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| a grete folye / he is lyke hym that fallith in the diche and | |||
| wil not aryse / 645 And this vice comyth of fals hope that | |||
| he thynketh that he shal lyue longe but that hope faylleth | |||
| ful ofte / 646 Thenne comyth laches that is he that whan he be- | |||
| gynneth ony good werk anon he wil forlete hit and stynte | |||
| as do they that haue ony wyght to gouerne and take of | |||
| hym no kepe / Anone as they fynde ony contrary or ony | |||
| anoye / 647 Thyse ben the newe shepherdes that leten her sheep | |||
| wytyngly go renne to the wolf that is in the breris and do | |||
| no force of her owen gouernance / 648 Of this comyth pouerte | |||
| and destruction both of spirytuel and temporel thingis . | |||
| Thenne cometh a maner of coldnes that fresith al the herte of man / | |||
| 649 Thenne comyth vndeuocion thurgh whiche a man | |||
| is so blont / As saith seynt Bernard and hath suche lan | |||
| gour in his soule that he ne may rede ne synge in holy chirche | |||
| ne here ne thynke of deuocion ne trauaylle with his hon- | |||
| des in no good werke but it is to hym vnsauery and al | |||
| apallid 650 thenne wexith he sore sluggish and slumbry and | |||
| soon wil he be wroth and soon is enclyned to hate and to enuye / | |||
| 651 And thenne comyth the synne of worldly so- | |||
| row / that is cleped Tristicia / that sleeth a man as seith | |||
| seynt paule / 652 For certes suche sorow werkith to the deth of | |||
| the sowle and of the body also . For therof comyth that a | |||
| man is anoyed of his owen lif 653 for suche sorowe shortith the | |||
| lif of many a man or that his tyme come by way of kynde | |||
| 654 Ayenst this horryble synne of accidye and the braunchis | |||
| of the same ther is a vertu that is callid fortitudo or streng | |||
| thē that is affectyon thurgh whyche man dyspyseth al | |||
| other thyngis noyous / . 655 Thys vertu is so myghty | |||