hir thought; or sorwe halt hem wery and y-caught; or slydinge
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and deceivinge hope tormenteth hem. And therfore, sen thou
seest oon heed, that is to seyn, oon tyraunt, beren so manye
[tyrannyes], thanne ne doth thilke tyraunt nat that he desireth, sin
he is cast doun with so manye wikkede lordes; that is to seyn, with
so manye vyces, that han so wikkedly lordshipes over him.
Me. II. 1. Ed. vayne; C. A. veyn. 2. A. Ed. in; C. on. 3. Ed. chayres; C. (miswritten) charyes; A. chayeres. 4. A. manasyng; C. manassinge. 8. A. troublynges; C. trwblynges. 9. C. hym (for hem). 12. C. Ed. tyrannyes; A. tyrauntis. 14. A. wicked (for wikkedly).
Prose III.
Videsne igitur quanto in coeno.