[Sidenote: How empty and
transitory
are titles of nobility!
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out renou{n}.
[Sidenote: The favour of the people is worth but little as it is
seldom judicious and never permanent. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 18 _b_. ]]
? and certis amo{n}ges ? ise ? inges I ne trowe
nat ? at ? e p{r}is {and} grace of ? e poeple nis nei? er wor? i
*to ben remembrid ne come? of wise iugement. ne is
ferm p{er}durably.
[Sidenote: How empty and transitory are titles of nobility! ]
? But now of ? is name of gentilesse. 2148
what man is it ? at ne may wel seen how veyne {and}
how flittyng a ? ing it is.
[Sidenote: Gentility is wholly foreign to renown, and to those who
boast of noble birth. ]
? For if ? e name of gentilesse
be referred to renou{n} {and} clernesse of linage. ? an
is gentil name but a for[e]ine ? ing. ? at is to sein to 2152
hem ?
out renou{n}.
[Sidenote: The favour of the people is worth but little as it is
seldom judicious and never permanent. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 18 _b_. ]]
? and certis amo{n}ges ? ise ? inges I ne trowe
nat ? at ? e p{r}is {and} grace of ? e poeple nis nei? er wor? i
*to ben remembrid ne come? of wise iugement. ne is
ferm p{er}durably.
[Sidenote: How empty and transitory are titles of nobility! ]
? But now of ? is name of gentilesse. 2148
what man is it ? at ne may wel seen how veyne {and}
how flittyng a ? ing it is.
[Sidenote: Gentility is wholly foreign to renown, and to those who
boast of noble birth. ]
? For if ? e name of gentilesse
be referred to renou{n} {and} clernesse of linage. ? an
is gentil name but a for[e]ine ? ing. ? at is to sein to 2152
hem ?
