Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7 to Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary

Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7 has 19 lines, and 89% of them have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14 in Geoffrey Chaucer. 11% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 5 weak matches.

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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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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: 1

But what shal I seye of dignitees and of powers, the whiche
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 5

wont to bringen to the bodies of folk that usen hem! Of whiche [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 6

delices I not what Ioye may ben had of hir moevinge. But this [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 8

he shal wel understonde that the issues of delices ben sorwful [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 9

and sorye. And yif thilke delices mowen maken folk blisful, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 2

desiringes ben ful of anguissh, and the fulfillinges of hem ben ful
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 5

[continues previous] wont to bringen to the bodies of folk that usen hem! Of whiche
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 6

[continues previous] delices I not what Ioye may ben had of hir moevinge. But this
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 8

[continues previous] he shal wel understonde that the issues of delices ben sorwful
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 3

of penaunce? How greet syknesse and how grete sorwes unsufferable,
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Merchant's Tale: 405

With tribulacioun and greet penaunce,
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Merchant's Tale: 406

How sholde I thanne, that live in swich plesaunce
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 3: 108

than sheweth it wel, how greet destruccioun and how grete
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 4

right as a maner fruit of wikkednesse, ben thilke delices
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 5

ne be nat wont to don awey wikkednesse, but they ben wont [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 6

rather to shewen wikkednesse. And ther-of comth it that I have [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 8

he shal wel understonde that the issues of delices ben sorwful
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 9

and sorye. And yif thilke delices mowen maken folk blisful,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 99

whan they han shewed hir proposiciouns, ben wont [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 5

wont to bringen to the bodies of folk that usen hem! Of whiche
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 14

Fortune bindeth with the beautee of false goodes the hertes of
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 8: 15

folk that usen hem; the contrarie Fortune unbindeth hem by the
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 3

to speke right thus: 'Alle the cures,' quod she, 'of mortal folk,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 4

whiche that travaylen hem in many maner studies, goon certes by
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 3

they may putte vertues in the hertes of folk that usen the lordshipes
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 4

[continues previous] of hem? Or elles may they don a-wey the vyces? Certes, they
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 5

[continues previous] ne be nat wont to don awey wikkednesse, but they ben wont
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 6

[continues previous] rather to shewen wikkednesse. And ther-of comth it that I have
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 1

But what shal I seye of delices of body, of whiche delices the [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 2

desiringes ben ful of anguissh, and the fulfillinges of hem ben ful [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 99

[continues previous] whan they han shewed hir proposiciouns, ben wont
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 10: 100

[continues previous] to bringen in thinges that they clepen porismes, or declaraciouns
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6883

And for to make yow hem perceyven,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 6884

That usen folk thus to disceyven,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 6

delices I not what Ioye may ben had of hir moevinge. But this
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Parson's Tale: 80

... decree, a womman that is a wyf, as longe as she is a wyf, she hath noon auctoritee to swere ne bere witnesse with-oute leve of hir housbonde, that is hir lord; algate, he sholde be so by resoun. She sholde eek serven him in alle honestee, and been attempree of hir array. I wot wel that they sholde setten hir entente to plesen hir housbondes, but nat by hir queyntise of array. Seint Ierome seith, that wyves that been apparailled in silk and in precious purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist. What seith seint Iohn eek in this ... [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 10

certein thinges sholde be moeved by fortunous fortune; but I [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 1

[continues previous] But what shal I seye of delices of body, of whiche delices the
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 2

[continues previous] desiringes ben ful of anguissh, and the fulfillinges of hem ben ful
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 21

wene that it were to doute; as who seith, but I wot wel that god [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 22

governeth this world; and I shal shortly answeren thee by what [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 4

But natheles, this wot I wel also, [continues next]
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 402

But wel I wot, with that he can endyte, [continues next]
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Legend of Hypsipyle and Medea: 255

Any reward, and doon me this honour, [continues next]
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2618

But this I wot wel in my thought, [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1017

How the ordre of causes stant; but wel wot I, [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 7

wot I wel, that who-so-ever wole remembren him of hise luxures,
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Parson's Tale: 80

[continues previous] ... that is a wyf, as longe as she is a wyf, she hath noon auctoritee to swere ne bere witnesse with-oute leve of hir housbonde, that is hir lord; algate, he sholde be so by resoun. She sholde eek serven him in alle honestee, and been attempree of hir array. I wot wel that they sholde setten hir entente to plesen hir housbondes, but nat by hir queyntise of array. Seint Ierome seith, that wyves that been apparailled in silk and in precious purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist. What seith seint Iohn eek in this matere? Seint Gregorie eek seith, ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 10

[continues previous] certein thinges sholde be moeved by fortunous fortune; but I
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Consolatione Philosophie 1 Prose 6: 11

[continues previous] wot wel that god, maker and mayster, is governour of his werk.
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 21

[continues previous] wene that it were to doute; as who seith, but I wot wel that god
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 4

[continues previous] But natheles, this wot I wel also,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 5

[continues previous] That ther nis noon that dwelleth in this contree,
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Legend of Good Women Prologue A: 402

[continues previous] But wel I wot, with that he can endyte,
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Legend of Hypsipyle and Medea: 256

[continues previous] I wot wel that my might ne my labour
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2617

[continues previous] I noot wher I sey wel or nought;
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2618

[continues previous] But this I wot wel in my thought,
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Romaunt of the Rose: 2619

[continues previous] That it were bet of hir aloon,
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1017

[continues previous] How the ordre of causes stant; but wel wot I,
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Troilus and Criseyde 4: 1018

[continues previous] That it bihoveth that the bifallinge
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 8

he shal wel understonde that the issues of delices ben sorwful
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Squire's Tale: 149

Ther is no foul that fleeth under the hevene
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Squire's Tale: 150

That she ne shal wel understonde his stevene,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 1

But what shal I seye of delices of body, of whiche delices the [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 2

desiringes ben ful of anguissh, and the fulfillinges of hem ben ful [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 4

right as a maner fruit of wikkednesse, ben thilke delices [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 83

as whether that of thilke thinges that ne han non issues and [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 84

bitydinges necessaries, yif ther-of may ben any prescience; for [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 9

and sorye. And yif thilke delices mowen maken folk blisful,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 130

tormentes; how mighte than this present lyf maken men blisful,
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Consolatione Philosophie 2 Prose 4: 131

sin that, whan thilke selve lyf is ended, it ne maketh folk no
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 4: 64

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

nat maken folk digne of reverence, and yif that dignitees wexen
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 1

[continues previous] But what shal I seye of delices of body, of whiche delices the
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 4

[continues previous] right as a maner fruit of wikkednesse, ben thilke delices
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 83

[continues previous] as whether that of thilke thinges that ne han non issues and
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Consolatione Philosophie 5 Prose 4: 84

[continues previous] bitydinges necessaries, yif ther-of may ben any prescience; for
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 10

than by the same cause moten thise bestes ben cleped blisful;
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Parson's Tale: 64

... man, that loveth his tresor biforn god, an ydolastre, thurgh this cursed sinne of Avarice. Of Coveitise comen thise harde lordshipes, thurgh whiche men been distreyned by tailages, custumes, and cariages, more than hir duetee or resoun is. And eek they taken of hir bonde-men amerciments, whiche mighten more resonably ben cleped extorcions than amerciments. Of whiche amerciments and raunsoninge of bondemen, somme lordes stywardes seyn, that it is rightful; for-as-muche as a cherl hath no temporel thing that it ne is his lordes, as they seyn. But certes, thise lordshipes doon wrong, that bireven hir bonde-folk thinges that they nevere yave ... [continues next]
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 1: 19

From this senith, as it semeth, ther come a maner crokede strykes lyke to the clawes of a loppe, or elles like to the werk of a womanes calle, in kerving overthwart the Almikanteras. And thise same strykes or divisiouns ben cleped Azimuthz. And they devyden the orisonte of thyn Astrolabie in four and twenty devisiouns. And thise Azimutz serven to knowe the costes of the firmament, and to othre conclusiouns, as for to knowe the cenith of the sonne and of every sterre. And for more declaracioun, lo here thy figure.
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 10

To knowe the quantite of houres in-equales by day. Understond wel, that thise houres in-equales ben cleped houres of planetes, and understond wel that som-tyme ben they lengere by day than by night, and som-tyme the contrarie. But understond wel, that evermo, generaly, the hour in-equal of the day with the houre in-equal of the night contenen 30 degrees of the bordure, whiche bordure is ever-mo answering ... [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 11

of whiche bestes al the entencioun hasteth to fulfille hir bodily
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Parson's Tale: 64

[continues previous] ... biforn god, an ydolastre, thurgh this cursed sinne of Avarice. Of Coveitise comen thise harde lordshipes, thurgh whiche men been distreyned by tailages, custumes, and cariages, more than hir duetee or resoun is. And eek they taken of hir bonde-men amerciments, whiche mighten more resonably ben cleped extorcions than amerciments. Of whiche amerciments and raunsoninge of bondemen, somme lordes stywardes seyn, that it is rightful; for-as-muche as a cherl hath no temporel thing that it ne is his lordes, as they seyn. But certes, thise lordshipes doon wrong, that bireven hir bonde-folk thinges that they nevere yave hem: Augustinus de Civitate, libro ...
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Treatise on the Astrolabe 2: 10

[continues previous] To knowe the quantite of houres in-equales by day. Understond wel, that thise houres in-equales ben cleped houres of planetes, and understond wel that som-tyme ben they lengere by day than by night, and som-tyme the contrarie. But understond wel, that evermo, generaly, the hour in-equal of the day with the houre in-equal of the night contenen 30 degrees of the bordure, whiche bordure is ever-mo answering to the ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 13

thing, but it hath ben seyd that it is over muchel ayeins kinde,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 80

mighte it availen at the laste ayeins him, that we han graunted to [continues next]
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Troilus and Criseyde 2: 1374

That kinde wolde doon hir to biginne [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 14

that children han ben founden tormentours to hir fadres, I not
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 158

And han wel founden by experience,
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Nun's Priest's Tale: 159

That dremes ben significaciouns,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 80

[continues previous] mighte it availen at the laste ayeins him, that we han graunted to
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 12: 81

[continues previous] ben almighty by the right of blisfulnesse?'
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Troilus and Criseyde 2: 1374

[continues previous] That kinde wolde doon hir to biginne
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Troilus and Criseyde 2: 1375

[continues previous] To han a maner routhe up-on my wo,
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 15

how manye: of whiche children how bytinge is every condicioun,
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Squire's Tale: 66

At every cours the ordre of hir servyse. [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 16

it nedeth nat to tellen it thee, that hast or this tyme assayed
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Squire's Tale: 65

[continues previous] And eek it nedeth nat for to devyse
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Squire's Tale: 453

Of other harm it nedeth nat to speke.
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Franklin's Tale: 866

It nedeth nat to yow reherce it more.
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 76

semeth to ben right cleer and renomed. For certes, it nedeth nat
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 2: 77

to seye, that blisfulnesse be [nat] anguissous ne drery, ne subgit to
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Consolatione Philosophie 3 Prose 7: 18

of my disciple Euripidis, that seyde, that "he that hath no
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Melibee's Tale: 31

... kepe yow in swich manere, that for any presumpcioun of your strengthe, that ye ne dispyse nat ne acounte nat the might of your adversarie so litel, that ye lete the keping of your persone for your presumpcioun; for every wys man dredeth his enemy. And Salomon seith: "weleful is he that of alle hath drede; for certes, he that thurgh the hardinesse of his herte and thurgh the hardinesse of him-self hath to greet presumpcioun, him shal yvel bityde." Thanne shul ye evermore countrewayte embusshements and alle espiaille. For Senek seith: that "the wyse man that dredeth harmes escheweth harmes; ne he ne falleth ... [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 74

wrecchednesse of any wight, nis he nat more weleful than he that [continues next]
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 75

ne hath no medlinge of good in his solitarie wrecchednesse?' [continues next]
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children is weleful by infortune."
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Melibee's Tale: 31

[continues previous] ... shul ye kepe yow in swich manere, that for any presumpcioun of your strengthe, that ye ne dispyse nat ne acounte nat the might of your adversarie so litel, that ye lete the keping of your persone for your presumpcioun; for every wys man dredeth his enemy. And Salomon seith: "weleful is he that of alle hath drede; for certes, he that thurgh the hardinesse of his herte and thurgh the hardinesse of him-self hath to greet presumpcioun, him shal yvel bityde." Thanne shul ye evermore countrewayte embusshements and alle espiaille. For Senek seith: that "the wyse man that dredeth harmes escheweth ...
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Consolatione Philosophie 4 Prose 4: 74

[continues previous] wrecchednesse of any wight, nis he nat more weleful than he that