body, that by right mighte semen a fair creature to him that hath
a sowle of resoun? For al be it so that gemmes drawen to hem-self
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a litel [of the laste] beautee of the world, through the entente of
hir creatour and [through the distinccioun] of hem-self; yit, for as
mochel as they ben put under youre excellence, they ne han nat
deserved by no wey that ye sholden mervailen on hem. And
the beautee of feldes, delyteth it nat mochel un-to yow?'
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Boece. '[Why sholde it nat] delyten us, sin that it is a right fair