(518)
And syn our lord god was of swiche suffránce,
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Thanne is it to his crëaturë schame,
On greef to hym doon, take any vengeánce.
Man oghtë rathir sorowe for the blame
That god schal konne him þat hath done þe grame,
Than for þe harme þat þe greuéd haþ hent:
So doth þe charitáble and pacïent.
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[§ 8.] De Castitate.
(519)
To chastite purpóse I now to haste, [This page, 63 a, has an illuminated initial T, and scroll bordering on three sides.—G. E.]
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Whiche couenable is, and conuenient,
Vn-to a kyng for to sauoure and taaste.
What princë þat with vnclennesse is brent, [¶ Scriptum est, Nisi pu|dicitia sedeat in mente, nulla perfec|tio sequitur in opere.]
And ther-in settith his luste and talent,
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No perfyt dede or werk him folwe may:
Mochil, is hertë chaast, to goddys pay.
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(520)
Right as þe persone of a prince outward
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Honúred is wiþ clothës precïous,
So aughte his hertë cloþid ben inward
With vertu, and hym kythë vertuous.
ffresche apparaile and hertë leccherous [folio 63b]
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Unsittynly ben in a Princë ioynt,
Namëly in a cristen kyng enoynt.
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(521)
¶ In as mochel as dignite of a kyng
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Excedith othir folk in reuerence,
The more hym oghtë peyne hym, lest al þing
Othir folk passe in vertuous excellence.
Honour noȝt ellës is in éxistence
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Than reuerencë ȝeuen in witnesse
Of [Of R, Or H.] vertu, as þe scripturës [scripture doth R.] expresse.
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