selinesse or els ese; and he that hath lost suche happes to ben
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unsely.'
'Ye, forsoth,' quod I.
'Wel,' quod she, 'than wol I prove that unsely in that wise is
to preise; and so the tother is, the contrary, to be lacked.'
'How so?' quod I.
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'For Unsely,' quod she, 'begyleth nat, but sheweth th'entent
of her working. Et e contra: Selinesse begyleth. For in prosperitè