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shuldres of Hercules, [the whiche] shuldres the heye cercle of
hevene sholde thriste. And the laste of his labours was, that he
sustened the hevene up-on his nekke unbowed; and he deservede
eft-sones the hevene, to ben the prys of his laste travaile.
Goth now thanne, ye stronge men, ther-as the heye wey of the
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grete ensaumple ledeth yow. O nyce men, why [nake] ye youre
bakkes? As who seyth: O ye slowe and delicat men, why flee ye
adversitees, and ne fighten nat ayeins hem by vertu, to winnen the