maner speche of fortune, and seyn ofte tymes that the fortune of
som wight is wikkede.'
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'Wiltow thanne,' quod she, 'that I aproche a litel to the wordes
of the poeple, so that it seme nat to hem that I be overmoche departed
as fro the usage of mankinde?'
'As thou wolt,' quod I.
'Demestow nat,' quod she, 'that al thing that profiteth is good?'
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'Yis,' quod I.