his lyff. The whyll that this was, Rorykes men ful many come to his callyng out of dalis and woddes, about rynnyng to ham with speres and sparrys, [sparthes] forto berewe Hughe and Moryce the lyff. Than Gryffyn and his felawis come rynnynge vppon har hors styffly to ham; the traytour sawe ham commyng and lepe to hors that hym was broght and wold do hym to flyght, and as he lepe vppe, come Gryffyn and with his sper smote hyme and his hors throgh out and slaye tham. Withe [über withe ist etwas übergeschrieben] hym wer slayne thay that yn so myche pereyll the hors hym broght, and his hede smytten of, and ynto England theraftyr to the kynge hit send, and al his men into al þe felddis dide [dide fehlt] discomfyd and slayne [Ms. slaye.] ful many. Rolff Robertes sone Fiz Steuuyn was the othir boldist þat day yn the feld. —
II. Ms. Lambeth 633 (Pergament, 15. saec.).
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This moch haue I said of this vertu Temporans for this [folio 45] tym. Now her I write old storiens [stories] in commendacioun of the sam vertu. Capitulum XXXm quintum.
Aristotle, prince of Philosofers, saith that to the vertu of temporance two thinges appartenyth, that is to witte: Abstinence of met and drink and chastite of body. And [folio 45b] therfor old wertius men this two thinges thay kepeden. This apperith by this story. Alexander, the conquerour, so mych he myght endure abstinence that oft tymys, whan he was in trawayll, he asked non othir met but bred only. A gret clerk Vegece vs tellith in his bok of cheualri, that hit appartenyth not to a gode knyght to lowe es [ayse] no delittes of body. Als moch is abstinence auenaunt to a knyȝt and messure, as to a monk. Valeri tellith that wemen of Rom in old tym dranke
