they weren verrayliche goode. And therfor is it that men oughten
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to wene by right, that bountee be [the soverein fyn], and the cause
of alle the thinges that ben to requeren. But certes, thilke that
is cause for which men requeren any thing, it semeth that thilke
same thing be most desired. As thus: yif that a wight wolde
ryden for cause of hele, he ne desireth nat so mochel the moevinge
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to ryden, as the effect of his hele. Now thanne, sin that
alle thinges ben requered for the grace of good, they ne ben nat