prothoplauste

it goeth and retourne to God from father to the sonne. The seconde
sen va et retourne a Dieu de pere en filz. La seconde

love is called matrimoniall the whiche is of mervellouse strength
and
amour est dicte matrimonialle, la quelle est de merveilleuse energie
et

vertu, specially whan the mariages ben made after the ordynance of
vertu, especiallement quant les mariages sont faitz selon lordonance de

God, that is to say, by true love and, if it were nat to eschewe
prolixite,
Dieu, cest a dire par uray amour, et, si ce nestoit pour non estre
prolix,

I myght recite you of many women whiche ben deed
je vous poulroie reciter de pluisieurs femmes qui sont mortes

and perished for the love of their husbandes, and many men
lykewyse
et perie pour lamour de leur maris, et pluisieurs hommes
semblablement

for the love of their wyves. And touchyng to the thirde, that is
sayde
pour lamour de leur femmes. Et quant a la tierce qui est
dicte

animalle, she is without conparacion stronger than the others, bycause
animalle, elle est sans comparacion plus forte que les aultres, pour ce

it is the love that the soule hath to his body the whiche is so
great that
que cest lamour que lame a a son corps, laquelle est sy
grande que

nothyng is so moche loved in this worlde, that the man ne renounce and
refuse,
riens nest tant ayme en ce monde que lhomme ne renounce et
refuse,

first that he suffre his soule to departe from his body, nor nothing
premier quil souffre son ame departir de son corps, ne riens

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