¶ And eke Nero gouerned[e] 1476 alle þe poeples þat þe violent wynde Nothus scorchiþ {and} bakiþ þe brennynge sandes by his drie hete. þat is to seyne. alle þe poeples in þe souþe. [Sidenote: But yet Nero’s power could not tame his ferocious mind.] [but yit ne myhte nat al his heye power torne the woodnesse of 1480 this wykkyd nero / [Sidenote: It is a grievous thing when power strengthens the arm of him whose will prompts him to deeds of cruelty.] Allas it is greuous fortune it is]. as ofte as wicked swerde is ioygned to cruel venym. þat is to sein. venimous cruelte to lordshipe. [Linenotes: 1458 _greet[e]_--grete 1460 _letee_--let 1461 _somtyme slouȝ_--whilom slow 1463 _let_--lette 1464 _where_--wher 1465 _half_--halue 1466 _myȝt[e]_--myhte 1467 _hire_--hyr 1468 _neuerþeles_--natheles _gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede _al_--alle 1469 _from_--fram _outerest_--owtereste 1470 _hidde_--hide 1471 _seyne_--seyn 1472 _goþ_--MS. goþe, C. goth 1473 _goueyrende_--gou{er}nyd 1474 _triones_--tyryones 1475 _gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede 1476 _parties_--p{ar}ty _norþe_--north _gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede 1477 _wynde_--wynd _scorchiþ_--scorklith 1479 _seyne_--seyn _souþe_--sowth 1479-81 [_but----it is_]--MS. _has_: but ne how greuous fortune is 1482 _swerde_--swerd] [[pg 56]] [Headnote: THE LOVE OF GLORY.] TU{M} EGO SCIS INQ{UA}M. [Sidenote: [The seuende p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: _B._ Thou knowest that I did not covet mortal and transitory things.] ++ÞAnne seide I þus. þou wost wel þiself þat þe 1484 couetise of mortal þinges ne hadden neuer lordshipe of me. but I haue wel desired matere of þinges to done. as who seiþ. [Sidenote: I only wished to exercise my virtue in public concerns, lest it should grow feeble by inactivity.] I desired[e] to han matere of gou{er}naunce ouer comunalites. ¶ For vertue stille ne 1488 sholde not elden. þat is to seyn. þat list þat or he wex olde ¶ His uertue þat lay now ful stille. ne sholde nat p{er}isshe vnexcercised i{n} gouernaunce of comune. ¶ For whiche men myȝten speke or write{n} of his 1492 goode gouernement. [Sidenote: _P._ A love of glory is one of those things that may captivate minds naturally great, but not yet arrived at the perfection of virtue.]