What aualyth Sotilte of vndyrstondynge and connynge and how thay byth y-know. Capitulum vjm.
vNdyrstond alexander, that connynge and vndyrstondynge byth hed and be-gynnynge of al gouernaunce, hele of
Three prose versions of the Secreta Secretorum / edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Steele and a glossary by T. Henderson
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- Three prose versions of the Secreta Secretorum / edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Steele and a glossary by T. Henderson
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- Steele, Robert Benson, b. 1860
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- 1898
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Sowle, and kepynge of vertues, vices to destrwe. For by witte and connynge of vndyrstondynge a man may well chese the goode and lewe the ewill, and hitte enchu. Vndyrstondynge is the begynnynge and will of al vertues, and rote of al goodnys. The desyre and willynge to good rennone is a signyfiance and a tokyne of connynge and vndyrstondynge, And who so weraly desyryth good rennoune he shall be renounet and Preysid; And he that hit will not desyre, he shall atte the latyr ende be shente. Therfor good rennoune is Souerantly to be desyrid, For gouernaunce of a roelme is not doyne at will Saue by good renoune.
Who-so covetyth a roialme or a lorchuppe to Purchase or wel wyth-oute loue of good rennoune, than moste he begyn wyth Pryde wyche is begynnynge of al wickydnys. For Pryde Engendryth envye, Envye Engendryth falshede, falshede Engendryth lesynge, lesynge engendryth detractacion, detractacioun engendryth hatredyn, hatredyn̛ engendryth wronge and wrethe, Wronge and wreth engendryth vnreuerence, Vnreuerence engendryth enemyte, Enemyte engendryth dyscordis and werre, [folio 10L] And were destrueth lawes and the royalme, and that is agaynys reysone and kynde. Therfor desyre thow good renoune, For So mayste thow conquere humylite that destrueth Pryde; Humylite Engendryth lowe that destrueth envy and hatredyn; Loue engendryth Verite, that destrueth fal[s]hede lesynge and detractacion; Verite engendryth ryghtfulnes, That destrueth wronge and wrath and vnreuerence; Ryghtfulnesse engendryth frenshippe and destrueth enemyte; Frenshuppe engendryth consaille helpe and Pees. Aftyr this vertues was al the worlde ordaynyd, The lawes y-stabelid in the Pepill, and acordyth to reysone and to kynde.