libertee of willinge and of nillinge. But I ne [ordeyne] nat, as who
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seyth, I ne graunte nat, that this libertee be evene-lyk in alle
thinges. Forwhy in the [sovereines] devynes substaunces, that is
to seyn, in spirits, Iugement is more cleer, and [wil] nat y-corumped,
and [might] redy to speden thinges that ben desired. But the
soules of men moten nedes be more free whan they loken hem in
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the speculacioun or lokinge of the devyne thought, and lasse free
whan they slyden in-to the bodies; and yit lasse free whan they