felonous

Boethius' explanation of the lower versus the highest good reads almost as a script for the Troilus: For aftir that thei han cast awey hir eyghen fro the lyght of the sovereyn sothfastnesse to lowe thingis and derke, anon thei derken by the cloude of ignoraunce and ben troubled by felonous talentz; to the whiche talentz whan thei approchen and assenten, thei [helpen] and encrecen the servage whiche thei han joyned to hemself....