streccheth.'
'That is a thing,' quod she, 'that may drawe many hertes of
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noble, and voice of commune in-to glory; and fame is nat but
wrecched and fickle. Alas! that mankynde coveyteth in so leude
a wyse to be rewarded of any good dede, sithe glorie of fame, in
this worlde, is nat but hindringe of glorie in tyme comminge!
And certes (quod she) yet at the hardest suche fame, in-to heven,
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is nat the erthe but a centre to the cercle of heven? A pricke is