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THEO. It seemeth unto me also, that your virginals speak, although no man playeth on them.¹

THEO. It semeth vnto me also, that youre vyrginalles speake, although no man playeth on thē.¹

1. 1Esa. xx••ii•, i. Lor. ii.

PHIL. They say thus: The eye hath not seen, nor the ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, that God hath prepared for them that love him: It maketh that though the sound of that instrument which is but vain and fedeth the ear for a little while, seemeth pleasant & joyful to the hearers for the time, yet is that nothing in comparison of the celestial melody & heavenly joy, that God hath prepared for them that love him. Therefore are we here admonished not to delight ⟨image 13⟩in fantastical instruments the pleasure where of is more vain, than the smoke, but in that melody & joy, which is perpetual & never decayeth, & so to institute our life that we may be partakers of that unspeakable pleasance & joy.

PHIL. They saye thus: The eye hath not sene, nor the eare hathe not hearde, neyther hath it entred into the harte of man, that God hath prepared for thē that loue hym: It maketh that though the sound of yt instrument which is but vayne and fedeth ye eare for a lytle whyle, semeth pleasaunte & ioyefull to the hearers for the tyme, yet is that nothyng in cōparison of the celestiall melodye & heauenly ioye, that God hath prepared for thē that loue hym. Therefore are we here admonysshed not to delyghte ⟨image 13⟩