No More Learning

nomy{us}
_set_--MS. sette, C. set
1980 _Sest ? ou_--Sesthow
_? an_--thanne
_vylenye_--fylonye
1981 _vnwor? ines_--vnworthynesse
1982 _ben_--be
_ysen_--MS. ysene, C. I-sene
1984 _many_--manye
1985 _bere_--beren
1986 _my? t[e]_--myhte
1987 _? e_ (2)--omitted
1988 _whanne_--whan
1989 _say[e]_--saye
_had[de]_--hadde
1994 _demen_--deme
1995 _whiche_--which
1996 _quod she_--omitted
1997 _vertue_--vertu
_uertue_--vertu
1998 _whiche_--whych]

[Headnote:
DIGNITIES APPERTAIN TO VIRTUE. ]

[Sidenote: Honours conferred by the populace do not make men
worthy of them, for they have no intrinsic merit to bestow. ]

? And for as moche as hono{ur}s of poeple ne may nat
maken folk digne of hono{ur}. it is wel seyn clerly ? at 2000
?
ei ne han no p{ro}pre beaute of dignite. ? And ? it men
au? ten take more hede in ? is.

[Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon shrews only make their vices
the more conspicuous. ]

? For if it so be ? at he
is most out cast ? at most folk dispisen. or as dignite ne
may nat maken shrewes wor? i of no reuerences. ? an 2004
make? dignites shrewes more dispised ?