the lyf of it be strecched with infinitee of tyme, yit algates nis

it no swich thing that men mighten trowen by right that it is

eterne. For al-thogh that it comprehende and embrace the space

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of lyf infinit, yit algates ne embraceth it nat the space of the lyf

al-togider; for it ne hath nat the futures that ne ben nat yit, ne it

ne hath no lenger the preterits that ben y-doon or y-passed. But

thilke thing thanne, that hath and comprehendeth to-gider al the

plentee of the lyf interminable, to whom ther ne faileth naught of

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