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6 Cards in this Set
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Nature of Fortune
Human limitations - Gods Gods defy Human limitations Tournament - Destiny Cruelty of Gods |
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Nature of Fortune
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"Thanked be Fortune, and hir false wheel,
That noon estat assureth to be weel". |
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Human limitations - Determined by the Gods
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"O cruel goddes, that governe
This world with binding of your word eterne,". |
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God's defy human limitations
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While Acrite is woken and told by Mercury:
"To Athenes shaltou wende; Ther is thee shapen of thy wo an ende". |
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Tournament - Determined by Destiny (God's)
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"That ech of yow shal have his destynee / As hym is shape".
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Cruelty of Gods -Human Destiny
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"Pluto" makes the ground shake "at requeste of Saturne" causing Acrite's horse to kick him off and trample him:
"...he lay as he were deed, His brest tobrosten* with his sadel-bowe". |