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considerede [Epicurus], and iuged and establisshed that delyt is

the sovereyn good; for as moche as alle othre thinges, as him

thoughte, [bi-refte] awey Ioye and mirthe fram the herte. But I

retorne ayein to the [studies] of men, of whiche men the corage

alwey reherseth and seketh the sovereyn good, [al be it] so that

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it be with a derked memorie; but he [not] by whiche path, right

as a dronken man not nat by whiche path he may retorne him to

his hous. Semeth it thanne that folk folyen and erren that