No More Learning

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self by hu{m}blesse of axing.

[Sidenote: If power be your ambition, you expose yourself to the
snares of inferiors. ]

yif ? ou desiryst power.
? ou shalt by awaites of ? i subgit? anoyously be cast
vndir many p{er}iles.

[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by vexations and
so lose all security. ]

axest ? ou glorie ? {o}u shalt ben so
destrat by aspre ? inges ? at ? ou shalt forgone sykernesse.
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[Sidenote: Do you prefer a voluptuous life? Think then that all
men will despise him who is a thrall to his body. ]

? And yif ? ou wilt leden ? i lijf in delices.
euery whi? t shal dispisen ? e {and} forleten ? e as ? ou ? at
art ? ral to ? ing ? at is ry? t foule {and} brutel.