of the body of Alcibiades, that was ful fayr in the superfice
with-oute, it shold seme right foul. And forthy, yif thou semest
fayr, thy nature maketh nat that, but the desceivaunce of the
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feblesse of the eyen that loken. But preyse the goodes of the
body as mochel as ever thee list; so that thou knowe algates
that, what-so it be, that is to seyn, of the goodes of thy body,
which that thou wondrest up-on, may ben destroyed or dissolved
by the hete of a fevere of three dayes. Of alle whiche forseyde
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