nothing is so mighty as soverein good.'

'That is sooth,' quod I.

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'And thilke same soverein good may don non yvel?'

'Certes, no,' quod I.

'Is ther any wight thanne,' quod she, 'that weneth that men

mowen doon alle thinges?'

'No man,' quod I, 'but-yif he be out of his witte.'

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'But, certes, shrewes mowen don yvel,' quod she.