throwe to-hemward both gravel and sand, he had mad no medlinge.
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And right as see yeveth flood, so draweth see ebbe, and
pulleth ayen under wawe al the firste out-throwe, but-if good pyles
of noble governaunce in love, in wel-meninge maner, ben sadly
grounded; †the whiche holde thilke gravel as for a tyme, that
ayen lightly mowe not it turne; and if the pyles ben trewe, the
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gravel and sand wol abyde. And certes, ful warning in love shalt
thou never thorow hem get ne cover, that lightly with an ebbe, er