what
*p{re}yere
may I make ?
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at ?
ei 2268
coueiten but ploungen hem in er? e {and} seken ? ere
? ilke goode ? {a}t so{ur}mou{n}te? ? e heuene ? at bere? ? e
sterres.
[Sidenote: What doom do the silly race deserve? ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 19 _b_. ]]
?
what *p{re}yere may I make ? at be digne to
? e nice ? ou? tis of men.
[Sidenote: May they pursue such false joys, and having obtained
them, too late find out the value of the true. ]
but I p{re}ye ? at ? ei coueite{n} 2272
rycches {and} hono{ur}s so ? at whan ? ei han geten ? o
false goodes wi? greet trauayle ? at ? erby ? ei mowe
knowen ?
coueiten but ploungen hem in er? e {and} seken ? ere
? ilke goode ? {a}t so{ur}mou{n}te? ? e heuene ? at bere? ? e
sterres.
[Sidenote: What doom do the silly race deserve? ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 19 _b_. ]]
?
what *p{re}yere may I make ? at be digne to
? e nice ? ou? tis of men.
[Sidenote: May they pursue such false joys, and having obtained
them, too late find out the value of the true. ]
but I p{re}ye ? at ? ei coueite{n} 2272
rycches {and} hono{ur}s so ? at whan ? ei han geten ? o
false goodes wi? greet trauayle ? at ? erby ? ei mowe
knowen ?
