she were good by resonable skil, that it mowe not ben denyed.
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For although I knowe, and so doth many other, manifold goodnesse
and vertue in this Margaryte ben printed, yet some men
there ben that no goodnesse speken; and, wher-ever your wordes
ben herd and your resons ben shewed, suche yvel spekers, lady,
by auctoritè of your excellence, shullen be stopped and ashamed!
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And more, they that han non aquayntaunce in her persone, yet
mowe they knowe her vertues, and ben the more enfourmed in