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'Whan I considere,' quod I, 'manye thinges, I see [non other].'
'Is ther any-thing thanne,' quod she, 'that, in as moche as it
liveth naturelly, that forleteth the talent or appetyt of his beinge,
and desireth to come to deeth and to corupcioun?'
'Yif I considere,' quod I, 'the beestes that han any maner
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nature of wilninge and of nillinge, I ne finde no beest, but-yif
it be constreined fro with-oute forth, that forleteth or
despyseth the entencioun to liven and to duren, or that wole,