No More Learning

? anne comen alle mortal folk of noble seed.

[Sidenote: Why then do they boast of pedigree? ]

whi noysen ? e or bosten of ? oure eldris

[Sidenote: He alone is ignoble who submits to vice and forgets his
noble origin. ]

? For yif ? ou
look[e] ? oure bygy{n}ny{n}g. and god ? oure aucto{ur} {and} 2172
? oure makere. ? an is ?
er no forlyued wy? t but ? if he
norisse his corage vnto vices {and} forlete his p{ro}pre
bur? e.

[Linenotes:
2166 _hys_--hyse
2167 _hir_--hyse
2169 _fro hys_--fram hyse
2170 _seed_--sede
2171 _bosten_--MS. voscen, C. bosten
2172 _look[e]_--loke]


[Headnote:
SENSUAL PLEASURES FULL OF ANXIETY. ]

QUID AUTEM DE CORPORIBUS. [6]

[Footnote 6: Read _corporis voluptatibus_. ]

[Sidenote: [The 7^the p{ro}se. ]]

[Sidenote: But what shall I say with respect to sensual pleasures,
the desire of which is full of anxiety, and the enjoyment of them
full of repentance? ]

++But what shal I seie of delices of body. of whic[h]e 2176
delices ? e desiringes ben ful of anguisse. {and} ? e
fulfillinges of he{m} ben ful of penaunce.