'That is soth,' quod I.
'Wel,' quod she, 'than †leveth there, to declare that thy
insuffisance is no maner letting, as thus: for that she is so worthy,
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thou shuldest not clymbe so highe; for thy moebles and thyn
estate arn voyded, thou thinkest [thee] fallen in suche miserie,
that gladnesse of thy pursute wol nat on thee discende.'
'Certes,' quod I, 'that is sothe; right suche thought is in myn
herte; for commenly it is spoken, and for an olde proverbe it is
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