CXCII.
Consilio inhonesto eciam si sit vtile, non est
adquiescendum.
Tullius tellis how som tyme þer was a man̛ þat hight Themistenes, & on̛ a tyme he told̛ vnto þe men̛ at dwelte in Athens þat he cuthe teƚƚ þaim a cownceƚƚ þat war for þer common̛ profett. Bod he said̛ þat it was noght necessarie þat aƚƚ men̛ suld̛ witt it, & þerfor̛ he desyrid̛ þaim at he myght hafe ane to teƚƚ it to. And þai assigned̛ hym̛ a man̛ þat hight Aristes, and he told̛ hym̛ & sayd̛: "A grete shyp̛ of Lacedonye is commen̛ vnto þe haven̛; and it wer ane ethe þing & a profitable to men of þe cetie to go & take oute aƚƚ þe riches þer-of." And when̛ þis Aristes hard̛ þis, he went to þe cownceƚƚ in-to þe cetie & told̛ þaim þat he had hard̛ a profitable cownceƚƚ, bod it was nowder treutℏ nor honestie; and þerfor̛ he sayd̛ he wold̛ not concent þerto.
- ... Consilio bono frequenter peccator ad penitenciam et satisfaccionem attrahitur. Infra de vsurario et multis alijs locis.
- ... Consilio malo perdit homo corpus et animam. Infra de heretico.
- ... Consilio bono fit iustum iudicium. Infra de promisso.
- ... Consilio bono peccatum dimittitur et temperancia augetur. Supra de abbate.
- ... Consilium gratis debet dari pauperibus. Supra Augustini. iij.