[Sidenote: [The 4^the Met{ur}.]]
++Al be it so þat þe proude nero wiþ al his woode luxurie kembed hym
{and} apparailed hym wiþ faire purp{er}s of Tirie {and} wiþ white
perles. Algates ȝitte throf he hateful to alle folk ¶ þis is to seyn þat
al was he by-hated of alle folk. ¶ ȝitte þis wicked Nero hadde gret
lordship {and} ȝaf somtyme to þe dredeful senatours þe vnworshipful
setes of dignites. ¶ vnworshipful setes he clepiþ here fore þat Nero þat
was so wikked ȝaf þo dignites. who wolde þanne resonably wenen þat
blysfulnesse were in swiche hono{ur}s as ben ȝeuen by vicious shrewes.