nat in pompe and in pride whan thou hem hast. For their
bountee and their beautees cometh out of their owne kynde, and
nat of thyne owne person. As faire ben they in their not having
as whan thou hast hem. They be nat faire for thou hast hem;
but thou hast geten hem for the fairnesse of them-selfe. And
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there the vaylance of men is demed in richesse outforth, wenen
me[n] to have no proper good in them-selfe, but seche it in
straunge thinges. Trewly, the condicion of good wening is to
thee mistourned, to wene, your noblesse be not in your-selfe, but