the principal muste nedes fayle, and in helping mowe nat availe.
See why. For holdest him not poore that is nedy?'
'Yes, pardè,' quod I.
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'And him for dishonored, that moche folk deyne nat to
reverence?'
'That is soth,' quod I.
'And what him, that his mightes faylen and mowe nat helpen?'
'Certes,' quod I, 'me semeth, of al men he shulde be holden
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