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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