'Cede locum laesus Fortunae, cede potenti;
Laedere qui potuit, aliquando prodesse ualebit.'
2681. _Yet sette I caas_, but I will suppose; Fr. text--'posons,' as in
2667 above.
2684. _First and foreward_; Fr. text--'premierement.' See note to 2431
above.
2685. _The poete_; Fr. text, 'le poete.' Not in the Latin text, and the
source of the quotation is unknown. Cf. Luke, xxiii. 41.
2687. _Seint Gregorie._ Not in the Lat. text; source unknown.
2692. From 1 Pet. ii. 21.
2700. Referring to 2 Cor. iv. 17.
2702. From Prov. xix. 11, where the Vulgate has:--'Doctrina uiri per
patientiam noscitur.'
2703. From Prov. xiv. 29, where the Vulgate has:--'Qui patiens est multa
gubernatur prudentia.'
2704. From Prov. xv. 18.
2705. From Prov. xvi. 32.