[Footnote 5: Read _uolet_]
[Sidenote: [The 5^the Met{ur}.]]
[Sidenote: He who would obtain sovereign power must obtain
conquest over himself, and not yield to his passions.]
++Who so wolde ben myȝty he mot dau{n}ten hys cruel
corage. ne put[te] nat his nekke ouercomen vndir 2116
þe foule reines of lecherie.
[Sidenote: Though your dominion extended from India to Thule, yet
if thou art tormented by care thou hast no real power.]
for al be it so þat þi lordship[e]
strecche so fer þat þe contre Inde quakiþ at þi
comaundement. or at þi lawes. {and} þat þe leest isle in
þe see þat hyȝt tile be þral to þe ¶ ȝit yif þou mayst 2120
nat pute{n} awey þi foule derk[e] desijres {and} dryue{n}
oute fro þe wreched co{m}pleyntes. Certis it nis no
power þat þou hast.
[Linenotes:
2115 _wolde ben_--wole be
2116 _put[te]_--putte
2117 _lordship[e]_--lordshype
2119 _comaundement_--comau{n}dementȝ
_leest isle_--last Ile
2120 _hyȝt_--hyhte
2121 _puten_--putten
_derk[e]_--dyrke
2122 _oute_--owt]
[Headnote:
GENTILITY IS FOREIGN TO RENOWN.]