al were this Nonius set in a chayre of dignitee. Seest thou nat
thanne how gret vilenye dignitees don to wikked men? Certes,
unworthinesse of wikked men sholde be the lasse y-sene, yif they
nere renomed of none honours. [Certes, thou] thyself ne mightest
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nat ben brought with as manye perils as thou mightest suffren
that thou woldest beren the magistrat with [Decorat]; that is to
seyn, that for no peril that mighte befallen thee by offence of the king
Theodorike, thou noldest nat be felawe in governaunce with Decorat;
whan thou saye that he hadde wikked corage of a likerous shrewe