ther nis no wight that may merveylen y-nough, ne compleine,

that swiche thinges ben doon in the regne of god, that alle thinges

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woot and [alle thinges may], and ne wole nat but only gode

thinges.'

Thanne seyde she thus: 'Certes,' quod she, 'that were a greet

merveyle, and [an enbasshinge with-outen ende], and wel more

horrible than alle monstres, yif it were as thou wenest; that is to

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seyn, that in the [right ordenee] hous of so mochel a fader and an