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Ageyns this orrible synne of accidie / & the branches of the same / ther is a vertu that is cleped ffortitudo / or strengthe / that is an affeccion thorugh [¶ ffortitudo.] whiche/a man dispisith al maner of noyous thinges/[729] this vertu is so myghti & so vigorous / that hit dar withstonde myghtily & wisely kepe him selff from perellis that ben wikked / and wrestle ayeines the assavte of the deuel / [730] ffor hit enhaunseth & enforseth the soule / right as accidie abateth hit/ & makith hit feble / for this ffortitudo [¶ ffortitudo.] may endure bi longe suffraunce / the travailes that ben couenable /
[731] this vertu hath many spices . . [no gap in MS.] The first is cleped /Magnanymyte/that is to seie [MS Arch. Seld. B. 14 folio 293b] grete corage/ ffor certis ther bihoueth grete corage ayeines accidie / lest that hit swolowe the soule / bi the synne of sorowe / or distroye hit bi wanhope / [732] this vertu maketh folke to vndertake harde thinges / & grevous bi here owne wille / wisely & resonably / [733] And for|asmeche as the deuel fiteth ayeines man / more bi queyntise & bi slighte / than bi strengthe / therfor a man sholde with-stonde him / bi witt / & bi reson & with dis|cression / [734] Than ben ther the vertues of feith / & [¶ ffides spes.] hope in god / & in his seintes / to atcheuen & accomplisshe goode werkes / in the whiche he purposeth fermely to contenue / [735] Than cometh surete or sekernesse / [¶ Securitas] & that is / whan a man ne douteth nat to travaile in tyme comyng to performe the grete workes of goodnesse / that he hath bigonne / [736] Than cometh magnificence/that is to seie / [¶ Magnificencia] whan a man doth & performeth grete werkes / & that is the ende / whi that men sholde do goode werkes / for in the accomplisshing of grete & goode werkes lithe the grete guerdoun / [737] Than is ther Constaunce / that is stablenesse / of corage / & this sholde [¶ Constancia.] be in herte / bi stedefast feith / & in
