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and renomè in this maner way?'
'Ye,' quod she, 'that shal I shewe thee. Is he nat riche that
hath suffisaunce, and hath the power that no man may amaistrien?
Is nat greet dignitè to have worship and reverence? And hath
he nat glorie of renomè, whos name perpetual is during, and out
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of nombre in comparacion?'
'These be thinges that men wenen to getten outforth,' quod I.
'Ye,' quod she; 'they that loken after a thing that nought is