The boke named the royall.
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- Title
- The boke named the royall.
- Author
- Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279.
- Publication
- [Enprynted at London :: In fletestrete at the sygne of ye sonne by Wynkyn de Worde,
- [1507]]
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- Subject terms
- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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"The boke named the royall." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11159.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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THus is there none veray seygnory / but in vertu¦es. A grete lorde is he that knoweth all the worl∣de. Suche a lorde gyueth too a man suche vertues and grace. For he setteth a man in his ryght estate / in whiche he was fyrst sette in and made. The man was made in suche honour and in suche seygnorye / that he was lorde ouer all creatures that were vnder heuen / to whome all thynges obeyed / and to whome no thynge myght noye ne greue / and this is the ryght estate to the man and to his seygnorye / but he lost this seygnorye by synne. And myght not recouer it ageyne but by vertu. But vertue setteth a man on hygh and setteth ye worlde vnder feet and maketh hym too conuerse in heuen / vertue maketh a man by good ryght gretter lorde of ye worlde / than the kynge is of his reame. For of ye goodes of the worlde he hath as moche as his herte desyreth / he hath his vsage and his sustenaunce / and as moche as he may haue for suffysaunce / and more suffysantlye than the kynge hath in his reame. For all that the good hath and the euyll / al is his. Therfore of all he doth his prouffyte and preyseth god and thanketh and loueth hym the more & doubteth and serueth. And in this he seeth & knoweth that euery creature is made for to serue hym. Also there is another seygnorye moche grete / withoute whome there is none by ryght lorde for he is emperour and lorde of hym self / that is of his body and or his herte / whiche he Iustyceth theym in good pees and dooth his wylle. For his herte is so ioyned to the wyll of god / so that of all that / that god dooth he thanketh hym / and it playseth hym well. And this is the seygnorye that vertue gyueth too hym that hath it. Of this speketh Seneke and sayth as grete ho¦nour gyueth god to the / whan thou arte lorde and em¦perour
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of thy self and more whan a kynge / ha lorde god how many kynges emperours & other grete lordes ha∣ue ben in the worlde and also barons / that haue citees / castellys / & royames that haue not this seygnorye. For they be not lordes of theyr hertes. By cause that it tor∣menteth ofte / by wrath or by maletalente / or by couety∣se / or by desyre that they may not accomplysshe.