wherby that they mowen ben put in the noumber of thinges that

oughten ben requered or desired.'

'It is shewed,' quod I; 'ne her-of may ther no man douten.'

['The thinges thanne,'] quod she, 'that ne ben no goodes

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whanne they ben dyverse, and whan they beginnen to ben alle

oon thing thanne ben they goodes, ne comth it hem nat thanne

by the getinge of unitee, that they ben maked goodes?'

'So it semeth,' quod I.

'But al thing that is good,' quod she, 'grauntest thou that it be