reyse, whan light of tr[o]uthe in these maters is forth sprongen
and openly publisshed among commens, than shal nat suche
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derke enfame dare appere, for pure shame of his falsnesse. As some
men ther ben that their owne enfame can none otherwyse voide
or els excuse, but †by hindringe of other mennes fame; which
that by non other cause clepen other men false, but for [that]
with their owne falsnesse mowen they nat ben avaunsed; or els
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by false sklaund[r]inge wordes other men shenden, their owne