ou? he hadde
his nekke I-charged wi? p{re}ciouse stones of ?e rede see. {and} ?ou? he
do erye his feldes plentiuo{us} wi? an hundre? oxen neuere ne shal his
bytyng bysynesse forleten hym while he lyue?. ne ?e ly?t[e] rychesses ne
shal nat beren hym compaignie whanne he is dede.
SET DIGNITATIB{US}.
[Sidenote: [The 4^the p{ro}se.
]]
++Bvt
dignitees
to whom ?
ei ben comen make ?ei hym honorable {and}
reuerent. han ?ei nat so grete streng?e ?at ?ei may putte vertues in ?e
hertis of folk. ?at vsen ?e lordshipes of hem. or ellys may ?ei don awey
?e vices. Certys ?
