Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4 to Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary

Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4 has 132 lines, and 7% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 73% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 20% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.11 strong matches and 6.12 weak matches.

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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 1

Thanne seide I thus: 'O norice of alle vertues, thou seist ful
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Cook's Prologue: 31

A man may seye ful sooth in game and pley.' [continues next]
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Cook's Prologue: 32

'Thou seist ful sooth,' quod Roger, 'by my fey, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 3: 5

I hadde conversed and haunted fro my youthe; and I seide thus. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 3: 6

'O thou maistresse of alle vertues, descended from the soverein [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 100

thou thing in thy power that thou noldest never lesen, ne Fortune [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 11: 160

Thanne seyde she thus: 'O my nory,' quod she, 'I have
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 1

Thanne seide I thus: 'I acorde me gretly to Plato, for thou
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1163

'Allas, thou seist right sooth,' quod Troilus; [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 2

sooth; ne I ne may nat forsake the right swifte cours of my
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Cook's Prologue: 31

[continues previous] A man may seye ful sooth in game and pley.'
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Cook's Prologue: 32

[continues previous] 'Thou seist ful sooth,' quod Roger, 'by my fey,
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 3: 5

[continues previous] I hadde conversed and haunted fro my youthe; and I seide thus.
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 158

Thou wost wel that I seye sooth, ne I ne avauntede me never
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 100

[continues previous] thou thing in thy power that thou noldest never lesen, ne Fortune
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 101

[continues previous] ne may nat beneme it thee. And that thou mayst knowe that
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 20

and of an accuser. Ne I ne may nat, for swiche honours, iugen
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 22

the stablenesse and the swifte cours of the hevene, and stint
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 45

'This take I wel,' quod I, 'ne this ne may nat ben withseid
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 81

'Certes,' quod I, 'I ne may nat denye ne withstonde the
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Metre 1: 21

shyninge Iuge of thinges, stable in him-self, governeth the swifte [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Metre 4: 4

yif ye axen the deeth, it hasteth him of his owne wil; ne deeth
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Metre 4: 5

ne tarieth nat his swifte hors. And the men that the serpent and
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1163

[continues previous] 'Allas, thou seist right sooth,' quod Troilus;
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 3

prosperitee; that is to seyn, that prosperitee ne be comen to me
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 167

folk, ne submittede some of hem, that is to seyn, that it ne enclynede
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 1: 64

that is to seyn, from adversitee in-to prosperitee, maketh that the
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 147

moevinge;" that is to seyn, that it ne moeveth never-mo, and yit it
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Metre 1: 22

[continues previous] cart or wayn, that is to seyn, the circuler moevinge of the sonne.
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 189

shrewes mowen haunten that hem lyketh, but that they desiren,
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 190

that is to seyn, to comen to sovereign good, they ne han no power
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 206

hate; that is to seyn, that ne hate hath no place amonges wyse men.
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 4

wonder swiftly and sone. But this is a thing that greetly smerteth
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 469

But, lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 5

me whan it remembreth me. For in alle adversitee of fortune,
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Wife of Bath's Prologue: 469

[continues previous] But, lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 8

I deme that contrarious Fortune profiteth more to men than [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 9

Fortune debonaire. For alwey, whan Fortune semeth debonaire, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5: 49

fortune maketh freendes, contrarious fortune maketh hem [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 6

the most unsely kinde of contrarious fortune is to han ben
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 215

I seye, that the laste charge of contrarious fortune is this: that,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 8

[continues previous] I deme that contrarious Fortune profiteth more to men than
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 9

[continues previous] Fortune debonaire. For alwey, whan Fortune semeth debonaire,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 10

[continues previous] than she lyeth falsly in bihetinge the hope of welefulnesse; but
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 11

forsothe contrarious Fortune is alwey soothfast, whan she sheweth
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5: 49

[continues previous] fortune maketh freendes, contrarious fortune maketh hem [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 159

'Denyestow,' quod she, 'that alle shrewes ne ben worthy to
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5: 48

[continues previous] fortune and nat by vertu? Certes, swiche folk as weleful
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 8

'But that thou,' quod she, 'abyest thus the torment of thy
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 3: 51

of thy sorwes, thou mayst nat forsaken that thou art yit blisful. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 10

than she lyeth falsly in bihetinge the hope of welefulnesse; but
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 162

'But,' quod she, 'I am certein, by many resouns, that shrewes
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 9

false opinioun, that mayst thou nat rightfully blamen ne aretten
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Melibee's Tale: 20

... whan 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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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 528

His wyly wrenches thou ne mayst nat flee. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 3: 51

[continues previous] of thy sorwes, thou mayst nat forsaken that thou art yit blisful.
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 101

ne may nat beneme it thee. And that thou mayst knowe that
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 102

blisfulnesse ne may nat standen in thinges that ben fortunous
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 2

so grete thinges; ne I ne doute nat that thou ne mayst wel
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 3

performe that thou bihetest. But I preye thee only this, that
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 23

that he may nat geten, thou mayst nat douten that power ne
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 3: 71

bitydeth it, that yif thou seest a wight that be transformed into
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 3: 72

vyces, thou ne mayst nat wene that he be a man.
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 1: 15

that thou ne mayst nat suffyce to mesuren the right wey.' [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 79

avyse the prescience, by which it knoweth alle thinges, thou ne [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 80

shal nat demen it as prescience of thinges to comen, but thou [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 179

wolt chaunge it or no, and whiderward that thou torne it, thou ne
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 180

mayst nat eschuen the devyne prescience; right as thou ne mayst
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 181

nat fleen the sighte of the presente eye, al-though that thou torne
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 10

to thinges: as who seith, for thou hast yit many habundaunces of
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 527

[continues previous] Which that this fox y-shapen hath to thee!
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 529

[continues previous] Wherfor, to go to the conclusioun
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Parson's Tale: 63

... thinges, and nothing yeve to hem that han nede. And understond, that Avarice ne stant nat only in lond ne catel, but somtyme in science and in glorie, and in every manere of outrageous thing is Avarice and Coveitise. And the difference bitwixe Avarice and Coveitise is this. Coveitise is for to coveite swiche thinges as thou hast nat; and Avarice is for to withholde and kepe swiche thinges as thou hast, with-oute rightful nede. Soothly, this Avarice is a sinne that is ful dampnable; for al holy writ curseth it, and speketh agayns that vyce; for it dooth wrong to Iesu Crist. For it bireveth him the ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 14

me of how manye grete thinges thou hast yit plentee. And [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 18

rightfully upon the meschef of Fortune, sin thou hast yit thy [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 19

beste thinges? Certes, yit liveth in good point thilke precious [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 51

thus with al thy fortune, sin thou hast yit thy beste thinges. But [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 3

I have wel desired matere of thinges to done, as who seith, I
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 4

desire to han matere of governaunce over comunalitees, for vertu,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 110

erthely thinges? As who seith, thanne rekketh the sowle of no
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 1: 15

[continues previous] that thou ne mayst nat suffyce to mesuren the right wey.'
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 23

thinges to-comen (as who seith, any other wey than thus) but that
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 79

[continues previous] avyse the prescience, by which it knoweth alle thinges, thou ne
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 80

[continues previous] shal nat demen it as prescience of thinges to comen, but thou
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 14

[continues previous] me of how manye grete thinges thou hast yit plentee. And
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 19

[continues previous] beste thinges? Certes, yit liveth in good point thilke precious
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 51

[continues previous] thus with al thy fortune, sin thou hast yit thy beste thinges. But
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 12

Text. For al be it so that the ydel name of aventurous
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 34

a sowle of resoun? For al be it so that gemmes drawen to hem-self
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 14

me of how manye grete thinges thou hast yit plentee. And
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 10

to thinges: as who seith, for thou hast yit many habundaunces of
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 18

rightfully upon the meschef of Fortune, sin thou hast yit thy
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 19

beste thinges? Certes, yit liveth in good point thilke precious
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 51

thus with al thy fortune, sin thou hast yit thy beste thinges. But
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 24

that proveth it. And yif thou haddest with-drawen and abated in [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 115

And yif thou seyst heer, that thilke thing that god seeth to [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 15

therfor, yif that thilke thing that thou haddest for most precious
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Knight's Tale: 1366

For thilke love thou haddest to Adoun,
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Monk's Prologue: 60

Thou haddest bigeten many a creature. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 79

precious, ther-for thou haddest lever rekne hem amonges thy [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 24

[continues previous] that proveth it. And yif thou haddest with-drawen and abated in
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 167

is cause for which men requeren any thing, it semeth that thilke
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 168

same thing be most desired. As thus: yif that a wight wolde
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 115

[continues previous] And yif thou seyst heer, that thilke thing that god seeth to
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 16

in al thy richesse of fortune be kept to thee yit, by the grace of
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Monk's Prologue: 59

[continues previous] To parfourne al thy lust in engendrure,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 79

[continues previous] precious, ther-for thou haddest lever rekne hem amonges thy
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 18

rightfully upon the meschef of Fortune, sin thou hast yit thy
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 10

to thinges: as who seith, for thou hast yit many habundaunces of [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 14

me of how manye grete thinges thou hast yit plentee. And [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 51

thus with al thy fortune, sin thou hast yit thy beste thinges. But [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 137

perdurable lawe. For yif thou conferme thy corage to the beste [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 138

thinges, thou ne hast no nede of no Iuge to yeven thee prys or [continues next]
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Fortune: 32

And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve! [continues next]
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Fortune: 40

And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve. [continues next]
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Fortune: 48

And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve. [continues next]
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Fortune: 49

Thy lore I dampne, hit is adversitee. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 19

beste thinges? Certes, yit liveth in good point thilke precious
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 10

[continues previous] to thinges: as who seith, for thou hast yit many habundaunces of
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 14

[continues previous] me of how manye grete thinges thou hast yit plentee. And
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 51

[continues previous] thus with al thy fortune, sin thou hast yit thy beste thinges. But
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 137

[continues previous] perdurable lawe. For yif thou conferme thy corage to the beste
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 138

[continues previous] thinges, thou ne hast no nede of no Iuge to yeven thee prys or
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Fortune: 32

[continues previous] And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve!
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Fortune: 40

[continues previous] And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve.
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Fortune: 48

[continues previous] And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve.
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 21

a man maked alle of sapience and of vertu; the whiche man
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 106

of Iustice [they ben maked iust], and by the getinge of sapience
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 22

thou woldest byen redely with the prys of thyn owne lyf. He
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 43

Trigwille, provost of the kinges hous, bothe of the wronges that he [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 23

biwayleth the wronges that men don to thee, and nat for him-self;
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 43

[continues previous] Trigwille, provost of the kinges hous, bothe of the wronges that he
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 44

[continues previous] hadde bigunne to don, and eek fully performed? How ofte have
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 92

pacience the wronges that weren don un-to him. This feynede
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hir bountees, she is lyk to hir fader. I telle thee wel, that she
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Merchant's Tale: 503

But thus muche of hir beautee telle I may,
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Merchant's Tale: 504

That she was lyk the brighte morwe of May,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 29

al maat and overcomen by wepinge and sorwe for desyr of thee,
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 5: 47

for that manye tribulaciouns of affecciouns han assailed thee, and
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 5: 48

sorwe and ire and wepinge to-drawen thee dyversely; as thou art
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 30

in the whiche thing only I moot graunten that thy welefulnesse is
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 9: 120

seye that thou art blisful, yif thou putte this ther-to that I [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 1: 16

The whiche thing only, how worthy it is to ben wondred
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 31

amenused. What shal I seyn eek of thy two sones, conseilours,
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Squire's Tale: 29

Hadde two sones on Elpheta his wyf, [continues next]
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Squire's Tale: 30

Of whiche the eldeste highte Algarsyf, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 9: 120

[continues previous] seye that thou art blisful, yif thou putte this ther-to that I
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of whiche, as of children of hir age, ther shyneth the lyknesse of
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Squire's Tale: 30

[continues previous] Of whiche the eldeste highte Algarsyf,
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Legend of Thisbe: 23

And certein, as by reson of hir age,
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Legend of Thisbe: 24

Ther mighte have been bitwix hem mariage,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 33

the wit of hir fader or of hir elder fader? And sin the sovereyn
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1125

To winnen from hir fader, so trowe I;
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 1126

Hir olde fader wol yet make hir dyne
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cure of alle mortel folk is to saven hir owen lyves, O how weleful
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Legend of Philomela: 25

The furies three, with alle hir mortel brond.
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 35

art thou, yif thou knowe thy goodes! For yit ben ther
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 57

sorwestow that thou art exiled of thy propre goodes. And
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 58

for thou ne wost what is the ende of thinges, for-thy demestow
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 72

thinges, yif ther be no beautee to ben desyred, why sholdest thou [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 1: 19

remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 74

of renoun, oughte that to ben despised? Certes, ther may no [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 6: 194

by adversitees; and of alle thinges ther nis no doute, that [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 6: 195

they ne ben don rightfully and ordenely, to the profit of hem to [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 1: 12

so that the thinges which that thou axest ben right profitable to
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 1: 13

knowe, yit ben they diverse somwhat fro the path of my purpos;
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 36

thinges dwelled to thee-ward, that no man douteth that they ne
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Parson's Tale: 56

... 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. Certes, the mercy of ...
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Parson's Tale: 61

... strengthe, therfore men shal withstonden him by wit and by resoun and by discrecioun. Thanne arn ther the vertues of feith, and hope in god and in hise seintes, to acheve and acomplice the gode werkes in the whiche he purposeth fermely to continue. Thanne comth seuretee or sikernesse; and that is, whan a man ne douteth no travaille in tyme cominge of the gode werkes that a man hath bigonne. Thanne comth Magnificence, that is to seyn, whan a man dooth and perfourneth grete werkes of goodnesse that he hath bigonne; and that is the ende why that men sholde do gode werkes; for in the acomplissinge ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 72

[continues previous] thinges, yif ther be no beautee to ben desyred, why sholdest thou
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 65

the whiche yiftes, I trowe that it oughte ben considered, that no [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 66

man douteth that he nis strong in whom he seeth strengthe; and [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 1: 19

[continues previous] remenaunt of thinges that ben yit to seye ben swiche, that first
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 74

[continues previous] of renoun, oughte that to ben despised? Certes, ther may no
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 75

[continues previous] man forsake, that al thing that is right excellent and noble, that it ne
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 84

'Knit forth the remenaunt,' quod I; 'for no wight ne douteth
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 85

that he that may gon by naturel office of feet ne be more mighty
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 6: 194

[continues previous] by adversitees; and of alle thinges ther nis no doute, that
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 37

ben more dereworthe to thee than thyn owen lyf. And for-thy
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 65

[continues previous] the whiche yiftes, I trowe that it oughte ben considered, that no
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 39

ne over greet tempest hath nat yit fallen upon thee, whan
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 42

his book, that the renoun of the comune of Rome ne hadde nat
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 43

yit passed ne cloumben over the mountaigne that highte Caucasus;
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 40

that thyn ancres cleven faste, that neither wolen suffren the
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powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren
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hem-self to cleven or ioinen hem to shrewes. And certes, the
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 41

counfort of this tyme present ne the hope of tyme cominge to
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Parson's Tale: 13

... that is yeve to any man, by which a man may be saved, but only Iesus.' Nazarenus is as muche for to seye as 'florisshinge,' in which a man shal hope, that he that yeveth him remission of sinnes shal yeve him eek grace wel for to do. For in the flour is hope of fruit in tyme cominge; and in foryifnesse of sinnes hope of grace wel for to do. 'I was atte dore of thyn herte,' seith Iesus, 'and cleped for to entre; he that openeth to me shal have foryifnesse of sinne. I wol entre in-to him by my grace, and soupe with him,' by the goode werkes that he shal doon; whiche ...
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Parson's Tale: 61

... him by wit and by resoun and by discrecioun. Thanne arn ther the vertues of feith, and hope in god and in hise seintes, to acheve and acomplice the gode werkes in the whiche he purposeth fermely to continue. Thanne comth seuretee or sikernesse; and that is, whan a man ne douteth no travaille in tyme cominge of the gode werkes that a man hath bigonne. Thanne comth Magnificence, that is to seyn, whan a man dooth and perfourneth grete werkes of goodnesse that he hath bigonne; and that is the ende why that men sholde do gode werkes; for in the acomplissinge of grete goode werkes lyth the ... [continues next]
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perpetuely? But certes, the olde age of tyme passed, and eek
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of present tyme now, is ful of ensaumples how that kinges ben
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to seyn, fro tyme passed in-to tyme cominge; ne ther nis no-thing [continues next]
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establisshed in tyme that may enbracen to-gider al the space of [continues next]
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That we han lad, and forth the tyme dryve;
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And eek of tyme cominge us reioye,
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[continues previous] ... him by wit and by resoun and by discrecioun. Thanne arn ther the vertues of feith, and hope in god and in hise seintes, to acheve and acomplice the gode werkes in the whiche he purposeth fermely to continue. Thanne comth seuretee or sikernesse; and that is, whan a man ne douteth no travaille in tyme cominge of the gode werkes that a man hath bigonne. Thanne comth Magnificence, that is to seyn, whan a man dooth and perfourneth grete werkes of goodnesse that he hath bigonne; and that is the ende why that men sholde do gode werkes; for in ...
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[continues previous] to seyn, fro tyme passed in-to tyme cominge; ne ther nis no-thing
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fleten forth and escapen; but thou mayst wel seen how grete
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the secree of his conscience. But now thou mayst wel seen to
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I can nat seen how thou mayst go
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aparayles and aray that me lakketh, that ben passed away fro
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right, fro thennes-forth that him lakketh goodnesse, ne shal ben
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'I have som-what avaunsed and forthered thee,' quod she, 'yif
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'And was nat that,' quod she, 'for that thee lakked som-what [continues next]
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Philosophie. 'How mochel wilt thou preysen it,' quod she, [continues next]
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'yif that thou knowe what thilke good is?' [continues next]
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And thanne seide she thus: 'yif thou loke,' quod she, 'first [continues next]
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'And yif thou see a wight,' quod she, 'that hath doon that he [continues next]
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And over this quod she, 'yif that ther be two thinges that [continues next]
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I desire to herkne it more pleynly of thee.' [continues next]
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'Thou wilt nat thanne deneye,' quod she, 'that the moevement [continues next]
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'Thanne,' quod she, 'yif that a wight be mighty to moeve and [continues next]
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'Thanne,' quod she, 'yif that any good were added to the [continues next]
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that thou anoye nat or forthinke nat of al thy fortune: as who
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[continues previous] 'And was nat that,' quod she, 'for that thee lakked som-what [continues next]
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[continues previous] that thou noldest nat han lakked, or elles thou haddest that thou [continues next]
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[continues previous] Philosophie. 'How mochel wilt thou preysen it,' quod she,
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[continues previous] 'yif that thou knowe what thilke good is?'
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'They dwellen graunted to thee,' quod I; this is to seyn, as [continues next]
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who seith: I graunte thy forseide conclusiouns. [continues next]
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[continues previous] And thanne seide she thus: 'yif thou loke,' quod she, 'first
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[continues previous] 'And yif thou see a wight,' quod she, 'that hath doon that he
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[continues previous] And over this quod she, 'yif that ther be two thinges that
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[continues previous] 'Thou wilt nat thanne deneye,' quod she, 'that the moevement
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[continues previous] 'Thanne,' quod she, 'yif that a wight be mighty to moeve and
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[continues previous] 'Thanne,' quod she, 'yif that any good were added to the
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seith, I have som-what comforted thee, so that thou tempest thee nat
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[continues previous] 'And was nat that,' quod she, 'for that thee lakked som-what
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[continues previous] that thou noldest nat han lakked, or elles thou haddest that thou
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[continues previous] who seith: I graunte thy forseide conclusiouns.
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[continues previous] 'Have I nat shewed thee,' quod she, 'that the thinges that ben
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 51

thus with al thy fortune, sin thou hast yit thy beste thinges. But
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so that I ne may nat yit answeren to thy demaundes.' [continues next]
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to thinges: as who seith, for thou hast yit many habundaunces of
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me of how manye grete thinges thou hast yit plentee. And
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rightfully upon the meschef of Fortune, sin thou hast yit thy
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beste thinges? Certes, yit liveth in good point thilke precious
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perdurable lawe. For yif thou conferme thy corage to the beste
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thinges, thou ne hast no nede of no Iuge to yeven thee prys or
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Fortune: 32

And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve! [continues next]
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And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve.
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My lore is bet than wikke is thy grevaunce,
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Fortune: 48

And eek thou hast thy beste frend alyve.
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Thy lore I dampne, hit is adversitee.
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I may nat suffren thy delices, that pleynest so wepinge and
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[continues previous] so that I ne may nat yit answeren to thy demaundes.'
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[continues previous] 'I nas nat deceived,' quod she, 'that ther ne faileth somwhat,
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[continues previous] I have thee taught divisioun bi-twene
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anguissous, for that ther lakketh som-what to thy welefulnesse.
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wight lightly to the condicioun of his fortune; for alwey to every [continues next]
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man ther is in som-what that, unassayed, he ne wot nat; or elles [continues next]
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For what man is so sad or of so parfit welefulnesse, that he ne
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[continues previous] wight lightly to the condicioun of his fortune; for alwey to every
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[continues previous] man ther is in som-what that, unassayed, he ne wot nat; or elles
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estat? For-why ful anguissous thing is the condicioun of mannes
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Melibee's Tale: 52

... "the goodes," he seith, "of thyn hous ne sholde nat been hid, ne kept so cloos but that they mighte been opened by pitee and debonairetee;" that is to seyn, to yeven part to hem that han greet nede; "ne thy goodes shullen nat been so opene, to been every mannes goodes." Afterward, in getinge of your richesses and in usinge hem, ye shul alwey have three thinges in your herte; that is to seyn, our lord god, conscience, and good name. First, ye shul have god in your herte; and for no richesse ye shullen do nothing, which may in ... [continues next]
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that is to seyn, as myn accusinge hath, that either errour of mannes [continues next]
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wit or elles condicioun of Fortune, that is uncertein to alle mortal [continues next]
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of lyf infinit, yit algates ne embraceth it nat the space of the lyf [continues next]
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goodes; for either it cometh nat al-togider to a wight, or elles it
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[continues previous] ... calle yow nat fool-large. Therfore seith Tullius: "the goodes," he seith, "of thyn hous ne sholde nat been hid, ne kept so cloos but that they mighte been opened by pitee and debonairetee;" that is to seyn, to yeven part to hem that han greet nede; "ne thy goodes shullen nat been so opene, to been every mannes goodes." Afterward, in getinge of your richesses and in usinge hem, ye shul alwey have three thinges in your herte; that is to seyn, our lord god, conscience, and good name. First, ye shul have god in your herte; and for no richesse ye shullen do nothing, which may in any ...
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[continues previous] that is to seyn, as myn accusinge hath, that either errour of mannes
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[continues previous] of lyf infinit, yit algates ne embraceth it nat the space of the lyf
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[continues previous] al-togider; for it ne hath nat the futures that ne ben nat yit, ne it
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 61

of thinges, that him were lever that he were unknowe. And
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Franklin's Tale: 801

That him were lever han shame (and that were routhe)
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som man haboundeth both in richesse and noblesse, but yit he
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his lyf. For certes, yit ne hath it taken the tyme of to-morwe, and [continues next]
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bewaileth his chaste lyf, for he ne hath no wyf. And som man is
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Parson's Tale: 88

... o synne draweth in another; and eek the lenger that he tarieth, the ferther he is fro Crist. And if he abyde to his laste day, scarsly may he shryven him or remembre him of hise sinnes, or repenten him, for the grevous maladie of his deeth. And for-as-muche as he ne hath nat in his lyf herkned Iesu Crist, whanne he hath spoken, he shal crye to Iesu Crist at his laste day, and scarsly wol he herkne him. And understond that this condicioun moste han foure thinges. Thy shrift moste be purveyed bifore and avysed; for wikked haste doth no profit; and that a man ...
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[continues previous] his lyf. For certes, yit ne hath it taken the tyme of to-morwe, and
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 66

gladed with children, but he wepeth ful sory for the trespas of
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Miller's Tale: 432

He wepeth, weyleth, maketh sory chere, [continues next]
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He syketh with ful many a sory swogh.
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his sone or of his doughter. And for this ther ne acordeth no
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Miller's Tale: 431

[continues previous] To drenchen Alisoun, his hony dere.
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Franklin's Tale: 51

For in this world, certein, ther no wight is, [continues next]
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oon were destroyed, certes, beinge ne shulde ther non dwellen [continues next]
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how so that this knowinge is universel, yet nis ther no wight that [continues next]
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ne woot wel that a man is a thing imaginable and sensible; and [continues next]
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wight lightly to the condicioun of his fortune; for alwey to every
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Franklin's Tale: 51

[continues previous] For in this world, certein, ther no wight is,
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anguissous, for that ther lakketh som-what to thy welefulnesse. [continues next]
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For what man is so sad or of so parfit welefulnesse, that he ne [continues next]
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'Forsothe,' quod she, 'than nedeth ther som-what that every [continues next]
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[continues previous] how so that this knowinge is universel, yet nis ther no wight that
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man ther is in som-what that, unassayed, he ne wot nat; or elles
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 597

Or som-what elles, was nat worth a flye,
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... that wol nat been y-taught ne undernome of his vyce, and by stryf werreieth trouthe witingly, and deffendeth his folye. Contumax, is he that thurgh his indignacion is agayns everich auctoritee or power of hem that been hise sovereyns. Presumpcion, is whan a man undertaketh an empryse that him oghte nat do, or elles that he may nat do; and that is called Surquidrie. Irreverence, is whan men do nat honour thereas hem oghte to doon, and waiten to be reverenced. Pertinacie, is whan man deffendeth his folye, and trusteth to muchel in his owene wit. Veyne glorie, is for to have pompe and delyt in his temporel ... [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 57

Of the remedie of thise two sinnes, as seith the wyse man, that 'he that dredeth god, he spareth nat to doon that him oghte doon.' And he that loveth god, he wol doon diligence to plese god by his werkes, and abaundone him-self, with al his might, wel for to doon. Thanne comth ydelnesse, that is the yate of alle harmes. An ydel man is lyk to a place ... [continues next]
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... his owene trespas, and nat another; but he shal blame and wyten him-self and his owene malice of his sinne, and noon other; but nathelees, if that another man be occasioun or entycer of his sinne, or the estaat of a persone be swich thurgh which his sinne is agregged, or elles that he may nat pleynly shryven him but he telle the persone with which he hath sinned; thanne may he telle; so that his entente ne be nat to bakbyte the persone, but only to declaren his confessioun. [continues next]
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[continues previous] anguissous, for that ther lakketh som-what to thy welefulnesse.
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[continues previous] For what man is so sad or of so parfit welefulnesse, that he ne
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'And was nat that,' quod she, 'for that thee lakked som-what
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that thou noldest nat han lakked, or elles thou haddest that thou
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[continues previous] 'Forsothe,' quod she, 'than nedeth ther som-what that every
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'Ye, ther nedeth,' quod I.
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who so desireth any thing, nedes, somwhat he knoweth of it; or [continues next]
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elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne [continues next]
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or elles it ne shal nat be?" Or elles how mochel is worth the
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he dredeth that he hath assayed. And adde this also, that every
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Parson's Tale: 24

[continues previous] ... y-taught ne undernome of his vyce, and by stryf werreieth trouthe witingly, and deffendeth his folye. Contumax, is he that thurgh his indignacion is agayns everich auctoritee or power of hem that been hise sovereyns. Presumpcion, is whan a man undertaketh an empryse that him oghte nat do, or elles that he may nat do; and that is called Surquidrie. Irreverence, is whan men do nat honour thereas hem oghte to doon, and waiten to be reverenced. Pertinacie, is whan man deffendeth his folye, and trusteth to muchel in his owene wit. Veyne glorie, is for to have pompe and delyt in his temporel hynesse, and glorifie ...
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Parson's Tale: 57

[continues previous] Of the remedie of thise two sinnes, as seith the wyse man, that 'he that dredeth god, he spareth nat to doon that him oghte doon.' And he that loveth god, he wol doon diligence to plese god by his werkes, and abaundone him-self, with al his might, wel for to doon. Thanne comth ydelnesse, that is the yate of alle harmes. An ydel man is lyk to ...
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Parson's Tale: 89

[continues previous] ... trespas, and nat another; but he shal blame and wyten him-self and his owene malice of his sinne, and noon other; but nathelees, if that another man be occasioun or entycer of his sinne, or the estaat of a persone be swich thurgh which his sinne is agregged, or elles that he may nat pleynly shryven him but he telle the persone with which he hath sinned; thanne may he telle; so that his entente ne be nat to bakbyte the persone, but only to declaren his confessioun.
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[continues previous] elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne
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weleful man hath a ful delicat felinge; so that, but-yif alle thinges
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your owne wil the rightes, whan ye ben axed, but-yif so were that [continues next]
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but-yif alle thise thinges ben alle oon same thing, they ne han nat
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1068

So mighte I wene that thinges alle and some, [continues next]
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That whylom been bifalle and over-come, [continues next]
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bifalle at his owne wil, for he is impacient, or is nat used to han
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Parson's Tale: 24

... reioyseth him of harm that he hath doon. Insolent, is he that despyseth in his Iugement alle othere folk as to regard of his value, and of his conning, and of his speking, and of his bering. Elacion, is whan he ne may neither suffre to have maister ne felawe. Impacient, is he that wol nat been y-taught ne undernome of his vyce, and by stryf werreieth trouthe witingly, and deffendeth his folye. Contumax, is he that thurgh his indignacion is agayns everich auctoritee or power of hem that been hise sovereyns. Presumpcion, is whan a man undertaketh an empryse that him oghte nat do, or ...
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he is worthy to han that adversitee. This is the opinioun of some [continues next]
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[continues previous] your owne wil the rightes, whan ye ben axed, but-yif so were that
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1069

[continues previous] That whylom been bifalle and over-come,
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non adversitee, anon he is throwen adoun for every litel thing.
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Second Nun's Tale: 437

'Your might,' quod she, 'ful litel is to drede; [continues next]
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Second Nun's Tale: 438

For every mortal mannes power nis [continues next]
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[continues previous] he is worthy to han that adversitee. This is the opinioun of some
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And ful litel thinges ben tho that withdrawen the somme or the
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Second Nun's Tale: 437

[continues previous] 'Your might,' quod she, 'ful litel is to drede;
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the superfluitee of fortune. For with ful fewe things and with ful
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litel thinges nature halt hir apayed; and yif thou wolt achoken
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of the holy man." And ofte tyme it bitydeth, that the somme of
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thinges that ben to done is taken to governe to gode folk, for that
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doon hem, ne han no necessitee that men doon hem, eek tho
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same thinges, first or they ben doon, they ben to comen with-oute
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thanne tho thinges that ben absolut and quite fro alle talents
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perfeccioun of blisfulnesse fro hem that ben most fortunat. How
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perfeccioun of blisfulnesse is set. And in this thing, I trowe
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many men, trowest thou, wolden demen hem-self to ben almost in
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the whiche they ne mighte nat don, yif they mighten dwellen in [continues next]
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the forme and in the doinge of good folk. And thilke power [continues next]
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necessitee faileth hem, they ne mighten nat ben wist biforn, and [continues next]
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by hem-self, they ben absolut of necessitee, and ne forleten nat ne [continues next]
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ben they necessarie; and yif they ben considered by hem-self, [continues next]
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thanne ben they absolut fro the bond of necessitee. Right so as [continues next]
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hevene, yif they mighten atayne to the leest party of the remnaunt
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[continues previous] the whiche they ne mighte nat don, yif they mighten dwellen in
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[continues previous] the forme and in the doinge of good folk. And thilke power
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[continues previous] thinges ben y-seyn biforn, that necessitee folweth hem; and yif
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[continues previous] necessitee faileth hem, they ne mighten nat ben wist biforn, and
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[continues previous] devyne knowinge. But certes, yif thilke thinges be considered
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[continues previous] by hem-self, they ben absolut of necessitee, and ne forleten nat ne
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[continues previous] ben they necessarie; and yif they ben considered by hem-self,
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[continues previous] thanne ben they absolut fro the bond of necessitee. Right so as
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of thy fortune? This same place that thou clepest exil, is
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[continues previous] 'This is open and cleer,' quod she, 'that alle othre thinges ben
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wrecched but whan thou wenest it: as who seith, thou thy-self, ne
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Shipman's Tale: 311

Ne no wight elles, that he nas ful fayn, [continues next]
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... withdraweth and refreyneth the stiringes and the moevynges of mannes corage in his herte, in swich manere that they ne skippe nat out by angre ne by Ire. Suffrance suffreth swetely alle the anoyaunces and the wronges that men doon to man outward. Seint Ierome seith thus of debonairetee, that 'it doth noon harm to no wight, ne seith; ne for noon harm that men doon or seyn, he ne eschaufeth nat agayns, his resoun.' This vertu som-tyme comth of nature; for, as seith the philosophre, 'a man is a quik thing, by nature debonaire and tretable to goodnesse; but whan debonairetee is enformed of grace, thanne is it the ... [continues next]
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rather than any other wight hath. For no wight but thy-self ne [continues next]
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that thou shalt not wilne to leten thy-self a wrecche, hast thou [continues next]
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tho semeden ioyful ben passed, ther nis nat why thou sholdest wene [continues next]
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thy-self a wrecche; for thinges that semen now sorye passen also. [continues next]
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ther nis no wight that may merveylen y-nough, ne compleine, [continues next]
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an unlyk miracle, to hem that ne knowen it nat, (as who seith, but it
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ne woot wel that a man is a thing imaginable and sensible; and [continues next]
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othre, sin it knoweth by his propre nature nat only his subiect, as
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who seith, it ne knoweth nat al-only that apertieneth properly to his
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bityde, it ne may nat unbityde (as who seith, it mot bityde), and
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to entrechaunge stoundes of knowinge;"' as who seith, ne shal it
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Or som wight elles, I ne roghte who[continues next]
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And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche. [continues next]
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no wight elles, nis a wrecche, but whan he weneth him-self a wrecche
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Shipman's Tale: 310

[continues previous] In al the hous ther nas so litel a knave,
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Shipman's Tale: 311

[continues previous] Ne no wight elles, that he nas ful fayn,
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First, he that axeth conseil of him-self, certes he moste been with-outen ire, for manye causes. The firste is this: he that hath greet ire and wratthe in him-self, he weneth alwey that he may do thing that he may nat do. And secoundely, he that is irous and wroth, he ne may nat wel deme; and he that may nat wel deme, may nat wel conseille. The thridde is this; that "he that is irous and wrooth," as seith Senek, "ne may nat ...
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[continues previous] ... and the moevynges of mannes corage in his herte, in swich manere that they ne skippe nat out by angre ne by Ire. Suffrance suffreth swetely alle the anoyaunces and the wronges that men doon to man outward. Seint Ierome seith thus of debonairetee, that 'it doth noon harm to no wight, ne seith; ne for noon harm that men doon or seyn, he ne eschaufeth nat agayns, his resoun.' This vertu som-tyme comth of nature; for, as seith the philosophre, 'a man is a quik thing, by nature debonaire and tretable to goodnesse; but whan debonairetee is enformed of grace, thanne ...
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[continues previous] rather than any other wight hath. For no wight but thy-self ne
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[continues previous] that thou shalt not wilne to leten thy-self a wrecche, hast thou
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[continues previous] tho semeden ioyful ben passed, ther nis nat why thou sholdest wene
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[continues previous] thy-self a wrecche; for thinges that semen now sorye passen also.
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[continues previous] ther nis no wight that may merveylen y-nough, ne compleine,
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[continues previous] how so that this knowinge is universel, yet nis ther no wight that
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Book of the Duchesse: 244

[continues previous] Or som wight elles, I ne roghte who —
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[continues previous] And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche.
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al-though it seme swete and ioyful to hem that useth it,
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Wife of Bath's Tale: 343

Povert is this, al-though it seme elenge:
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it mochel, and outrely, and longe; but yit ne hath it nat ben [continues next]
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al-togider; for it ne hath nat the futures that ne ben nat yit, ne it [continues next]
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yit may it nat ben with-holden that it ne goth away whan it wole.
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vigour and strengthe that it ne mighte nat ben empted; al were it
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so that I ne may nat yit answeren to thy demaundes.'
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blisfulnesse ne may nat standen in thinges that ben fortunous
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body; it may nat ben douted that, yif that deeth may take awey [continues next]
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thing that is summitted unto us. But it may nat ben deneyed
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that thilke good ne is, and that it nis right as welle of alle
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'This is open and cleer,' quod I; 'ne it may nat ben deneyed
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manere, that shrewes ben more unsely whan they ne ben nat
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punisshed, al-be-it so that ther ne be had no resoun or lawe of
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continue innocence, by the whiche he ne may nat with-holden
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naught; but yif this ne may nat ben don, thanne is it nat possible,
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yit ne may it nat, by the infirme light of his bemes, breken or
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elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne
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ben nat y-wist? And thogh that he seke tho thinges, wher shal he
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is this: that, for that the thing is to comen, therfore ne may it
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nat ben hid fro the purviaunce of god; and in this manere this
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destinee, which that ne may nat ben inclyned, knitteth and streineth
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which that is inestimable, that is to seyn, that it is so greet, that it
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ne may nat ben ful y-preysed. And this is only the manere, that is
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[continues previous] it mochel, and outrely, and longe; but yit ne hath it nat ben
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[continues previous] determined ne y-sped fermely and diligently of any of yow. And
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[continues previous] al-togider; for it ne hath nat the futures that ne ben nat yit, ne it
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[continues previous] ne hath no lenger the preterits that ben y-doon or y-passed. But
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 90

Thanne is it wel sene, how wrecched is the blisfulnesse of mortal
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Knight's Tale: 66

Now be we caitifs, as it is wel sene:
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[continues previous] blisfulnesse, that alle the kinde of mortal thinges ne descendeth [continues next]
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robbed. O precious and right cleer is the blisfulnesse of mortal [continues next]
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and brotel; that is to seyn, servaunt to thy body. Now is it
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thanne wel seen, how litel and how brotel possessioun they
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thinges, that neither it dureth perpetuel with hem that every
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[continues previous] blisfulnesse, that alle the kinde of mortal thinges ne descendeth
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[continues previous] richesses, that, whan thou hast geten it, than hast thou lorn thy
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fortune receiven agreablely or egaly, ne it delyteth nat in al to
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the beautee of feldes, delyteth it nat mochel un-to yow?' [continues next]
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the faire wordes of the fames of hem, it is nat yeven to knowe [continues next]
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mete that we receiven and ne thinke nat on it, and as we
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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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is lyke a merveil or a miracle to hem that ne knowen it nat), why that [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 477

That al hir lyf ne doon nat but assayen [continues next]
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That al hir lyf ne doon nat but assayen [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6098

In that word noon of hem delyteth, [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6099

Al were it gospel, the evangyle, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 93

hem that ben anguissous. O ye mortal folk, what seke ye thanne
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[continues previous] deserved by no wey that ye sholden mervailen on hem. And
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[continues previous] hem that ben dede and consumpte. Liggeth thanne stille, al
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[continues previous] an unlyk miracle, to hem that ne knowen it nat, (as who seith, but it
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[continues previous] is lyke a merveil or a miracle to hem that ne knowen it nat), why that
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 476

[continues previous] And telle of false men that hem bitrayen,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 477

[continues previous] That al hir lyf ne doon nat but assayen
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 486

[continues previous] And telle of false men that hem bitrayen,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 487

[continues previous] That al hir lyf ne doon nat but assayen
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6098

[continues previous] In that word noon of hem delyteth,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6100

[continues previous] That wolde reprove hem of hir gyle,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 95

Errour and folye confoundeth yow.
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Melibee's Tale: 15

... wole werken wikkednesse, and your wyf restreyneth thilke wikked purpos, and overcometh yow by resoun and by good conseil; certes, your wyf oghte rather to be preised than y-blamed. Thus sholde ye understonde the philosophre that seith, "in wikked conseil wommen venquisshen hir housbondes." And ther-as ye blamen alle wommen and hir resouns, I shal shewe yow by manye ensamples that many a womman hath ben ful good, and yet been; and hir conseils ful hoolsome and profitable. Eek som men han seyd, that "the conseillinge of wommen is outher to dere, or elles to litel of prys." But al-be-it so, that ful many a womman is ... [continues next]
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of vice. But how brode sheweth the errour and the folye of yow
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that simply is o thing, with-outen any devisioun, the errour
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and folye of mankinde departeth and devydeth it, and misledeth
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1281

I shal yow wel an heep of weyes shewe. [continues next]
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I shal shewe thee shortely the poynt of sovereyne blisfulnesse.
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[continues previous] ... and your wyf restreyneth thilke wikked purpos, and overcometh yow by resoun and by good conseil; certes, your wyf oghte rather to be preised than y-blamed. Thus sholde ye understonde the philosophre that seith, "in wikked conseil wommen venquisshen hir housbondes." And ther-as ye blamen alle wommen and hir resouns, I shal shewe yow by manye ensamples that many a womman hath ben ful good, and yet been; and hir conseils ful hoolsome and profitable. Eek som men han seyd, that "the conseillinge of wommen is outher to dere, or elles to litel of prys." But al-be-it so, that ful many a womman ...
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harmes thise forseyde weyes ben enlaced, I shal shewe thee
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putten forth, I shal shewe thee the wey that shal bringen thee
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now al redy to the understondinge, I shal shewe thee more thikke
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'Certes,' quod she, 'ne is nis nat leveful to hem, as I shal wel
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shewe thee in covenable place; but natheles, yif so were that thilke
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of the poynt; and yif ther be any-thing that knitteth and [continues next]
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[continues previous] I shal yow wel an heep of weyes shewe.
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Is ther any-thing more precious to thee than thy-self? Thou
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by so many entrechaunginges, wolt thou thanne trusten in the [continues next]
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[continues previous] of the poynt; and yif ther be any-thing that knitteth and
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y-doon presently right now. Yif thou wolt thanne thenken and [continues next]
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the thinges that he knoweth biforn, thanne shal I answere thee [continues next]
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thus. Certes, thou mayst wel chaunge thy purpos; but, for as [continues next]
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wolt answere, "nay." Thanne, yif it so be that thou art mighty
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[continues previous] Yif the forme of this worlde is so selde stable, and yif it turneth
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[continues previous] by so many entrechaunginges, wolt thou thanne trusten in the
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'Thanne,' quod she, 'yif that a wight be mighty to moeve and
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ben put under the merite and the desert of men. Thanne
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bitydeth it, that yif thou seest a wight that be transformed into
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But how shal it thanne be, yif that wit and imaginacioun stryven
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[continues previous] y-doon presently right now. Yif thou wolt thanne thenken and
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[continues previous] the thinges that he knoweth biforn, thanne shal I answere thee
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 41

Umbra Recta. Yif it so be that thou wilt werke by umbra recta, and thou may come to the bas of the toure, in this maner thou schalt werke. Tak the altitude of the tour by bothe holes, so that thy rewle ligge even in a poynt. Ensample as thus: I see him thorw at the poynt of ...
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 43

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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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 99

over thy-self, that is to seyn, by tranquillitee of thy sowle, than hast
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which thing it folweth, that yif thou ne have no gentilesse of
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thy-self, that is to seyn, preyse that comth of thy deserte, foreine
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thou thing in thy power that thou noldest never lesen, ne Fortune
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Thanne seide I thus: 'O norice of alle vertues, thou seist ful [continues next]
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sooth; ne I ne may nat forsake the right swifte cours of my [continues next]
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lese that thing that he ne doubteth nat but that he may lesen it; [continues next]
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Fortune ne were nat brutel ne transitorie, what is ther in hem [continues next]
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ne may nat han it al, ne al may it nat comen to o man with-outen [continues next]
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no good in it-self, ne semblaunce of good, it ne may nat wel in [continues next]
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continue innocence, by the whiche he ne may nat with-holden [continues next]
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fortune. Thanne the wyse dispensacioun of god spareth him, the [continues next]
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sorwful fortune ne confounde thee nat, ne that the merye fortune [continues next]
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ne corumpe thee nat, occupye the mene by stedefast strengthes. [continues next]
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and so as it ne may nat countrefeten it ne feynen it ne be evenlyke [continues next]
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that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat [continues next]
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atayne to ne fulfillen, and bindeth it-self to som maner presence [continues next]
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ne may nat beneme it thee. And that thou mayst knowe that
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... whan 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. ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] sooth; ne I ne may nat forsake the right swifte cours of my
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false opinioun, that mayst thou nat rightfully blamen ne aretten [continues next]
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[continues previous] lese that thing that he ne doubteth nat but that he may lesen it;
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[continues previous] Fortune ne were nat brutel ne transitorie, what is ther in hem
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[continues previous] ne may nat han it al, ne al may it nat comen to o man with-outen
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to seye, that blisfulnesse be [nat] anguissous ne drery, ne subgit to [continues next]
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vilenye. And for as mochel as thou mowe knowe that thilke [continues next]
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thise thinges with-in my herte, I knowe wel that thilke blisfulnesse, [continues next]
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that may verrayly yeven oon of the forseyde thinges, sin [continues next]
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[continues previous] no good in it-self, ne semblaunce of good, it ne may nat wel in
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so grete thinges; ne I ne doute nat that thou ne mayst wel [continues next]
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performe that thou bihetest. But I preye thee only this, that [continues next]
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that he may nat geten, thou mayst nat douten that power ne [continues next]
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bitydeth it, that yif thou seest a wight that be transformed into [continues next]
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vyces, thou ne mayst nat wene that he be a man. [continues next]
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hir eyen so wont to the derknesse of erthely thinges, that they ne [continues next]
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ordre is unknowe. But al-though that thou ne knowe nat the [continues next]
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[continues previous] continue innocence, by the whiche he ne may nat with-holden
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[continues previous] sorwful fortune ne confounde thee nat, ne that the merye fortune
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[continues previous] ne corumpe thee nat, occupye the mene by stedefast strengthes.
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that thou ne mayst nat suffyce to mesuren the right wey.' [continues next]
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elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne [continues next]
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[continues previous] and so as it ne may nat countrefeten it ne feynen it ne be evenlyke
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[continues previous] that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat
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[continues previous] atayne to ne fulfillen, and bindeth it-self to som maner presence
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blisfulnesse ne may nat standen in thinges that ben fortunous
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[continues previous] ... 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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to the aventure of fortune; and iugen that only swiche thinges [continues next]
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ben purveyed of god, whiche that temporel welefulnesse [continues next]
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[continues previous] false opinioun, that mayst thou nat rightfully blamen ne aretten
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yit may it nat ben with-holden that it ne goth away whan it wole.
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thinges by a bonde that may nat ben unbounde. Al be it so that
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[continues previous] to seye, that blisfulnesse be [nat] anguissous ne drery, ne subgit to
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[continues previous] verray reverence ne may nat comen by thise shadewy transitorie
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[continues previous] thise thinges with-in my herte, I knowe wel that thilke blisfulnesse,
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[continues previous] that may verrayly yeven oon of the forseyde thinges, sin
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thing that is summitted unto us. But it may nat ben deneyed
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that thilke good ne is, and that it nis right as welle of alle
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good is in him. For yif god ne is swich, he ne may nat ben
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prince of alle thinges; for certes som-thing possessing in it-self
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'This take I wel,' quod I, 'ne this ne may nat ben withseid
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nothing nis more worth. For alwey, of alle thinges, the nature
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of hem ne may nat ben bettre than his biginning; for which
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thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif
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ther nis no wight that may merveylen y-nough, ne compleine,
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that swiche thinges ben doon in the regne of god, that alle thinges
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[continues previous] so grete thinges; ne I ne doute nat that thou ne mayst wel
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[continues previous] that he may nat geten, thou mayst nat douten that power ne
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'This is open and cleer,' quod I; 'ne it may nat ben deneyed
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[continues previous] vyces, thou ne mayst nat wene that he be a man.
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dredeth thinges that ne oughten nat to ben dred, men shal holden
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[continues previous] hir eyen so wont to the derknesse of erthely thinges, that they ne
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[continues previous] may nat liften hem up to the light of cleer sothfastnesse; but
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[continues previous] ordre is unknowe. But al-though that thou ne knowe nat the
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the gode governour, atempreth and governeth the world, ne doute
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thee nat that alle thinges ben doon a-right.
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is lyke a merveil or a miracle to hem that ne knowen it nat), why that
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swete thinges ben covenable to some bodies that ben hole, and to
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they demen that tho thinges ne sholden nat han ben don. For
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[continues previous] that thou ne mayst nat suffyce to mesuren the right wey.'
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[continues previous] elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne
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[continues previous] ben nat y-wist? And thogh that he seke tho thinges, wher shal he
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of libertee. For yif so be that god loketh alle thinges biforn, ne
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god ne may nat ben desseived in no manere, than mot it nedes
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necessitee slydeth ayein in-to the contrarye partye: ne it ne
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bihoveth nat, nedes, that thinges bityden that ben purvyed, but
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destinee, which that ne may nat ben inclyned, knitteth and streineth
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which that is inestimable, that is to seyn, that it is so greet, that it
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ne may nat ben ful y-preysed. And this is only the manere, that is
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facultee or power of thinges that ben y-knowe? Ne that nis nat
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devyne lookinge, biholdinge alle thinges under him, ne troubleth
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nat the qualitee of thinges that ben certeinly present to him-ward;
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Boece. 'What is this to seyn thanne,' quod I, 'that thinges ne
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ben nat necessarie by hir propre nature, so as they comen in alle
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and temporel, now understonde and gader it to-gidere thus:
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[continues previous] ben purveyed of god, whiche that temporel welefulnesse
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Yif blisfulnesse be the sovereyn good of nature that liveth by
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ne doutedest nat that they nere governed by resoun. But owh! [continues next]
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desireth most over alle thinges, he demeth that it be the sovereyn
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good; but I have defyned that blisfulnesse is the sovereyn good;
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that ne hath no part, they ne geten hem neither thilke partye that [continues next]
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that is dyvers from any thing, that thilke thing nis nat that [continues next]
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folweth it, that thilke thing that by his nature is dyvers fro [continues next]
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'Certes,' quod she, 'nothing nis fayrer than is the thing that [continues next]
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by resoun sholde ben added to thise forseide thinges.' [continues next]
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to be shad and to fleten dyversely: right so, by semblable resoun, [continues next]
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thilke thing that departeth forthest fro the first thoght of god, it is [continues next]
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For ther nis no-thing don for cause of yvel; ne thilke thing [continues next]
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that is don by wikkede folk nis nat don for yvel. The whiche [continues next]
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that it susteneth and enforseth, by hise strengthes, that it nis nat [continues next]
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overcomen by adversitees. Ne certes, thou that art put in the [continues next]
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nevere no nature of resoun that it ne hadde libertee of free wil. [continues next]
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seyth, I ne alowe nat, or I ne preyse nat, thilke same resoun, by [continues next]
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which that som men wenen that they mowen assoilen and [continues next]
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be false that I ne wot it), right so thilke thing that is conceived by [continues next]
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certes, thilke prescience ne mighte nat be signe of thing that nis [continues next]
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this same considereth wel resoun; but that nis nat by imaginacioun [continues next]
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nor by wit, but it looketh it by a resonable concepcioun. Also [continues next]
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ayein resoninge, and seyn, that of thilke universel thing that [continues next]
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thing that is y-wist nis nat knowen by his nature propre, but by [continues next]
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that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat [continues next]
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knoweth anything to be, he ne unwot nat that thilke thing wanteth [continues next]
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thilke thing that ne may nat unbityde it mot bityde by necessitee, [continues next]
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resoun, ne thilke thing nis nat sovereyn good that may be taken
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'Certes,' quod Prudence, 'I graunte yow that over muchel suffraunce nis nat good; but yet ne folweth it nat ther-of, that every persone to whom men doon vileinye take of it vengeance; for that aperteneth and longeth al only to the Iuges, for they shul venge the vileinyes and iniuries. And ther-fore tho two auctoritees that ye han seyd above, been only understonden in the Iuges; for whan they ...
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... than god, yet is it venial sinne; and deedly sinne, whan the love of any thing weyeth in the herte of man as muchel as the love of god, or more. 'Deedly sinne,' as seith seint Augustin, 'is, whan a man turneth his herte fro god, which that is verray sovereyn bountee, that may nat chaunge, and yeveth his herte to thing that may chaunge and flitte'; and certes, that is every thing, save god of hevene. For sooth is, that if a man yeve his love, the which that he oweth al to god with al his herte, un-to a creature, certes, as muche ...
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[continues previous] ne doutedest nat that they nere governed by resoun. But owh!
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thilke thing that may nat ben taken awey); than sheweth it wel, [continues next]
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ther failede any thing, it mighte nat ben cleped sovereyn good:
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vilenye. And for as mochel as thou mowe knowe that thilke
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verray reverence ne may nat comen by thise shadewy transitorie
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[continues previous] that ne hath no part, they ne geten hem neither thilke partye that
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[continues previous] nis non, ne the thing al hool that they ne desire nat.'
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mortal folk a maner of goodes that ne ben nat parfit; but thilke [continues next]
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good that is verray and parfit, that may they nat yeven.' [continues next]
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thing that is summitted unto us. But it may nat ben deneyed [continues next]
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that thilke good ne is, and that it nis right as welle of alle [continues next]
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don awey, men may nat thinke ne seye fro whennes thilke
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thing is that is cleped inparfit. For the nature of thinges ne
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[continues previous] that is dyvers from any thing, that thilke thing nis nat that
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[continues previous] same thing fro which it is understonden to ben dyvers. Thanne
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[continues previous] folweth it, that thilke thing that by his nature is dyvers fro
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[continues previous] soverein good, that that thing nis nat soverein good; but certes,
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that were a felonous corsednesse to thinken that of him that
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ben dyverse amonges hem-self, that oon nis nat that that other
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is; thanne ne [may] neither of hem ben parfit, so as either of
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[continues previous] 'Certes,' quod she, 'nothing nis fayrer than is the thing that
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[continues previous] by resoun sholde ben added to thise forseide thinges.'
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allone; but that is a thing that may nat be don.'
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'This thing,' quod I, 'nis nat doutous; but I abyde to herknen
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that aughte ben desired; for-why thilke thing that with-holdeth
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no good in it-self, ne semblaunce of good, it ne may nat wel in
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good thanne mayst thou descryven right thus: good is thilke
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thing that every wight desireth.'
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'Ther ne may be thought,' quod I, 'no more verray thing.
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and parformeth thilke same thing by naturel office, and that
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other ne may nat doon thilke naturel office, but folweth, by other
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yvel and felonye ne may nat ben referred to good. Thanne nis
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[continues previous] to be shad and to fleten dyversely: right so, by semblable resoun,
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[continues previous] thilke thing that departeth forthest fro the first thoght of god, it is
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[continues previous] For ther nis no-thing don for cause of yvel; ne thilke thing
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[continues previous] that is don by wikkede folk nis nat don for yvel. The whiche
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[continues previous] that it susteneth and enforseth, by hise strengthes, that it nis nat
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[continues previous] overcomen by adversitees. Ne certes, thou that art put in the
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[continues previous] 'Yis,' quod she; 'ther is libertee of free wil. Ne ther ne was
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[continues previous] nevere no nature of resoun that it ne hadde libertee of free wil.
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[continues previous] and unleveful. Ne I ne proeve nat thilke same resoun, as who
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[continues previous] seyth, I ne alowe nat, or I ne preyse nat, thilke same resoun, by
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[continues previous] which that som men wenen that they mowen assoilen and
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ne be nat certein ne necessarie, who may weten biforn that thilke
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thing is to comen? For right as science ne may nat ben medled
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[continues previous] be false that I ne wot it), right so thilke thing that is conceived by
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[continues previous] science ne may nat ben non other weys than as it is conceived.
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speke with god, and by resoun of supplicacioun be conioined to
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thilke cleernesse, that nis nat aproched no rather or that men
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[continues previous] certes, thilke prescience ne mighte nat be signe of thing that nis
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[continues previous] nat. But certes, it is now certein that the proeve of this,
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[continues previous] this same considereth wel resoun; but that nis nat by imaginacioun
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[continues previous] ayein resoninge, and seyn, that of thilke universel thing that
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[continues previous] resoun weneth to seen, that it nis right naught? For wit and
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in-to the heighte of thilke sovereyn intelligence; for ther shal
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resoun wel seen that, that it ne may nat biholden in it-self. And
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simplicitee of the sovereyn science, that nis nat enclosed nor
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[continues previous] thing that is y-wist nis nat knowen by his nature propre, but by
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[continues previous] that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat [continues next]
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[continues previous] knoweth anything to be, he ne unwot nat that thilke thing wanteth
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[continues previous] thilke thing that ne may nat unbityde it mot bityde by necessitee, [continues next]
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The gretest, and most sovereyn [continues next]
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That may be founde in any man, [continues next]
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awey in any wyse, (for more worthy thing and more digne is
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[continues previous] thilke thing that may nat ben taken awey); than sheweth it wel, [continues next]
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every thinge be more precious than is thilke thing whos that [continues next]
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elles? For it is nat to wene that thilke thing, that is most worthy [continues next]
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[continues previous] good that is verray and parfit, that may they nat yeven.' [continues next]
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[continues previous] that thilke good ne is, and that it nis right as welle of alle [continues next]
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[continues previous] that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat [continues next]
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[continues previous] bityde, it ne may nat unbityde (as who seith, it mot bityde), and [continues next]
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[continues previous] That may be founde in any man,
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thilke thing that may nat ben taken awey); than sheweth it wel,
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resoun, ne thilke thing nis nat sovereyn good that may be taken
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[continues previous] awey in any wyse, (for more worthy thing and more digne is
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[continues previous] every thinge be more precious than is thilke thing whos that
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han dignitees ofte tyme, than sheweth it wel that dignitees and [continues next]
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powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren [continues next]
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[continues previous] elles? For it is nat to wene that thilke thing, that is most worthy
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[continues previous] mortal folk a maner of goodes that ne ben nat parfit; but thilke
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[continues previous] good that is verray and parfit, that may they nat yeven.'
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[continues previous] thing that is summitted unto us. But it may nat ben deneyed
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[continues previous] that thilke good ne is, and that it nis right as welle of alle
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of alle thinges, is good. For, so as nothing ne may ben thought
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bettre than god, it may nat ben douted thanne that he, that
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ferme by resoun; ne a more worthy thing than god may nat
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from that other, than sheweth it wel that it is a ded thing, and [continues next]
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of alle thise thinges it sheweth wel, that the goode folke ben certeinly [continues next]
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this sheweth it wel, that to goode folk ne lakketh never-mo hir [continues next]
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nature of it, maketh men wrecches; and it sheweth wel, that the [continues next]
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they demen that tho thinges ne sholden nat han ben don. For
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which thing thilke soverein purveaunce hath maked ofte tyme fair
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than sheweth it wel, how greet destruccioun and how grete
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[continues previous] that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat [continues next]
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[continues previous] thilke thing that ne may nat unbityde it mot bityde by necessitee,
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than mot thilke thing ben by necessitee, al-thogh that it ne have
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that the unstablenesse of fortune may nat atayne to receiven
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palis, whider as that chateringe or anoyinge folye ne may nat
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atayne, we scorne swiche ravineres and henteres of fouleste
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[continues previous] han dignitees ofte tyme, than sheweth it wel that dignitees and
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[continues previous] And whan hir unitee is destroyed by the disseveraunce of that oon
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[continues previous] from that other, than sheweth it wel that it is a ded thing, and
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[continues previous] of alle thise thinges it sheweth wel, that the goode folke ben certeinly
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[continues previous] this sheweth it wel, that to goode folk ne lakketh never-mo hir
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[continues previous] nature of it, maketh men wrecches; and it sheweth wel, that the
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[continues previous] that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat [continues next]
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[continues previous] atayne to ne fulfillen, and bindeth it-self to som maner presence [continues next]
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verray blisfulnesse. And yit more-over: what man that this
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[continues previous] atayne to ne fulfillen, and bindeth it-self to som maner presence
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toumbling welefulnesse ledeth, either he woot that it is chaungeable,
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And eek it is nat lykly, al thy lyf, [continues next]
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... excusen his sinne by unstedefastnesse of his flesh; or elles he dide it for to holde companye with hise felawes, or elles, he seith, the fend entyced him; or elles he dide it for his youthe, or elles his complexioun is so corageous, that he may nat forbere; or elles it is his destinee, as he seith, unto a certein age; or elles, he seith, it cometh him of gentillesse of hise auncestres; and semblable thinges. Alle this manere of folk so wrappen hem in hir sinnes, that they ne wol nat delivere hem-self. For soothly, no wight that excuseth him wilfully ... [continues next]
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fortune may ther be in the blindnesse of ignorance? And yif he [continues next]
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woot that it is chaungeable, he moot alwey ben adrad that he ne [continues next]
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good, the whiche fortune is certein that it be either rightful or [continues next]
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who so desireth any thing, nedes, somwhat he knoweth of it; or [continues next]
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elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne [continues next]
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Either he woot that thou, Ioye, art muable, [continues next]
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Or woot it not, it moot ben oon of tweye; [continues next]
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or elles he woot it nat. And yif he woot it nat, what blisful
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[continues previous] Al be she mayde, or widwe, or elles wyf.
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[continues previous] And eek it is nat lykly, al thy lyf,
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[continues previous] ... hokerly and angrily, and deffenden or excusen his sinne by unstedefastnesse of his flesh; or elles he dide it for to holde companye with hise felawes, or elles, he seith, the fend entyced him; or elles he dide it for his youthe, or elles his complexioun is so corageous, that he may nat forbere; or elles it is his destinee, as he seith, unto a certein age; or elles, he seith, it cometh him of gentillesse of hise auncestres; and semblable thinges. Alle this manere of folk so wrappen hem in hir sinnes, that they ne wol nat delivere hem-self. For soothly, no wight that excuseth him ...
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[continues previous] fortune may ther be in the blindnesse of ignorance? And yif he [continues next]
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[continues previous] woot that it is chaungeable, he moot alwey ben adrad that he ne
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[continues previous] good, the whiche fortune is certein that it be either rightful or
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[continues previous] who so desireth any thing, nedes, somwhat he knoweth of it; or
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[continues previous] elles, he ne coude nat desire it. Or who may folwen thinges that ne
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[continues previous] With what wight so thou be, or how thou pleye,
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[continues previous] Either he woot that thou, Ioye, art muable,
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[continues previous] Or woot it not, it moot ben oon of tweye;
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fortune may ther be in the blindnesse of ignorance? And yif he
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toumbling welefulnesse ledeth, either he woot that it is chaungeable, [continues next]
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[continues previous] or elles he woot it nat. And yif he woot it nat, what blisful [continues next]
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woot that it is chaungeable, he moot alwey ben adrad that he ne
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[continues previous] toumbling welefulnesse ledeth, either he woot that it is chaungeable,
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[continues previous] or elles he woot it nat. And yif he woot it nat, what blisful
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as who seith, he mot ben alwey agast, lest he lese that he wot wel he [continues next]
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Or woot it not, it moot ben oon of tweye;
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Now if he woot it not, how may he seye
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lese that thing that he ne doubteth nat but that he may lesen it;
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thou thing in thy power that thou noldest never lesen, ne Fortune
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ne may nat beneme it thee. And that thou mayst knowe that
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[continues previous] as who seith, he mot ben alwey agast, lest he lese that he wot wel he [continues next]
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than he that ne may nat.'
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'But the soverein good,' quod she, 'that is eveneliche purposed
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cause or what is it (as who seith, ther may no cause be) by which [continues next]
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bityde, it ne may nat unbityde (as who seith, it mot bityde), and [continues next]
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as who seith, he mot ben alwey agast, lest he lese that he wot wel he
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woot that it is chaungeable, he moot alwey ben adrad that he ne
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[continues previous] lese that thing that he ne doubteth nat but that he may lesen it;
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[continues previous] cause or what is it (as who seith, ther may no cause be) by which
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[continues previous] bityde, it ne may nat unbityde (as who seith, it mot bityde), and
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Romaunt of the Rose: 4942

Who wot it nought, he may wel go [continues next]
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For pride and ire lese it he may, [continues next]
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To seen that sorwe which that he is inne; [continues next]
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For wel wot I, it wol my bane be; [continues next]
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may lese it. For which, the continuel dreed that he hath ne
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Clerk's Tale: 1141

Ne suffreth nat that men yow doon offence. [continues next]
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ben weleful? for he that hath fallen stood nat in stedefast [continues next]
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propres offices; ne he ne suffreth nat the stoundes whiche that [continues next]
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him-self hath devyded and constreyned to ben y-medled to-gidere. [continues next]
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thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif [continues next]
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that ne ben nat taken fro with-oute the compas of thing of which [continues next]
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wrecchednesse of any wight, nis he nat more weleful than he that [continues next]
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ne hath no medlinge of good in his solitarie wrecchednesse?' [continues next]
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naught; but yif this ne may nat ben don, thanne is it nat possible, [continues next]
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necessitee faileth hem, they ne mighten nat ben wist biforn, and [continues next]
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[continues previous] Who wot it nought, he may wel go
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[continues previous] For pride and ire lese it he may,
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[continues previous] And for reprove by nycetee,
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[continues previous] For wel wot I, it wol my bane be;
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suffreth him nat to ben weleful. Or yif he lese it, he weneth to
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Clerk's Tale: 1141

[continues previous] Ne suffreth nat that men yow doon offence.
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[continues previous] in me. O ye, my frendes, what or wherto avauntede ye me to
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[continues previous] ben weleful? for he that hath fallen stood nat in stedefast
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[continues previous] God tokneth and assigneth the tymes, ablinge hem to hir
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[continues previous] propres offices; ne he ne suffreth nat the stoundes whiche that
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 73

ben sory yif thou lese hem, or why sholdest thou reioysen thee
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[continues previous] thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif
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[continues previous] moeveth alle othre thinges. But natheles, yif I have stired resouns
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[continues previous] that ne ben nat taken fro with-oute the compas of thing of which
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[continues previous] wrecchednesse of any wight, nis he nat more weleful than he that
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[continues previous] naught; but yif this ne may nat ben don, thanne is it nat possible,
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[continues previous] thinges ben y-seyn biforn, that necessitee folweth hem; and yif
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[continues previous] necessitee faileth hem, they ne mighten nat ben wist biforn, and
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be dispysed and forleten. Certes eek, that is a ful litel good that
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Parson's Tale: 53

... of hir sinnes, and that he wole graunte hem to arysen out of hir sinnes. Another estaat is thestaat of grace, in which estaat he is holden to werkes of penitence; and certes, to alle thise thinges is Accidie enemy and contrarie. For he loveth no bisinesse at al. Now certes, this foule sinne Accidie is eek a ful greet enemy to the lyflode of the body; for it ne hath no purveaunce agayn temporel necessitee; for it forsleweth and forsluggeth, and destroyeth alle goodes tem-poreles by reccheleesnesse.
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shewinge to me the beautee; the whiche clothes a derknesse of a
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forleten and dispysed elde hadde dusked and derked, as it is wont
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is born with evene herte whan it is lost; that is to seyn, that men
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this is to seyn, that, whan that erthely lust is overcomen, a man is
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which that is inestimable, that is to seyn, that it is so greet, that it
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thilke thing that thou puttest a litel her-biforn, that is to seyn,
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that it is unworthy thing to seyn, that our futures yeven cause of
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Thenk al swich taried tyd, but lost it nis!
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That wol ye bothe seyn, whan ye ben oon.
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do no more fors of the lost than of the havinge. And for as moche
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the Iowes (sc. faucibus) of hem that gapeden. And for as moche [continues next]
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as the peyne of the accusacioun aiuged biforn ne sholde nat [continues next]
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thilke man to which she hir-self is conioigned. And for as moche [continues next]
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as honours of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of honour, it [continues next]
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For as moche thanne as thou hast seyn, which is the forme [continues next]
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And for as moche as thou understonde which is the strengthe [continues next]
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as thou thy-self art he, to whom it hath ben shewed and proved
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[continues previous] as the peyne of the accusacioun aiuged biforn ne sholde nat
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[continues previous] as honours of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of honour, it
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[continues previous] For as moche thanne as thou hast seyn, which is the forme
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'Certes,' quod I, 'it hath wel ben shewed heer-biforn, that alle
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 40

'It remembreth me wel,' quod I, 'that it hath ben shewed.'
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'And recordeth thee nat thanne,' quod she, 'that blisfulnesse
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[continues previous] And for as moche as thou understonde which is the strengthe
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 122

by ful manye demonstraciouns, as I wot wel, that the sowles of
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Reeve's Prologue: 32

Our olde lemes mowe wel been unwelde, [continues next]
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And the thinges eek that men wenen ne haven none sowles, [continues next]
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ne desire they nat ech of hem by semblable resoun to kepen [continues next]
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corone of wyse men shal nat fallen ne faden. For foreine shrewednesse [continues next]
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see, ne coveiteth nat to deyen his flaumbes in the see of the occian, [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue B: 569

Wol doon so strong a peyne for love as she.
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I wot wel that thou mayst nat al hit ryme,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1355

Ther were, and that wot I ful wel,
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Of pomgarnettes a ful gret del;
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men ne mowe nat deyen in no wyse; and eek sin it is cleer and
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[continues previous] Our olde lemes mowe wel been unwelde,
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[continues previous] But wil ne shal nat faillen, that is sooth.
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Parson's Tale: 67

... pasture of lambes, that is, the blisse of hevene. Now comth hasardrye with hise apurtenaunces, as tables and rafles; of which comth deceite, false othes, chydinges, and alle ravines, blaspheminge and reneyinge of god, and hate of hise neighebores, wast of godes, misspendinge of tyme, and somtyme manslaughtre. Certes, hasardours ne mowe nat been with-outen greet sinne whyles they haunte that craft. Of avarice comen eek lesinges, thefte, fals witnesse, and false othes. And ye shul understonde that thise been grete sinnes, and expres agayn the comaundements of god, as I have seyd. Fals witnesse is in word and eek in dede. In ...
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... he sholde be so by resoun. She sholde eek serven him in alle honestee, and been attempree of hir array. I wot wel that they sholde setten hir entente to plesen hir housbondes, but nat by hir queyntise of array. Seint Ierome seith, that wyves that been apparailled in silk and in precious purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist. What seith seint Iohn eek in this matere? Seint Gregorie eek seith, that no wight seketh precious array but only for veyne glorie, to been honoured the more biforn the peple. It is a greet folye, a womman to have a fair array outward and in hir-self be ...
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preysinge of his renoun, he may nat in no wyse bringen forth ne
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mighte ben desired. Now is it cleer and certein thanne, that [continues next]
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blisfulnesse is a parfit estat by the congregacioun of alle goodes; [continues next]
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misledinges to blisfulnesse, ne that they ne mowe nat leden
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[continues previous] ne desire they nat ech of hem by semblable resoun to kepen
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they desiren, they ne mowe nat be wikkede?'
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[continues previous] corone of wyse men shal nat fallen ne faden. For foreine shrewednesse
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and gader it to-gider in this manere: — so as good him-self is [continues next]
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blisfulnesse, thanne is it cleer and certein, that alle good folk ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] see, ne coveiteth nat to deyen his flaumbes in the see of the occian,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 7273

'But I ne speke in no such wyse,
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That men shulde humble abit dispyse,
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certein, that fortunous welefulnesse endeth by the deeth of the
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 9

'Certes,' quod I, 'I ne trowe nat in no manere, that so
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 10

certein thinges sholde be moeved by fortunous fortune; but I
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[continues previous] mighte ben desired. Now is it cleer and certein thanne, that
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[continues previous] blisfulnesse, thanne is it cleer and certein, that alle good folk ben
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ben eschued. And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing [continues next]
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body; it may nat ben douted that, yif that deeth may take awey
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yit may it nat ben with-holden that it ne goth away whan it wole. [continues next]
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aparailements! But for sothe that may nat ben doon. For yif
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thing that is summitted unto us. But it may nat ben deneyed
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that thilke good ne is, and that it nis right as welle of alle
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bettre than god, it may nat ben douted thanne that he, that
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naught; but yif this ne may nat ben don, thanne is it nat possible,
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[continues previous] thanne, that the bitydinge of the thing y-wist biforn ne may nat
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[continues previous] ben eschued. And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing
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which that is inestimable, that is to seyn, that it is so greet, that it
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ne may nat ben ful y-preysed. And this is only the manere, that is
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 126

blisfulnesse, that alle the kinde of mortal thinges ne descendeth
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out of the sege of my corage al coveitise of mortal thinges; ne
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 29

But sey me this: remembrest thou what is the ende of thinges,
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and whider that the entencioun of alle kinde tendeth?'
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[continues previous] Thanne is it wel sene, how wrecched is the blisfulnesse of mortal
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thinges, that neither it dureth perpetuel with hem that every
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 5: 97

desiren to aparailen your excellent kinde of the lowest thinges;
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ne ye understonden nat how greet a wrong ye don to your
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 1

Thanne seyde I thus: 'Thou wost wel thy-self that the coveitise
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 2

of mortal thinges ne hadde never lordshipe of me; but
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 46

body semeth yeven delyt. In alle thise thinges it semeth only
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 47

that blisfulnesse is desired. For-why thilke thing that every man
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over alle thinges, that it be blisfulnesse.
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Thou knittest to-gider the mene sowle of treble kinde, moevinge
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alle thinges, and devydest it by membres acordinge; and whan
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descendeth so doun in-to outterest thinges, and in-to thinges [continues next]
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be swich that it acomplisshe by him-self the substaunce of
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blisfulnesse, so that alle thise othre thinges ben referred and
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'Adde thanne,' quod she, 'thilke good, that is maked blisfulnesse,
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to alle the forseide thinges; for thilke same blisfulnesse
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that is demed to ben soverein suffisaunce, thilke selve is soverein
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requered and desired of alle the kinde of thinges. And thou
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 1: 44

whylom shewed it thee, and thou hast knowen in whom blisfulnesse
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is y-set, alle thinges y-treted that I trowe ben necessarie to
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Metre 4: 26

to right heye thinges; and som-tyme it descendeth in-to [continues next]
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right lowe thinges. And whan it retorneth in-to him-self, it reproeveth [continues next]
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in-to wrecchednesse by the ende of the deeth. And sin we knowen
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Melibee's Tale: 72

... thus,' quod Melibee, 'and sooth it is, that ye, causeless, and with-outen skile and resoun, han doon grete iniuries and wronges to me and to my wyf Prudence, and to my doghter also. For ye han entred in-to myn hous by violence, and have doon swich outrage, that alle men knowen wel that ye have deserved the deeth; and therfore wol I knowe and wite of yow, whether ye wol putte the punissement and the chastysinge and the vengeance of this outrage in the wil of me and of my wyf Prudence; or ye wol nat?' [continues next]
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Thanne the wyseste of hem three answerde for hem alle, and seyde: 'sire,' quod he, 'we knowen wel, that we been unworthy to comen un-to the court of so greet a lord and so worthy as ye been. For we han so greetly mistaken us, and han offended and agilt in swich a wyse agayn your heigh lordshipe, that trewely we han deserved the deeth. But yet, for the grete ... [continues next]
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We han wel knowen how many grete harmes and destrucciouns [continues next]
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[continues previous] descendeth so doun in-to outterest thinges, and in-to thinges
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[continues previous] to right heye thinges; and som-tyme it descendeth in-to
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 128

wel, that many a man hath sought the fruit of blisfulnesse nat
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Melibee's Tale: 72

[continues previous] ... quod Melibee, 'and sooth it is, that ye, causeless, and with-outen skile and resoun, han doon grete iniuries and wronges to me and to my wyf Prudence, and to my doghter also. For ye han entred in-to myn hous by violence, and have doon swich outrage, that alle men knowen wel that ye have deserved the deeth; and therfore wol I knowe and wite of yow, whether ye wol putte the punissement and the chastysinge and the vengeance of this outrage in the wil of me and of my wyf Prudence; or ye wol nat?'
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Melibee's Tale: 73

[continues previous] Thanne the wyseste of hem three answerde for hem alle, and seyde: 'sire,' quod he, 'we knowen wel, that we been unworthy to comen un-to the court of so greet a lord and so worthy as ye been. For we han so greetly mistaken us, and han offended and agilt in swich a wyse agayn your heigh lordshipe, that trewely we han deserved the deeth. But yet, for the ...
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Gamelyn's Tale: 277

By seynt Iame in Galys that many man hath sought,
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Gamelyn's Tale: 764

For by seint Iame in Gales that many man hath sought,
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If that god almighty holde my lyf and wit,
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[continues previous] We han wel knowen how many grete harmes and destrucciouns
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only with suffringe of deeth, but eek with suffringe of peynes and
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Parson's Tale: 11

... eek as longe as he shal live, that no goodnesse ne hath to paye with his dette to god, to whom he oweth al his lyf. For trust wel, 'he shal yeven acountes,' as seith seint Bernard, 'of alle the godes that han be yeven him in this present lyf, and how he hath hem despended; in so muche that ther shal nat perisse an heer of his heed, ne a moment of an houre ne shal nat perisse of his tyme, that he ne shal yeve of it a rekening.' [continues next]
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tormentes; how mighte than this present lyf maken men blisful,
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Merchant's Tale: 15

Mighte ones knowe of thilke blisful lyf [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... hath lived, and eek as longe as he shal live, that no goodnesse ne hath to paye with his dette to god, to whom he oweth al his lyf. For trust wel, 'he shal yeven acountes,' as seith seint Bernard, 'of alle the godes that han be yeven him in this present lyf, and how he hath hem despended; in so muche that ther shal nat perisse an heer of his heed, ne a moment of an houre ne shal nat perisse of his tyme, that he ne shal yeve of it a rekening.'
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... no-thing, but-if it were first in the same thing naturelly; as fyr is drawen out of flintes with steel. And right so as pryde is ofte tyme matere of Ire, right so is rancour norice and keper of Ire. Ther is a maner tree, as seith seint Isidre, that whan men maken fyr of thilke tree, and covere the coles of it with asshen, soothly the fyr of it wol lasten al a yeer or more. And right so fareth it of rancour; whan it is ones conceyved in the hertes of som men, certein, it wol lasten peraventure from oon Estre-day ... [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 9

and sorye. And yif thilke delices mowen maken folk blisful, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 88

knowen by the devyne sighte, sin that, forsothe, men ne maken [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 131

sin that, whan thilke selve lyf is ended, it ne maketh folk no
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[continues previous] Preyinge our lord to granten him, that he
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Merchant's Tale: 15

[continues previous] Mighte ones knowe of thilke blisful lyf
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[continues previous] That is bitwixe an housbond and his wyf;
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Parson's Tale: 33

[continues previous] ... out of no-thing, but-if it were first in the same thing naturelly; as fyr is drawen out of flintes with steel. And right so as pryde is ofte tyme matere of Ire, right so is rancour norice and keper of Ire. Ther is a maner tree, as seith seint Isidre, that whan men maken fyr of thilke tree, and covere the coles of it with asshen, soothly the fyr of it wol lasten al a yeer or more. And right so fareth it of rancour; whan it is ones conceyved in the hertes of som men, certein, it wol lasten peraventure from oon Estre-day unto another Estre-day, ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 9

[continues previous] and sorye. And yif thilke delices mowen maken folk blisful,
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 3: 67

that a thing is, it bihoveth by necessitee that thilke selve thing be;
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 3: 68

and eek, whan I have knowe that any thing shal bityden, so
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 88

[continues previous] knowen by the devyne sighte, sin that, forsothe, men ne maken
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 89

[continues previous] nat thilke thinges necessarie which that they seen ben y-doon in