fortune is right wikkede to hem that dwellen in shrewednesse;' as
who seyth, and thus weneth nat the poeple.
'That is sooth,' quod I, 'al-be-it so that no man dar confesse it
ne biknowen it.'
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'Why so?' quod she; 'for right as the stronge man ne semeth
nat to abaissen or disdaignen as ofte tyme as he hereth the noise
of the bataile, [ne also it] ne semeth nat, to the wyse man, to beren
it grevously, as ofte as he is lad in-to the stryf of fortune. For
bothe to that oon man and eek to that other thilke difficultee is