THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE.
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Reason.
The best form of love
“Poor fool! Believe so if ye will,”
But if ye ask my sentence, still5800
Broad love is better.”
The Lover.
“Show me proof.”
Reason.
“Right willingly. For one’s behoof,
If two things are agreed to be
Needful and fair, it seems to me,
That needed most, must be the better.”
The Lover.
“I own that true unto the letter.”
Reason.
“Incline thine ear, while I pursue
The differing nature of the two:
Each one is good within its sphere,
And both great benefits confer.”5810
The Lover.
“’Tis true.”
Reason.
“And you will not contest
But things which profit most are best.”
VOL. I.
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