purviance wot biforn to comen ne ben nat to bityden; but that

ne sholden we nat demen; but rather, al-thogh that they shal

bityden, yit ne have they no necessitee of hir kinde to bityden.

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And this maystow lightly aperceiven by this that I shal seyn. For

we seen many thinges whan they ben don biforn oure eyen, right

as men seen the cartere worken [in the torninge] or atempringe or

adressinge of hise cartes or charietes. [And by] this manere (as

who seith, maystow understonde) of alle othere workmen. Is ther

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