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Page 37
... That ye han said is right y - nough y - wys , And mochil mor ; for litel hevynesse
Is right i - nough for moche folk , I gesse . I say for me , it is a gret disease , Wher
as men han ben in gret welthe and ease , To hieren of her sodeyn fal , allas !
... That ye han said is right y - nough y - wys , And mochil mor ; for litel hevynesse
Is right i - nough for moche folk , I gesse . I say for me , it is a gret disease , Wher
as men han ben in gret welthe and ease , To hieren of her sodeyn fal , allas !
Page 110
For the proverbe saith , that many smale makith a gret . And herken this
ensample ; a greet wawe of the see cometh som tyme with so gret a violence ,
that it drenchith the schip ; and the same harm doon som tyme smale droppis of
watir , that ...
For the proverbe saith , that many smale makith a gret . And herken this
ensample ; a greet wawe of the see cometh som tyme with so gret a violence ,
that it drenchith the schip ; and the same harm doon som tyme smale droppis of
watir , that ...
Page 136
... certis it is gret peril and gret synne . Let us thanne speke of chydynge and
reproche , whiche that ben ful grete woundes in mannes hert , for they unsewe
the semes of frendschipe in mannes herte ; for certis , unnethe may a man plainly
ben ...
... certis it is gret peril and gret synne . Let us thanne speke of chydynge and
reproche , whiche that ben ful grete woundes in mannes hert , for they unsewe
the semes of frendschipe in mannes herte ; for certis , unnethe may a man plainly
ben ...
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