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Apparently conscious of the need to achieve a good fit between Chaucer's text and extraneous materials, the scribe overadapted the poem to context by suppressing its generally springy first triplet, copying only those lines that refer to birdsong.
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In some cases, there is the problem of wives choosing to overadapt or being asked to overadapt. Adapting that takes away individuality, personhood or self-worth is overadapting. Adapting that requires lockstep thinking is overadapting.
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