thilke blinde goddesse Fortune. She, that yit covereth hir and
wimpleth hir to other folk, hath shewed hir every-del to thee.
Yif thou aprovest hir and thenkest that she is good, use hir
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[maneres] and pleyne thee nat. And yif thou agrysest hir false
trecherye, despyse and cast awey hir that pleyeth so harmfully;
for she, that is now cause of so muche sorwe to thee, sholde
ben cause to thee of pees and of Ioye. [She hath forsaken]
thee, forsothe; the whiche that never man may ben siker that
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