kinrede †maketh not gentil linage in succession, without desert
of a mans own selfe. Where is now the lyne of Alisaundre the
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noble, or els of Hector of Troye? Who is discended of right
bloode of lyne fro king Artour? Pardè, sir Perdicas, whom that
Alisandre made to ben his heire in Grece, was of no kinges
bloode; his dame was a tombestere. Of what kinred ben the
gentiles in our dayes? I trow therfore, if any good be in gentilesse,
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it is only that it semeth a maner of necessitè be input to