naturel entencioun of thinges, as thus: right as we swolwe the
mete that we receiven and ne thinke nat on it, and as we
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drawen our breeth in slepinge that we wite it nat whyle we
slepen. For certes, in the beestes, the love of hir livinges ne
of hir beinges ne comth nat of the wilninges of the sowle, but
of the biginninges of nature. For certes, thorugh constreininge
causes, wil desireth and embraceth ful ofte tyme the deeth
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that nature dredeth; that is to seyn as thus: that a man may