'Thanne,' quod she, 'desiren alle thinges oon?'
'I assente,' quod I.
'And I have shewed,' quod she, 'that thilke same oon is
thilke that is good?'
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'Ye, for sothe,' quod I.
'Alle thinges thanne,' quod she, 'requiren good; and thilke
good thanne mayst thou descryven right thus: good is thilke
thing that every wight desireth.'
'Ther ne may be thought,' quod I, 'no more verray thing.