before-wist hath predestined, hath cleped, hath justifyed, and

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hath magnifyed. Me thinketh, he shulde have sayd tho wordes

in tyme present; and that had ben more accordaunt to the

everlasting present than to have spoke in preterit voice of passed

understanding.'

'O,' quod Love, 'by these wordes I see wel thou hast litel

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understanding of the everlasting presence, or els of my before

spoken wordes; for never a thing of tho thou hast nempned was