mighte it availen at the laste ayeins him, that we han graunted to
ben almighty by the right of blisfulnesse?'
'Certes,' quod I, 'al-outrely it ne mighte nat availen him.'
'Thanne is ther no-thing,' quod she, 'that either wole or may
with-stonden to this soverein good?'
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'I trowe nat,' quod I.
'Thanne is thilke the soverein good,' quod she, 'that alle
thinges governeth strongly, and ordeyneth hem [softely].'
Thanne seyde I thus: 'I delyte me,' quod I, 'nat only in the