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in goodnesse, and as reson of vertue techeth. So the soule and the
body, worching vertue togider, liven resonable lyf, whiche clerkes
clepen "felicitè in living"; and therein is the hye way to this knot.
These olde philosophers, that hadden no knowing of divine grace,
of kyndly reson alone, wenden that of pure nature, withouten any
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helpe of grace, me might have y-shoned th'other livinges.
Resonably have I lived; and for I thinke herafter, if god wol,
and I have space, thilke grace after my leude knowing declare,