over thy-self, that is to seyn, by tranquillitee of thy sowle, than hast
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thou thing in thy power that thou noldest never lesen, ne Fortune
ne may nat beneme it thee. And that thou mayst knowe that
blisfulnesse ne may nat standen in thinges that ben fortunous
and temporel, now understonde and gader it to-gidere thus:
Yif blisfulnesse be the sovereyn good of nature that liveth by
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resoun, ne thilke thing nis nat sovereyn good that may be taken
awey in any wyse, (for more worthy thing and more digne is