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ha? e
3443 _al_--alle
_ha? _--MS. ha? e
3446 _al_--alle
3447 _haue_--han
3448 _stynten_--MS. styntent
3450 _were somtyme_--weeren whilom]

[Headnote:
HE WHO CEASES TO BE VIRTUOUS CEASES TO BE A MAN. ]

[Sidenote: Wherefore, when they degenerate into wickedness they
lose their human nature. ]

? wher fore whan ? ei ben p{er}uerted {and} torned in to
malice. certys ? an han ? ei forlorn ? e nature of mankynde. 3452

[Sidenote: But as virtue alone exalts one man above other men, it
is evident that vice, which divests a man of his nature, must sink
him below humanity.
]

but so as oonly bounte {and} prowesse may enhawnse
euery man ouer o? er men. ? an mot it nedes be
? at shrewes whiche ? at shrewednesse ha? cast out of ? e
condic{i}ou{n} of mankynde ben put vndir ? e merite {and} 3456
? e deserte of men.

[Sidenote: You cannot, therefore, esteem him to be a man whom you
see thus transformed by his vices. ]

? an bitidi? it ? at yif ? ou seest a
wy?