760
765
770
775
780
785
790
795
800
L
805
810
815
820 L
825
830
835
840
845
850
855
860
865
L
870
875
880
885
L
890
895
900
905
910
L
915
920
925
930
935
940
945
950
L
955
960
965
970
975 L
980
985
990
995
1000
1005
1010
1015
1020 L
1025
1030
1035
1040
1045
1050
1055
L
1060
1065
1070
1075
1080
1085
1090
1095
L
1100
1105
1110
1115
1120
L
1125
1130
1135
1140
L
1145
1150
L
1155
1160
1165
1170
1175
1180
1185
1190
1195
1200
1205
1210
1215
1220
L
1225
1230
1235
1240
1245
1250
1255
1260
1265
1270
L
1275
1280
1285
1290
1295
1300
1305
1310
1315
1320
L
1325
1330
1335
1340
1345
1350
1355
1360
1365
1370
L
1375
1380
1385
1390
1395
1400
1405
1410
1415
1420
L
1425
1430
1435
1440
1445
1450
1455
1460
1465
1470
1475
L
1480
1485
1490
1495
L
1500
1505
1510
1515
1520
1525
1530
1535
1540
L
1545
1550
1555
1560
1565
L
1570
1575
1580
1585
L
1590
1595
1600
1605
1610
1615
L
1620
1625
1630
1635
1640
1645
1650
L
1655
1660
1665
1670
1675
1680
1685
1690
1695
1700 L
1705
1710
1715
1720
1725
1730
1735
1740
1745
L
1750
1755
1760
1765
1770
1775
L
1780
1785
1790
1795
1800
1805
1810
1815
1820
1825
1830
L
1835
1840
1845
1850
1855
1860
1865
1870
1875
1880
1885
L
1890
1895
1900
1905
1910
L
1915
1920
1925
1930 L
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
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1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
Confessor
ad Amantem
2015
2020
2025
[Amans]
2030 L
2035
2040
2045
2050
2055
[Confessor]
2065
L
2070
2075
2080
2085
2090
2095
2100
2105
2110
2115
2120
2125
2130
2135
2140
2145
[Amans]
2150
L
2155
2160
2165
2170
2175
2180
2185
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to reader]
2195
2200
2205
2210
2215
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L
2220
2225
2230
2235
2240
2245
2250
2255
2260
2265
2270
2275
2280
2285
2290
2295
2300
[Amans
to reader]
L
2305
2310
2315
2320
[Venus]
2325
2330
2335
2340
2345
2350
2355
2360
2365
2370
2375
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2380
2385
2390
2395
2400
2405
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2415
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2425
2430
2435
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L
2445
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2480
2485
2490
2495
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L
2505
2510
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2645
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2695
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2720
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2735
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L
2750
2755
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2765
2770
2775
2780
2785
2790
2795
2800
2805
2810
2815
2820
2825
2830
2835
L
2840
2845
2850
2855
2860
2865
2870
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2900
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2910
2915
2920
2925
2930
2935
2940
2945
2950
2955
2960
2965
2970
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L
2975
2980
2985
2990
2995
3000
3005
3010
3015
3020
3025
3030
3035
3040
3045
3050
3055
3060
3065
3070
3075
3080
3085
3090
3095
3100
3105
L
3110
3115
3120
3125
3130
3135
3140
3145
3150
3155
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3165
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Incipit Liber Octavus
Qve fauet ad vicium vetus hec modo regula confert,
Nec nouus econtra qui docet ordo placet.
Cecus amor dudum nondum sua lumina cepit,
Quo Venus impositum deuia fallit iter. 1
[On Marriage and Incest]
"The myhti God, which unbegunne
Stant of Himself and hath begunne
Alle othre thinges at His wille,
The hevene Him liste to fulfille
Of alle joie, where as He
Sit inthronized in His see,
And hath Hise angles Him to serve,
Suche as Him liketh to preserve,
So that thei mowe noght forsueie:
Bot Lucifer He putte aweie,
With al the route apostazied
Of hem that ben to him allied,
Whiche out of hevene into the helle
From angles into fendes felle;
Wher that ther is no joie of lyht,
Bot more derk than eny nyht
The peine schal ben endeles;
And yit of fyres natheles
Ther is plenté, bot thei ben blake,
Wherof no syhte mai be take.
Thus whan the thinges ben befalle,
That Luciferes court was falle
Wher dedly Pride hem hath conveied,
Anon forthwith it was pourveied
Thurgh Him which alle thinges may;
He made Adam the sexte day
In Paradis, and to his make
Him liketh Eve also to make,
And bad hem cresce and multiplie.
For of the mannes progenie,
Which of the womman schal be bore,
The nombre of angles which was lore,
Whan thei out fro the blisse felle,
He thoghte to restore, and felle
In hevene thilke holy place
Which stod tho voide upon His grace.
Bot as it is wel wiste and knowe,
Adam and Eve bot a throwe,
So as it scholde of hem betyde,
In Paradis at thilke tyde
Ne duelten, and the cause why,
Write in the bok of Genesi,
As who seith, alle men have herd,
Hou Raphael the fyri swerd
In honde tok and drof hem oute,
To gete here lyves fode aboute
Upon this wofull erthe hiere.
Metodre seith to this matiere,
As he be revelacion
It hadde upon avision,
Hou that Adam and Eve also
Virgines comen bothe tuo
Into the world and were aschamed,
Til that nature hem hath reclamed
To love, and tauht hem thilke lore,
That ferst thei keste, and overmore
Thei don that is to kinde due,
Wherof thei hadden fair issue.
A sone was the ferste of alle,
And Chain be name thei him calle;
Abel was after the secound |