aveyle. A wyse gentil herte loketh after vertue, and none other
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bodily joyes alone. And bycause toforn this in tho wayes I was
set, I wot wel my-selfe I have erred, and of the blisse fayled; and
so out of my way hugely have I ronne.'
'Certes,' quod she, 'that is sothe; and there thou hast miswent,
eschewe the path from hens-forward, I rede. Wonder
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I trewly why the mortal folk of this worlde seche these ways
outforth; and it is preved in your-selfe. Lo, how ye ben confounded