course of the planettes and overwhelminges of the sonne in dayes
and nightes, with a newe ginning of his circute after it is ended,
that is to sayn, oon yeer to folowe another: these maken your
transitory tymes with chaunginge of lyves and mutacion of people,
but right as your temporel presence coveiteth every place, and al
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thinges in every of your tymes be contayned, and as now both
seye and wist to goddes very knowinge.'
'Than,' quod I, 'me wondreth why Poule spak these wordes
by voice of significacion in tyme passed, that god his sayntes