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e vitailes of ? e poeple as of corne {and} what o? er ? inges
he was holden amonges grete. but what ? ing is more
nowe out cast ? anne ? ilke p{ro}uostrie

[Sidenote: That which hath no innate beauty must lose its
splendour or value according as popular opinion varies concerning
it. ]

? And as I haue 2036
seid a litel here byforne. ? at ? ilke ? ing ? at ha?
no
p{ro}pre beaute of hym self resceyue? somtyme pris {and}
shinynge {and} somtyme lesi? it by ? e opiniou{n} of
vsaunces.

[Sidenote: If dignities cannot confer esteem, if they become vile
through filthy shrews, if they lose their lustre by the change of
times, if they become worthless by the change of popular opinion,
what beauty do they possess which should make them desirable, or
what dignity can they confer on others? ]

? Now yif ? at dignites ? anne ne mowen 2040
nat maken folk digne of reuerence. {and} yif ? {a}t dignites
wexen foule of hir wille by ? e fil? e of shrewes. ? and
yif ? at dignites lesen hir shynynge by chaungyng of
tymes.