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er_--oothre
1417 _hym_--in hym
_do? _--MS. do? e, C. doth
_to o? er_--in oothre
1421 _togidres_--to-gider{e}
1423 _certeyne_--certein
1424 _tymes_--tyme
1425 _owen_--owne
1429 _whiche_--which
1430 _au? t[e]_--owhte
1432 _So? e_--soth
_swyfte_--swyft
1435 _is_--nis
1436 _effectis_--effect]

[Headnote:
POWER DOES NOT CONFER GOODNESS. ]

? And as of wil it chase? oute ? inges ? at to it ben
contrarie

[Sidenote: Riches cannot restrain avarice. Power cannot make a man
master of himself if he is the slave of his lusts. ]

?
But certys rycchesse may nat restreyne
auarice vnstaunched ? Ne power [ne] make? nat a
ma{n} my? ty ouer hym self. whiche ? at vicious lustis 1440
holden destreined wi? cheins ? at ne mowen nat ben
vnbounden.

[Sidenote: Dignities conferred upon base men do not make them
worthy, but rather expose their want of merit. ]

{and} dignitees ? at ben ? euen to shrewed[e]
folk nat oonly ne maki? hem nat digne. but it shewe?
ra? er al openly ?