[Catoun]? The thinne fame, yit lastinge, of hir ydel names, is
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marked with a fewe lettres; but al-though that we han knowen
the faire wordes of the fames of hem, it is nat yeven to knowe
hem that ben dede and consumpte. [Liggeth] thanne stille, al
outrely unknowable; ne fame ne maketh yow nat knowe. And
yif ye wene to liven the longer for winde of your mortal name,
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whan o [cruel] day shal ravisshe yow, [thanne is] the seconde deeth
dwellinge un-to yow.' Glose. The first deeth he clepeth heer the