ben constreyned so, by som cause, that his wil desireth and
taketh the deeth which that nature hateth and dredeth ful sore.
And [somtyme] we seeth the contrarye, as thus: that the wil
of a wight destorbeth and constreyneth that that nature desireth
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and requereth al-wey, that is to seyn, the werk of generacioun,
by the whiche generacioun only dwelleth and is sustened the
long durabletee of mortal thinges.
[And thus] this charitee and this love, that every thing hath
to him-self, ne comth nat of the moevinge of the sowle, but