cause of delyt and of [merinesse]. But forsothe, frendes ne sholden
nat be rekned a-mong the godes of fortune, but of vertu; for it is
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a ful holy maner thing. Alle thise othre thinges, forsothe, ben
taken for cause of power or elles for cause of delyt.
Certes, now am I redy to referren the goodes of the body to
thise forseide thinges aboven; for it semeth that strengthe and
gretnesse of body yeven power and worthinesse, and that beautee
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and swiftnesse yeven noblesses and glorie of renoun; and hele of