DCCXCVI.
Vxor modica occasione est zelotipa.

Saynt Ierom̛ tellis of ane þat hight Gorgias, & þuf aƚƚ at he war chastie, neuer-þe-les he had a fayr maydyn̛, and here-for̛ his wyfe was passand hevy & sad̛. So his neghburs in þe contrey, ij of þaim, feƚƚ wratℏ, and þis Gorgias sent þaim a fayr buke þat he had compylid̛ of concorde, & sayd̛ "He commaundis you to concordans þat kepis [not] iij at concord̛ in a howse, þat is to say, him selfe, his wyfe, and his maydyn *. [Harl. MS. "Iste uobis precepit de concordia, qui se, uxorem, ancillam, tres in vna domo, concordare non potuit."] ." So his wyfe had a grete envye at his mayden̛ fayrenes, & here-for sho wold̛ not sease, þuf aƚƚ hur husband̛ war not wurthie, daylie for to chyde hym̛, becauce sho mystryste hym̛, for þe mayden̛ was fayrer þan̛ sho.

• Vxor rixosa pacienter debet tolerari MS. tollerari. . Supra de paciencia.