warre begonne, ne Paris to have went in-to Grece, by whom gan
al the sorowe. For trewly, him lacketh no venim of privè
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consenting, whiche that openly leveth a wrong to withsaye.
Lo eke an olde proverbe amonges many other: "He that is
stille semeth as he graunted."
Now by these ensamples thou might fully understonde, that
these thinges ben writte to your lerning, and in rightwysenesse of
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tho persones, as thus: To every wight his defaute committed