thanne thilke provostrie? And, as I have seyd a litel her-biforn,
that thilke thing that hath no propre beautee of him-self receiveth
som-tyme prys and shyninge, and som-tyme leseth it by the
[opinioun of usaunces]. Now yif that dignitees thanne ne mowen
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nat maken folk digne of reverence, and yif that dignitees wexen
foule [of hir wille] by the filthe of shrewes, and yif that dignitees
lesen hir shyninge by chaunginge of tymes, and yif they wexen
foule by estimacioun of poeple: [what is it] that they han in hem-self
of beautee that oughte ben desired? as who seyth, non;