[6-text p 626] ¶ Anoþer is. a man to haue a noble herte & a diligent to atteigne to hihe vertuous þinges [470] ¶ Certis also who þat prideth him in þe deedes of grace; is eek an outrageous fool ¶ For þilke ȝiftes of grace þat schulde haue I-torned him to goodnes and medicyne; torneth him to venym and to confusioun as saiþ seint gregory [471] ¶ Certis also. who-so pridith him in þe goodes of fortune. he is a ful gret fool ¶ For som tyme is a man a gret lord by þe morwe þat is a caytif and a wrecche er it be night./ [472] ¶ And som tyme þe riches of a man is cause of his deth. / [folio 265a] ¶ Som tyme þe delice is cause of his greuous maledye þurgh which he deieth [473] ¶ Certis þe commendacioun of þe poeple is som|tyme ful fals and ful brutil for to truste. þis day þay prayse; to morwe þay blame [474] ¶ God woot desir to haue commendacioun of þe poeple haþ causid deth of many a busy man [475] ¶ Now sith so is. þat ȝe han herd and vnderstonde what is pride. And whiche ben þe spices of it / and whens pride sourdeth and springeþ; [[No gap in the MS.]]
[476] Now schul ȝe vnderstonde. which is þe remedy agayns pride ¶ And þat is humilite or meekenes [477] þat is a vertue þurgh which a man haþ verray knowleche of himself and holdith of him|self no pride ne pris ne deynte as in regard of his desertes considering euermore his frelte. [478] ¶ Now ben þer þre maners of humilite. As humilite in hert/ anoþer is humilite in his mouth. þe þridde in his workes // [479] ¶ þe humilite in his herte. is in foure maners; þat oon is whan a man holdith him self not worth biforn god of heuen. anoþer is whan he despiseþ
