"it shall be serious wrong for anyone to lead a lord into trivial affairs, for the people must ever hold their lords high in est
imation out of respect to their honorable positions." what does this statement ask the lords to guard against, lest they lost the respect of their people
Pretty sure it means to be careful and not indulge in small problems and petty things and don't let anyone get you into those kinds of situations either. Basically be honorable and noble in character kind of deal, dont quote me tho im not an eng major.
I think he is trying to reach out to our attention that everyone can never be equal . thus the strong and mighty shall always oppress the weak and feeble