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shulde.'
'Ye,' quod she, 'but now it is proved at the ful, their beautè in
kyndly shyning fayled; wherfore dignitè of him-selven hath no
beautee in fayrnesse, ne dryveth nat awaye vices, but encreseth;
and so be they no cause of the knotte. Now see, in good trouth;
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holde ye nat such sonnes worthy of no reverence, and dignites
worthy of no worship, that maketh men to do the more harmes?'
'I not,' quod I.