The Clerk and the Nightingale I and II
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Clerk and Nightingale I
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INTRODUCTION: morning, sleep, nighingale's song (1-8)
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DEBATE (9-106)
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Nightingale's speeches
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Clerk's speeches
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1st
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(9-12)
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why are you sad?
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< - >
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(13-16)
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because of a woman
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2nd
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(17-20)
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you are a fool
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(21-24)
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she is the best lady
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3rd
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(25-32)
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women are untrue
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(33-36)
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women are a comfort
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4th
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(37-44)
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remember Adam
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(45-48)
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but another brought bliss
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5th
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(49-64)
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women are unstable, cf.David and Solomon
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(65-72)
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women can turn a man's sorrow to joy with a kiss
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6th
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(73-84)
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kiss of Judas, money
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(85-88)
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world without women?
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7th
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(89-104)
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women for procreation and to help men
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(181-192)
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you lie, and ....
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Clerk and Nightingale II
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1st
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(1-10)
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women are deceitful
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(11-18)
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Fly away, bird, women are beautiful and mild
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2nd
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(19-30)
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Be quiet, women are rotten to the core
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(31-38)
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How shall I recognize the true and the good?
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3rd
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(39-54)
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women will never be good
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(55-68)
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Alas, you brought me down, I will smite you!
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4th
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(69-86)
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I will praise women, but take heed of what I told you
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