And therefore little talë hath he told 4343 Of any dream, so holy was his heart. By God, I haddë lever than my shirt That ye had read his legend, as have I. Dame Partelote, I say you truëly, Macrobius, that wrote the visión In Afric’ of the worthy Scipion, 4344 Affirmeth dreamës, and saith that they be ‘Warnings of thingës that men after see. And furthermore, I pray you lookë well In the Old Testament, of Daniél, If he held dreamës any vanity. Read eke of Joseph, and there shall ye see Whether dreams be sometimes (I say not all) Warnings of thingës that shall after fall. Look of Egypt the king, Dan Pharaóh, His baker and his buteler also, Whether they feltë none effect 4345 in dreams. Whoso will seek the acts of sundry remes 4346
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