Of thinges that ben wist bifore the tyde,
They mowe not been eschewed on no syde.'
155. Than seyde he thus, 'almighty Iove in trone,
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That wost of al this thing the soothfastnesse,
Rewe on my sorwe, or do me deye sone,
Or bring Criseyde and me fro this distresse.'
And whyl he was in al this hevinesse,
Disputinge with him-self in this matere,
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