ther is a thing, that in any partye be febler of power, certes,
as in that, it mot nedes ben nedy of foreine help.'
'Right so is it,' quod I.
'Suffisaunce and power ben thanne of o kinde?'
'So semeth it,' quod I.
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'And demest thou,' quod she, 'that a thing that is of this
manere, that is to seyn, suffisaunt and mighty, oughte ben
despysed, or elles that it be right digne of reverence aboven
alle thinges?'