No More Learning

ne ? e ly? t[e] rychesses ne shal nat beren hym [[pg 72]]
compaignie whanne he is dede.

[Linenotes:
1960 _riuer_--a Ryu{er}
1961 _alle_--al
_golde_--gold
_? itte_--yit
_staunche_--stau{n}chyn
1962, 1963 _? ou? _--thow
1964 _erye_--Ere
_hundre? _--hundred
1965 _while_--whyl
1966 _ly? t[e]_--lyhte
_shal_--shol
1967 _dede_--ded]


[Headnote:
OF DIGNITIES. ]

SET DIGNITATIB{US}. [4]

[Footnote 4: Read _dignitates_. ]

[Sidenote: [The 4^the p{ro}se. ]]

[Sidenote: It may be said that _dignities_ confer honour on their
possessors. ]

++Bvt dignitees to whom ? ei ben comen make ?
ei hym 1968
honorable {and} reuerent.

[Sidenote: But have they power to destroy vice or implant virtue
in the heart? ]

han ? ei nat so grete streng? e
? at ? ei may putte vertues in ? e hertis of folk. ? at vsen
? e lordshipes of hem. or ellys may ? ei don awey ? e
vices.

[Sidenote: So far from expelling vicious habits, they only render
them more conspicuous. ]

Certys ?