ne vertue, but it strecche in goodnesse or profyt to another, is no
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vertue. Than, by al wayes of reson, sithen mercy and pitee ben
moste commended among other vertues, and they might never ben
shewed, [unto] refresshement of helpe and of comfort, but now
at my moste nede; and that is the kynde werkinge of these
vertues; trewly, I wene, I shal not varye from these helpes. Fyr,
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and-if he yeve non hete, for fyre is not demed. The sonne, but
he shyne, for sonne is not accompted. Water, but it wete, the