but only of good grace; and that cometh not of thy desert, but
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of thy Margarytes goodnesse and vertue alone.'
Quod I, 'shulde al my longe travayle have no reward but thorow
grace? And som-tyme your-selven sayd, rightwisnesse evenliche
rewardeth, to quyte oon benefit for another.'
'That is sothe,' quod Love, 'ever as I sayde, as to him that
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doth good, which to done he were neyther holden ne yet
constrayned.'