{and} yif he be felonous {and} wiþ out reste {and} ex{er}cise hys tonge to chidynges. þou shalt lykene hym to þe hounde. [Sidenote: Does he delight in fraud and trickery? then is he like young _foxes_.] {and} yif he be a p{re}ue awaito{ur} yhid {and} 3464 reioyseþ hym to rauysshe by wyles. þou shalt seyne hym lyke to þe fox whelpes. [Sidenote: Is he intemperate in his anger? then men will compare him to a raging _lion_.] ¶ And yif he be distempre {and} quakiþ for ire men shal wene þat he bereþ þe corage of a lyou{n}. [Sidenote: If he be a coward, he will be likened to a _hart_.] {and} yif he be dredeful {and} fleynge 3468 and dredeþ þinges þat ne auȝten nat ben dred. men shal holde hym lyke to þe h{er}te. [[pg 122]] [Sidenote: If he be slow, dull, and lazy, then is he like an _ass_.] {and} yif he be slowe {and} astoned {and} lache. he lyueþ as an asse. [Sidenote: Is he fickle and inconstant? Then is he like a _bird_.] {and} yif he be lyȝt {and} vnstedfast of corage {and} chaungeþ ay his 3472 studies. he is lickened to briddes. [Sidenote: Doth he wallow in filthy lusts? Then doth he roll himself in the mire like a nasty _sow_.] ¶ {and} yif he be plounged in foule {and} vnclene luxuries. he is wiþholden in þe foule delices of þe foule soowe. [Sidenote: It follows, then, that he who ceases to be virtuous, ceases to be a man; and, since he cannot attain divinity, he is turned into a beast.] ¶ þan folweþ it þat he þat forletiþ bountee {and} prowesse. he forletiþ to 3476 ben a man. syn he ne may nat passe in to þe condic{i}ou{n} of god. he is tourned in to a beest. [Linenotes: 3452 _forlorn_--MS. forlorne, C. forlorn 3453 _as_--omitted _enhawnse_--enhawsen 3455 _whiche_--which _haþ_--MS. haþe 3459 [_be_]--from C. 3464 _yhid_--MS. yhidde, C. I-hidd 3465 _seyne_--seyn 3468 _dredeful_--dredful 3469 _ben_--to ben _dred_--MS. dredde, C. dredd 3470 _holde_--holden _lyke_--lyk _herte_--hert _slowe_--slowh 3472 _vnstedfast_--vnstidefast _his_--hise 3475 _þan_--MS. þat, C. thanne 3477 _passe_--passen] [Sidenote: [* fol. 27 _b_.]] *V[E]LA NARICII DUCIS. [Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}.]] [Sidenote: Ulysses was driven by the eastern winds upon the shores of that isle where Circe dwelt, who, having entertained her guests with magic draughts, transformed them into divers shapes--one into a boar, another into a lion;]