[Sidenote: Honours do not render
undeserving
persons worthy of
esteem.
Chaucer - Boethius
i magistrat wi?
decorat. ?at is to seyn. ?at for no p{er}il ?at my?t[e] bifalle{n}
?e by ?e offence of ?e kyng theodorik ?ou noldest
nat ben felawe in gouernaunce w{i}t{h} decorat. whanne 1988
?ou say[e] ?at he had[de] wikkid corage of a likerous
shrewe {and} of an acusor.
[Sidenote: Honours do not render
undeserving
persons worthy of
esteem.
]
? Ne I ne may nat for swiche
honours Iuge{n} hem wor?i of reuerence ?at I deme {and}
holde vnwor?i to han ?ilke same hono{ur}s.
[Sidenote: If you find a man endowed with wisdom you deem him
worthy of respect and of the wisdom which he professes.]
? Now yif 1992
?ou saie a man ?at were fulfilled of wisdom. certys ?ou
ne my?test nat demen ?{a}t he were vnwor?
