v ¶Of paynes and punysshementes.
MY dere sone Alexander / I admonysshe•• and also praye the to kepe my doctrynes and thou shalt come to thy purpose. And thy realme shall be durable and in good estate. That is to wyte / aboue all thyn∣ge that thou kepe the frome shedynge of mannes blo∣de. For it belongeth onely to god / whiche knoweth the secretes of men. Than take not on the / the offyce that belongeth onely to almyghty god / wherfore as moche as thou mayst withdrawe thy hande the••fro For the doctour Hermogenes sayth. That who that sleeth the creature lyke vnto hym / all the sterres of the skye ceaseth not to crye to the mageste of god / lor∣de / lorde thy seruaunt wyll belyke vnto the. For su∣rely god wyll take vengeaunce on hym that sleeth a man / and specyally without reasonable cause. For god answereth to the vertues of heuen saynge. Lea∣ue ye / for in me lyeth the vengeaunce / and I can yel∣de it. And wy••e thou that the vertues of heuē with∣out cease do present before the face of god / the dethe and blode of hym that is deed / tyll that god hath ta∣ken vengeaunce for it.