in execucioun and in acte of comune administracioun thilke
thinges that I hadde lerned of thee among my secree resting-whyles.
Thou, and god that putte thee in the thoughtes of wyse
folk, ben [knowinge with me], that no-thing ne broughte me to
maistrie or dignitee, but the comune studie of alle goodnesse.
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And ther-of comth it that bi-twixen wikked folk and me han ben
grevous [discordes], that ne mighten ben relesed by preyeres; for
[this libertee] hath the freedom of conscience, that the wratthe of
more mighty folk hath alwey ben despysed of me for savacioun of