for to ben right digne of reverence; and enforcen hem to ben
reverenced among hir neighbours by the honours that they han
y-geten. And some folk ther ben that holden, that right heigh
power be sovereyn good, and enforcen hem for to regnen, or elles
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to ioignen hem to hem that regnen. And it semeth to some other
folk, that noblesse of renoun be the sovereyn good; and hasten
hem to geten glorious name by the arts of werre and of pees.
And many folk [mesuren] and gessen that sovereyn good be Ioye
and gladnesse, and wenen that it be right blisful thing to ploungen