Superbia. Pryde.
Foure things procéede from pryde.
- 1. Ingratitude.
- 2. Oppression of our neighbour.
- 3. Ill speeche.
- 4. And dissention.
The proude man taketh such conceit in himselfe, that hee taketh all good turnes that are doone him, to come of
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Foure things procéede from pryde.
The proude man taketh such conceit in himselfe, that hee taketh all good turnes that are doone him, to come of
dutie, and therefore is ingratefull, not sparing to sp••ake ill, or to oppresse his neighbour, for that chalenging a su∣perioritie aboue others in his minde, he thinketh his acti∣ons are not to be controlled.
There are four things which make a man proude.
Foure things abates pride.
Pride beeing (sayth Socrates,) an ouerweening of a mans selfe, is commonlie a fault in youth, which when consideration and experience hath sifted and layde in the ballance, olde age findeth too light for his humour, and therefore reiecteth it as a follie. Sicknesse quaileth, and bringeth those sences in defect, which are ye very sinewes and force of pryde.