Me thinketh,' quod she, 'by thy studient lokes, thou wenest in these wordes me to contrarien from other sayinges here-toforn in other place, as whan thou were somtyme in affeccion of wil to thinges that now han brought thee in disese, which I have thee 140 consayled to voyde, and thyn herte discover; and there I made thy wil to ben chaunged, whiche now thou wenest I argue to with[h]olde and to kepe! Shortly I say, the revers in these wordes may not ben founde; for though dronkennesse be forboden, men shul not alway ben drinklesse. I trowe right, for 145 thou thy wil out of reson shulde not tourne, thy wil in one reson shulde not +onbyde. I say, thy wil in thy first purpos with unreson was closed; constrewe forth of the remenant what thee good lyketh. Trewly, that wil and reson shulde be knit togider, was free wil of reson; after tyme thyne herte is assentaunt to them 150 bothe, thou might not chaunge. But if thou from rule of reson varye, in whiche variaunce to come to thilke blisse desyred, contrariously thou werchest; and nothing may knowe wil and reson but love alone. Than if thou voide love, than +weyvest [thou] the bond that knitteth; and so nedes, or els right lightly, that 155 other gon a-sondre; wherfore thou seest apertly that love holdeth this knot, and amaystreth hem to be bounde. These thinges, as a ring in circuit of wrethe, ben knit in thy soule without departing.' 'A! let be! let be!' quod I; 'it nedeth not of this no rehersayle to make; my soule is yet in parfit blisse, in thinking of 160 that knotte!'* CH. VI. 1. Nowe. set fayne. 3. set. 5. fetchen. 6. leauest. 8. parfite ioy. set. purpose. 10. booke. haste. 12. purpose. setteles; _read_ setling. 13. desyre. 14. mote. 15-16. maye (_twice_). 17. disease. 18. nowe. 19. mote. 20. one. 32. Nowe se. 22, 23. frewyl (_twice_). 24. haste. 26. teacheth. 27. varyeng. 30. desyre. 31. arte. 36. halte. 38. hert. 40. reason. 42. thorowe. hert. 45. anone. 47. togyther. 48. the. strength. Take. 49. howe. 51-2. aparte (_twice_). 52. fete. 53. se. 55. Reason. 57. reason. 61. affections. Affection. 62. folke. 65. thre. One. 68. reason. 69. Affection. 74. affection. 75. thynge. 77-81. affection (_four times_). 86. affecte. 93. purpose. 94. syt. 97. * _A break here in_ Th. ne ought; _read_ nat. _I supply_ ne. 98. effecte. 99. Affection. 100. name lyche. 102. negatyfe. 103. thoughe. 104. vs. 104-8. affection (_twice_). 112. catche. desyred; _read_ desyreth. 113. muste. affection (_often_). 117. desyre. 118. retcheth. 120. comyn. 124-5. reason (_twice_). 125. knytte. 126. encreasyng. maye. 128. ioy. both. 129. bonde. 130-2. reason. 131. bonde vndothe.