§ 65. Thus may ye seen that the gilt disserveth thraldom, but nat nature. /
Wherfore thise lordes ne sholde nat muche glorifyen hem in hir lordshipes,
sith that by naturel condicion they been nat [619] lordes of thralles; but
for that thraldom comth first by the desert of sinne. / And forther-over,
ther-as the lawe seith, that temporel godes of bonde-folk been the godes of
hir lordshipes, ye, that is for to understonde, the godes of the emperour,
to deffenden hem in hir right, but nat for to robben hem ne reven hem. /
And therfore seith Seneca: ‘thy prudence sholde live benignely with thy
thralles.’ / Thilke that thou clepest thy thralles been goddes peple; for
humble folk been Cristes freendes; they been contubernial with the lord.
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