And, for that the presence of swich litel moment ne may nat
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dwelle, [ther-for it] ravisshed and took the infinit wey of tyme, that
is to seyn, by successioun; and by this maner is it y-doon, for that
it sholde continue the lyf in goinge, of the whiche lyf it ne mighte
nat enbrace the plentee in dwellinge. And for-thy, yif we wollen
putten worthy names to thinges, and folwen Plato, lat us seye
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thanne soothly, that god is eterne, and the world is perpetuel.
Thanne, sin that every Iugement knoweth and comprehendeth by