Quod I, 'a precious gift at ful.'
'Were not,' quod she, 'a noble gift of al these atones?'
'In good faith,' quod I, 'for wanting of Englissh naming of
so noble a worde, I can not, for preciousnesse, yeve it a name.'
'Rightfully,' quod she, 'hast thou demed; and yet love, knit
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in vertue, passeth al the gold in this erthe. Good wil, accordant
to reson, with no maner propertè may be countrevayled. Al the
azure in the worlde is nat to accompte in respect of reson. Love
that with good wil and reson accordeth, with non erthly riches