by reputacioun of his corage. And ayeinward, alle fortune is blisful
to a man by the [agreabletee] or by the egalitee of him that
suffreth it.
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What man is that, that is so weleful, that nolde changen his
estat whan he hath lost pacience? The [swetnesse] of mannes
welefulnesse is sprayned with many biternesses; the whiche welefulnesse,
al-though it seme swete and ioyful to hem that useth it,
yit may it nat ben [with-holden] that it ne goth away whan it wole.
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