praysed of some; wherfore their contrarioustee acorde bothe by
lacking and praysing. Than foloweth it, though good be never
so mokel praysed, [it] oweth more to ben knit than the badde;
or els bad, for the renomè that he hath, must be taken as wel as
the good; and that oweth not.'
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'No, forsothe,' quod I.
'Wel,' quod she, 'than is renomè no way to the knot. Lo,
foole,' quod she, 'how clerkes wryten of suche glorie of renomè:—"O
glorie, glorie, thou art non other thing to thousandes of folke