that ever any mortal man hath received any of tho thinges to

ben hise in propre, than wol I graunte frely that alle thilke

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thinges weren thyne whiche that thou axest. Whan that nature

broughte thee forth out of thy moder wombe, I receyved thee

naked and nedy of alle thinges, and I norisshede thee with my

richesses, and was redy and ententif through my favour to

susteyne thee; and that maketh thee now inpacient ayeins me;

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and I envirounde thee with alle the aboundance and shyninge