Aristotle, every cause is more in dignitè than his thinge caused;
wherthrough it foloweth richesse to ben more in dignitè than
thilke knot. But richesses arn kyndely naughty, badde, and
nedy; and thilke knotte is thing kyndely good, most praysed
and desyred. Ergo, thing naughty, badde, and nedy in kyndely
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understandinge is more worthy than thing kyndely good, most
desyred and praysed! The consequence is fals; nedes, the
antecedent mot ben of the same condicion. But that richesses
ben bad, naughty, and nedy, that wol I prove; wherfore they