lyking in this scripture be founde, thanketh the maister of grace,

whiche that of that good and al other is authour and principal

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doer. And if any thing be insufficient or els mislyking, †wyte

that the leudnesse of myne unable conning: for body in disese

anoyeth the understanding in soule. A disesely habitacion

letteth the wittes [in] many thinges, and namely in sorowe. The

custome never-the-later of Love, †by long tyme of service, in

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termes I thinke to pursue, whiche ben lyvely to yeve understanding