Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 — Boethius and Troilus

by Geoffrey Chaucer

'Forsothe,' quod she, 'than nedeth ther som-what that every

man desireth?'

'Ye, ther nedeth,' quod I.

'Certes,' quod she, 'and he that hath lakke or nede of aught

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nis nat in every wey suffisaunt to himself?'

['No,'] quod I.

'And thou,' quod she, 'in al the plentee of thy richesses haddest

thilke lakke of suffisaunse?'

'What elles?' quod I.