so that I ne may nat yit answeren to thy demaundes.'
'I nas nat deceived,' quod she, 'that ther ne faileth somwhat,
by whiche the maladye of thy perturbacioun is crept into
thy thought, so as [the strengthe] of the palis chyning is open.
But sey me this: remembrest thou what is the ende of thinges,
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and whider that the entencioun of alle kinde tendeth?'
'I have herd it told som-tyme,' quod I; 'but drerinesse hath
dulled my memorie.'
'Certes,' quod she, 'thou wost wel whennes that alle thinges