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NEmo bene imperat, ni¦si {qui} patuerit imperio.
No man can be a good ruler, onles he hath bene fyrste ruled Certes, nothyng is truer, thā this prouerbe, both bycause no prince, no ruler, no mayster can well do hys office: oneles he fyrste were a subiecte and vnder the correction eyther of hys parētes, tutours, go¦uernours, or teachers. And also bycause that a mā must fyrst rule hys owne lustes, and be hym selfe obediēt to ryght reason, ere he can well gouerne other.