The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 620] weneth that he sholde haue hem bi his desertes / or ellis that he weneth that he be that he nys nought / [397] In|pudent is he that for his pride hath no shame for his [¶ Inpudent] synne ‖ [398] Swelling of herte is he / whan a man [¶ Swellinge of herte.] reioyseth him / of harme that he hath don ‖ [399] Inso|lent is he / that dispiseth in his iugement alle other [¶ Insolent.] folke / as to the regarde of his value / & of his connynge / & of his spekynge / & of his berynge ‖ [400] Elacion is / whan [¶ Elacion] he may neither suffre to haue maister ne felawe ‖ [401] Impacient is he / that wol nought be taughte ne vnder|nome [¶ Impacient] of his vice / & bi striff werreth trouthe wetingly / & maynteneth his folie ‖ [402] Contymax is he that [¶ Contymax] thorugh his indignacion / is ayeins eueryche autorite or power of hem that ben his souereynes ‖ [403] Pre|sumpcion [¶ Presumpcion] is he / whan a man taketh an emprise / that him ought not to do / or ellis he may it not do / & that is called surquidrie ‖ Irreuerent is whan a man doth not [¶ Irreuerent] honour / there-as him oughte to do / & waiteth to be reuerensed ‖ [404] Pertynacy is whan a man defendith [¶ pertynacy] his folie / & trusteth to meche his owne witte ‖ [405] Vayneglorie is for to haue pompe / & delite in [¶ Vaynglorie] temporel richesse / & glorifieth hem in worldly estates ‖ [406] Iangelynge is / whan a man speketh to [¶ Iangelynge.] meche / to fore folke & clappeth as a Mille / & taketh no kepe what he seith

[MS Arch. Seld. B. 14 folio 280b] [407] and yit is there a prive spice of pride / that waiteth first to be halowed / er he wol be saluwed / al be he lasse worth than that other is perauenture / & eke waiteth or desireth to sitte or to go above / him in the weie / or kisse pax / or be ensensed / or go to offringe / to fore his neighboure ‖ [408] & suche . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] a proude desire to be magnified / & honoured bifore the peple ‖

[409] Now ben ther two maners of pride / that oon of hem is withinne the herte of man / & that

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The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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