Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6 to Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6 has 89 lines, and 13% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 69% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 18% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.25 strong matches and 6.47 weak matches.

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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 1

But what shal I seye of dignitees and of powers, the whiche
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Franklin's Tale: 709

What shal I seye of Nicerates wyf,
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 458

But in this cas herkneth what I shal seye.
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 3

areysen hem as heye as the hevene? The whiche dignitees and
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 4

powers, yif they comen to any wikked man, they don as grete
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 14

now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men, [continues next]
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the whiche thing is ful selde, what agreable thing is ther in tho [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 1

But what shal I seye of delices of body, of whiche delices the
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ye men, that neither knowen verray dignitee ne verray power,
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[continues previous] now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men, [continues next]
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areysen hem as heye as the hevene? The whiche dignitees and
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 1

But what shal I seye of dignitees and of powers, the whiche [continues next]
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[continues previous] now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Metre 7: 40

shuldres of Hercules, the whiche shuldres the heye cercle of
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hevene sholde thriste. And the laste of his labours was, that he
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 4

powers, yif they comen to any wikked man, they don as grete
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 6: 1

We han wel knowen how many grete harmes and destrucciouns [continues next]
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weren don by the emperor Nero. He leet brenne the citee of [continues next]
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[continues previous] But what shal I seye of dignitees and of powers, the whiche
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[continues previous] now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men,
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 3: 84

manere knoweth god biforn the thinges to comen, yif they ne be
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Legend of Dido: 318

With mirth out as they comen, hoom they wente.
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Legend of Dido: 319

The wikked fame up roos, and that anon,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 5

damages and destrucciouns as doth the flaumbe of the mountaigne
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more cruely than the fyr of the mountaigne Ethna, that ay brenneth. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 6: 1

[continues previous] We han wel knowen how many grete harmes and destrucciouns
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[continues previous] weren don by the emperor Nero. He leet brenne the citee of
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 6

Ethna, whan the flaumbe walweth up; ne no deluge ne doth so
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[continues previous] more cruely than the fyr of the mountaigne Ethna, that ay brenneth.
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cruel harmes. Certes, thee remembreth wel, as I trowe, that
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 35

'I confesse it wel,' quod I.
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 36

'Remembreth thee,' quod she, 'that I have gadered and
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 38

trowe I, that thilke selve freedom of wil shal dwellen al hool and [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 8

thilke dignitee that men clepen the imperie of consulers, the
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 81

Of the noumbir of the whiche accusers oon Basilius, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 10

coveiteden to han don away that dignitee, for the pryde of the
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consulers. And right for the same pryde your eldres, biforn that
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 38

[continues previous] trowe I, that thilke selve freedom of wil shal dwellen al hool and
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 9

whiche that whylom was biginninge of fredom, youre eldres
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 81

[continues previous] Of the noumbir of the whiche accusers oon Basilius,
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 82

[continues previous] that whylom was chased out of the kinges service, is now compelled
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 6: 7

of noble sede; why noisen ye or bosten of youre eldres? For
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 6: 8

yif thou loke your biginninge, and god your auctor and your
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 10

coveiteden to han don away that dignitee, for the pryde of the
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thilke dignitee that men clepen the imperie of consulers, the [continues next]
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consulers. And right for the same pryde your eldres, biforn that
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[continues previous] thilke dignitee that men clepen the imperie of consulers, the
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tyme, hadden don awey, out of the citee of Rome, the kinges
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foryetinge of wryteres put out of minde and don awey! Al be
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Legend of Lucretia: 1

Now moot I seyn the exiling of kinges [continues next]
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Legend of Lucretia: 2

Of Rome, for hir horrible doinges, [continues next]
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name; that is to seyn, they nolde han no lenger no king. But
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 29

is wel seyn cleerly that they ne han no propre beautee of dignitee.
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 89

the wikkednesse that they han don, that is to seyn, defaute of
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Legend of Lucretia: 1

[continues previous] Now moot I seyn the exiling of kinges
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now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men,
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But what shal I seye of dignitees and of powers, the whiche [continues next]
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ye men, that neither knowen verray dignitee ne verray power, [continues next]
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areysen hem as heye as the hevene? The whiche dignitees and
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powers, yif they comen to any wikked man, they don as grete
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yif it so were that thise dignitees or poweres hadden any propre
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han dignitees ofte tyme, than sheweth it wel that dignitees and
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powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren
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cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden. And dignitees that
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ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 7

right grete desdeyn, that dignitees ben yeven ofte to wikked
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men; for which thing Catullus cleped a consul of Rome, that
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dignitees, undirstond now thus: yif that a man hadde used and
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 64

opinioun of usaunces. Now yif that dignitees thanne ne mowen
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 7

thou wolt shynen with dignitees, thou most bisechen and
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supplien hem that yeven tho dignitees. And yif thou coveitest
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 25

... noon 38 degrees and 10 minutes of heyghte. Abate thanne thise degrees and minutes out of 90; so leveth there 51 degrees and 50 minutes, the latitude. I sey nat this but for ensample; for wel I wot the latitude of Oxenforde is certein minutes lasse, as I mighte prove. Now yif so be that thee semeth to long a taryinge, to abyde til that the sonne be in the hevedes of Aries or of Libra, thanne waite whan the sonne is in any other degree of the zodiak, and considere the degree of his declinacion fro the equinoxial lyne; and yif it so be ...
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the whiche thing is ful selde, what agreable thing is ther in tho
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 1

[continues previous] But what shal I seye of dignitees and of powers, the whiche
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Compleynt of Venus: 41

A litel tyme his yift is agreable,
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Compleynt of Venus: 42

But ful encomberous is the using;
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 17

hem? And therfor it is thus, that honour ne comth nat to vertu
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for cause of dignitee, but ayeinward honour comth to dignitee for [continues next]
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cause of vertu. But whiche is thilke youre dereworthe power, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 4

desire to han matere of governaunce over comunalitees, for vertu, [continues next]
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stille, ne sholde nat elden;' that is to seyn, that [him] leste that, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 11: 129

to him-self, ne comth nat of the moevinge of the sowle, but
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 5: 20

comth to beestes that ne mowen nat moeven hem-self her and
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for cause of dignitee, but ayeinward honour comth to dignitee for
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[continues previous] hem? And therfor it is thus, that honour ne comth nat to vertu [continues next]
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[continues previous] for cause of dignitee, but ayeinward honour comth to dignitee for [continues next]
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[continues previous] cause of vertu. But whiche is thilke youre dereworthe power, [continues next]
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[continues previous] desire to han matere of governaunce over comunalitees, for vertu,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 87

with stryvinge wordes another man, the whiche, nat for usage of [continues next]
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cause of vertu. But whiche is thilke youre dereworthe power,
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[continues previous] hem? And therfor it is thus, that honour ne comth nat to vertu
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[continues previous] for cause of dignitee, but ayeinward honour comth to dignitee for
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 87

[continues previous] with stryvinge wordes another man, the whiche, nat for usage of
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 88

[continues previous] verray vertu but for proud veine glorie, had taken up-on him
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considere ye nat over which thinge that it semeth that ye han
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Melibee's Tale: 29

... han erred also, for ye han shewed to your conseillours your talent, and your affeccioun to make werre anon and for to do vengeance; they han espyed by your wordes to what thing ye been enclyned. And therfore han they rather conseilled yow to your talent than to your profit. Ye han erred also, for it semeth that yow suffyseth to han been conseilled by thise conseillours only, and with litel avys; wher-as, in so greet and so heigh a nede, it hadde been necessarie mo conseillours, and more deliberacioun to parfourne your emprise. Ye han erred also, for ye han nat examined your conseil in the forseyde ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 21

hem worthy of reverence, that I deme and holde unworthy to han [continues next]
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thilke same honours. Now yif thou saye a man that were fulfild [continues next]
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power? Now yif thou saye a mous amonges other mys, that
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[continues previous] thilke same honours. Now yif thou saye a man that were fulfild
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how greet scorn woldest thou han of it! Glosa. So fareth it by
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Cook's Tale: 43

Than that it rotie al the remenaunt.' [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 44

So fareth it by a riotous servaunt; [continues next]
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Cook's Tale: 45

It is wel lasse harm to lete him pace,
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Melibee's Tale: 55

... ne requeren ne preyen me nat of pees, ne they asken nat to be reconsiled. Wol ye thanne that I go and meke me and obeye me to hem, and crye hem mercy? For sothe, that were nat my worship. For right as men seyn, that "over-greet homlinesse engendreth dispreysinge," so fareth it by to greet humylitee or mekenesse.'
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Parson's Tale: 42

... his wyf; for there is nevere reste. And therfore seith Salomon, 'an hous that is uncovered and droppinge, and a chydinge wyf, been lyke.' A man that is in a droppinge hous in many places, though he eschewe the droppinge in o place, it droppeth on him in another place; so fareth it by a chydinge wyf. But she chyde him in o place, she wol chyde him in another. And therfore, 'bettre is a morsel of breed with Ioye than an hous ful of delyces, with chydinge,' seith Salomon. Seint Paul seith: 'O ye wommen, be ye subgetes to youre housbondes as bihoveth ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 1: 2

chaunginge stoundes, she fareth lyk the maneres of the boilinge [continues next]
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Eurype. Glosa. Eurype is an arm of the see that ebbeth and [continues next]
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thou were riche and weleful, as thee semede, with how mochel
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woldest thou han bought the fulle knowinge of this, that is to seyn,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5: 45

and whanne thou woldest han it, thou nart nat siker; and
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men; the body hath power over the body. For yif thou loke wel
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Cook's Tale: 43

[continues previous] Than that it rotie al the remenaunt.'
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Parson's Tale: 80

... a man and his wyf fleshly mowen assemble. The firste is in entente of engendrure of children to the service of god, for certes that is the cause fynal of matrimoine. Another cause is, to yelden everich of hem to other the dette of hir bodies, for neither of hem hath power over his owene body. The thridde is, for to eschewe lecherye and vileinye. The ferthe is for sothe deadly sinne. As to the firste, it is meritorie; the seconde also; for, as seith the decree, that she hath merite of chastitee that yeldeth to hir housbonde the dette of hir body, ye, though it be ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 1: 2

[continues previous] chaunginge stoundes, she fareth lyk the maneres of the boilinge
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 6: 7

of noble sede; why noisen ye or bosten of youre eldres? For
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 6: 8

yif thou loke your biginninge, and god your auctor and your
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 28

bytinge of smale flyes, or elles with the entringe of crepinge
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Parson's Tale: 27

... lordes sellen thanne hir lordshipe to the devel of helle, whanne they sustenen the wikkednesse of hir meinee. Or elles whan this folk of lowe degree, as thilke that holden hostelries, sustenen the thefte of hir hostilers, and that is in many manere of deceites. Thilke manere of folk been the flyes that folwen the hony, or elles the houndes that folwen the careyne. Swiche forseyde folk stranglen spiritually hir lordshipes; for which thus seith David the prophete, 'wikked deeth mote come up-on thilke lordshipes, and god yeve that they mote descenden in-to helle al doun; for in hir houses been iniquitees and shrewednesses,' and nat god of hevene. ...
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wormes in-to the privetees of mannes body? But wher shal man
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Merchant's Tale: 293

Al-be-it so that no man finden shal [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 1: 478

See o-wher stering any man, [continues next]
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Hous of Fame 1: 479

That may me telle wher I am.' [continues next]
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finden any man that may exercen or haunten any right up-on
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Merchant's Tale: 293

[continues previous] Al-be-it so that no man finden shal
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Melibee's Tale: 20

... be to yow the more profitable. For Iesus Syrak seith: "neither to thy foo ne to thy freend discovere nat thy secree ne thy folie; for they wol yeve yow audience and loking and supportacioun in thy presence, and scorne thee in thyn absence." Another clerk seith, that "scarsly shaltou finden any persone that may kepe conseil secreely." The book seith: "whyl that thou kepest thy conseil in thyn herte, thou kepest it in thy prisoun: and 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 ...
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Parson's Tale: 59

Thanne comth Lachesse; that is he, that whan he biginneth any good werk, anon he shal forleten it and stinten; as doon they that han any wight to governe, and ne taken of him na-more kepe, anon as they finden any contrarie or any anoy. Thise been the newe shepherdes, that leten hir sheep witingly go renne to the wolf that is in the breres, or do no fors of hir owene governaunce. Of this comth poverte and destruccioun, bothe of spirituel and temporel thinges. Thanne comth a manere coldnesse, that freseth al the ...
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Hous of Fame 1: 478

[continues previous] See o-wher stering any man,
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Hous of Fame 1: 479

[continues previous] That may me telle wher I am.'
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another man, but only up-on his body, or elles up-on thinges
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nis nat rather for thise thinges to ben wondred up-on, than for [continues next]
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'Up-on thise thinges thanne,' quod she, 'right as thise geometriens, [continues next]
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y-purveyed of god, or elles that the thinges that ben purveyed of [continues next]
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seyth, indifferently, that thinges mowen ben doon or elles nat [continues next]
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that ben lowere than the body, the whiche I clepe fortunous
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[continues previous] nis nat rather for thise thinges to ben wondred up-on, than for
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[continues previous] the resoun by which it is governed. But the shyning of thy
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ferme by resoun; ne a more worthy thing than god may nat
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[continues previous] bihoveth it by necessitee, that either the thinges to comen ben
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[continues previous] y-purveyed of god, or elles that the thinges that ben purveyed of
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[continues previous] seyth, indifferently, that thinges mowen ben doon or elles nat
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a free corage? Mayst thou remuen fro the estat of his propre
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his olde lawe, ne forleteth the werke of his propre estat.
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O thou governour, governinge alle thinges by certein ende, why
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resoun? As whylom a tyraunt wende to confounde a free man
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tyraunt wende to han maked matere of crueltee, this wyse man
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tyraunt wende to han maked matere of crueltee, this wyse man
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resoun? As whylom a tyraunt wende to confounde a free man
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But what thing is it that a man may don to another man, that
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or thus, what may a man don to folk, that folk ne may don him the [continues next]
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that he be mighty, that hath no power to don a thing, that othre [continues next]
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ne may don in him that he doth in othre? And yit more-over, [continues next]
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allone; but that is a thing that may nat be don.'
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'Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 115

don yvel that may don alle thinges.' [continues next]
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him mighty; as who seyth, in so moche as man is mighty to don a
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thing, in so mochel men halt him mighty; and in that that he ne
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he ne may receyven the same thing of othre folk in him-self:
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[continues previous] or thus, what may a man don to folk, that folk ne may don him the [continues next]
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[continues previous] that he be mighty, that hath no power to don a thing, that othre [continues next]
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[continues previous] ne may don in him that he doth in othre? And yit more-over, [continues next]
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[continues previous] 'Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat [continues next]
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or thus, what may a man don to folk, that folk ne may don him the
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Parson's Tale: 44

... wikked conseil first agayn him-self. For, as seith the wyse man, every fals livinge hath this propertee in him-self, that he that wole anoye another man, he anoyeth first him-self. And men shul understonde, that man shal nat taken his conseil of fals folk, ne of angry folk, or grevous folk, ne of folk that loven specially to muchel hir owene profit, ne to muche worldly folk, namely, in conseilinge of soules.
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But what thing is it that a man may don to another man, that
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[continues previous] he ne may receyven the same thing of othre folk in him-self:
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[continues previous] that he be mighty, that hath no power to don a thing, that othre
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 54

[continues previous] ne may don in him that he doth in othre? And yit more-over,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 114

[continues previous] 'Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 115

[continues previous] don yvel that may don alle thinges.'
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that is don by wikkede folk nis nat don for yvel. The whiche
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 47

same? I have herd told of Busirides, that was wont to sleen his
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Canon's Yeoman's Tale: 410

Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told;
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Troilus and Criseyde 1: 197

'I have herd told, pardieux, of your livinge,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 50

many men of Affrike and cast hem in-to feteres; but sone after
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 11: 109

devyden hem; but natheles, they retornen sone ayein in-to
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Troilus and Criseyde 3: 1709

But nedes day departe moste hem sone, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 69

Ful fayn, and wo was him to goon so sone; [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 5: 70

But torne he moste, and it was eek to done. [continues next]
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he moste yeve his handes to ben bounde with the cheynes of
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Also Opilion and Gaudencius han accused me, al be it so that the [continues next]
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[continues previous] But nedes day departe moste hem sone,
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[continues previous] But torne he moste, and it was eek to done.
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hem that he hadde whylom overcomen. Wenest thou thanne
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[continues previous] Also Opilion and Gaudencius han accused me, al be it so that the
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[continues previous] Iustice regal hadde whylom demed hem bothe to go in-to exil for
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goodes, and haleth hem ayein as with an hooke. Wenest thou [continues next]
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thanne that thou oughtest to leten this a litel thing, that this aspre [continues next]
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thou thanne that thilke man be mighty, that thou seest that [continues next]
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he wolde don that he may nat don? And holdest thou thanne [continues next]
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it befalleth that he, that thou wenest be glorious and renomed, [continues next]
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ben false and unparfit. But sey me this. Wenest thou that [continues next]
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thilke thinges that thou toldest me, al-be-it so that I hadde
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whylom foryeten hem, for the sorwe of the wrong that hath ben
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that he be mighty, that hath no power to don a thing, that othre
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But what thing is it that a man may don to another man, that [continues next]
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he ne may receyven the same thing of othre folk in him-self: [continues next]
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or thus, what may a man don to folk, that folk ne may don him the [continues next]
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[continues previous] thanne that thou oughtest to leten this a litel thing, that this aspre
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of his familier. What thing is thanne this power, that may nat [continues next]
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don awey the bytinges of bisinesse, ne eschewe the prikkes of [continues next]
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[continues previous] thou thanne that thilke man be mighty, that thou seest that
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[continues previous] him a mighty man, that hath envirownede his sydes with men
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[continues previous] it befalleth that he, that thou wenest be glorious and renomed,
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[continues previous] ben false and unparfit. But sey me this. Wenest thou that
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[continues previous] he, that hath nede of power, that him ne lakketh no-thing?'
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allone; but that is a thing that may nat be don.' [continues next]
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'This thing,' quod I, 'nis nat doutous; but I abyde to herknen [continues next]
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'Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat [continues next]
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don yvel that may don alle thinges.' [continues next]
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wolde doon, thou nilt nat douten that he ne hath had power to [continues next]
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him mighty; as who seyth, in so moche as man is mighty to don a [continues next]
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thing, in so mochel men halt him mighty; and in that that he ne [continues next]
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that is to seyn, to comen to sovereign good, they ne han no power
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to acomplisshen that. For shrewes don that hem list, whan, by
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non uncertein thing ne may ben in him that is right certein welle [continues next]
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ne may don in him that he doth in othre? And yit more-over,
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[continues previous] But what thing is it that a man may don to another man, that
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[continues previous] he ne may receyven the same thing of othre folk in him-self:
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[continues previous] or thus, what may a man don to folk, that folk ne may don him the
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[continues previous] of his familier. What thing is thanne this power, that may nat
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[continues previous] allone; but that is a thing that may nat be don.'
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[continues previous] 'Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat
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[continues previous] don yvel that may don alle thinges.'
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[continues previous] wolde doon, thou nilt nat douten that he ne hath had power to
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[continues previous] him mighty; as who seyth, in so moche as man is mighty to don a
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[continues previous] thing, in so mochel men halt him mighty; and in that that he ne
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[continues previous] non uncertein thing ne may ben in him that is right certein welle
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yif it so were that thise dignitees or poweres hadden any propre
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now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men,
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verray reverence ne may nat comen by thise shadewy transitorie
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dignitees, undirstond now thus: yif that a man hadde used and
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or natural goodnesse in hem-self, never nolden they comen to
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shrewes. For contrarious thinges ne ben nat wont to ben [continues next]
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goode thinges may don alle thinges; and they that ben mighty to [continues next]
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dredeth thinges that ne oughten nat to ben dred, men shal holden [continues next]
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and of thinges to comen. For althogh that, for that thinges ben [continues next]
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to comen, ther-fore ben they purveyed, nat, certes, for that they [continues next]
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god purvyeth the thinges to comen for they ben to comen, what [continues next]
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thing is to comen? For right as science ne may nat ben medled [continues next]
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sinne. But yif that god wot that, right so as thinges ben to [continues next]
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comen, so shullen they comen — so that he wite egaly, as who [continues next]
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hem certein necessitee of thinges to comen: thanne ne [continues next]
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of necessitee to thinges to comen, than ne weneth it nat that [continues next]
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thing, that the endes and bitydinges of thinges to comen sholden [continues next]
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that the thinges ne bityden nat that ben y-purveyed to comen? [continues next]
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purviance wot biforn to comen ne ben nat to bityden; but that [continues next]
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shrewes. For contrarious thinges ne ben nat wont to ben
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It ben the schirrefes men that hider ben y-come, [continues next]
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They ben swore to-gidere that we schul be nome.' [continues next]
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[continues previous] or natural goodnesse in hem-self, never nolden they comen to [continues next]
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[continues previous] shrewes. For contrarious thinges ne ben nat wont to ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] y-felawshiped to-gidere. Nature refuseth that contrarious thinges [continues next]
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ben y-ioigned. And so, as I am in certein that right wikked folk
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ne be nat wont to don awey wikkednesse, but they ben wont
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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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whan they han shewed hir proposiciouns, ben wont
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to bringen in thinges that they clepen porismes, or declaraciouns
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thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif
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requered of many folkes ne ben nat verray goodes ne parfite, for
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they ben dyverse that oon fro that othre; and so as ech of hem
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partye of men, ne ben nat ne han no beinge; but natheles, it is so,
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pleinly, that they ne ben nat, ne han no beinge. For right as
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[continues previous] goode thinges may don alle thinges; and they that ben mighty to
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[continues previous] don yvele thinges ne mowen nat alle thinges: thanne is it open
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[continues previous] dredeth thinges that ne oughten nat to ben dred, men shal holden
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manere, that shrewes ben more unsely whan they ne ben nat
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woldest fayn lernen that it ne sholde nat longe dure: and that
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shrewes ben more unsely yif they were of lenger duringe, and
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they demen that tho thinges ne sholden nat han ben don. For
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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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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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[continues previous] and of thinges to comen. For althogh that, for that thinges ben
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[continues previous] to comen, ther-fore ben they purveyed, nat, certes, for that they
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[continues previous] god purvyeth the thinges to comen for they ben to comen, what
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[continues previous] thing is to comen? For right as science ne may nat ben medled
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[continues previous] sinne. But yif that god wot that, right so as thinges ben to
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[continues previous] hem certein necessitee of thinges to comen: thanne ne
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[continues previous] shollen ther nevere ben, ne nevere weren, vyce ne vertu, but it
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[continues previous] of necessitee to thinges to comen, than ne weneth it nat that
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[continues previous] thing, that the endes and bitydinges of thinges to comen sholden
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[continues previous] ben necessarie. For every signe sheweth and signifyeth only what
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[continues previous] that the thinges ne bityden nat that ben y-purveyed to comen?
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[continues previous] purviance wot biforn to comen ne ben nat to bityden; but that
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[continues previous] ne sholden we nat demen; but rather, al-thogh that they shal
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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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y-felawshiped to-gidere. Nature refuseth that contrarious thinges
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[continues previous] It ben the schirrefes men that hider ben y-come, [continues next]
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[continues previous] They ben swore to-gidere that we schul be nome.' [continues next]
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[continues previous] shrewes. For contrarious thinges ne ben nat wont to ben [continues next]
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ben y-ioigned. And so, as I am in certein that right wikked folk
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Soiourned han thise marchants in that toun [continues next]
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A certein tyme, as fel to hir plesance. [continues next]
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[continues previous] It ben the schirrefes men that hider ben y-come,
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[continues previous] They ben swore to-gidere that we schul be nome.'
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And ther-of comth it that bi-twixen wikked folk and me han ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] shrewes. For contrarious thinges ne ben nat wont to ben
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right grete desdeyn, that dignitees ben yeven ofte to wikked [continues next]
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han dignitees ofte tyme, than sheweth it wel that dignitees and
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[continues previous] Soiourned han thise marchants in that toun
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[continues previous] A certein tyme, as fel to hir plesance.
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[continues previous] And ther-of comth it that bi-twixen wikked folk and me han ben
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thilke thing that may nat ben taken awey); than sheweth it wel, [continues next]
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that the unstablenesse of fortune may nat atayne to receiven [continues next]
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now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men, [continues next]
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cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden. And dignitees that [continues next]
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[continues previous] right grete desdeyn, that dignitees ben yeven ofte to wikked
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that they comen ther-as folk ne knowen nat thilke dignitees, hir [continues next]
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men wene that ben goode, yit ben they desired as though that [continues next]
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And whan hir unitee is destroyed by the disseveraunce of that oon
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from that other, than sheweth it wel that it is a ded thing, and
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thanne nis it no doute that the goode folk ne ben mighty 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
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than sheweth it wel, how greet destruccioun and how grete
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powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren
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Though I ne can nat sette hem in hir kinde;
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that thyn ancres cleven faste, that neither wolen suffren the [continues next]
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[continues previous] thilke thing that may nat ben taken awey); than sheweth it wel,
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to holden hem? For yif they ben faire of hir owne kinde, what [continues next]
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aperteneth that to thee? For al so wel sholden they han ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men,
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[continues previous] cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden. And dignitees that
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[continues previous] ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne,
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neither they ne ioignen hem nat alwey to goode men, ne maken
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considere, that moneye ne hath nat in his owne kinde that it
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ne may ben bi-nomen of hem that han it, maugre hem?'
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[continues previous] that they comen ther-as folk ne knowen nat thilke dignitees, hir
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that highten echines. But folk suffren hem-self to ben so blinde, [continues next]
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that hem ne reccheth nat to knowe where thilke goodes ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif
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[continues previous] men wene that ben goode, yit ben they desired as though that
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[continues previous] thanne nis it no doute that the goode folk ne ben mighty 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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Shulde have hir rest in somwhat, as by kinde,
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Or elles ne may hir lyf nat long endure,
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hem-self to cleven or ioinen hem to shrewes. And certes, the
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[continues previous] that thyn ancres cleven faste, that neither wolen suffren the
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[continues previous] aperteneth that to thee? For al so wel sholden they han ben
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[continues previous] that highten echines. But folk suffren hem-self to ben so blinde,
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[continues previous] that hem ne reccheth nat to knowe where thilke goodes ben
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the shrewes hem-self, yif hit were leveful to hem to seen at any
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same thing may I most digneliche iugen and seyn of alle the
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Or moebles, alle ben yiftes of fortune, [continues next]
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That yiftes of fortune or of nature [continues next]
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medicynes. Now understond heer, al were it so that the yiftes of [continues next]
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And at the laste, I may conclude the same thing of alle the [continues next]
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yiftes of Fortune, in which ther nis nothing to ben desired, ne [continues next]
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yiftes of fortune that most plentevously comen to shrewes; of
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[continues previous] Or moebles, alle ben yiftes of fortune,
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[continues previous] That passen as a shadwe upon a wal.
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[continues previous] That yiftes of fortune or of nature
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[continues previous] medicynes. Now understond heer, al were it so that the yiftes of
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[continues previous] Fortune ne were nat brutel ne transitorie, what is ther in hem
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[continues previous] And at the laste, I may conclude the same thing of alle the
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[continues previous] yiftes of Fortune, in which ther nis nothing to ben desired, ne
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ofte serven to shrewes. In the which thing I trowe that god [continues next]
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the whiche yiftes, I trowe that it oughte ben considered, that no
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... sinne: thurgh which despeir or drede he abaundoneth al his herte to every maner sinne, as seith seint Augustin. Which dampnable sinne, if that it continue un-to his ende, it is cleped sinning in the holy gost. This horrible sinne is so perilous, that he that is despeired, ther nis no felonye ne no sinne that he douteth for to do; as shewed wel by Iudas. Certes, aboven alle sinnes thanne is this sinne most displesant to Crist, and most adversarie. Soothly, he that despeireth him is lyk the coward champioun recreant, that seith creant withoute nede. Allas! allas! nedeles is he recreant and nedeles despeired. ... [continues next]
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thinges dwelled to thee-ward, that no man douteth that they ne [continues next]
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ben more dereworthe to thee than thyn owen lyf. And for-thy [continues next]
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'Knit forth the remenaunt,' quod I; 'for no wight ne douteth [continues next]
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that he that may gon by naturel office of feet ne be more mighty [continues next]
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[continues previous] ofte serven to shrewes. In the which thing I trowe that god
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of man that is perdurably in the divyne thoght. In whiche this [continues next]
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oughte greetly to ben considered, that the heyeste strengthe to [continues next]
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Than wene I, that ich oughte be that wight,
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Considered this, that ye these monthes tweyne
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man douteth that he nis strong in whom he seeth strengthe; and
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[continues previous] ... forsake sinne: thurgh which despeir or drede he abaundoneth al his herte to every maner sinne, as seith seint Augustin. Which dampnable sinne, if that it continue un-to his ende, it is cleped sinning in the holy gost. This horrible sinne is so perilous, that he that is despeired, ther nis no felonye ne no sinne that he douteth for to do; as shewed wel by Iudas. Certes, aboven alle sinnes thanne is this sinne most displesant to Crist, and most adversarie. Soothly, he that despeireth him is lyk the coward champioun recreant, that seith creant withoute nede. Allas! allas! nedeles is he recreant and nedeles despeired. Certes, the ...
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[continues previous] thinges dwelled to thee-ward, that no man douteth that they ne
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[continues previous] 'Knit forth the remenaunt,' quod I; 'for no wight ne douteth
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[continues previous] that he that may gon by naturel office of feet ne be more mighty
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[continues previous] oughte greetly to ben considered, that the heyeste strengthe to
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musike maketh musiciens, and phisike maketh phisiciens, and
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'Certeynly,' quod I thanne, 'thise beth faire thinges, and [continues next]
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enointed with hony swetenesse of rethorike and musike; and [continues next]
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rethorike rethoriens. For-why the nature of every thing maketh
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... so fareth it somtyme of deedly sinne, and of anoyouse veniale sinnes, whan they multiplye in a man so greetly, that thilke worldly thinges that he loveth, thurgh whiche he sinneth venially, is as greet in his herte as the love of god, or more. And therfore, the love of every thing, that is nat biset in god ne doon principally for goddes sake, al-though that a man love it lasse 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. ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] enointed with hony swetenesse of rethorike and musike; and
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the thing is, but it ne maketh nat the thing that it signifyeth. For [continues next]
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the propretee of his simple nature. For this ilke infinit moevinge [continues next]
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present. Wher-fore this devyne prescience ne chaungeth nat the [continues next]
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nature ne the propretee of thinges, but biholdeth swiche thinges [continues next]
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If he ne have propretee of thing. [continues next]
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his propretee, ne it is nat entremedled with the effects of the
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[continues previous] ... somtyme of deedly sinne, and of anoyouse veniale sinnes, whan they multiplye in a man so greetly, that thilke worldly thinges that he loveth, thurgh whiche he sinneth venially, is as greet in his herte as the love of god, or more. And therfore, the love of every thing, that is nat biset in god ne doon principally for goddes sake, al-though that a man love it lasse 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, ...
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[continues previous] the thing is, but it ne maketh nat the thing that it signifyeth. For
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[continues previous] the propretee of his simple nature. For this ilke infinit moevinge
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[continues previous] present. Wher-fore this devyne prescience ne chaungeth nat the
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[continues previous] nature ne the propretee of thinges, but biholdeth swiche thinges
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6594

[continues previous] If he ne have propretee of thing.
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contrarious thinges; and, as of wil, it chaseth out thinges that
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of alle the thinges that ben to requeren. But certes, thilke that [continues next]
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othre thinges ben desired; thanne is it thus: that, certes, only [continues next]
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mochel as apertieneth to that, sholden thanne thinges that comen [continues next]
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of free wil ben constreined to bityden by necessitee?' [continues next]
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ben to it contrarie. But certes, richesse may not restreyne
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[continues previous] of alle the thinges that ben to requeren. But certes, thilke that
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[continues previous] othre thinges ben desired; thanne is it thus: that, certes, only
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[continues previous] of free wil ben constreined to bityden by necessitee?'
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And I ne can myn herte not restreyne, [continues next]
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avarice unstaunched; ne power ne maketh nat a man mighty
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... thy conseillours. And certes, thou mayst wel seyn that "nay." For sikerly, as for to speke proprely, we may do no-thing but only swich thing as we may doon rightfully. And certes, rightfully ne mowe ye take no vengeance as of your propre auctoritee. Thanne mowe ye seen, that your power ne consenteth nat ne accordeth nat with your wilfulnesse. Lat us now examine the thridde point that Tullius clepeth "consequent." Thou shalt understonde that the vengeance that thou purposest for to take is the consequent. And ther-of folweth another vengeaunce, peril, and werre; and othere damages with-oute nombre, of whiche we be nat war ...
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Avarice, after the descripcion of seint Augustin, is likerousnesse in herte to have erthely thinges. Som other folk seyn, that Avarice is, for to purchacen manye erthely 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 ...
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propres offices; ne he ne suffreth nat the stoundes whiche that [continues next]
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outrely unknowable; ne fame ne maketh yow nat knowe. And
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is thilke the verray blisfulnesse parfit, that parfitly maketh a
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man suffisaunt, mighty, honourable, noble, and ful of gladnesse.
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Anelida and Arcite: 235

[continues previous] And I ne can myn herte not restreyne,
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[continues previous] That I ne love him alwey, never-the-les;
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over him-self, whiche that vicious lustes holden destreyned with
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Metre 6: 13

[continues previous] propres offices; ne he ne suffreth nat the stoundes whiche that
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Metre 6: 14

[continues previous] him-self hath devyded and constreyned to ben y-medled to-gidere.
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cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden. And dignitees that
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 4: 136

sorwe hath nat so dulled my wit, that I pleyne only that shrewede [continues next]
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richesses ne mowen nat passen in-to moche folke with-oute
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now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men, [continues next]
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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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the faire wordes of the fames of hem, it is nat yeven to knowe [continues next]
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hem that ben dede and consumpte. Liggeth thanne stille, al [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 3: 12

blisful by thilke thinges that they han geten. But yif so be that
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 3: 13

thilke thinges ne mowen nat performen that they bi-heten, and
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that ther be defaute of manye goodes, sheweth it nat thanne
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right grete desdeyn, that dignitees ben yeven ofte to wikked [continues next]
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opinioun of usaunces. Now yif that dignitees thanne ne mowen [continues next]
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nat maken folk digne of reverence, and yif that dignitees wexen [continues next]
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supplien hem that yeven tho dignitees. And yif thou coveitest [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 40

thinges I may reducen this shortly in a somme, that thise worldly [continues next]
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goodes, whiche that ne mowen nat yeven that they biheten, ne [continues next]
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ben nat parfit by the congregacioun of alle goodes; that they [continues next]
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tho thinges that I have shewed, that ne mowen nat yeven that [continues next]
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mortal folk a maner of goodes that ne ben nat parfit; but thilke [continues next]
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thus: that ther ne mowen nat ben two soverein goodes that [continues next]
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but-yif alle thise thinges ben alle oon same thing, they ne han nat [continues next]
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wherby that they mowen ben put in the noumber of thinges that [continues next]
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ne mowen nat sone dyen ne dryen, as longe as hir nature may
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clere to me and so shewinge by the devyne lookinge of hem, and [continues next]
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by thy resouns, that they ne mowen ben overcomen. And [continues next]
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thilke thinges that thou toldest me, al-be-it so that I hadde [continues next]
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feblesse and infirmitee of wikkede folk, that ne mowen nat comen
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to that hir naturel entencioun ledeth hem, and yit almost thilke
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so doth distemperaunce to feble men, that ne mowen nat wrastlen
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ayeins the vyces. Ne knowen they nat thanne wel that they
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in his nature. But thou wolt seyn, that shrewes mowen. Certes,
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that ne deneye I nat; but certes, hir power ne descendeth nat of
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don yvele thinges ne mowen nat alle thinges: thanne is it open
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right as to a maner heighte of hir nature. But for to mowen don [continues next]
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yvel and felonye ne may nat ben referred to good. Thanne nis [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 63

drede of the torment, ne for that they yeven to other folk [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 6: 109

of the unmoevable purviaunce, it mot nedes be that they [continues next]
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ne be nat mutable. And thus ben the thinges ful wel y-governed, [continues next]
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to ben confus and trouble to us men, for we ne mowen nat considere
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And som men, that ne mowen nat ben overcomen by torments, [continues next]
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have yeven ensaumple to othre folk, that vertu may nat ben overcomen [continues next]
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gode folk and shrewes, ne shrewes ne mowen nat acorden amonges
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thilke thinges that the prescience wot biforn ne mowen nat unbityde?
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That is to seyn, that they moten bityde. But thanne, yif
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comth to beestes that ne mowen nat moeven hem-self her and
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 5: 44

wit and imaginacioun, ne mowen nat strecchen ne enhansen hem-self
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 5: 57

some thinges han certein and necessarie bitydinges, they ne [continues next]
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mowen nat ben wist biforn certeinly to bityden. And thanne [continues next]
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wikkedly medes and peynes to the willinges of men that ben [continues next]
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unbounden and quite of alle necessitee. And god, biholder and [continues next]
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put in god hope and preyeres, that ne mowen nat ben unspeedful [continues next]
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ne with-oute effect, whan they ben rightful. [continues next]
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ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne,
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Parson's Tale: 14

... that it is deedly sinne in consentinge. For certes, ther is no deedly sinne, that it nas first in mannes thought, and after that in his delyt; and so forth in-to consentinge and in-to dede. Wherfore I seye, that many men ne repenten hem nevere of swiche thoghtes and delytes, ne nevere shryven hem of it, but only of the dede of grete sinnes outward. Wherfore I seye, that swiche wikked delytes and wikked thoghtes been subtile bigyleres of hem that shullen be dampned. More-over, man oghte to sorwe for hise wikkede wordes as wel as for hise wikkede dedes; for certes, the repentance of a singuler sinne, ... [continues next]
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... For right as a free bole is y-nough for al a toun, right so is a wikked preest corrupcioun y-nough for al a parisshe, or for al a contree. Thise preestes, as seith the book, ne conne nat the misterie of preesthode to the peple, ne god ne knowe they nat; they ne helde hem nat apayd, as seith the book, of soden flesh that was to hem offred, but they toke by force the flesh that is rawe. Certes, so thise shrewes ne holden hem nat apayed of rosted flesh and sode flesh, with which the peple fedden hem in greet reverence, but they wole ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 1: 35

swich a place that men clepen the theatre? The whiche nat
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only ne asswagen nat hise sorwes with none remedies, but they
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[continues previous] sorwe hath nat so dulled my wit, that I pleyne only that shrewede
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[continues previous] folk aparailen felonies ayeins vertu; but I wondre greetly how
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 14

[continues previous] now, yif so be that dignitees and powers be yeven to goode men,
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[continues previous] powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 7: 16

[continues previous] the faire wordes of the fames of hem, it is nat yeven to knowe
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[continues previous] hem that ben dede and consumpte. Liggeth thanne stille, al
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is unstaunchable and infinit, it ne sholde nat only semen litel, but [continues next]
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[continues previous] right grete desdeyn, that dignitees ben yeven ofte to wikked
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as honours of poeple ne may nat maken folk digne of honour, it
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 64

[continues previous] opinioun of usaunces. Now yif that dignitees thanne ne mowen
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 65

[continues previous] nat maken folk digne of reverence, and yif that dignitees wexen
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[continues previous] supplien hem that yeven tho dignitees. And yif thou coveitest
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 41

[continues previous] goodes, whiche that ne mowen nat yeven that they biheten, ne
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 8: 42

[continues previous] ben nat parfit by the congregacioun of alle goodes; that they
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 9: 96

[continues previous] tho thinges that I have shewed, that ne mowen nat yeven that
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[continues previous] mortal folk a maner of goodes that ne ben nat parfit; but thilke
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 85

[continues previous] thus: that ther ne mowen nat ben two soverein goodes that
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 86

[continues previous] ben dyverse amonge hem-self. For certes, the goodes that
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 171

alle thinges ben requered for the grace of good, they ne ben nat
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desired of alle folk more thanne the same good. But we han
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 11: 21

[continues previous] wherby that they mowen ben put in the noumber of thinges that
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 1: 9

[continues previous] by thy resouns, that they ne mowen ben overcomen. And
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 134

in this wyse they ne forleten nat only to ben mighty, but they
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I wel forsothe, that vicious folk ben wikked, but I ne may nat
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[continues previous] yvel and felonye ne may nat ben referred to good. Thanne nis
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 3: 52

uttereste and the worste kinde of shrewednesse) ne defouleth ne [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 3: 53

enteccheth nat hem only, but infecteth and envenimeth hem [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 63

[continues previous] drede of the torment, ne for that they yeven to other folk
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[continues previous] ne be nat mutable. And thus ben the thinges ful wel y-governed,
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[continues previous] And som men, that ne mowen nat ben overcomen by torments,
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 6: 193

[continues previous] have yeven ensaumple to othre folk, that vertu may nat ben overcomen
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ben necessarie. For every signe sheweth and signifyeth only what [continues next]
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the thing is, but it ne maketh nat the thing that it signifyeth. For [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 5: 58

[continues previous] mowen nat ben wist biforn certeinly to bityden. And thanne
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 134

of it ne maketh it nat, but the adieccioun of the condicioun [continues next]
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[continues previous] wikkedly medes and peynes to the willinges of men that ben
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[continues previous] put in god hope and preyeres, that ne mowen nat ben unspeedful
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but it sheweth rather al openly that they ben unworthy and
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Clerk's Tale: 303

She seyde, 'lord, undigne and unworthy [continues next]
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Clerk's Tale: 304

Am I to thilke honour that ye me bede; [continues next]
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Parson's Tale: 14

[continues previous] ... in consentinge. For certes, ther is no deedly sinne, that it nas first in mannes thought, and after that in his delyt; and so forth in-to consentinge and in-to dede. Wherfore I seye, that many men ne repenten hem nevere of swiche thoghtes and delytes, ne nevere shryven hem of it, but only of the dede of grete sinnes outward. Wherfore I seye, that swiche wikked delytes and wikked thoghtes been subtile bigyleres of hem that shullen be dampned. More-over, man oghte to sorwe for hise wikkede wordes as wel as for hise wikkede dedes; for certes, the repentance of a singuler ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 7: 78

[continues previous] is unstaunchable and infinit, it ne sholde nat only semen litel, but
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than sheweth the feblesse of yvel al openly; and yif thou
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 3: 53

[continues previous] enteccheth nat hem only, but infecteth and envenimeth hem
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 46

[continues previous] the thing is, but it ne maketh nat the thing that it signifyeth. For
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 6: 134

[continues previous] of it ne maketh it nat, but the adieccioun of the condicioun
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1585

Right as a mirour openly
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Romaunt of the Rose: 1586

Sheweth al thing that stant therby,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 78

undigne. And why is it thus? Certes, for ye han Ioye to clepen
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Clerk's Tale: 303

[continues previous] She seyde, 'lord, undigne and unworthy
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 79

thinges with false names that beren hem alle in the contrarie;
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 2: 17

in whiche the effect of alle the dedes of mankinde standeth, that [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 80

the whiche names ben ful ofte reproeved by the effecte of the
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 9: 88

every of thise forseyde thinges is the same that thise other [continues next]
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[continues previous] now on this syde and now on that syde. Two thinges ther ben
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[continues previous] in whiche the effect of alle the dedes of mankinde standeth, that
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 81

same thinges; so that thise ilke richesses ne oughten nat by
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right to ben cleped richesses; ne swich power ne oughte nat [continues next]
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ben cleped power; ne swich dignitee ne oughte nat ben cleped [continues next]
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And certes, amonges thise thinges I ne trowe nat that the
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'For sothe,' quod I, 'I see wel now that suffisaunce may nat [continues next]
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comen by richesses, ne power by reames, ne reverence by [continues next]
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[continues previous] every of thise forseyde thinges is the same that thise other
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[continues previous] thinges ben, that is to seyn, al oon thing, who-so that ever
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they weren verrayliche goode. And therfor is it that men oughten [continues next]
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to wene by right, that bountee be the soverein fyn, and the cause [continues next]
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but-yif alle thise thinges ben alle oon same thing, they ne han nat
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nis no-thing. And thise thinges ne shewedest thou nat with none
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that alle thinges, that oughten ben desired, ben referred to good, [continues next]
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dredeth thinges that ne oughten nat to ben dred, men shal holden [continues next]
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studies of men, who is he to whom it sholde seme that he ne
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sholde nat only leven thise thinges, but eek gladly herkne
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sterres and now in the erthe. But the poeple ne loketh nat on
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thise thinges. What thanne? Shal we thanne aprochen us to
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lat that ben called destinee. And al-be-it so that thise thinges
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 6: 82

right to ben cleped richesses; ne swich power ne oughte nat
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... this is to seyn, "a man that drinketh hony." Thou hast y-dronke so muchel hony of swete temporel richesses and delices and honours of this world, that thou art dronken; and hast forgeten Iesu Crist thy creatour; thou ne hast nat doon to him swich honour and reverence as thee oughte. Ne thou ne hast nat wel y-taken kepe to the wordes of Ovide, that seith: "under the hony of the godes of the body is hid the venim that sleeth the soule." And Salomon seith, "if thou hast founden hony, ete of it that suffyseth; for if thou ete of it out of mesure, thou ... [continues next]
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richesses. Forwhy faire ne precious ne weren they nat, for that
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[continues previous] same thinges; so that thise ilke richesses ne oughten nat by [continues next]
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[continues previous] right to ben cleped richesses; ne swich power ne oughte nat [continues next]
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[continues previous] ben cleped power; ne swich dignitee ne oughte nat ben cleped [continues next]
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ther failede any thing, it mighte nat ben cleped sovereyn good: [continues next]
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entencioun of mortal folk travaylen for to geten it. And power, [continues next]
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oughte nat that eek to ben rekened amonges goodes? What [continues next]
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liveth, ne the lighte richesses ne sholle nat beren him companye
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[continues previous] 'For sothe,' quod I, 'I see wel now that suffisaunce may nat
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[continues previous] comen by richesses, ne power by reames, ne reverence by
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good is in him. For yif god ne is swich, he ne may nat ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] to wene by right, that bountee be the soverein fyn, and the cause
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[continues previous] that alle thinges, that oughten ben desired, ben referred to good,
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[continues previous] right as to a maner heighte of hir nature. But for to mowen don
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alle power oughte ben desired and requered. Than is it open and [continues next]
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[continues previous] dredeth thinges that ne oughten nat to ben dred, men shal holden
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peynes, they ne oughte nat, right for the recompensacioun for to [continues next]
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Eek thee ne oughte nat ben yvel apayed, [continues next]
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ben cleped power; ne swich dignitee ne oughte nat ben cleped
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[continues previous] ... this is to seyn, "a man that drinketh hony." Thou hast y-dronke so muchel hony of swete temporel richesses and delices and honours of this world, that thou art dronken; and hast forgeten Iesu Crist thy creatour; thou ne hast nat doon to him swich honour and reverence as thee oughte. Ne thou ne hast nat wel y-taken kepe to the wordes of Ovide, that seith: "under the hony of the godes of the body is hid the venim that sleeth the soule." And Salomon seith, "if thou hast founden hony, ete of it that suffyseth; for if thou ete of it out of mesure, thou ...
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[continues previous] same thinges; so that thise ilke richesses ne oughten nat by
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[continues previous] right to ben cleped richesses; ne swich power ne oughte nat [continues next]
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[continues previous] ben cleped power; ne swich dignitee ne oughte nat ben cleped [continues next]
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[continues previous] ther failede any thing, it mighte nat ben cleped sovereyn good:
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[continues previous] entencioun of mortal folk travaylen for to geten it. And power,
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[continues previous] oughte nat that eek to ben rekened amonges goodes? What
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[continues previous] good is in him. For yif god ne is swich, he ne may nat ben
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[continues previous] alle power oughte ben desired and requered. Than is it open and
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[continues previous] peynes, they ne oughte nat, right for the recompensacioun for to
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thanne, that the bitydinge of the thing y-wist biforn ne may nat
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ben eschued. And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing
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[continues previous] Eek thee ne oughte nat ben yvel apayed,
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[continues previous] ben cleped power; ne swich dignitee ne oughte nat ben cleped
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And at the laste, I may conclude the same thing of alle the
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Merchant's Tale: 70

Or moebles, alle ben yiftes of fortune, [continues next]
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medicynes. Now understond heer, al were it so that the yiftes of [continues next]
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same thing may I most digneliche iugen and seyn of alle the [continues next]
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yiftes of fortune that most plentevously comen to shrewes; of [continues next]
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thanne, that the bitydinge of the thing y-wist biforn ne may nat
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ben eschued. And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing
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I owe to alle my brethren free, [continues next]
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yiftes of Fortune, in which ther nis nothing to ben desired, ne
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[continues previous] Or moebles, alle ben yiftes of fortune,
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she hath forsaken thee, ne ther nis no man siker that she ne [continues next]
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[continues previous] medicynes. Now understond heer, al were it so that the yiftes of
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[continues previous] Fortune ne were nat brutel ne transitorie, what is ther in hem
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[continues previous] same thing may I most digneliche iugen and seyn of alle the
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[continues previous] yiftes of fortune that most plentevously comen to shrewes; of
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enforcen hem to have nede of nothing? Certes, ther nis non other
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me wel that over thilke good ther nis no-thing more to ben
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o god; but, by the participacioun of divinitee, ther ne let ne [continues next]
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desturbeth nothing that ther ne ben manye goddes.' [continues next]
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'But he,' quod she, 'that is almighty, ther nis nothing that he [continues next]
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biyonde the whiche ende ther nis nothing to desire. Of the
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which power of good folk men may conclude, that the wikked
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by adversitees; and of alle thinges ther nis no doute, that [continues next]
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they ne ben don rightfully and ordenely, to the profit of hem to [continues next]
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sooth, ne that ther nis nothing sensible; or elles, for that resoun [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 5961

[continues previous] Of which ther nis wight under heven
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that hath in him-self naturel bountee, as it is ful wel y-sene. For
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Melibee's Tale: 15

... though that he ne fond no good womman, certes, ful many another man hath founden many a womman ful good and trewe. Or elles per-aventure the entente of Salomon was this; that, as in sovereyn bountee, he fond no womman; this is to seyn, that ther is no wight that hath sovereyn bountee save god allone; as he him-self recordeth in his Evaungelie. For ther nis no creature so good that him ne wanteth somwhat of the perfeccioun of god, that is his maker. Your thridde resoun is this: ye seyn that "if ye governe yow by my conseil, it sholde seme that ye hadde yeve me the maistrie ...
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[continues previous] she hath forsaken thee, ne ther nis no man siker that she ne
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[continues previous] desturbeth nothing that ther ne ben manye goddes.'
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[continues previous] 'But he,' quod she, 'that is almighty, ther nis nothing that he
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is ful wel y-sene. For right so as thou mightest demen him mighty
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[continues previous] by adversitees; and of alle thinges ther nis no doute, that
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[continues previous] sooth, ne that ther nis nothing sensible; or elles, for that resoun
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Romaunt of the Rose: 5789

And in defaute of love it is,
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As it shewith ful wel, y-wis.
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For if these gredy, the sothe to seyn,
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For by your wordes it is wel y-sene.
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Now, for the love of Cynthia the shene,
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neither they ne ioignen hem nat alwey to goode men, ne maken
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But worldly Ioye may nat alwey dure [continues next]
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To Ianuarie, ne to no creature. [continues next]
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... drede dwellen with-outen ende.' Horrour is alwey drede of harm that is to come, and this drede shal evere dwelle in the hertes of hem that been dampned. And therefore han they lorn al hir hope, for sevene causes. First, for god that is hir Iuge shal be with-outen mercy to hem; ne they may nat plese him, ne noon of hise halwes; ne they ne may yeve no-thing for hir raunson; ne they have no vois to speke to him; ne they may nat flee fro peyne; ne they have no goodnesse in hem, that they mowe shewe to delivere hem fro peyne. And therfore seith Salomon: 'the ...
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amenusinge. And whan they ben apassed, nedes they maken [continues next]
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powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren
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neither they ne ioignen hem nat alwey to goode men, ne maken [continues next]
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hem alwey goode to whom that they ben y-ioigned. [continues next]
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But dignitees, to whom they ben comen, maken they him [continues next]
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ne ben nat weyes ne pathes that bringen men to blisfulnesse,
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ne maken men to ben blisful.
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thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif
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men wene that ben goode, yit ben they desired as though that
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mede; and that blisfulnesses comen alwey to goode folk, and [continues next]
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infortune comth alwey to wikked folk. And thou shalt wel [continues next]
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the whiche folk, sin that hir propre wil ne sent hem nat to that oon
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ne to that other, that is to seyn, neither to gode ne to harm, but constreineth
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knowen by the devyne sighte, sin that, forsothe, men ne maken
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nat thilke thinges necessarie which that they seen ben y-doon in
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dedes, despensinge and ordeyninge medes to goode men, and [continues next]
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torments to wikked men. Ne in ydel ne in veyn ne ben ther nat [continues next]
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hem alwey goode to whom that they ben y-ioigned.
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[continues previous] But worldly Ioye may nat alwey dure
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... for to have swich poverte." And as the same Salomon seith: "bettre it is to dye of bitter deeth than for to liven in swich wyse." By thise resons that I have seid un-to yow, and by manye othere resons that I coude seye, I graunte yow that richesses been goode to hem that geten hem wel, and to hem that wel usen tho richesses. And therfore wol I shewe yow how ye shul have yow, and how ye shul here yow in gaderinge of richesses, and in what manere ye shul usen hem.
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[continues previous] amenusinge. And whan they ben apassed, nedes they maken
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[continues previous] hem pore that for-gon the richesses.
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[continues previous] neither they ne ioignen hem nat alwey to goode men, ne maken
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[continues previous] But dignitees, to whom they ben comen, maken they him
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[continues previous] mede; and that blisfulnesses comen alwey to goode folk, and
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[continues previous] infortune comth alwey to wikked folk. And thou shalt wel
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'First,' quod she, 'thou most nedes knowen, that goode folk
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ben alwey stronge and mighty, and the shrewes ben feble and
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[continues previous] dedes, despensinge and ordeyninge medes to goode men, and
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[continues previous] torments to wikked men. Ne in ydel ne in veyn ne ben ther nat