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Remedium contra peccatum Accidie.
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AGayns this oryble synne of acydye & the braun|chis of the same; Theere is a vertu that is callyd fortitudo / or strenthe that is an affeccioun thour whiche a man dispiseth noyouse thyngis [729] ¶ This vertu is so myghty and so vigerous / that it dar with|stonde myghtyly and wysely keepe hym self from perilis that been wekkede / & wrastele a-geyn the sautys of the deuyl [730] for it enhaunsith & enforseth the soule rygh as accidie; abatith & makith it feble ¶ ffor this ffortitude may endure by long sufferaunce the trauaylis that been couenable
[731] This vertu hath manye spicis ¶ the ferste is clepid magnanymytee that is to seyne greet corage ¶ ffor certis there behouyth greet corage a-geyns Accidie ¶ lest that it ne swelwe not the soule by the synne of sorwe / or distroye it by wan hope. [732] this vertu makith folk vndyrtake harde thyngis & greuouse thyngis by his owene wil wysely & resonably [733] And for as mechil / as the deuyl fiȝtith a-geyns a man more by queyntise & by slouthe; than by strenthe / therfore a man schal withstonde hym by wit & by resoun. & by dis|crecyoun [734] ¶ Thanne are theere the vertuis of feyth / & hope in god / & hise seyntis to accomplische the goode werkis in the whiche he purposith fermely to contynue [735] ¶ Thanne comyn seurete / or sekyrnesse. And that is whan a man ne doutyth no trauayle in tyme comynge of the goode werk that he hath begunne [736] ¶ Thanne comyth magnyficence ¶ That is [[leaves 428 and 429 are cut out of the Cambr. MS.]] [ [Harl. MS. 1758, on leaf221] to seyn when a man doth & performeth gret werkis of goodnes that he hath bigonne & that is the ende whi that men schulde do gode werkis. ffor in the accomplesyng of good werkis lith þe grete guerdon. ¶ [737] Then is ther Constaunce that is stablenes of corage & this schulde [¶ Of Con|staunce./] be in herte bi stedfast feith & in mouthe & in
