Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 1 to Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 1 has 84 lines, and 7% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 67% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 26% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.08 strong matches and 4.05 weak matches.
Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 1
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 1: 1
After this she stinte a litel; and, after that she hadde gadered
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as I have gadered and proeved a litel her-biforn, that yvel is
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by atempre stillenesse myn attencioun, she seide thus: (As who
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mighte seyn thus: After thise thinges she stinte a litel; and whan
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Thanne seyde she: 'sin thou felest thus thise thinges,' quod
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she, 'I trowe that I have litel more to done that thou, mighty of
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she aperceived by atempre stillenesse that I was ententif to herkene
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[continues previous] And whan she say thise poetical Muses aprochen aboute my
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to speke right thus: 'Alle the cures,' quod she, 'of mortal folk, [continues next]
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hir, she bigan to speke in this wyse): 'Yif I,' quod she, 'have
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... thanne shal man doon his diligence with amiable wordes hir to reconforte, and preyen hir of hir weping for to stinte.' For which resoun this noble wyf Prudence suffred hir housbond for to wepe and crye as for a certein space; and whan she saugh hir tyme, she seyde him in this wyse. 'Allas, my lord,' quod she,' why make ye your-self for to be lyk a fool? For sothe, it aperteneth nat to a wys man, to maken swiche a sorwe. Your doghter, with the grace of god, shal warisshe and escape. And al were it so that she right now were deed, ye ne oghte nat ...
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... as muche availleth to speken bifore folk to whiche his speche anoyeth, as dooth to singe biforn him that wepeth. And whan this wyse man saugh that him wanted audience, al shamefast he sette him doun agayn. For Salomon seith: "ther-as thou ne mayst have noon audience, enforce thee nat to speke." 'I see wel,' quod this wyse man, 'that the commune proverbe is sooth; that "good conseil wanteth whan it is most nede."'
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Whanne dame Prudence, ful debonairly and with greet pacience, hadde herd al that hir housbonde lyked for to seye, thanne axed she of him licence for to speke, and seyde in this wyse. 'My lord,' quod she, 'as to your firste resoun, certes it may lightly been answered. For I seye, that it is no folie to chaunge conseil whan the thing is chaunged; or elles whan the thing semeth otherweyes than it was biforn. And more-over I seye, that though ye han sworn and bihight to perfourne your ...
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'And hast thou wel knowen the causes,' quod she, 'why it is?' [continues next]
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fele-folde colours and deceites of thilke merveilous monstre
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... by wey of offices. For certes, swiche lordes sellen thanne hir lordshipe to the devel of helle, whanne they sustenen the wikkednesse of hir meinee. Or elles whan this folk of lowe degree, as thilke that holden hostelries, sustenen the thefte of hir hostilers, and that is in many manere of deceites. Thilke manere of folk been the flyes that folwen the hony, or elles the houndes that folwen the careyne. Swiche forseyde folk stranglen spiritually hir lordshipes; for which thus seith David the prophete, 'wikked deeth mote come up-on thilke lordshipes, and god yeve that they mote descenden in-to helle al doun; for in ...
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Fortune, and how she useth ful flateringe familaritee with hem
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that she enforceth to bigyle; so longe, til that she confounde
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with unsufferable sorwe hem that she hath left in despeyr unpurveyed.
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and the desert of thilke Fortune, thou shalt wel knowe that,
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man suffisaunt, mighty, honourable, noble, and ful of gladnesse. [continues next]
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infortune comth alwey to wikked folk. And thou shalt wel [continues next]
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as in hir, thou never ne haddest ne hast y-lost any fair thing.
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of which thou pleynest that thou hast forlorn, hadde ben thyne,
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thou ne haddest not lorn hem. Shal I thanne only ben defended
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[continues previous] And, for thou shalt wel knowe that I have wel understonden
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[continues previous] and unraced, thou shalt wel knowe by the autoritee of god, of the
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[continues previous] infortune comth alwey to wikked folk. And thou shalt wel
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But, as I trowe, I shal nat gretly travailen to do thee remembren
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on thise thinges. For thou were wont to hurtelen and despysen
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Fortune with glosinge wordes and deceivedest hir, whan she acoyede [continues next]
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thee and norisshede thee as hir owne delyces. Thou bere away of [continues next]
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hir, with manly wordes, whan she was blaundissinge and present,
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and pursewedest hir with sentences that were drawen out of myn
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entree, that is to seyn, out of myn informacioun. But no sodein
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[continues previous] hem to go ravisshe everich man for his part — that is to seyn,
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[continues previous] that everich of hem wolde drawen to the defence of his opinioun the
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withstondinge that they ne departe nat lightly a-twinne. And [continues next]
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the thinges that ben softe and fletinge, as is water and eyr, [continues next]
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delitable thinges; so that, whan they ben entred with-in thee,
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[continues previous] the thinges that ben softe and fletinge, as is water and eyr,
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to thee, or elles anoyous. Wenest thou eek that it be a fair
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thing to shyne with dyverse clothinge? Of whiche clothinge yif
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goodes, and haleth hem ayein as with an hooke. Wenest thou [continues next]
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thanne that thou oughtest to leten this a litel thing, that this aspre [continues next]
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thou be put out of thy contree, than hast thou put out thy-self [continues next]
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maneres and pleyne thee nat. And yif thou agrysest hir false [continues next]
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[continues previous] thanne that thou oughtest to leten this a litel thing, that this aspre
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thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif [continues next]
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men wene that ben goode, yit ben they desired as though that [continues next]
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And yif thy wey ledeth thee ayein so that thou be brought thider,
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horrible than alle monstres, yif it were as thou wenest; that is to
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wenest that hap be any thing in any weys; and, yif thou wenest
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ben eschued. And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing [continues next]
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certes, they semen to discorden. For thou wenest that, yif that [continues next]
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[continues previous] weye and gon amis. And yif thou hast lever for to wene that
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[continues previous] Yif thou aprovest hir and thenkest that she is good, use hir
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[continues previous] maneres and pleyne thee nat. And yif thou agrysest hir false
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[continues previous] substaunce? For yif thou wene that god have received thilke
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[continues previous] thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif
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other with swerd. Lo! for hir maneres ben dyverse and descordaunt,
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[continues previous] ben eschued. And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing
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[continues previous] to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is
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[continues previous] thinges ben y-seyn biforn, that necessitee folweth hem; and yif
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to thee-ward, hir propre stablenesse in the chaunginge of hir-self.
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that is, whan she hir-self opneth, and whan she descovereth hir [continues next]
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[continues previous] forsothe contrarious Fortune is alwey soothfast, whan she sheweth
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Yif thou aprovest hir and thenkest that she is good, use hir
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wene. Alwey tho ben hir maneres; she hath rather kept, as [continues next]
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frount, and sheweth hir maneres. Peraventure yit understondest [continues next]
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maneres and pleyne thee nat. And yif thou agrysest hir false
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[continues previous] chaunged ayein thee; but thou wenest wrong, yif thou that
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[continues previous] wene. Alwey tho ben hir maneres; she hath rather kept, as
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Yif thou committest and bitakest thy sailes to the winde, thou
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[continues previous] thou nat that I shal seye. It is a wonder that I desire to telle,
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trecherye, despyse and cast awey hir that pleyeth so harmfully;
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for she, that is now cause of so muche sorwe to thee, sholde
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[continues previous] han y-falle from the possessioun of hir propre resoun. For after
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she hath forsaken thee, ne ther nis no man siker that she ne [continues next]
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thee, forsothe; the whiche that never man may ben siker that
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in the whiche it comprehendeth thilke same simple forme that [continues next]
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ne may never ben knowen to none of that other; that is to seyn, [continues next]
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[continues previous] thyne? Fortune ne shal never maken that swiche thinges ben
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[continues previous] man forsake, that al thing that is right excellent and noble, that it ne
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[continues previous] ne may never ben knowen to none of that other; that is to seyn,
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Glose. But natheles, some bokes han the text thus: For sothe,
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she hath forsaken thee, ne ther nis no man siker that she ne
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... founden many a womman ful good and trewe. Or elles per-aventure the entente of Salomon was this; that, as in sovereyn bountee, he fond no womman; this is to seyn, that ther is no wight that hath sovereyn bountee save god allone; as he him-self recordeth in his Evaungelie. For ther nis no creature so good that him ne wanteth somwhat of the perfeccioun of god, that is his maker. Your thridde resoun is this: ye seyn that "if ye governe yow by my conseil, it sholde seme that ye hadde yeve me the maistrie and the lordshipe over your persone." Sir, save your grace, it is nat so. ...
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... wolde repenten him and forsake sinne: thurgh which despeir or drede he abaundoneth al his herte to every maner sinne, as seith seint Augustin. Which dampnable sinne, if that it continue un-to his ende, it is cleped sinning in the holy gost. This horrible sinne is so perilous, that he that is despeired, ther nis no felonye ne no sinne that he douteth for to do; as shewed wel by Iudas. Certes, aboven alle sinnes thanne is this sinne most displesant to Crist, and most adversarie. Soothly, he that despeireth him is lyk the coward champioun recreant, that seith creant withoute nede. Allas! allas! nedeles is he recreant and nedeles despeired. ...
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thee, forsothe; the whiche that never man may ben siker that
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that hath in him-self naturel bountee, as it is ful wel y-sene. For [continues next]
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by adversitees; and of alle thinges ther nis no doute, that
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they ne ben don rightfully and ordenely, to the profit of hem to
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how so that this knowinge is universel, yet nis ther no wight that
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ne woot wel that a man is a thing imaginable and sensible; and
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[continues previous] she hath forsaken thee, ne ther nis no man siker that she ne
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[continues previous] that hath in him-self naturel bountee, as it is ful wel y-sene. For
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[continues previous] 'Thanne may nat richesses maken that a man nis nedy, ne that
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[continues previous] 'Ne thou ne doutest nat,' quod she, 'that thilke naturel office [continues next]
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[continues previous] 'Certes,' quod she, 'ne is nis nat leveful to hem, as I shal wel
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[continues previous] 'Thanne ne doutestow nat,' quod she, 'that thilke folk that ben [continues next]
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Holdestow than thilke welefulnesse precious to thee that shal
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[continues previous] 'Ne thou ne doutest nat,' quod she, 'that thilke naturel office
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[continues previous] 'Thanne ne doutestow nat,' quod she, 'that thilke folk that ben
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nis nat feithful for to dwelle; and, whan she goth awey, that
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... of Senek: for "thinges that been folily doon, and that been in hope of fortune, shullen never come to good ende." And as the same Senek seith: "the more cleer and the more shyning that fortune is, the more brotil and the sonner broken she is." Trusteth nat in hir, for she nis nat stidefast ne stable; for whan thow trowest to be most seur or siker of hir help, she wol faille thee and deceyve thee. And wher-as ye seyn that fortune hath norissed yow fro your childhede, I seye, that in so muchel shul ye the lasse truste in hir and in hir wit. For Senek seith: ...
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took awey hir freendes, and lafte thee thyne freendes. Now whan [continues next]
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she bringeth a wight in sorwe? For sin she may nat ben withholden
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aparailements! But for sothe that may nat ben doon. For yif
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a wight shyneth with thinges that ben put to him, as thus, if
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[continues previous] visages of thy felawes. Whan she departed awey fro thee, she
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nat passen in-to the condicioun of god, he is torned in-to a beest. [continues next]
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man; that is to seyn, whan the soule departeth fro the body? For, [continues next]
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[continues previous] bountee and prowesse, he forleteth to ben a man; sin he may
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departeth fro him. What other thing is flittinge Fortune but a
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is? For yif the name of gentilesse be referred to renoun and
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natheles the thing that I shal telle thee yit ne sheweth nat lasse to [continues next]
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to that hir naturel entencioun ledeth hem, and yit almost thilke [continues next]
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good that they desiren; but they ne geten ne ateinen nat ther-to, [continues next]
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speken of complexiouns and atempraunces of bodies? Ne it ne is nat [continues next]
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an unlyk miracle, to hem that ne knowen it nat, (as who seith, but it [continues next]
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ne sholden we nat demen; but rather, al-thogh that they shal [continues next]
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to comen. Ne it confoundeth nat the Iugement of thinges; but [continues next]
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suffyseth nat only to loken on thinge that is present biforn the
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[continues previous] feblesse and infirmitee of wikkede folk, that ne mowen nat comen
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[continues previous] to that hir naturel entencioun ledeth hem, and yit almost thilke
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[continues previous] good that they desiren; but they ne geten ne ateinen nat ther-to,
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[continues previous] for vyces ne comen nat to blisfulnesse.
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[continues previous] speken of complexiouns and atempraunces of bodies? Ne it ne is nat
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[continues previous] is this: that, for that the thing is to comen, therfore ne may it
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[continues previous] nat ben hid fro the purviaunce of god; and in this manere this
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of thinges; and the same chaunginge from oon in-to an-other,
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loketh the helles,' that is to seyn, in-to lowe thinges of the erthe. [continues next]
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faylen, that is to seyn, torne in-to nought. [continues next]
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tyme it is present, and procedeth fro preterits in-to futures, that is [continues next]
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that is to seyn, from adversitee in-to prosperitee, maketh that the
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good man and worthy to han that prosperitee; and who-so hath
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adversitee, he is a wikked man, and god hath forsake him, and
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prosperitee; that is to seyn, that prosperitee ne be comen to me
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medicynes. Now understond heer, al were it so that the yiftes of [continues next]
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[continues previous] loketh the helles,' that is to seyn, in-to lowe thinges of the erthe.
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[continues previous] faylen, that is to seyn, torne in-to nought.
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[continues previous] This is the comune Love to alle thinges; and alle thinges axen
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[continues previous] felawshippeth him-self to thilke middel poynt, it is constreined
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a ful egre bataile in thy corage ayeins every fortune: for that the [continues next]
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[continues previous] tyme it is present, and procedeth fro preterits in-to futures, that is
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[continues previous] to seyn, fro tyme passed in-to tyme cominge; ne ther nis no-thing
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manaces of Fortune ne ben nat for to dreden, ne the flateringes
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laste sorwe eschaufede ayeins fortune, and compleinest that guerdouns
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requered of many folkes ne ben nat verray goodes ne parfite, for
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never-mo with-oute peyne, ne the vertues ne ben nat with-oute
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partye of men, ne ben nat ne han no beinge; but natheles, it is so,
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pleinly, that they ne ben nat, ne han no beinge. For right as
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vyces); ne the herbes of Circes ne ben nat mighty. For al-be-it
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ne corumpe thee nat, occupye the mene by stedefast strengthes.
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that thilke resouns of hem that assoilen this questioun ne ben
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nat speedful y-nough ne sufficient: the whiche solucioun, or the
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purviance wot biforn to comen ne ben nat to bityden; but that
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ne sholden we nat demen; but rather, al-thogh that they shal
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al-togider; for it ne hath nat the futures that ne ben nat yit, ne it
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by hem-self, they ben absolut of necessitee, and ne forleten nat ne
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suffren with evene wille in pacience al that is don in-with the
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floor of Fortune, that is to seyn, in this world, sin thou hast
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... the curacioun of your doghter dere. For al-be-it so that they been your freendes, therfore shal ye nat suffren that they serve yow for noght; but ye oghte the rather guerdone hem and shewe hem your largesse. And as touchinge the proposicioun which that the phisiciens entreteden in this caas, this is to seyn, that, in maladyes, that oon contrarie is warisshed by another contrarie, I wolde fayn knowe how ye understonde thilke text, and what is your sentence.' 'Certes,' quod Melibeus, 'I understonde it in this wyse: that, right as they han doon me a contrarie, right so sholde I doon hem another. For right as they ...
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porcioun of the right faire werke, that is to seyn, of this world?
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litel thinges nature halt hir apayed; and yif thou wolt achoken
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fro the yok of erthely affecciouns; and after-ward the verray goodes
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perdurable lawe. For yif thou conferme thy corage to the beste [continues next]
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wryten a lawe of wendinge and of dwellinge to Fortune, whiche
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[continues previous] peyne, be weleful. But consider the Iugement of the
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[continues previous] perdurable lawe. For yif thou conferme thy corage to the beste
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in that, and makest Fortune wroth and aspere by thyn inpatience,
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... to any wight, he holdeth thee in his snare." And therefore yow is bettre to hyde your conseil in your herte, than praye him, to whom ye han biwreyed your conseil, that he wole kepen it cloos and stille. For Seneca seith: "if so be that thou ne mayst nat thyn owene conseil hyde, how darstou prayen any other wight thy conseil secreely to kepe?" But nathelees, if thou wene sikerly that the biwreying of thy conseil to a persone wol make thy condicioun to stonden in the bettre plyt, thanne shaltou tellen him thy conseil in this wyse. First, thou ... [continues next]
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... your conseil with-outen your repreve. Soothly, a man may chaungen his purpos and his conseil if the cause cesseth, or whan a newe caas bitydeth. For the lawe seith: that "upon thinges that newely bityden bihoveth newe conseil." And Senek seith: "if thy conseil is comen to the eres of thyn enemy, chaunge thy conseil." Thou mayst also chaunge thy conseil if so be that thou finde that, by errour or by other cause, harm or damage may bityde. Also, if thy conseil be dishonest, or elles cometh of dishoneste cause, chaunge thy conseil. For the lawes seyn: that "alle bihestes ... [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 35
... seith by the word of seint Mathew: 'Nolite iurare omnino: ne wol ye nat swere in alle manere; neither by hevene, for it is goddes trone; ne by erthe, for it is the bench of his feet; ne by Ierusalem, for it is the citee of a greet king; ne by thyn heed, for thou mayst nat make an heer whyt ne blak. But seyeth by youre word, "ye, ye," and "nay, nay"; and what that is more, it is of yvel,' seith Crist. For Cristes sake, ne swereth nat so sinfully, in dismembringe of Crist by soule, herte, bones, and body. ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... thou biwreyest thy conseil to any wight, he holdeth thee in his snare." And therefore yow is bettre to hyde your conseil in your herte, than praye him, to whom ye han biwreyed your conseil, that he wole kepen it cloos and stille. For Seneca seith: "if so be that thou ne mayst nat thyn owene conseil hyde, how darstou prayen any other wight thy conseil secreely to kepe?" But nathelees, if thou wene sikerly that the biwreying of thy conseil to a persone wol make thy condicioun to stonden in the bettre plyt, thanne shaltou tellen him thy conseil in this wyse. First, ...
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[continues previous] ... with-outen your repreve. Soothly, a man may chaungen his purpos and his conseil if the cause cesseth, or whan a newe caas bitydeth. For the lawe seith: that "upon thinges that newely bityden bihoveth newe conseil." And Senek seith: "if thy conseil is comen to the eres of thyn enemy, chaunge thy conseil." Thou mayst also chaunge thy conseil if so be that thou finde that, by errour or by other cause, harm or damage may bityde. Also, if thy conseil be dishonest, or elles cometh of dishoneste cause, chaunge thy conseil. For the lawes seyn: that "alle bihestes that been dishoneste been of no value." And ...
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[continues previous] ... of seint Mathew: 'Nolite iurare omnino: ne wol ye nat swere in alle manere; neither by hevene, for it is goddes trone; ne by erthe, for it is the bench of his feet; ne by Ierusalem, for it is the citee of a greet king; ne by thyn heed, for thou mayst nat make an heer whyt ne blak. But seyeth by youre word, "ye, ye," and "nay, nay"; and what that is more, it is of yvel,' seith Crist. For Cristes sake, ne swereth nat so sinfully, in dismembringe of Crist by soule, herte, bones, and body. For certes, it semeth that ...
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by imaginacioun of erthely thinges, thou mayst nat yit seen thilke [continues next]
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and whanne thou woldest han it, thou nart nat siker; and [continues next]
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so that they may chaungen the limes of the body, algates yit
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Umbra Recta. An-other maner of wyrking be umbra recta. Yif it so be that thou mayst nat come to the baas of the tour, in this maner thou schalt werke. Sette thy rewle upon 1 till thou see the altitude, and sette at thy foot a prikke. Than sette thy rewle upon 2, and beholde what is the differense be-tween 1 and 2, and thou shalt finde ... [continues next]
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Yif thou committest and bitakest thy sailes to the winde, thou
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[continues previous] maneres and pleyne thee nat. And yif thou agrysest hir false
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[continues previous] by imaginacioun of erthely thinges, thou mayst nat yit seen thilke
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[continues previous] be thral to thee, yit, yif thou mayst nat putten awey thy foule
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[continues previous] and whanne thou woldest han it, thou nart nat siker; and
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[continues previous] Umbra Recta. An-other maner of wyrking be umbra recta. Yif it so be that thou mayst nat come to the baas of the tour, in this maner thou schalt werke. Sette thy rewle upon 1 till thou see the altitude, and sette at thy foot a prikke. Than sette thy rewle upon 2, and beholde what is the differense be-tween 1 and 2, and thou ...
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shall be shoven, not thider that thou woldest, but whider that the
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wind shoveth thee. Yif thou castest thy sedes in-to the feldes,
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in the signe of the Cancre, who-so yeveth thanne largely hise sedes
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to the feldes that refusen to receiven hem, lat him gon, bigyled of
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[continues previous] brenninge woldest thou glowen, yif thou wistest whider I wol
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thou sholdest han in minde that the yeres ben, amonges, other-whyle
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Dedalus, so entrelaced that it is unable to be unlaced; thou that [continues next]
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[continues previous] Dedalus, so entrelaced that it is unable to be unlaced; thou that
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mede; for thou hast ioyned thy-self to the most excellent thing. [continues next]
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thy-self to the governaunce of Fortune, and for-thy it bihoveth
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[continues previous] mede; for thou hast ioyned thy-self to the most excellent thing.
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... to whiche he oghte to been obedient in Crist. And understond wel that obedience is perfit, whan that a man doth gladly and hastily, with good herte entierly, al that he sholde do. Obedience generally, is to perfourne the doctrine of god and of his sovereyns, to whiche him oghte to ben obeisaunt in alle rightwysnesse.
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shortly. For-why yif thou enforcest thee to asemble moneye, [continues next]
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thou thee to aresten or withholden the swiftnesse and the sweigh
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[continues previous] thou most bireven him his moneye that hath it. And yif
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of hir turninge whele? O thou fool of alle mortal fooles, if