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all the way to the end for long as he could find a path,
and wherever he was he always found something
that he could learn and from which he could get
benefit for himself and others, in order to progress
before God. King Alexander, too, suffered innumerable
travails in order to learn. But he went from one place to
another in royal state and with the power of men, and so
he was not as well able to learn and investigate things for
their truth. Virgil went through many lands and countries
as well, to investigate the truth of things. Ptolemy,
who was the king of Egypt, did not consider himself quit
of this duty [see note], so he wandered through many
countries until he had found many marvels. Saint Paul,
who was a very wise man, went to many countries and
through many realms, the better to learn and see and
test all the good scholars that he could find. Saint Brandon
never stopped wandering, by sea and by land, so much that
he saw many great marvels. For he came upon an
island in the ocean where he saw certain birds
that spoke like spirits, and they told him some

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Marie Richards

original ms. Folio 114r
Walters ms. Folio 119r
BL Royal MS 19 A IX fols 133v-134r
Caxton, ed. Prior, pp 165-166
Gossuin, ed. Prior, 189

Marie Richards

line 12: "n'en clama pas sa part quitte": translation is Prior's.