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A05251
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[Here begynneth the table of a book entytled the book of good maners.]; Livre de bonnes moeurs. English
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Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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they sette nothyng of worldly goodes or lytel this purpoos recouÌ„teth valerye in his viij book how anaxâ—goras lefte his possessyons for to goo estudye in strauÌ„ge conâ—â—es whan he retorned he sawe that his possessyons were eserted theÌ„ne he sayd I myght not haue ben saued yf my posessions had not perisshed as who wold say that richesses ben â—yenst saluacion Semblably he recouÌ„teth of a phylosopher naâ—ed socrates the whiche threwe al his richesses in the see in â—yeng that he had lieuer that his richesses were loste than he â—hold lose hym self SeÌ„blably he recouÌ„teth of a wyse man naâ—ed styllon the which lost al his goodes by fyre theÌ„ne one â—mauÌ„ded hym yf he were not angry wroth for the losse of â—is goodes the which ansuerd that he had nothyng lost that â—â— had vpon hym al his goodes that is to weâ—e scyence verâ—es as yf he sayd that the goodes of fortune were not hys â—y whyche it apperith that he is wyse that despyseth the gooâ—s of fortune as wytnesseth Epedocles And prosper in hys â—ok named Epigramaton sayth that the courage of a coueâ—â—us man shal neuer haue reste for the worldly goodes may â—â—t satysfye theyr hert but engendreth and maketh more the â—â—uetyse and the desyre of the creature to this purpoos recouÌ„â—â—h Ouyde how polydorus by his couetyse slewe the sone of â—amê° for to haue the rychesses that were delyuerd hym for â—â—ouerne therwith the chylde aforsayd but hecuba moder of 〈◊〉 â—ayd sone wyth hyr complyces apperceyued the sayd traysoÌ„ 〈◊〉 came to polidorus in faynyng that they wold gyue hym 〈◊〉 but hecuba hyr felowes slewe hym strangled hym 〈◊〉 was reason that couetyse that had made hym to slee 〈◊〉 shold be cause moyen of his deth wherby it 〈◊〉 how pouerte is good and couetyse euyl and holdeth a man in thought and in peryll of hert and of conscyence ¶ Thus endeth the fyrst book ¶ Here foloweth the second book the whiche speketh of thestate of the people of the chyrche and of the clerkes ¶ Fyrst how the chyrche ought to be honoured and loued had in worshyp and in reuerence capitulo primo THe chyrche is as the moder of al crysten people in the same is gyuen fraunchyse and lyberte by cause it shold be the more in reuerence For hyr spouse and hede is ihesu crist sauyour of all the world to this purpoos we rede in the first book of thystorye tripartyte how Costantyn whan he was made crysten loued so moche god the chyrche that he dyd do â—ere in alle the places where he went a tabernacle made in the â—ourme of a chyrche and had wyth hym preestes and clerkes whyche serued god ryght deuoutly he bare also on his ryght syde the sygne of the crosse for that was the baner by the whiche god sente hym vyctorye in dede he shold haue a bataylle in his slepe the aungel shewed to hym how he shold haue vyctorye by the sygne of the crosse Semblably we rede in the book aforesayd how themperour theodosiâ— was fynably obeyssant to the chyrche Not withstondyng he had be tofore moche rygorous to the chyrche thystorye sayth how the sayd theodosius dyd do slee vij M. men in the cyte of thessalonue by causâ— they had stoned to deth his offyâ—ers After which feat the said theodosius retorned to melane wenyâ—g to haue entred as 〈◊〉 ben accnstomed in to the chyrche ¶ TheÌ„ne saynt Ambrose came ayenst hym whych was Archebysshop of the sanâ— place and sayd to hym O Emperour goo thy waye Foâ— in to thys chyrche thou shalt not entre seen that thou arte 〈◊〉 of blood and arte not worthy for to beholde god ne see hym ¶ Thenne Theodosius obeyed hym and wepyng departed but by cause the â—este of Crystemas approuched he sente one of hys seruauntes named Ruffyn to saynt Ambrose for to gete grace But nothyng auaylled his requeste And thys seeyng Theodosius cam in his propre persone to sayâ—t Ambrose wepyng requyryng pardon on his knees thenne saynt Ambrose toke hym to grace after he dyd moche good and had many vyctoryes by whyche it apperith how the chirche ought to be honoured And to this purpoos recounteth valere in his iij book the xj chapytre How Iulius Cezar defended to his people that none shold be so hardy to do ony euyl or harme to the temples And for thys cause he was so vyctoryous by ij yere that neuer man had vyctorye ayenst hym But after he was many tymes dyscomfyt after he had defoilled the temple named delphyque As recounteth Policrate in hys vj book the vij chapytre And he sayth more ouer that chyualrye ouÈt to kepe the chyrche to Inpugne the heretykes to honoure the preestes to deffende the poure and tappease stryf and debates Semblably Egesippus recounteth how pompeus dyd neuer harme to temples ne to chyrches and therfor alexander was to hym moche gracyous pardoÌ„ned to hym his mesprisyon by whyche it is euydently shewed to vs how the chyrche ouÈt to be kept and hononred And to this purpoos sayth vegece in his iiij book of chyualrye the iiij chapytre how the knyghtes ought to swere loyalte Fyrst to god secondly to theyr prynce More ouer thou oughtest to knowe that the chyrche ought to 〈◊〉 frauÌ„chysed For it is sygured by the arke of noe in whiche â—ere saued al they that were therin as it apperyth the seuenth â—hapytre of genesis Semblably alle ought to be free in the â—hyrche And in dede we rede in the hystoryes of the romayns â—at one named macelizet deyed a foul deth by cause he had deâ—â—yled the chyrche we rede also of one named Equyla how he â—stroyed alle ytalye â–ª And theÌ„ne the pope named Leon sayd â—hym that he shold leue his cruelte The which ansuerd that â—ym semed that he sawe a fayr olde man whych helde in hys honde a knyf wherof he was sore aferde durst not dysobeâ— And this sygnefyeth to vs. how euery creature ouÈt to dreâ— the chyrche and to obeye it in al ryght and reason ¶ How the people of the chyrche and syngulerly the prelateâ— ought to lyue chastly and vertuously capitulo â— SAynt Ierome in one of his epystles sayth that the prelate ought to haue no concubyne For hys espouse is the chyrche And therfore in the lawe of Canon it is deffended that prelates shold holde no wymmen in theyr howses but yf they be vnder age out of al suspecyon And to thys purpoos we rede of saynt austyn how he wold not dwelle wyth hys owen syster for tesche we suspecoÌ„n of euyl spekyng More ourâ— saynt Gregory in his dyalogue the vij chapytre recyteth 〈◊〉 a prelate named Audrien was moche tempted with a woman of religyon by cause she dwellyd wyth hym By which it apperyth that men of the chyrche ought to flee the conuersâ—â— on of wymmen not onely for tesche we the synne but