No More Learning

ei ? at haden studied al fully to wisdom [[pg 14]]
gouerneden ? ilke ? inges.

[Sidenote: [* fol. 5 _b_. ]]

or ellys yif it so by-felle ? at
? e gouernours *of co{m}munalites studieden in grete wisdomes.

[Linenotes:
247 _Felest ? ou_--Felistow
_ou? t_--awht
248 _art ? ou_--artow
249 _wepest ? ou_--wepistow
_spillest ? ou_--spillestow
252 _answered[e]_--answerede
255 _woode_--wood
257 _wyche_--which
258 _myne house ?
ere_--myn hows ther
259 _desputest of[te]_--desputedest ofte
260 _? an_--thanne
261 _it_ and _? an_--both omitted
261, 262 _swiche_--swich
262 _sou? t[e]_--sowhte
263 _secretys_--secret?
_my_--MS. me, C. my
264 _al_--alle
265 _gerdoun_--gerdouns
266 _enfourmedist_--conformedest
267 _mou? e_--mowht
268 _comunabletes_--comunalitees
270 _by-felle_--byfille
271 _in grete wisdomes_--to geten wysdom]

[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHERS TO BE POLITICIANS. ]

[Sidenote: The same Plato urged philosophers to take upon them the
management of public affairs, lest it should fall into the hands
of unprincipled citizens. ]

? ? ou saidest eke by ? e mou? e of ? e same 272
plato ? at it was a necessarie cause wyse men to taken
{and} desire ?