knowen. But for as moche as the [fey] of my sentence shal be the
more ferme and haboundaunt, I will gon by that oo wey and by
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that other; and I wole conferme the thinges that ben purposed,
now on this syde and now on that syde. Two thinges ther ben
in whiche the effect of alle the dedes of mankinde standeth, that
is to seyn, wil and power; and yif that oon of thise two fayleth,
ther nis nothing that may be don. For yif that wil lakketh, ther
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nis no wight that undertaketh to don that he wol nat don; and