games, whiche they ne may folwen ne holden; but they failen of
thilke somme and of the heighte of thinges, that is to seyn, soverein
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good; ne thise wrecches ne comen nat to the effect of soverein
good, the which they enforcen hem only to geten, by nightes and
by dayes; in the getinge of which good the strengthe of good folk
is ful wel y-sene. For right so as thou mightest demen him mighty
of goinge, that gooth on his feet til he mighte come to thilke
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place, fro the whiche place ther ne [laye] no wey forther to ben