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thy-selfe, that thou in fourme of making †passest nat Adam that eet
of the apple? Thou †passest nat the stedfastnesse of Noe, that
eetinge of the grape becom dronke. Thou passest nat the
chastitè of Lothe, that lay by his doughter; eke the nobley of
Abraham, whom god reproved by his pryde; also Davides
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mekenesse, whiche for a woman made Urye be slawe. What?
also Hector of Troye, in whom no defaute might be founde, yet
is he reproved that he ne hadde with manhode nat suffred the