that the river [Hermus] yeveth with his [rede brinke], or that [Indus]
yeveth, that is next the hote party of the world, that [medleth] the
grene stones with the whyte, ne sholde nat cleeren the lookinge
of your thought, but hyden rather your blinde corages with-in hir
derknesse. Al that lyketh yow heer, and excyteth and moeveth
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your thoughtes, the erthe hath norisshed it in hise lowe caves.
But the shyninge, by whiche the hevene is governed and whennes
he hath his strengthe, [that eschueth] the derke overthrowinge of
the sowle; and who-so may knowen thilke light of blisfulnesse,