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the_o doughter_n of_o moab_n as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o twenty-five_o chapytre_n of_o the_o book_n of_o number_n by_o which_o thing_n it_o apperyth_v how_o god_n be_v angry_a sometime_o against_o the_o 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o be_v not_o ire_n name_v ne_o impatience_n which_o trouble_v the_o speâ—ite_n &_o the_o entendement_n which_o empech_v and_o 〈◊〉_d many_o good_a thing_n and_o make_v a_o man_n to_o come_v to_o many_o inconuenyenâ—â—s_n ne_o recount_v not_o valere_n in_o his_o ix_o book_n of_o the_o cruelty_n of_o a_o juge_n which_o make_v a_o bulle_n of_o brass_n &_o have_v ordain_v that_o the_o evyldoer_n shall_v be_v close_v therein_o &_o there_o shall_v dye_n by_o famine_n the_o which_o thing_n sing_v hanybal_n he_o condemn_v the_o same_o juge_a to_o dye_n the_o same_o death_n to_o the_o which_o he_o have_v condemn_v other_o and_o nevertheless_o hanybal_n be_v also_o right_o cruel_a in_o so_o moche_v that_o he_o make_v a_o brydge_v of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o romayn_v which_o he_o have_v slay_v upon_o which_o he_o &_o his_o peple_n pass_v over_o the_o ryver_n of_o golle_n but_o at_o the_o last_o the_o say_a hanybal_n be_v overthrow_v of_o his_o adversaries_n for_o cruelty_n by_o reason_n must_v be_v cruel_o serve_v and_o therefore_o no_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v cruel_a ne_fw-mi to_o be_v ireful_a ne_fw-fr bear_v wrath_n in_o his_o heart_n for_o the_o ire_n torment_v the_o irous_a and_o bring_v he_o to_o such_o a_o point_n that_o he_o can_v not_o ne_o may_v not_o consent_v to_o reason_v alas_o what_o avayll_v i_o if_o i_o hate_v my_o neighbour_n seen_v that_o in_o such_o estate_n i_o may_v not_o plaice_n god_n since_o i_o love_v not_o he_o who_o i_o ought_v to_o lone_a and_o also_o i_o may_v have_v no_o pardon_n ne_o foryevenes_n if_o i_o forgyve_v not_o other_o reed_n we_o not_o how_o jepte_n make_v pee_z with_o the_o galadyâ—â—s_n in_o so_o moche_v that_o he_o faught_v for_o they_o not_o wythstond_v that_o they_o have_v do_v to_o he_o many_o evylles_n &_o moche_n harm_n as_o it_o appear_v the_o uj_o chapytre_n of_o judicum_fw-la ¶_o david_n in_o like_a wise_n will_v not_o slay_v yâ—obeth_v his_o enemy_n and_o in_o deed_n he_o do_v do_v slay_v the_o ij_o thevye_fw-mi that_o present_v to_o he_o the_o heed_n of_o his_o enemy_n as_o it_o apperith_v the_o ij_o book_n of_o king_n the_o iiij_o chapytre_fw-fr wherefore_o it_o apperith_v that_o no_o man_n ouÈt_a to_o have_v ire_n in_o his_o heart_n ne_o bear_v wrath_n but_o the_o devyl_n which_o be_v prince_n of_o alle_fw-mi devysion_n by_o dyvers_a manner_n engender_v the_o stryve_v &_o noise_n for_o somme_fw-fr hate_v alle_fw-mi their_o neighbour_n and_o some_o hate_n by_o envy_v other_o ¶_o suche_o be_v the_o hate_n of_o the_o brother_n of_o joseph_n who_o they_o sell_v as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o xxix_o chapytre_n of_o genesis_fw-la wherefore_o hate_v the_o egipciens_fw-la the_o child_n of_o israel_n but_o by_o cause_n they_o become_v great_a and_o multeply_v as_o it_o be_v wryton_a the_o thyrd_o chapytre_n of_o exode_n and_o saul_n wherefore_o hate_v he_o davyd_v but_o for_o as_o moche_v that_o he_o see_v that_o he_o be_v wise_a and_o moche_n love_v of_o the_o people_n as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n the_o xuj_o chapytre_fw-fr and_o the_o fiend_n by_o dyverce_a manner_n sow_v dyscorde_n &_o ire_n but_o be_v that_o be_v wise_a aught_o to_o bear_v no_o wrath_n but_o desire_n we_o will_v and_o good_a to_o every_o man_n ¶_o how_o no_o man_n ouÈt_a to_o stryve_v ne_fw-fr engendre_fw-fr noise_n cap_n viij_o by_o stryf_v may_v come_v no_o good_a but_o it_o engender_v noise_n which_o oftimes_o may_v not_o well_o be_v appease_v and_o therefore_o chaton_n say_v â—to_z his_o soon_o my_o soon_o thou_o ought_v to_o flee_v noise_n &_o stryve_v for_o moche_v people_n have_v have_v harm_n by_o speak_v but_o by_o be_v still_o &_o not_o to_o speak_v few_o or_o none_o have_v have_v any_o harm_n and_o to_o this_o purpoo_v say_v iwenal_n in_o his_o iiij_o book_n that_o stryve_n langage_fw-fr beryth_v venym_n in_o himself_o &_o corrupt_v good_a manner_n &_o empessh_v &_o let_v friendship_n and_o i_o seem_v that_o who_o that_o may_v have_v pee_z by_o his_o lytel_n speak_v or_o be_v still_o have_v not_o grete_o cause_v to_o speak_v for_o for_o to_o speak_v well_o be_v a_o great_a maystrye_n but_o for_o to_o be_v still_o and_o say_v lytel_n be_v no_o great_a pain_n and_o oftimes_o scileuce_n cause_v to_o have_v pee_z and_o this_o wytness_v ouyde_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o art_n of_o love_n more_o over_o by_o reason_v it_o well_o appear_v that_o contention_n ne_fw-mi stryf_v be_v nothe_a worth_a for_o if_o thou_o stryve_v for_o to_o sustain_v troth_n and_o bounte_n it_o be_v no_o great_a wysedom_n for_o troth_n &_o bounte_n sustain_v them self_o and_o therefore_o it_o suffyse_v to_o understonde_v without_o any_o thing_n to_o stryve_v for_o who_o that_o understond_v truth_n and_o will_v not_o consence_n thereto_o by_o his_o stryf_v he_o shall_v not_o change_v his_o purpoo_n and_o if_o thou_o stryne_n for_o falsehood_n and_o for_o evil_a the_o sin_n be_v moche_o great_a &_o so_o lese_a thou_o thy_o pain_n for_o of_o so_o moche_v as_o thou_o the_o more_o stryvest_n of_o so_o moche_v thy_o falsehede_v more_o clere_o show_v and_o this_o wytness_v a_o phylosophre_n name_v exenophon_n and_o seneke_n in_o his_o first_o epystle_n to_o lucylle_n say_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o stryve_v against_o a_o fool_n and_o to_o a_o wise_a man_n for_o to_o stryve_v it_o be_v a_o folye_a for_o the_o wise_a man_n hate_v noise_n and_o stryf_v and_o empessh_v the_o pee_z of_o herte_n and_o conscience_n therefore_o say_v the_o wise_a man_n that_o fair_a and_o sweet_a speak_n make_v a_o man_n to_o have_v pâ—es_n &_o friend_n thenne_n be_v good_a to_o enquyre_v fro_o whence_o come_fw-mi the_o noise_n and_o stryve_v and_o i_o seem_v that_o they_o be_v oft_o engender_v of_o pride_n for_o we_o rede_v how_o amalech_n make_v war_n against_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n for_o fere_n that_o he_o have_v to_o lose_v his_o seygnourye_n as_o it_o apperyth_v in_o the_o xvij_o chapytre_n of_o exode_n &_o sometime_o the_o noise_n come_fw-mi by_o impatience_n &_o by_o fire_n word_n as_o it_o be_v above_o say_v by_o which_o it_o apperyth_v that_o no_o thing_n or_o lytel_n to_o speak_v be_v soverayn_a moyen_fw-fr for_o to_o have_v pee_z &_o flee_v noise_n also_o we_o rede_v how_o saul_n dyssymyle_v of_o they_o that_o myssay_v or_o spaken_v evil_n of_o he_o as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n the_o x_o chapytre_fw-fr and_o thobie_n say_v not_o a_o word_n to_o he_o wyf_v when_o she_o say_v many_o injury_n to_o he_o as_o it_o apperith_v the_o second_o &_o the_o iij_o chapytre_n of_o thobie_n in_z like_o wise_a ouÈt_n the_o wise_a man_n to_o do_v in_o hear_a wythoute_n any_o stryve_n ¶_o here_o follow_v the_o thyrd_o vertu_fw-fr which_o be_v abstynence_n &_o how_o one_o ought_v to_o live_v sobrely_a capitulo_fw-la ix_o glotonnye_n be_v cause_n of_o many_o evylles_n &_o sin_n and_o engender_v many_o malady_n bodily_a &_o ghoostly_a and_o therefore_o say_v tullius_fw-la in_o his_o first_o rhetoric_n that_o attemperaunce_n be_v none_o other_o thing_n but_o by_o rayson_a to_o maystrye_n the_o flessh_n and_o alle_fw-mi corrupt_a desire_n and_o saint_n ambrose_n say_v that_o attemperaunce_n be_v a_o virtue_n which_o rule_v a_o man_n in_o that_o which_o he_o ought_v to_o to_o and_o therefore_o the_o ancient_a man_n live_v right_a sobre_o and_o to_o this_o purpoo_v recount_v egelle_n in_o his_o first_o book_n how_o socraâ—â—s_n be_v right_a sober_a all_o he_o lyf_v the_o which_o socrates'_v say_v that_o the_o people_n ought_v not_o live_v for_o to_o eat_v but_o to_o eat_v for_o to_o live_v and_o lactence_n in_o his_o book_n of_o very_a odoration_n say_v that_o the_o poete_n calleden_fw-ge glotonnye_n bestyalite_fw-la for_o a_o man_n be_v a_o gloton_fw-mi lyve_v without_o reason_n &_o without_o rule_n and_o therefore_o seneque_fw-la in_o his_o book_n of_o iiij_o virtue_n say_v that_o man_n shall_v eat_v without_o replection_n and_o drink_n without_o dronkenesse_n for_o glotonnye_n make_v a_o man_n lyght_o to_o fall_v in_o to_o lechery_n and_z to_o this_o purpoo_v recount_v saint_n jerome_n against_o jonynyan_n how_o galyen_v say_v that_o a_o man_n may_v not_o sure_o live_v but_o if_o he_o live_v sobre_o the_o which_o thing_n be_v veray_fw-fr truth_n not_o only_o to_o the_o body_n but_o also_o to_o the_o soul_n and_o therefore_o socrates'_v eat_v not_o but_o one_o time_n of_o the_o day_n when_o the_o son_n go_v down_o as_o recount_v agelle_n in_o the_o book_n aforesaid_a and_o bocee_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o consolacyon_n say_v that_o nature_n be_v content_a
with_o lytel_n thing_n as_o who_o shall_v say_v that_o nature_n require_v sobrenes_n and_o abstynence_n &_o to_o this_o purpoo_n recount_v valere_fw-la in_o his_o second_o book_n and_o say_v that_o the_o ancient_a old_a man_n live_v right_a sobre_o to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v chaste_a in_o so_o moche_v that_o the_o woman_n of_o rome_n drink_v no_o win_v for_o the_o same_o cause_n and_o agelle_fw-fr in_o his_o book_n aforesaid_a recite_v â—ow_o the_o romayn_v live_v right_a sobre_o &_o synguler_o at_o souper_n for_o thenne_n they_o eat_v lytel_n or_o nought_o more_o over_o didimê°_n in_o write_v to_o alysaunder_n say_v that_o the_o peple_n of_o his_o contreye_a be_v right_a sober_a and_o take_v no_o refection_n but_o after_o reason_n and_o after_o the_o necessyte_n of_o nature_n and_o conclude_v fynable_o that_o they_o of_o the_o say_a country_n have_v comune_o no_o malady_n ne_o use_v none_o other_o medecyne_n but_o of_o sobrenes_n &_o of_o abstynence_n by_o the_o which_o thing_n it_o apperyth_v to_o live_v sobre_o be_v a_o thing_n moche_v prouffy_a table_n to_o the_o soul_n &_o to_o the_o body-and_a by_o sobrenes_n the_o body_n have_v health_n and_o the_o soul_n lyve_v without_o sin_n and_o therefore_o say_v lucan_n that_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o accustom_v he_o to_o gyve_v to_o nature_n attemperaunce_n and_o for_o to_o attempre_fw-it his_o noryssh_v the_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v without_o oultrage_n and_o without_o drunkenness_n for_o glotonnye_n be_v not_o allone_n but_o have_v all_o way_n many_o sin_n with_o he_o &_o certain_o by_o glotonnye_n a_o man_n lese_v his_o wit_n &_o understond_a and_o show_v oft_o his_o secret_a folye_n gloâ—â—â—nye_v make_v a_o man_n old_a and_o soon_o to_o become_v loothe_o &_o soul_n and_o by_o dronkenes_n many_o stryve_v &_o noise_n sourden_n &_o come_fw-mi &_o make_v a_o man_n to_o be_v like_o a_o dumb_a be_v for_o as_o gaulter_n say_v in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o alexandeidos_fw-la dronkenshyp_n be_v the_o sepulchre_n of_o rayson_a and_o ouyde_v in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o remedy_n of_o love_n say_v that_o dronkenshyp_n bury_v the_o courage_n &_o wylle_n of_o a_o man_n for_o by_o dronkenes_n a_o man_n bycome_v as_o deed_n &_o be_v of_o all_o point_n not_o able_a to_o do_v well_o and_o therefore_o each_o of_o we_o ouÈt_o dyligent_o teschewe_v glotonye_n for_o that_o be_v the_o vice_n by_o the_o which_o the_o fiend_n overcome_v a_o man_n and_o warryth_n against_o he_o for_o of_o this_o sin_n he_o tempt_v our_o first_o fader_fw-mi adam_n by_o which_o fynable_o he_o be_v put_v out_o of_o parady_n as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o iij_o chapytre_n of_o genesis_fw-la semblable_o he_o will_v have_v tempt_v our_o savyour_fw-mi ihesu_n cryste_n say_v to_o he_o if_o thou_o be_v the_o soon_o of_o god_n make_v of_o these_o stone_n breed_v as_o it_o be_v writon_n the_o iij_o chapytre_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o saint_n matthew_n more_o over_o glotonnye_n make_v a_o man_n lecherous_a and_o hereof_o we_o have_v example_n of_o loath_a the_o which_o by_o dronkenesse_n defowl_v and_o bring_v his_o owen_n two_o doughter_n with_o child_n as_o it_o be_v wryton_a for_o ix_o chapytre_n of_o genesis_fw-la glotonnye_n also_o make_v a_o man_n dyshonour_v and_o hereof_o we_o have_v example_n by_o noe._n the_o which_o in_o his_o dronkenes_n lie_v shameful_o on_o the_o ground_n and_o show_v his_o membre_n of_o nature_n by_o which_o he_o be_v scorn_v of_o his_o soon_o cham_n as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o viij_o chapytre_n of_o genesis_fw-la alas_o by_o glotonnye_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v sometime_o tempt_v &_o grete_o deceyve_v as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o xuj_o chapytre_n of_o exode_n and_o by_o glotonnye_n esau_n sell_v his_o patrymonye_n as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o twenty-five_o chapytre_n of_o genesis_fw-la reed_n we_o not_o more_o over_o how_o jonathas_n be_v condemn_v to_o death_n for_o as_o moche_v as_o he_o eat_v a_o lytel_n honey_n against_o the_o commandment_n of_o his_o fader_fw-mi as_o be_v wryton_a the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n the_o fourteen_o chapytre_fw-fr by_o which_o it_o apperyth_v that_o gloâ—onnye_n have_v 〈◊〉_d moche_n harm_n and_o certain_o we_o rede_v that_o the_o phylystee_n be_v slay_v in_o et_a and_o drynk_n for_o the_o how_o be_v fill_v upon_o they_o as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o xvij_o chapytre_n of_o judicum_fw-la semblable_o hit_v happen_v to_o the_o child_n of_o job_n as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o first_o chapytre_n of_o job._n how_o be_v holoferne_v the_o strong_a geant_n slay_v but_o in_o his_o drunkenness_n for_o judith_n slay_v he_o when_o he_o be_v drink_v as_o it_o be_v wryton_a the_o obligatory_n chapytre_n of_o judyth_n how_o be_v simon_n slay_v &_o his_o child_n but_o in_o et_a and_o drynk_n as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o first_o book_n of_o machabee_n the_o xv_o chapytre_fw-fr and_o naman_n after_o that_o he_o have_v eten_v grete_o and_o joyous_o he_o be_v after_o 〈◊〉_d cyly_v as_o it_o be_v wreton_n the_o ix_o chapytre_n of_o hester_n ¶_o thenne_v i_o seem_v that_o glotonnye_n be_v a_o sin_n chargeable_a and_o cause_v a_o man_n to_o do_v many_o evylles_n ¶_o how_o abstynence_n be_v cause_n of_o moche_n good_a capo._n x_o by_o abstynence_n reason_n overcome_v the_o flesh_n and_o take_v away_o alle_fw-mi supfluyte_n and_o the_o virtue_n ben_fw-mi engender_v â—_o norysshed_a and_o to_o this_o purpoo_v we_o rede_v how_o dyoâ—ene_n which_o be_v a_o wise_a phylosophre_n despyse_v habondaunce_n of_o vytayile_n and_o all_o supfluytee_n as_o valere_fw-la recite_v in_o his_o iiij_o book_n and_o therefore_o in_o wit_n &_o in_o patience_n he_o be_v right_o renome_v &_o grete_o preyse_v and_o as_o bernard_n say_v in_o his_o microcosm_n abstynence_n nouryssh_v the_o wit_n &_o glotonnye_n desâ—â—â—oyeth_v it_o &_o therefore_o sometime_o alle_fw-mi they_o that_o will_v come_v to_o great_a good_a lyveden_fw-mi sobre_o as_o it_o apperyth_v in_o many_o place_n of_o holy_a scrypture_n and_o certain_o we_o rede_v how_o god_n command_v sometime_o to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n that_o they_o shall_v live_v sobre_o and_o that_o they_o shall_v keep_v they_o fro_o et_a of_o dyvers_a mete_n as_o it_o apperyth_v in_o the_o ij_o chapytre_n of_o the_o book_n of_o levyte_n we_o rede_v also_o how_o mose_n fast_v xl_o day_n to_o the_o end_n that_o god_n will_v gyve_v and_o grant_v to_o he_o the_o comune_a law_n wreton_fw-la as_o it_o apperith_v in_o the_o second_o chapytre_n of_o exode_n semblable_o helye_o live_v right_a sobre_o to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o may_v prophetyse_v the_o more_o wise_o and_o in_o deed_n the_o aungel_n bring_v to_o he_o breed_n &_o water_n and_o crow_n two_o time_n in_o the_o day_n bring_v to_o he_o flesh_n as_o it_o apperyth_v in_o the_o thyrd_o book_n of_o king_n the_o xvij_o chapytre_n wherefore_o it_o appear_v how_o the_o fende_v which_z ben_fw-mi understonden_fw-mi by_o the_o crow_n desyren_n a_o man_n to_o glotonnye_n and_o replection_n of_o his_o flesh_n but_o the_o angelly_n will_v that_o a_o man_n be_v sober_a and_o rule_v he_o by_o abstynence_n more_o over_o we_o rede_v how_o god_n show_v to_o danyel_fw-mi many_o vysion_n the_o which_o live_v right_a sobre_o as_o it_o appear_v the_o ix_o chapytre_n of_o danyel_n semblable_o anne_n serve_v god_n in_o fast_v and_o in_o prayer_n and_o therefore_o she_o prophesy_v of_o ihesu_n cryste_n right_a wise_o as_o say_v saint_n luc_n in_o his_o second_o chapytre_n and_o therefore_o sometime_o they_o that_o devoute_o be_v consacred_a do_v by_o abstynence_n synguler_o dyvers_a thing_n which_o may_v not_o be_v do_v in_o dronkenes_n as_o it_o be_v wryton_a the_o vi_fw-mi chapytre_n of_o the_o book_n of_o number_n we_o rede_v also_o how_o saint_n johan_n bapty_v eat_v only_a honey_n sokle_v as_o saint_n matthew_n write_v in_o his_o thyrd_o chapytre_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v enhance_a above_o all_o prophet_n but_o now_o the_o time_n be_v â—omen_n that_o glotonnye_n regn_v and_o therefore_o reason_n war_v against_o the_o 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they_o set_v nothing_o of_o worldly_a good_n or_o lytel_n &_o this_o purpoo_v recount_v valerye_o in_o his_o viij_o book_n how_o anaxâ—goras_n leave_v his_o possessyon_n for_o to_o go_fw-mi estudye_n in_o strange_a conâ—â—es_fw-la &_o when_o he_o return_v he_o see_v that_o his_o possessyon_n be_v esert_v thenne_fw-fr he_o say_v i_o may_v not_o have_v be_v save_v if_o my_o posession_n have_v not_o perissh_v as_o who_o will_v say_v that_o richesses_n ben_fw-mi against_o salvation_n semblable_o he_o recount_v of_o a_o philosopher_n naâ—ed_v socrates'_v the_o which_o throw_v all_o his_o richesses_n in_o the_o see_v in_o â—yeng_v that_o he_o have_v liever_fw-mi that_o his_o richesses_n be_v lose_v than_o he_o â—hold_v lose_v himself_o semblable_o he_o recount_v of_o a_o wise_a man_n naâ—ed_v styllon_n the_o which_o lose_v all_o his_o good_n by_o fire_n &_o thenne_v one_o â—maunded_v he_o if_o he_o be_v not_o angry_a &_o wroth_a for_o the_o loss_n of_o â—is_fw-la good_n the_o which_o ansuerd_v that_o he_o have_v nothing_o lose_v &_o that_o â—â—_o have_v upon_o he_o all_o his_o good_n that_o be_v to_o weâ—e_v scyence_n &_o verâ—es_n as_o if_o he_o say_v that_o the_o good_n of_o fortune_n be_v not_o he_o â—y_a which_o it_o apperith_v that_o he_o be_v wise_a that_o despyse_v the_o goods_n of_o fortune_n as_o wytness_v epedocles_n and_n prosper_v in_o his_o â—ok_n name_v epigramaton_n say_v that_o the_o courage_n of_o a_o coveâ—â—us_a man_n shall_v never_o have_v rest_n for_o the_o worldly_a good_n may_v â—â—t_n satysfye_v their_o heart_n but_o engender_v and_o make_v more_o the_o â—â—uetyse_n and_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o creature_n &_o to_o this_o purpoo_v recounâ—â—h_v ouyde_v how_o polydorus_fw-la by_o his_o covetyse_n slay_v the_o soon_o of_o â—amê°_n for_o to_o have_v the_o rychesses_n that_o be_v delyverd_v he_o for_o â—â—overne_v therewith_o the_o child_n aforesaid_a but_o hecuba_n mother_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—ayd_v soon_o with_o her_o complyce_n apperceyve_v the_o say_v trayson_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d come_v to_o polidoru_v in_o feign_v that_o they_o will_v gyve_v he_o 〈◊〉_d but_o hecuba_n &_o her_o fellow_n slay_v he_o &_o strangle_v he_o 〈◊〉_d be_v reason_n that_o covetyse_n that_o have_v make_v he_o to_o slay_v 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v cause_n &_o moyen_fw-fr of_o his_o death_n whereby_o it_o 〈◊〉_d how_o poverte_a be_v good_a and_o covetyse_v evil_a and_o hold_v a_o man_n in_o thought_n and_o in_o peryll_n of_o heart_n and_o of_o conscyence_n ¶_o thus_o end_v the_o first_o book_n ¶_o here_o follow_v the_o second_o book_n the_o which_o speak_v of_o thestate_a of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o chyrche_n and_o of_o the_o clerk_n ¶_o first_o how_o the_o chyrche_n ought_v to_o be_v honour_v and_o love_v &_o have_v in_o worship_n and_o in_o reverence_n capitulo_fw-la primo_fw-la the_o chyrche_n be_v as_o the_o mother_n of_o all_o crysten_v people_n &_o in_o the_o same_o be_v give_v fraunchyse_n and_o lyberte_fw-fr by_o cause_v it_o shall_v be_v the_o more_o in_o reverence_n for_o her_o spouse_n and_o heed_n be_v ihesu_fw-la crist_n savyour_fw-mi of_o all_o the_o world_n &_o to_o this_o purpoo_v we_o rede_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o thystorye_n tripartyte_n how_o costantyn_n when_o he_o be_v make_v crysten_v love_v so_o moche_n god_n &_o the_o chyrche_n that_o he_o do_v do_v â—ere_z in_o alle_fw-mi the_o place_n where_o he_o go_v a_o tabernacle_n make_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o chyrche_n and_o have_v with_o he_o preeste_n and_o clerk_n which_o serve_v god_n right_a devout_o he_z bare_a also_o on_o his_o right_a side_n the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n for_o that_o be_v the_o banner_n by_o the_o which_o god_n send_v he_o vyctorye_n &_o in_o deed_n he_o shall_v have_v a_o bataylle_n &_o in_o his_o sleep_v the_o aungel_n show_v to_o he_o how_o he_o shall_v have_v vyctorye_n by_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n semblable_o we_o rede_v in_o the_o book_n aforesaid_a how_o themperour_n theodosiâ—_n be_v fynable_o obeyssant_a to_o the_o chyrche_n not_o withstond_v he_o have_v be_v tofore_o moche_v rygorous_a to_o the_o chyrche_n &_o thystorye_n say_v how_o the_o say_v theodosius_fw-la do_v do_v slay_v seven_o m._n man_n in_o the_o cyte_n of_o thessalonue_n by_o causâ—_n they_o have_v stone_v to_o death_n his_o offyâ—ers_n after_o which_o feat_n the_o say_v theodosius_fw-la return_v to_o melane_n wenyâ—g_v to_o have_v enter_v as_o 〈◊〉_d ben_fw-mi accnstome_v in_o to_o the_o chyrche_n ¶_o thenne_n saint_n ambrose_n come_v against_o he_o which_o be_v archebysshop_n of_o the_o sanâ—_n place_n and_o say_v to_o he_o o_o emperor_n go_fw-mi thy_o way_n foâ—_n in_o to_o this_o chyrche_n thou_o shall_v not_o entre_fw-fr seen_v that_o thou_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o blood_n and_z be_v not_o worthy_a for_o to_o behold_v god_n ne_o see_v he_o ¶_o thenne_n theodosius_n obey_v he_o and_o weep_v depart_v but_o by_o cause_n the_o â—este_n of_o crystemas_n approuch_v he_o send_v one_o of_o his_o servant_n name_v ruffyn_n to_o saint_n ambrose_n for_o to_o gete_a grace_n but_o nothing_o avayl_v his_o request_n and_o this_o see_v theodosius_n come_v in_o his_o proper_a person_n to_o sayâ—t_n ambrose_n weep_v &_o requyre_a pardon_n on_o his_o knee_n &_o thenne_n saint_n ambrose_n take_v he_o to_o grace_v &_o after_o he_o do_v moche_o good_a and_o have_v many_o vyctorye_n by_o which_o it_o apperith_v how_o the_o chirche_n ought_v to_o be_v honour_v and_o to_o this_o purpoo_v recount_v valere_fw-la in_o his_o iij_o book_n the_o xj_o chapytre_n how_o julius_n cezar_n defend_v to_o his_o people_n that_o none_o shall_v be_v so_o hardy_a to_o do_v any_o evil_a or_o harm_n to_o the_o temple_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n he_o be_v so_o vyctoryous_a by_o ij_o year_n that_o never_o man_n have_v vyctorye_n against_o he_o but_o after_o he_o be_v many_o time_n dyscomfyt_v after_o he_o have_v defoil_v the_o temple_n name_v delphyque_a as_o recount_v policrate_v in_o his_o uj_o book_n the_o seven_o chapytre_n and_o he_o say_v more_o over_o that_o chyvalrye_n ouÈt_v to_o keep_v the_o chyrche_n to_o inpugne_v the_o heretic_n to_o honour_n the_o preeste_n to_o deffende_v the_o power_n and_o tappease_v stryf_v and_o debate_n semblable_o egesippus_fw-la recount_v how_o pompeus_n do_v never_o harm_n to_o temple_n ne_o to_o chyrche_n and_o therefore_o alexander_n be_v to_o he_o moche_v gracious_a &_o pardon_v to_o he_o his_o mesprisyon_n by_o which_o it_o be_v evydent_o show_v to_o we_o how_o the_o chyrche_n ouÈt_v to_o be_v keep_v and_o hononr_v and_o to_o this_o purpoo_v say_v vegece_n in_o his_o iiij_o book_n of_o chyvalrye_n the_o iiij_o chapytre_n how_o the_o knight_n ought_v to_o swear_v loyalte_n first_o to_o god_n second_o to_o their_o prince_n more_o over_o thou_o ought_v to_o know_v that_o the_o chyrche_n ought_v to_o 〈◊〉_d fraunchyse_v for_o it_o be_v sygure_v by_o the_o ark_n of_o no_o in_o which_o â—ere_z save_v all_o they_o that_o be_v therein_o as_o it_o apperyth_v the_o seven_o â—hapytre_n of_o genesis_fw-la semblable_o alle_fw-mi aught_o to_o be_v free_a in_o the_o â—hyrche_n and_o in_o deed_n we_o rede_v in_o the_o hystorye_n of_o the_o romayn_v â—at_a one_o name_v macelizet_n dey_v a_o foul_a death_n by_o cause_n he_o have_v deâ—â—yled_v the_o chyrche_n we_o rede_v also_o of_o one_o name_v equyla_n how_o he_o destroy_v alle_fw-mi ytalye_n â–ª_o and_o thenne_v the_o pope_n name_v leon_n say_v â—hym_a that_o he_o shall_v leave_v his_o cruelty_n the_o which_o ansuerd_v that_o â—ym_n seem_v that_o he_o see_v a_o fair_a old_a man_n which_o hold_v in_o his_o honde_n a_o knyf_v whereof_o he_o be_v sore_o afeard_a &_o dare_v not_o dysobeâ—_n and_o this_o sygnefy_v to_o us._n how_o every_o creature_n ouÈt_v to_o dreâ—_n the_o chyrche_n and_o to_o obey_v it_o in_o all_o right_a and_o reason_n ¶_o how_o the_o people_n of_o the_o chyrche_n and_o synguler_o the_o prelate_n ought_v to_o live_v chaste_o and_o virtuous_o capitulo_fw-la â—_o saint_n jerome_n in_o one_o of_o his_o epystle_n say_v that_o the_o prelate_n ought_v to_o have_v no_o concubine_n for_o his_o espouse_v be_v the_o chyrche_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o law_n of_o canon_n it_o be_v deffend_v that_o prelate_n shall_v hold_v no_o wymmen_fw-mi in_o their_o house_n but_o if_o they_o be_v under_o age_n &_o out_o of_o all_o suspecyon_n and_o to_o this_o purpoo_v we_o rede_v of_o saint_n austyn_a how_o he_o will_v not_o dwell_v with_o his_o owen_n sister_n for_o tesche_v we_o suspeconn_v of_o evil_a speak_n more_o ourâ—_n saint_n gregory_n in_o his_o dialogue_n the_o seven_o chapytre_n recite_v 〈◊〉_d a_o prelate_n name_v audrien_n be_v moche_o tempt_v with_o a_o woman_n of_o religyon_n by_o cause_n she_o dwell_v with_o he_o by_o which_o it_o apperyth_v that_o man_n of_o the_o chyrche_n ought_v to_o flee_v the_o conversâ—â—_n on_o of_o wymmen_fw-mi not_o only_o for_o tesche_v we_o the_o sin_n but_o
which_o i_o use_v and_o maynten_v when_o i_o be_v with_o the._n and_o i_o seem_v that_o such_o curiosytee_n be_v by_o cause_n of_o lechery_n &_o of_o dissoluconâ—â—arnall_a thenne_fw-fr onght_n alle_fw-mi wyman_n take_v example_n of_o the_o good_a â—lde_n and_o ancient_a wyman_n of_o who_o reconunt_v valere_fw-la in_o his_o â—ij_fw-la book_n the_o uj_o chapytre_n how_o many_o wyman_n have_v lever_n to_o have_v â—yed_v than_o to_o be_v deffoul_v and_z he_o reherce_v how_o the_o maronner_n â—ke_v a_o woman_n a_o greke_n by_o cause_n to_o sin_n with_o she_o and_o 〈◊〉_d â—eing_v that_o spring_v in_o to_o the_o see_v &_o drown_v herself_o and_o therefore_o she_o be_v moche_o preyse_v of_o the_o greek_n &_o repute_v for_o a_o saynâ—â—_n more_o over_o he_o recite_v of_o a_o woman_n that_o slay_v her_o daughter_n because_o that_o apyâ—_n will_v have_v deffoul_v she_o and_o say_v that_o she_o have_v lever_n have_v her_o daughter_n slay_v than_o she_o shall_v live_v &_o be_v dissolute_a semblable_o seynt_a ambrose_n in_o his_o book_n of_o vyrgynyte_n the_o in_o chapytre_n recite_v how_o a_o maid_n call_v pelage_n in_o thaage_n of_o xv_o year_n be_v â—avysshed_v in_o the_o contre_fw-fr of_o anthyoche_n the_o which_o see_v she_o may_v not_o escape_v spring_v in_o to_o a_o ryver_n for_o she_o have_v lever_n dye_n a_o vyrgyne_n than_o to_o line_n corrupt_v by_o the_o which_o hystorye_n it_o apperith_v that_o thauncyent_a wymmen_v be_v moche_o chaste_a and_o contynente_fw-la truth_n it_o be_v that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o slay_v ne_o to_o drown_v thhem_fw-mi self_n but_o if_o it_o be_v by_o the_o commandment_n and_o inspiration_n of_o god_n like_o as_o seynt_a austyn_n say_v in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o cyte_n of_o god_n the_o twenty-five_o chapytre_n for_o she_o sin_n lie_v not_o in_o the_o body_n but_o in_o the_o will_v and_o how_o be_v it_o that_o they_o may_v not_o keep_v the_o body_n against_o they_o nevertheless_o they_o have_v power_n not_o to_o consent_v and_o keep_v their_o will_n fâ—o_o corrupcyâ—n_v like_o as_o he_o witnessith_v in_o the_o book_n aforesaid_a the_o xuj_o chapytre_n aâ—d_v not_o withstond_v all_o these_o theynge_v aforesaid_a â—â—_o be_v it_o truth_n that_o they_o deserve_v honour_n and_o great_a preyse_v â—â—_o so_o moche_n that_o they_o love_v contynence_n and_o chastyte_v and_o â—_o this_o purpoo_v feynt_a jerome_n in_o his_o book_n against_o jonynyaâ—_n recite_v how_o the_o wyf_v of_o actilius_n be_v so_o chaste_a that_o neâ—man_n touch_v her_o sauf_a her_o husbond_n only_o and_o on_o a_o time_n â—_o happen_v that_o a_o man_n say_v to_o her_o husbonde_n that_o his_o mouth_n staâ—â—e_n and_o when_o he_o come_v home_o he_o blame_v he_o wyf_v by_o cause_n she_o have_v not_o warn_v he_o thereof_o for_o to_o have_v find_v remedy_n therefore_o the_o which_o ansuerde_a that_o she_o have_v suppose_v that_o every_o man_n have_v be_v of_o that_o condytion_n by_o which_o it_o apperid_fw-la that_o she_o never_o have_v kyss_v any_o other_o man_n but_o for_o to_o come_v to_o have_v chastyte_n it_o suffyse_v not_o to_o â—â—â—hewe_v the_o touchynge_n but_o also_o sobrenesse_n be_v grete_o requre_v in_o wymmen_fw-mi ¶_o how_o virgynyte_n ought_v to_o be_v maynten_v capo._o vyrgynyte_n be_v in_o himself_o right_o honourable_a &_o make_v man_n &_o wyman_n to_o resemble_v &_o be_v like_o unto_o aungellis_n and_o they_o that_o be_v in_o such_o estate_n ought_v to_o mayntene_v it_o right_n dilygent_o for_o it_o be_v moche_o hard_a to_o keep_v consideryd_a human_a fraylnes_n the_o which_o be_v alle_fw-mi way_n incline_v unto_o sign_n but_o if_o it_o be_v keep_v &_o chastyse_v by_o reason_n &_o it_o be_v good_a to_o consydere_fw-la how_o thauncyent_a &_o old_a peple_n love_v â—gynyte_v &_o maydenh_v long_o to_o before_o the_o crysten_v faith_n as_o it_o apperith_v by_o that_o we_o rede_v in_o a_o lytyll_a book_n entitule_v of_o â—gynyte_n in_o which_o we_o rede_v that_o many_o wyman_n of_o room_n have_v lever_n dye_n 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ought_v to_o be_v shamefast_a and_o in_o all_o her_o dede_n and_o fraâ—es_n meek_a and_o humble_a for_o by_o humylyte_n the_o blessyd_v virgyne_n be_v most_o pryncypal_o agreeable_a to_o god_n as_o wytness_v the_o holy_a scrypture_n more_o oner_o seynt_a jerome_n in_o his_o epystle_n lxxxix_o in_o speak_v to_o a_o good_a moâ—_n for_o her_o doughter·_n say_v that_o she_o ought_v so_o do_v that_o her_o daughter_n shall_v be_v alleway_o dylygent_a and_o besy_n for_o to_o werke_v for_o in_o idleness_n comyn_o virgyvyte_o &_o maydenh_v be_v lose_v and_o vanysshyth_n and_o the_o maiden_n ought_v to_o consydere_fw-la how_o virgynyte_n be_v such_o a_o tresonr_n that_o if_o it_o be_v lose_v it_o be_v irrecuperable_a and_o therefore_o they_o ought_v dylygent_o keep_v it_o to_z this_o purpoo_v saint_n ambrose_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o virgynyte_n recite_v how_o in_o anthyoche_n be_v a_o maid_n right_n fair_a &_o moche_n desire_v and_o fynable_o by_o force_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o 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