to-gider al the plentee of the lyf, algates yit, for as moche as it
ne ceseth never for to ben in som maner, it semeth som-del to us,
that it folweth and resembleth thilke thing that it ne may nat
atayne to ne fulfillen, and bindeth it-self to som maner presence
of this litel and swifte moment: the which presence of this litel
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and swifte moment, for that it bereth a maner image or lyknesse
of the ay-dwellinge presence of god, it graunteth, to swiche maner
thinges as it bitydeth to, that it semeth hem as thise thinges han
y-ben, and ben.