This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...judge it: It doth decerne the good from badnes, The hye, the lowe, the foule, the fayrenes. The nose, also, every ayre doth smel, But yet it hath nothynge auctoryte Yf it be swete for to judge and tell; But the comyn wyt doth it in certaynte, Decernynge favours in every degre, Knowynge the swete ayre from the stynkinge ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...judge it: It doth decerne the good from badnes, The hye, the lowe, the foule, the fayrenes. The nose, also, every ayre doth smel, But yet it hath nothynge auctoryte Yf it be swete for to judge and tell; But the comyn wyt doth it in certaynte, Decernynge favours in every degre, Knowynge the swete ayre from the stynkinge, Whan that the nose therof hath smellinge. The eres, also, right well gyve audyence Unto a tale, herynge it perfytely; But they can not decerne the sentence To knowe whereupon it doth so ratyfy, Upon great wysedome or elles upon foly: Thus, whether the tale be ryght good or bad By the comyn wytte the knowledge is had. Foly hath eres as well as sapience, But he can not determyne by his herynge What tale it is, for lacke of intelligence; For the comyn wytte is all understandynge, And that he lacketh to gyve hym knowynge. Wherfore the eres are but an intres To commyn wytte that sheweth the perfytnes. The mouth tasteth both swete and bytternes, But the comyn wyt decerneth proprely Yf it be soure or replete wyth swetenes; Nor yet the handes fele nothyng certaynly, But the comyn wytte decerneth subtylly Whether it be harde, moyst, or drynes, Hote, hevy, softe, or yet colde, doutles. Thus comyn wytte worketh wonderly, Upon the v. gates whyche are receptatyve Of every thynge for to take inwardly, By the comyn wytte to be affyrmatyve Or by decernynge to be negatyve; The comyn wytte, the fyrst of wyttes all, Is to decerne all thinges in generall. And than, secondly, ymagynacyon; Whan the comyn wytte hath the thinge electe, It werketh by all due inclynacyon For to brynge the mater to the hole effecte; And fantasy than hath the hole aspecte, The ymagyned matter to bring to finysshement, Wyth good desyre and inwarde judgement. And estymacion doth well com...
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