thilke way shulde ben; so that openly may be seye the verry
hye way in ful confusioun of these other thinges.'
'Thou shalt,' quod she, 'understande that [of] one of three
lyves (as I first sayd) every creature of mankynde is sprongen,
and so forth procedeth. These lyves ben thorow names departed
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in three maner of kyndes, as bestialliche, manliche, and resonabliche;
of whiche two ben used by flesshely body, and the thirde
by his soule. "Bestial" among resonables is forboden in every
lawe and every secte, bothe in Cristen and other; for every