[6-text p 639] and damage of another man [610] ¶ Another lesynge / for to sauen his lyf or his catel / [Another lesynge] comth of delit. for to lye. in which delit / they wol forge a long tale / and peynten it with alle circumstaunces where / al the ground of the tale is fals ‖. [611] som lesynge [folio 224a] comth / for he wole sustene his word ¶ And som lesynge / comth of reccheleesnesse with-outen auisement. and sem|blable thynges
[612] Lat vs now touche / the vice of flaterynge /. [¶ Of fflaterynge] which ne comth nat gladly but for drede /. or for coueitise [613] ¶ fflaterye is generally wrongful preisynge ¶ fflater|eres [¶ how flatereres been the deueles norices] / been the deueles norices / that norissen hise children / with Milk of losengerie ‖. [614] ffor sothe / Salomon seith. [¶ Salomon] that flaterie is wors than detraccion. for som tyme de|traccion maketh an hauteyn man / be the moore humble /. for he dredeth detraccion / but certes flaterye / that maketh a man / to enhauncen his herte and his contenance [615] ¶ fflatereres / been the deueles Enchauntours for [¶ how flatereres / been the deueles enchauntours] the make a man to wene of hym self. be lyk / that he nys nat lyk. [616] they been lyk to Iudas / that bitraysed [God / and thise flatereres bitraysen] a man / to sellen hym to hise enemy. that is to the deuel [617] ¶ fflatereres / been [¶ how flatereres/ been the deueles Chapelleyns] the deueles Chapelleyns / that syngen euere Placebo [618] ¶ I rekene fla[te]rie in the vices of Ire. / for ofte tyme / if o man / be wrooth with another /. thanne wole he flatere som wight. to sustene hym in his querele
[619] Speke we now / of swich cursynge / as comth [¶ Of cursynge þat comth of Irous herte] of Irous herte ¶ Malison generally / may be seyd euery maner power or harm ‖. swich cursynge / bireueth man fro the regne of god / as seith seint Paul /. [620] And ofte [¶ Sanctus Paulus] tyme / swich cursynge wrongfully / retorneth agayn / to hym þat curseth /. as a bryd that retorneth agayn / to his owene nest [621] ¶ And ouer alle thyng men oghten eschewe to cursen hire children / and yeuen to the deuel hire engendrure / as ferforth / as in hem is /. certes it is greet peril and greet synne
