thou wolt shynen with dignitees, thou most bisechen and
[supplien] hem that yeven tho dignitees. And yif thou coveitest
by honour to gon biforn other folk, thou shalt defoule thy-self
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thorugh humblesse of axinge. Yif thou desirest power, thou
shalt by [awaytes] of thy subgits anoyously ben cast under manye
periles. Axest thou glorie? Thou shalt ben so [destrat] by aspre
thinges that thou shalt forgoon sikernesse. And yif thou wolt
leden thy lyf in delices, every wight shal despisen thee and
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