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11370 * * * * * * 11380 That now next at this opposicioun , Which in the signe
schal be of the Lyoun , As preyeth hire so grete a flood to bringe , That five
fathome at the lest it overspringe The hihest rokke in Armorik Bretaine , And let
this flod ...
11370 * * * * * * 11380 That now next at this opposicioun , Which in the signe
schal be of the Lyoun , As preyeth hire so grete a flood to bringe , That five
fathome at the lest it overspringe The hihest rokke in Armorik Bretaine , And let
this flod ...
Page 336
And , wyf , bycause of thy swete wordes , and eek for I have assayed and proved
thi grete sapiens and thi grete trouthe , I wil governe me by thy counseil in alle
thinges . " “ Now , sire , ” quod dame Prudens , “ and syn ye vouchen sauf to be ...
And , wyf , bycause of thy swete wordes , and eek for I have assayed and proved
thi grete sapiens and thi grete trouthe , I wil governe me by thy counseil in alle
thinges . " “ Now , sire , ” quod dame Prudens , “ and syn ye vouchen sauf to be ...
Page 369
Tullius saith , that no sorwe ne drede of deth , ne no thing that may falle to a man ,
is so moche ageinst nature , as a man to encresce his oughne profyt to the harm
of another man . And though the grete men and the riche men gete richesse ...
Tullius saith , that no sorwe ne drede of deth , ne no thing that may falle to a man ,
is so moche ageinst nature , as a man to encresce his oughne profyt to the harm
of another man . And though the grete men and the riche men gete richesse ...
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