somtyme þere was a man þat had[de] assaied wiþ striuyng wordes an oþer ma{n}. ¶ þe whiche nat for vsage of verrey vertue. but for proude 1584 veyne glorie had[de] take{n} vpon hym falsly þe name of a philosopher. ¶ þis raþer man þat I speke of þouȝt[e] he wolde assay[e] where he þilke were a philosopher or no. [Sidenote: [* fol. 15.]] þat is to seyne yif he wolde han suffred 1588 lyȝtly in pacience þe wro{n}ges *þat weren don vnto hym. [Sidenote: After counterfeiting patience for a while, the sophist said to the other, ‘You must surely confess that I am a philosopher.’] ¶ þis feined[e] philosophre took pacience a litel while. {and} whan he hadde receiued wordes of outerage he as in stryuynge aȝeine {and} reioysynge of 1592 hym self seide at þe last[e] ryȝt þus. ¶ vndirstondest þou nat þat I am a philosophere. [Sidenote: ‘I might have believed it,’ said the other, ‘had you held your tongue.’] þat oþer man answered[e] aȝein ful bityngly {and} seide. ¶ I had[de] wel vndirstonden [yt]. yif þou haddest holde{n} þi tonge 1596 stille. [Sidenote: What advantage is it to great and worthy men to be extolled after death?] ¶ But what is it to þise noble worþi men. For certys of swyche folk speke .I. þat seken glorie wiþ vertue. what is it q{uo}d she. what atteiniþ fame to swiche folk whan þe body is resolued by þe deeþ. atte 1600 þe last[e]. [Sidenote: If body and soul die, then there can be no glory; nor can there be when he (to whom it is ascribed) does not exist.] ¶ For yif so be þat men dien in al. þat is to seyne body {and} soule. þe whiche þing oure resou{n} defendiþ vs to byleuen þanne is þere no glorie in no wyse. For what sholde þilke glorie ben. for he of 1604 who{m} þis glorie is seid to be nis ryȝt nouȝt in no wise. [Sidenote: But if the soul is immortal when it leaves the body, it takes no thought of the joys of this world.] and ȝif þe soule whiche þat haþ in it self science of goode werkes vnbounden fro þe p{r}isou{n} of þe erþe [[pg 60]] wendeþ frely to þe heuene. dispiseþ it nouȝt þan alle 1608 erþely occupac{i}ou{n}s. {and} beynge i{n} heuene reioiseþ þat it is exempt from alle erþely þinges [as wo seith / thanne rekketh the sowle of no glorye of renou{n} of this world]. 1612