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yif ? at a man hadde vsed {and}
hadde many manere dignites of consules {and} were
come{n} p{er}auenture amonges straunge nac{i}ou{n}s. sholde
? ilke hono{ur} maken hym worshipful {and} redouted of 2016
straunge folk

[Sidenote: If respect were an attribute of honour it would
infallibly bring esteem everywhere, just as heat is ever an
attribute of fire. ]

? Certys yif ? at honour of poeple were
a naturel ? ifte to dignites. it ne my? te neuer cesen
nowher amonges no maner folke to done hys office.

[Linenotes:
2000 _clerly_--MS. clerkly, C. clerly
2002 _au? ten----hede_--owhten taken mor heed
2002-3 _For----dignite_--For yif so be ? {a}t a wykkyd whyght be
so mochel the fowler{e} {and} the moore owt cast ?
{a}t he
is despised of most folk so as dignete
2004-2007 _maken----so? e_--maken shrewes digne of Reu{er}ence
the whych shrewes dignete sheweth to moche foolk thanne
makith dignete shrewes rather so moche mor{e} despised than
preysed {and} forsothe
2008 _? elden_--yilden
2009 _byspotten_--by-spetten
2010 _hire_--hyr
2011 _moche_--mochel
_mow[e]_--mowe
2012 _? e shadewy_--thyse shadwye
2013 _vndirstonde_--vndyrstond
_? is_--thus
2014 _hadde_--had
2018 _? ifte_--yift
2019 _folke_--foolk
_done_--don]

[Headnote:
DIGNITIES DO CONFER ESTEEM. ]

[Sidenote: [* fol. 17 _b_. ]]

? Ry? t as fire i{n} euery contre ne stinte? nat to 2020
enchaufen {and} *to ben hote.

[Sidenote: Honours arise from the false opinions of men, and
vanish when they come among those who do not esteem them, that is,
among foreign nations. ]

but for as myche as forto
be holden honorable or reuerent ne come? nat to folk of
hir p{ro}pre streng? e of nat{ur}e.