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And thei may wel do so; for clothes of gold and of sylk ben gretter chep there a gret del, than ben clothes of wolle.
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And thei answerde me and seyde, that thei hadde no pore men amonges hem, in that contree: and thoughe it had ben so, that pore men had ben among hem, zit were it gretter almesse, to zeven it to tho soules, that don there here penance.
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There ben hilles, where men getten gret plentee of manna, in gretter habundance, than in ony other contree.
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And ther ben also of other bestes, als grete and more gretter than is a destrere: and men clepen hem loerancz: and sum men clepen hem odenthos: and thei han a blak hed and 3 longe hornes trenchant in the front, scharpe as a sword; and the body is sclender.
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And of that moneye, is som of gretter prys, and som of lasse prys, aftre the dyversitee of his statutes.
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And thanne wolde hem thinken gretter delyt, than thei hadden before.
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For more precyous catelle ne gretter ransoum, ne myghte he put for us, than his blessede body, his precyous blood, and his holy lyf, that he thralled for us; and alle he offred for us, that nevere did synne.
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Theise 3 bretheren had cesoun in alle the lond: and this Cham, for his crueltee, toke the gretter and the beste partie, toward the est, that is clept Asye: and Sem toke Affryk: and Japhethe toke Europe.
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For the gold and the precious stones and the grete oryent perles ben of gretter value, on this half the see, than thei ben bezond the see, in tho contrees.
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There ben hilles, where men getten gret plentee of manna, in gretter habundance, than in ony other contree.
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