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aperteneth that to thee? For al so wel sholden they han ben
faire by hem-selve, though they weren departed fram alle thyne
richesses. Forwhy faire ne precious ne weren they nat, for that
they comen among thy richesses; but, for they semeden faire and
precious, ther-for thou haddest lever rekne hem amonges thy
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richesses.
But what desirest thou of Fortune with so grete a noise, and
with so grete a fare? I trowe thou seke to dryve awey nede with