Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5 to Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5 has 51 lines, and 18% of them have strong matches at magnitude 15+ in Geoffrey Chaucer. 67% of the lines have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14. 15% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.29 strong matches and 4.33 weak matches.
Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 5
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age of my Plato, ayeines the foolhardinesse of folye? And eek, [continues next]
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of present tyme now, is ful of ensaumples how that kinges ben
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[continues previous] age of my Plato, ayeines the foolhardinesse of folye? And eek,
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moten kinges han more porcioun of wrecchednesse than of [continues next]
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dyverse maneres; that oon of hem, is covered his face with forme [continues next]
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'ne I ne see nat that men may sayn, as by right, that shrewes ne [continues next]
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ben chaunged in-to bestes by the qualitee of hir soules, al-be-it so [continues next]
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[continues previous] dyverse maneres; that oon of hem, is covered his face with forme
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rightful veniaunce. But this is open thing and cleer, that it is
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the whiche thing it is cleer and manifest that it is propre to the
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any syde, amenuseth it nat thilke blisfulnesse and bringeth in
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lakketh alle goodes, so that no good nis medled in his wrecchednesse, [continues next]
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and yit, over al his wikkednesse for which he is a wrecche, that [continues next]
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wrecchednesse? But yit, al be it so that the reaumes of mankinde
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[continues previous] lakketh alle goodes, so that no good nis medled in his wrecchednesse,
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devyne prescience more than the opinioun of mankinde, yif so be
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that it demeth the thinges uncertein, as men doon; of the whiche
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ben to comen after our dayes shullen knowen it, I have put it [continues next]
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Fro this litel + up to the ende of the lyne meridional, under the ring, shaltow finden the bordure devyded with 90 degrees; and by that same proporcioun is every quarter of thin Astrolabie devyded. Over the whiche degrees ther ben noumbres of augrim, that devyden thilke same degrees fro fyve to fyve, as sheweth by longe strykes by-twene. Of whiche longe strykes the space by-twene contienith a mile-wey. And every degree of the bordure contieneth foure minutes, that is to seyn, minutes of an houre. And for more declaracioun, lo ... [continues next]
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whiche that every king ne hath no lordshipe ne comaundement.
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[continues previous] thing al the ordinaunce and the sothe, for as moche as folk that
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[continues previous] as I seyde a litel her-biforn that, sin ther mot nedes ben many
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[continues previous] folk, to whiche folk the renoun of a man ne may nat comen,
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[continues previous] Fro this litel + up to the ende of the lyne meridional, under the ring, shaltow finden the bordure devyded with 90 degrees; and by that same proporcioun is every quarter of thin Astrolabie devyded. Over the whiche degrees ther ben noumbres of augrim, that devyden thilke same degrees fro fyve to fyve, as sheweth by longe strykes by-twene. Of whiche longe strykes the space by-twene contienith a mile-wey. And every degree of the bordure contieneth foure minutes, that is to seyn, minutes of an houre. And for ...
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And certes, up-on thilke syde that power faileth, which that
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maketh folk blisful, right on that same syde noun-power entreth
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under-nethe, that maketh hem wrecches; in this manere thanne
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deserte of ancestres. And yif preysinge maketh gentilesse, [continues next]
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of present tyme now, is ful of ensaumples how that kinges ben [continues next]
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[continues previous] thanne moten they nedes be gentil that ben preysed. For
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welefulnesse. A tyraunt, that was king of Sisile, that hadde
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assayed the peril of his estat, shewede by similitude the dredes
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of his familier. What thing is thanne this power, that may nat
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'Maystow nat telle me thanne,' quod she, 'what thing is a man?'
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ne may don in him that he doth in othre? And yit more-over, [continues next]
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ne be nat wont to don awey wikkednesse, but they ben wont [continues next]
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thanne thilke power, that though men han it, yit they ben agast;
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don awey, men may nat thinke ne seye fro whennes thilke [continues next]
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Seestow nat thanne what thing folweth alle the thinges that I
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that hap be any swich thing as I have diffinisshed a litel heer-biforn.' [continues next]
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don awey the bytinges of bisinesse, ne eschewe the prikkes of
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[continues previous] that he be mighty, that hath no power to don a thing, that othre
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[continues previous] he wolde don that he may nat don? And holdest thou thanne
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amonges hem of the court. And yit, certes, they wolden bothe [continues next]
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[continues previous] allone; but that is a thing that may nat be don.'
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[continues previous] naught; but yif this ne may nat ben don, thanne is it nat possible,
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in sikernesse that may nat ben over-comen. Knowest thou me [continues next]
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they may nat; and yit they glorifye hem in hir power. Holdest
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Parson's Tale: 67
... the commune profit mighte nat han be kept, ne pees and reste in erthe, but-if god hadde ordeyned that som men hadde hyer degree and som men lower: therfore was sovereyntee ordeyned to kepe and mayntene and deffenden hir underlinges or hir subgets in resoun, as ferforth as it lyth in hir power; and nat to destroyen hem ne confounde. Wherfore I seye, that thilke lordes that been lyk wolves, that devouren the possessiouns or the catel of povre folk wrongfully, with-outen mercy or mesure, they shul receyven, by the same mesure that they han mesured to povre folk, the mercy of Iesu Crist, but-if it be amended. ...
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[continues previous] in sikernesse that may nat ben over-comen. Knowest thou me
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he wolde don that he may nat don? And holdest thou thanne [continues next]
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[continues previous] amonges hem of the court. And yit, certes, they wolden bothe
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thou thanne that thilke man be mighty, that thou seest that
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hem that he hadde whylom overcomen. Wenest thou thanne [continues next]
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[continues previous] him a mighty man, that hath envirownede his sydes with men
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'Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat [continues next]
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And ther-of cometh it, that yif thou see a wight that wolde geten [continues next]
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that he may nat geten, thou mayst nat douten that power ne [continues next]
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al were this Nonius set in a chayre of dignitee. Seest thou nat
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thanne how gret vilenye dignitees don to wikked men? Certes,
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of his familier. What thing is thanne this power, that may nat
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don awey the bytinges of bisinesse, ne eschewe the prikkes of
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they may nat; and yit they glorifye hem in hir power. Holdest [continues next]
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[continues previous] 'Scornest thou me?' quod I; 'or elles pleyest thou or deceivest
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[continues previous] And ther-of cometh it, that yif thou see a wight that wolde geten
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[continues previous] that he may nat geten, thou mayst nat douten that power ne
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naught; but yif this ne may nat ben don, thanne is it nat possible,
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[continues previous] anguisshes byten him; and whan he ne may nat don tho defautes
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agast than they dreden him, and that is put in the handes of
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taken metes of the handes of folk that yeven it hem, and dreden
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or servaunts of kinges what sholde I telle thee anything, sin
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most unsely yif they weren perdurable. And after this, I have
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shewed thee that more unsely ben shrewes, whan they escapen
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han renounced hir power; of whiche two Senek enforcede him [continues next]
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to yeven to Nero his richesses, and also to han gon in-to [continues next]
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his mayster, to chesen on what deeth he wolde deyen. Antonius
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his familier, which Papinian hadde ben longe tyme ful mighty
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... and by day, in greet peril and in greet peyne, in lond, in famine, in thurst, in cold and clothlees, and ones stoned almost to the deeth) yet seyde he: 'allas! I, caytif man, who shal delivere me fro the prisoun of my caytif body?' And seint Ierome, whan he longe tyme hadde woned in desert, where-as he hadde no companye but of wilde bestes, where-as he ne hadde no mete but herbes and water to his drinke, ne no bed but the naked erthe, for which his flesh was blak as an Ethiopen for hete and ny destroyed for cold, yet seyde he: that 'the brenninge of lecherie ...
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amonges hem of the court. And yit, certes, they wolden bothe
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don awey the bytinges of bisinesse, ne eschewe the prikkes of
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they may nat; and yit they glorifye hem in hir power. Holdest
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... homicyde, that is manslaughtre, is in dyverse wyse. Som manere of homicyde is spirituel, and som is bodily. Spirituel manslaughtre is in six thinges. First, by hate; as seint Iohn seith, 'he that hateth his brother is homicyde.' Homicyde is eek by bakbytinge; of whiche bakbyteres seith Salomon, that 'they han two swerdes with whiche they sleen hir neighebores.' For soothly, as wikke is to binime his good name as his lyf. Homicyde is eek, in yevinge of wikked conseil by fraude; as for to yeven conseil to areysen wrongful custumes and taillages. Of whiche seith Salomon, 'Leon rorynge and bere hongry been lyke to the cruel lordshipes,' ...
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[continues previous] wolden han devoured by hope and covetise, yit drow I him out of
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throweth adown. Nero constreynede Senek, his familier and [continues next]
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sete, why artow comen in-to this solitarie place of myn exil? [continues next]
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solitarie exil. But whan the grete weighte, that is to seyn, of
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hevy cheynes; and bereth his chere enclyned adoun for the grete
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he is cast doun with so manye wikkede lordes; that is to seyn, with [continues next]
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y-seyn biforn, that is to seyn, the grete somme in his minde: so that
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[continues previous] he is cast doun with so manye wikkede lordes; that is to seyn, with
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... sinne, of which I spak biforn, thilke fleshly concupiscence. And after that comth the subieccion of the devel, this is to seyn, the develes bely, with which he bloweth in man the fyr of fleshly concupiscence. And after that, a man bithinketh him whether he wol doon, or no, thilke thing to which he is tempted. And thanne, if that a man withstonde and weyve the firste entysinge of his flesh and of the feend, thanne is it no sinne; and if it so be that he do nat so, thanne feleth he anon a flambe of delyt. And thanne is it good to be ... [continues next]
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of kinde, and nat after the outrage of coveityse. Is it thanne so, [continues next]
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was holden amonges grete; but what thing is now more out-cast [continues next]
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is now demed for aldermost iust and most rightful, that is to seyn, [continues next]
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thanne thilke power, that though men han it, yit they ben agast;
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[continues previous] ... of sinne, of which I spak biforn, thilke fleshly concupiscence. And after that comth the subieccion of the devel, this is to seyn, the develes bely, with which he bloweth in man the fyr of fleshly concupiscence. And after that, a man bithinketh him whether he wol doon, or no, thilke thing to which he is tempted. And thanne, if that a man withstonde and weyve the firste entysinge of his flesh and of the feend, thanne is it no sinne; and if it so be that he do nat so, thanne feleth he anon a flambe of delyt. And thanne is it good to be war, and kepen ...
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[continues previous] of kinde, and nat after the outrage of coveityse. Is it thanne so,
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[continues previous] suffisaunt of himself unto him-self. And folyen swiche folk thanne,
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[continues previous] thanne thilke provostrie? And, as I have seyd a litel her-biforn,
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men wene that ben goode, yit ben they desired as though that
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they weren verrayliche goode. And therfor is it that men oughten
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tale ne hadde shewed it to me. But certes, al be thou fer fro thy [continues next]
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Yif thou committest and bitakest thy sailes to the winde, thou [continues next]
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how greet scorn woldest thou han of it! Glosa. So fareth it by
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yif thou woldest forleten it, thou mayst nat eschuen it? But
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Thise almesses shaltow doon of thyne owene propre thinges, and hastily, and prively if thou mayst; but nathelees, if thou mayst nat doon it prively, thou shalt nat forbere to doon almesse though men seen it; so that it be nat doon for thank of the world, but only for thank of Iesu Crist. For as witnesseth Seint Mathew, capitulo quinto, 'A citee may nat been hid that is set on a montayne; ne men lighte nat a ...
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[continues previous] tale ne hadde shewed it to me. But certes, al be thou fer fro thy
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[continues previous] Yif thou committest and bitakest thy sailes to the winde, thou
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be thral to thee, yit, yif thou mayst nat putten awey thy foule
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wolt chaunge it or no, and whiderward that thou torne it, thou ne
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mayst nat eschuen the devyne prescience; right as thou ne mayst
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Umbra Recta. An-other maner of wyrking be umbra recta. Yif it so be that thou mayst nat come to the baas of the tour, in this maner thou schalt werke. Sette thy rewle upon 1 till thou see the altitude, and sette at thy foot a prikke. Than sette thy rewle upon 2, and beholde what is the differense be-tween 1 and 2, and thou shalt finde ...
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hadde nat Fortune ben ashamed that innocence was accused, yit [continues next]
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it moste nedes ben that folk ben swiche as they wenen? But in
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have yeven ensaumple to othre folk, that vertu may nat ben overcomen [continues next]
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by adversitees; and of alle thinges ther nis no doute, that [continues next]
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This vertu hath manye speces; and the firste is cleped Magnanimitee, that is to seyn, greet corage. For certes, ther bihoveth greet corage agains Accidie, lest that it ne swolwe the soule by the sinne of sorwe, or destroye it by wanhope. This vertu maketh folk to undertake harde thinges and grevouse thinges, by hir owene wil, wysely and resonably. And for as muchel as the devel fighteth agayns a man more by queyntise and by sleighte than by strengthe, therfore men shal withstonden him by wit and by resoun and by discrecioun. Thanne arn ther ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] diceret, non). Was not Fortune ashamed of this? Certes, al
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[continues previous] hadde nat Fortune ben ashamed that innocence was accused, yit
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good; the contrarious Fortune ledeth ofte folk ayein to soothfast [continues next]
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[continues previous] This vertu hath manye speces; and the firste is cleped Magnanimitee, that is to seyn, greet corage. For certes, ther bihoveth greet corage agains Accidie, lest that it ne swolwe the soule by the sinne of sorwe, or destroye it by wanhope. This vertu maketh folk to undertake harde thinges and grevouse thinges, by hir owene wil, wysely and resonably. And for as muchel as the devel fighteth agayns a man more by queyntise and by sleighte than by strengthe, therfore men shal withstonden him by wit and by resoun and by discrecioun. Thanne arn ...
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[continues previous] the most unsely kinde of contrarious fortune is to han ben
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[continues previous] good; the contrarious Fortune ledeth ofte folk ayein to soothfast
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Melibee's Tale: 30
... phisiciens, that first speken in this matere. I sey yow, that the surgiens and phisiciens han seyd yow in your conseil discreetly, as hem oughte; and in hir speche seyden ful wysly, that to the office of hem aperteneth to doon to every wight honour and profit, and no wight for to anoye; and, after hir craft, to doon greet diligence un-to the cure of hem whiche that they han in hir governaunce. And sir, right as they han answered wysly and discreetly, right so rede I that they been heighly and sovereynly guerdoned for hir noble speche; and eek for they sholde do the more ententif bisinesse ... [continues next]
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[continues previous] ... the phisiciens, that first speken in this matere. I sey yow, that the surgiens and phisiciens han seyd yow in your conseil discreetly, as hem oughte; and in hir speche seyden ful wysly, that to the office of hem aperteneth to doon to every wight honour and profit, and no wight for to anoye; and, after hir craft, to doon greet diligence un-to the cure of hem whiche that they han in hir governaunce. And sir, right as they han answered wysly and discreetly, right so rede I that they been heighly and sovereynly guerdoned for hir noble speche; and eek ...