| | And sayde he lied for it was rathir lik | |
| 210 | An apparence maad be som magik | |
| | As iogelours pleyn at the festis grete | |
| | Of sondry thoughtis thus they iangil & trete | |
| | As lewd pepyl demen al day comonly | |
| | Of thingis that been maad more subtilly | |
| 215 | Than they konne in here boundis comprehende | |
| | They demyn gladly to the badder ende | |
| | And some of theym wondrid on the myrour | |
| | That born was vp in to the maistir tour | |
| | How men myghte in it suche thingis se | |
| 220 | An other answerde and sayde it may wel be | |
| | Naturelly made by composicions | |
| | Of aungelis and of sly reflections | |
| | And sayde that in Rome was suche on | |
| | They spak of alteon and of vitelon | |
| 225 | And of Aristotill that writin in her liuys | |
| | Of queynte myrours and of prospectatiuis | |
| | As knowe they that haue her bokis herd | |
| | And othir folk haue wondrid on the swerd | |
| | That wol perissh thorough euery thing | |
| 230 | And fil in speche of Thelephus the kyng | |
| | And of Achilles for his queynte spere | |
| | For he coude with it bothe hele and dere | |
| | Right in suche wyse as men may with the swerd | |
| | Of whiche right now ye haue your self herd | |
| 235 | They speken of sondry hardyng of metal | |
| | And speken of medicines therwith al | |
| | And how and whan it sholde hardid be | |