to derken bi-smokede images.
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In the nethereste hem or bordure of thise clothes men redden,
y-woven in, , that signifyeth the lyf Actif; and aboven
that lettre, in the heyeste bordure, , that signifyeth
the lyf Contemplatif. And bi-twixen these two lettres ther weren
seyn degrees, nobly y-wroght in manere of laddres; by whiche
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degrees men mighten climben fro the nethereste lettre to the
uppereste. Natheles, handes of some men hadde [corven] that cloth