Was than my face or my chere swiche as now (quasi diceret, non),
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whan I soughte with thee secrets of nature, whan thou [enformedest]
my maneres and the resoun of alle my lyf to the ensaumple of
the [ordre of hevene]? Is nat this the guerdoun that I referre to
thee, to whom I have be obeisaunt? Certes, thou [confermedest],
by the [mouth of Plato], this sentence, that is to seyn, that comune
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thinges or comunalitees weren blisful, yif they that hadden studied
al fully to wisdom governeden thilke thinges, or elles yif it so