of the membres of the body, it ne hath nat al for-yeten

it-self, but it [with-holdeth] the somme of thinges, and leseth the

[singularitees]. Thanne, who-so that seeketh soothnesse, he nis in

[neither nother] habite; for he noot nat al, ne he ne hath nat al

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foryeten: but yit him remembreth the somme of thinges that he

with-holdeth, and axeth conseil, and [retreteth] deepliche thinges

y-seyn biforn, that is to seyn, the grete somme in his minde: so that

he mowe adden the parties that he hath for-yeten to thilke that he

hath with-holden.'