And certes, amonges thise thinges I ne trowe nat that the
prys and grace of the poeple nis neither worthy to ben
remembred, ne cometh of wyse Iugement, ne is ferme perdurably.
But now, of this name of [gentilesse], what man is it
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that ne may wel seen how veyn and how flittinge a thing it
is? For yif the name of gentilesse be referred to renoun and
cleernesse of linage, thanne is gentil name but a foreine thing,
that is to seyn, to hem that glorifyen hem of hir linage. For it
semeth that gentilesse be a maner preysinge that comth of the