caste, and sayde in this wyse.
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'It is wel knowe, bothe to reson and experience in doinge,
every active worcheth on his passive; and whan they ben togider,
"active" and "passive" ben y-cleped by these philosophers. If
fyr be in place chafinge thing able to be chafed or hete[d], and
thilke thinges ben set in suche a distaunce that the oon may
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werche, the other shal suffre. Thilke Margarite thou desyrest is
ful of vertue, and able to be active in goodnesse: but every herbe