nat be in doinge but betwene hevens and elementes, or twey
kyndly hertes ful knit in trouth of naturel understonding, withouten
weninge and disceit; as hevens and planettes, whiche thinges
continually, for kyndly accordaunces, foryeteth al contrarious
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mevinges, that in-to passive diseses may sowne; evermore it
thirsteth after more werking. These thinges in proporcion be
so wel joyned, that it undoth al thing whiche in-to badnesse by any
way may be accompted.'
'Certes,' quod I, 'this is a thing precious and noble. Alas!