a wrecche.'
'And wenest nat,' quod she, 'that he that is litel in renomè,
but rather is out of the praysinges of mo men than a fewe, be nat
in shame?'
'For soth,' quod I, 'it is shame and villany, to him that
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coveyteth renomè, that more folk nat prayse in name than preise.'
'Soth,' quod she, 'thou sayst soth; but al these thinges are
folowed of suche maner doinge, and wenden in riches suffisaunce,
in power might, in dignitè worship, and in renomè glorie; wherfore