for as mochel as bothe the spaces ben [ended], yit hath the
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moment som porcioun of it, al-though it litel be. But natheles,
thilke selve noumbre of yeres, and eek as many yeres as
ther-to may be multiplyed, ne may nat, certes, ben comparisoned
to the perdurabletee that is [endeles]; for of thinges that han ende
may be maked comparisoun, but of thinges that ben with-outen
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ende, to thinges that han ende, may be maked no comparisoun.
And forthy is it that, al-though renoun, of as long tyme as ever