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[728] ¶ Agains þis horrible [folio 273b] synne of accidie and þe braunches of þe same þer is a vertu þat is cleped fortitudo or strengþe þat is affeccioun þurgh which a man despiseth alle noyous þinges [729] ¶ This vertu is so mighty & so vigurous þat it dar wiþstonde mighty and wisely kepe himself from perils þat ben wicked and wrastil agains þe assautes of þe deuel. [730] For it enhaunsith and enforceþ þe soule. Right as accidie abateth it and makith it feble. For þis fortitudo may endure by long sufferaunce þe trauailes þat ben conuenables
[731] ¶ This vertu haþ many spices. þe first is cleped magnanimite þat is to sayn gret corrage. For certis þer bihoueþ gret corrage agains accidie lest þat it ne swolwe not þe soule by þe synne of sorwe or destroye it by wanhope [732] ¶ This vertu makith folk vndertake harde þinges and greuous þinges by his owne wille willfuly and resonably. [733] and for als moche as þe deuel fighteth agaynst a man more by queyntise and by sleight þan by strengþe; þerfore many a man schal aȝeinstonde him by witte. and by resoun and by dis|crecioun. [734] Thanne is þer þe vertu of faith and hope in god and in his seintes to eschew. and to acomplice þe goode werkes in þe whiche he purposith fermely to continue. [735] thanne comeþ seurte or sikernes and þat is whan a man doutith no trauaile in tyme comyng of good werk þat a man haþ bygonne [736] ¶ þanne comeþ magnificence þat is to say whan a man doth and parformith grete werkes of goodnesse þat he hath bygonne. and þat is þende why þat men schulden do goode werkes. for in þe accomplising of grete goode werkes liþ þe grete guerdoun. [737] þanne is þer constaunce þat is stablenes of corrage and þis schulde ben in herte by stedefast faiþ. and in mouthe. and in
