hem lakketh to other. But that that nis nat parfit, men may
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seen apertly that it nis nat soverein. The thinges, thanne, that
ben sovereinly goode, ne mowen by no wey ben dyverse. But
I have wel concluded that blisfulnesse and god ben the soverein
good; for whiche it mot nedes ben, that soverein blisfulnesse
is soverein divinitee.'
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'Nothing,' quod I, 'nis more soothfast than this, ne more
ferme by resoun; ne a more worthy thing than god may nat