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hem in voluptuous delyt. And ther ben folk that entrechaungen
the causes and the endes of thise forseyde goodes, as they that
desiren richesses to han power and delytes; or elles they desiren
power for to han moneye, or for cause of renoun. In thise thinges,
and in swiche othre thinges, [is torned] alle the entencioun of
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desiringes and of werkes of men; as thus: noblesse and favour
of people, whiche that yeveth to men, as it semeth hem, a maner
cleernesse of renoun; and wyf and children, that men desiren for