++The ſentens here now woll I the defyne [Sidenote: The leech without medicine is also God.] Of hyme, the lech w{i}t{h}outen medyſyne, 2056 Wich is the god that euery thing hath vroght. For yow may know that vther Is It noght, [Fol. 26a.] [Sidenote: Not as surgeons,] As ſurgynis and feſicianis, wich that delith W{i}t{h} mortell thing{is}, and mortell thing{is} helyth, 2060 [Sidenote: whose art is in medicine,] And al thar art is in to medyſyne, As it is ordanit be the my{ch}t dewyne, [Sidenote: and in plaisters, drinks, and various anointments; who know the quality of the year, and the disposition of the planets.] As plaſt{er}is, drink{is}, and anouy{n}tme{n}t{is}[T48] ſeir, And of the qualyte watyng of the yher; 2064 And of the planet{is} diſpoſiciou{n}e, And of the naturis of compleccyoune, And in the diu{er}ß changing of hwmowr{is}. Thus wnd{er} reull lyith al there cwris; 2068 And yhit thei far as blynd man In the way, Oft quhen that deith thar craft liſt to aſſay. Bot god, the wich that is the ſou{er}an lech, Nedith no man{er} medyſyne to ſech; 2072 For ther is no Infyrmyte, nore wound, Bot as hyme lykith al is holl and ſound. [Sidenote: But God can heal infirmity of thought,] So can he heill Infyrmytee of thoght, Wich that one erdly medeſyne can noght; 2076 [Sidenote: and also the soul that goeth to confusion.] And als the ſaul that to confuſioune goith, And haith with hyme and vther p{ar}teis boith, His dedly wound god helyth frome the ground; On to his cure no medyſyne is found. 2080 This Is his my{ch}t that neu{er} more ſhall fyne, This is the leich w{i}t{h}outen medyſyne; And If that yhow at confeſſioune hath ben And makith the of al thi ſyn{n}is clen, 2084 [Sidenote: He shall be thy leech in all necessity.] Yow art than holl, and this ilk ſamyn is he Schall be thi leich In al neceſſitee. [Footnote T48: MS. “anoñytmēt{is},” or “anoūytmēt{is}.”] [Headnote: THE FLOWER IS THE VIRGIN MARY.] ++Now of the flour y woll to the diſcerñ: This is the flour that haith[T49] the froyt eterñ, 2088 This is the flour, this fadith for no ſchour, This is the flour of euery flouris floure; [Footnote T49: The word, though indistinct, is almost certainly “haith.” Stevenson has “high;” but this gives no sense.]