foryetinge of wryteres put out of minde and don awey! Al be
it so that, certes, thilke wrytinges profiten litel; the whiche
wrytinges long and derk elde doth awey, bothe hem and eek hir
autours. But ye men semen to geten yow a perdurabletee, whan
ye thenken that, in tyme to-cominge, your fame shal lasten. But
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natheles, yif thou wolt maken comparisoun to the endeles spaces
of eternitee, what thing hast thou by whiche thou mayst reioysen
thee of long lastinge of thy name? For yif ther were maked comparisoun
of the abydinge of a moment to ten thousand winter,