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be stedefast to me by undoutous feith.'
Thanne seyde she, 'That manere wol I don thee'; and bigan
to speken right thus. 'Certes,' quod she, 'yif any wight diffinisshe
hap in this manere, that is to seyn, that "hap is bitydinge
y-brought forth by foolish moevinge and by no knettinge of
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causes," I conferme that hap nis right naught in no wyse; and I
deme al-outrely that hap nis, ne dwelleth but a voice, as who seith,
but an ydel word, with-outen any significacioun of thing submitted