ne binimeth nat fro the corages of goode folk hir propre
honour. But yif that any wight reioyse him of goodnesse that he
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hadde take fro with-oute (as who seith, yif that any wight hadde
his goodnesse of any other man than of him-self), certes, he that yaf
him thilke goodnesse, or elles som other wight, mighte binime it
him. But for as moche as to every wight his owne propre bountee
yeveth him his mede, thanne at erst shal he failen of mede whan
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he forleteth to ben good. And at the laste, [so as] alle medes ben