ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne,
but it sheweth rather al openly that they ben unworthy and
undigne. And why is it thus? Certes, for ye han Ioye to clepen
thinges with false names that beren hem alle in the contrarie;
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the whiche names ben ful ofte [reproeved] by the effecte of the
same thinges; so that thise ilke richesses ne oughten nat by
right to ben cleped richesses; ne swich power ne oughte nat
ben cleped power; ne swich dignitee ne oughte nat ben cleped
dignitee.