therof, in al ne in partie, longe mowe they gapen after!'

'That is sothe,' quod I.

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'Therfore,' quod she, 'they that sechen gold in grene trees, and

wene to gader precious stones among vynes, and layn her nettes

in mountains to fisshe, and thinken to hunte in depe sees after

hart and hynd, and sechen in erth thilke thinges that surmounteth

heven, what may I of hem say, but folisshe ignoraunce misledeth

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wandring wrecches by uncouth wayes that shulden be forleten,