[Sidenote: Is not power to be reckoned amongst
desirable
goods?
Chaucer - Boethius
t goode. ?at it be eke ry?t wor?i of honour {and} of 1828
reuerence.
[Sidenote: No; for that is not contemptible for which all men
strive.]
? Certis nay. for ?at ?ing nys ney?er foule
ne wor?i to ben dispised ?at al ?e entenc{i}ou{n} of mortel
folke trauaille forto geten it.
[Sidenote: Is not power to be reckoned amongst
desirable
goods?
]
? And power au?t[e]
nat ?at eke to be rekened amonges goodes
[Sidenote: Why not? For that is not an insignificant good which
invests a man with authority and command.]
what ellis. 1832
for it nys nat to wene ?at ?ilke ?ing ?at is most
wor?i of alle ?inges be feble {and} wi? out streng?e {and}
clernesse of renou{n} au?
