that the uttereste bark is put ayeins the destemperaunce of
the hevene, as a defendour mighty to suffren harm? And thus,
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certes, maystow wel seen how greet is the diligence of nature;
for alle thinges [renovelen and puplisshen hem] with seed y-multiplyed;
ne ther nis no man that ne wot wel [that they ne]
[ben] right as a foundement and edifice, for to duren nat only
for a tyme, but right as for to duren perdurably by generacioun.
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And the thinges eek that men wenen ne haven none sowles,