in the goodes and beautee of other thinges. Pardy, the beestes
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that han but feling soules, have suffisaunce in their owne selfe;
and ye, that ben lyke to god, seken encrese of suffisaunce from so
excellent a kynde of so lowe thinges; ye do greet wrong to him
that you made lordes over al erthly thinges; and ye putte your
worthinesse under the nombre of the fete of lower thinges and
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foule. Whan ye juge thilke riches to be your worthinesse, than
putte ye your-selfe, by estimacion, under thilke foule thinges;