lordship, and aske helpe of any-thing lower than him-selfe; and than,
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namely, of foule thinges innominable. Now than, why shuldest
thou wene to love to highe, sithen nothing is thee above but god
alone? Trewly, I wot wel that thilke jewel is in a maner even in
lyne of degree there thou art thy-selfe, and nought above, save
thus: aungel upon angel, man upon man, and devil upon devil
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han a maner of soveraigntee; and that shal cese at the daye
of dome. And so I say: though thou be put to serve the