Saynt Hugh.
¶ Who so kepeth the rome and place of the soueray∣nes / may do none euyll: it becometh not them to do amysse: notwithstandynge they may somtyme suffre and bere that is done amysse / that by theyr pacyence and mylde behauyour / they may restrayne the hasty∣nes of other persones. For they ben the phisycyons of the soule / and therfore they must agaynst ye passyons of vyces / mynystre the medycynes of vertue. So it be¦longeth vnto them to serche the maners of the subie∣ctes / & so to dele with eueryche accordynge vnto theyr disposycyon. The lettre.* 1.1 Disciplinā libens adhibeat metuendus imponat. Et {quam}uis vtrū{que} sit necessarium tamen plus a vobis amari appetat {quam} timeri / semper cogitans: deo se pro vobis rationem esse redditurum. That is. Let the soueraynes also be dilygent to gyue discyplyne / and to make reformacyon / and so let them do correccyon / that they be had in reuerent drede. And all though bothe loue & drede be necessary / yet sholde they coueyte and desyre more to be of theyr subiectes beloued than dreded / remembrynge alwaye that for them all / they must rendre accounte / & make answere before our lorde. Saynt Augustyn wyll the soueray∣nes sholde not be negligent / slowe / or (as many soue∣raynes ben) lothe to do correccyon / but they sholde do it (as the lettre sayth) libens / with good wyll and fa∣uourably.* 1.2 So they may notwithstandynge be had in drede / and the subiectes may well perceyue the correc¦cyon to procede of charite / and for due reformacyon / & not of displeasure / ne for punysshement of the persone And so the appetyte of ye soueraynes shall playnly ap∣pere