(442)
¶ A gloser also kepith his silence [¶ Hugo de sancto vic|tore. Adu|lator est ille qui tacet & dat consen|sum ne offendat quem optat [optat R, ortat H.] habere pro|picium.]
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Often, where he his lord seeth [seeth R, seith H.] him mystake.
Lest þat his answere myghtë [myght H R.] done offence
Vn-to his lorde, and him displesyd make,
He holt his pees; nat a worde dare he crake;
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And for he naght ne seith, he his [his R, is H.] assent
Ȝeueþ [Yeveth R, þen H.] þerto, by mannës Iugëment.
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(443)
¶ Who-so þat wot þe purpose of a wyght, [¶ Qui tacet, &c.]
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Þat is agroundid vppon wykydnesse,
And noght ne lettith it, vnto his myght,
ffauorith it, as þe boke can expresse; [¶ Canonum xxiij. q. iij. capitulo. Qui potest.]
Who-so it [it R, om. H.] lokith, fynde it shal no lesse.
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But of al þis now make I here an ende,
And to my tale of pite wol I wende.
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(444)
¶ A Princë mot be of condicioun
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Pitouse, and his angir refreyne, & ire, [¶ Aristoteles, in principum regimine, capitulo de Regis proui|dencia.]
Lest þat [þat, om. H R.] vnavisid commocioun
Hym chaufë so, & sette his hert on fire,
That hym to wenge [venge R.] as blyuë he desire,
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And fulfille it in dede: hym owyþ knowe.
His errour, and [and R, an H.] qwenche þat firy lowe. [folio 54a]
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(445)
¶ Aristotle amonestith wonder faste,
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In his book whiche to Alisaundre he wroot,
If he wolde haue his regne endure and laste,
That for non ire he neuere be soo hoot,
Blood of man [of man to R, of a man H.] schede; and god seith, wel I woot, [¶ Michi vindictam. (R. adds: Item, Qui gladio per|cutit, &c.)]
That vnto hym reseruëd is vengeaunce;
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Who-so þat sleþ, schal haue þe samë chaunce.
