requered and desired of alle the kinde of thinges. And thou
proevedest, in disputinge, that god governeth all the thinges of
the world [by the governements] of bountee, and seydest, that alle
thinges wolen obeyen to him; and seydest, that the nature of yvel
nis no-thing. And thise thinges ne shewedest thou nat with none
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resouns y-taken fro with-oute, but by proeves [in cercles and] hoomlich
knowen; the whiche proeves drawen to hem-self hir feith and
hir acord, everich of hem of other.'
Thanne seyde she thus: 'I ne scorne thee nat, ne pleye, ne