foloweth, a shrewe to ben praysed and knit; and a good to be
forsake and unknit.'
'Ah,' quod I tho, 'have ye, lady, ben here abouten; yet wolde
I see, by grace of our argumentes better declared, how good and
bad do acorden by lacking and praysing; me thinketh it ayenst
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kynde.'
'Nay,' quod she, 'and that shalt thou see as yerne; these
elementes han contrarious qualitees in kynde, by whiche they
mowe not acorde no more than good and badde; and in [some]