thing hath ben descovered to thee, [in that] thou seydest that
thou wistest nat a litel her-biforn.'
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'What was that?' quod I.
'That thou ne wistest nat,' quod she, 'which was the ende
of thinges; and certes, that is the thing that every wight
desireth; and for as mochel as we han gadered and comprehended
that good is thilke thing that is desired of alle, thanne
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moten we nedes confessen, that good is the fyn of alle thinges.