and studien out the propertee there of thinges, sayn: the Margarite
is a litel whyt perle, throughout holowe and rounde and
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vertuous; and on the see-sydes, in the more Britayne, in
muskle-shelles, of the hevenly dewe, the best ben engendred; in whiche
by experience ben founde three fayre vertues. Oon is, it yeveth
comfort to the feling spirites in bodily persones of reson. Another
is good; it is profitable helthe ayenst passions of sorie mens hertes.
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And the thirde, it is nedeful and noble in staunching of bloode,