By whiche I felt so greet adversitè.
For whan nature hath set in you plentè
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Of al goodnesse, by vertue and by grace,
He never assembled hem, as semeth me,
To put Pitè out of his dwelling-place.'
La D. 'Pitè of right ought to be resonable,
And to no wight of greet disavantage;
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There-as is nede, it shuld be profitable,