they laste. A soule dyeth never; vertu and goodnesse evermore
with the soule endureth; and this knot is parfit blisse. Than
this soule in this blisse endlesse shal enduren. Thus shul hertes
of a trewe knot ben esed: thus shul their soules ben plesed: thus
perpetually in joye shul they singe.'
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'In good trouth,' quod I, 'here is a good beginning; yeve us
more of this way.'
Quod she, 'I said to thee nat longe sithen, that resonable lyf
was oon of three thinges; and it was proved to the soule.