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but I denye {and} sey[e] symplely and pleynly ? at ? ei
[ne] ben nat. ne han no beynge.

[Sidenote: You may call a corpse a dead man, but you cannot with
propriety call it a man. ]

for ry? t as ? ou my? test
seyn of ? e careyne of a man ? at it were a ded man.
? but ? ou ne my? test nat symplely callen it a man.
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[Sidenote: So the vicious are profligate men, but I cannot confess
they absolutely exist. ]

? So graunt[e] I wel for so? e ? at vicious folk ben
wicked. but I ne may nat graunten absolutely {and}
symplely ? at ? ei ben.

[Sidenote: That thing exists that preserves its rank, nature, and
constitution, but when it loses these essentials it ceases to be. ]

? For ? ilk ? ing ? at wi?
holde? ordre {and} kepi?