For if þe name of gentilessebe referred to renou{n} {and} clernesse of linage.
For if þe name of gentilesse be referred to renoun and clernesse of linage.
So wot I nothing after kinde Where I mai gentilesse finde.
Bot if a man of bothe tuo Be riche and vertuous also, Thanne is he wel the more worth: Bot yit to putte himselve forth He moste don his besinesse, For nowther good ne gentilesse 2290 Mai helpen him whiche ydel be.
And thus for me thei preiden alle Of hem that weren olde aboute, And ek some of the yonge route, 2740 Of gentilesse and pure trouthe I herde hem telle it was gret routhe, That I withouten help so ferde.
The ground, Mi Sone, forto seche Upon this diffinicion, The worldes constitucion Hath set the name of gentilesse Upon the fortune of richesse Which of long time is falle in age.
Bot I spak nevere yit be mowthe That unto Cheste mihte touche, And that I durste riht wel vouche Upon hirself as for witnesse; For I wot, of hir gentilesse That sche me wolde wel excuse, That I no suche thinges use.
For it semeth that gentilesse be a maner preysinge that comth of deserte of ancestres .
Wher is now al your wommanly pitee, Your gentilesse and your debonairtee, Wil ye no thing ther-of upon me spende?
Eek what availeth Maner andGentilesse Withoute you, benigne creature?
Wherfore I saye in sothnesse, that gentilesse in kinrede +maketh not gentil linage in succession, without desert of a mans own selfe.
What gentilesse might she han doon more Than she with herte unfeyned to him kidde?
To sclaundre wommen thus, what may profyte To gentils namely, that hem armen sholde, 135 And in defence of wommen hem delyte As that the ordre of gentilesse wolde?
For which thing it folweth, that yif thou ne have no gentilesse of thy-self, that is to seyn, preyse that comth of thy deserte, foreine gentilesse ne maketh thee nat gentil.
For thee have I my nece, of vyces clene, So fully maad thy gentilesse triste, That al shal been right as thy-selve liste.
For it semeth that gentilesse be a maner preysinge that comth of the deserte of ancestres.
For yif the name ofgentilesse be referred to renoun and cleernesse of linage, thanne is gentil name but a foreine thing, that is to seyn, to hem that glorifyen hem of hir linage.
And in defence of women them delight As that the Order of Gentilesse would?
What gentilesse might she have doon more Than she, with heart unfeigned, to him kidde?
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