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deserte of ancestres. And yif preysinge maketh gentilesse,
thanne moten they nedes be gentil that ben preysed. For
which thing it folweth, that yif thou ne have no gentilesse of
thy-self, that is to seyn, preyse that comth of thy deserte, foreine
gentilesse ne maketh thee nat gentil. But certes, yif ther be
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any good in gentilesse, I trowe it be al-only this, that it semeth
as that a maner necessitee be imposed to gentil men, for that
they ne sholden nat outrayen or forliven fro the virtues of hir