? And ?ilke noble
renou{n} shal be restreyned wi?-i{n}ne ?e boundes of o maner folk but
how many a man ?at was ful noble in his tyme. ha? ?e nedy {and} wrecched
for?etynge of writers put oute of mynde {and} don awey. ? Al be it so
?at certys ?ilke writynges p{ro}fiten litel. ?
e whiche
writy{n}ges
longe
{and} derke elde do?
aweye bo?e he{m} {and} eke her auto{ur}s. but ?e
men semen to geten ?ow a p{er}durablete whan ?e ?enke ?at in tyme comyng
?oure fame shal lasten. ? But na?eles yif ?ou wilt maken co{m}parisou{n}
to ?e endeles space of eternite what ?ing hast ?
