'Now hast thou thanne,' quod she, 'the forme and the causes

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of false welefulnesse. Now torne and flitte the eyen of thy

thought; for ther shalt thou sen anon thilke verray blisfulnesse

that I have bihight thee.'

'Certes,' quod I, 'it is cleer and open, thogh it were to

a blinde man; and that shewedest thou me ful wel a litel her-biforn,

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whan thou enforcedest thee to shewe me the causes

of the false blisfulnesse. For but-yif I be bigyled, thanne