2632. _Ye shul retourne or have your recours to the Iuge_; explanatory of the F. text--'tu recourras au iuge.' 2633. _As the lawe axeth and requyreth_; explanatory of the Fr. text--'selon droit.' For this use of _axeth_ (= requires), cf. P. Plowman, C. i. 21, ii. 34. 2635. _Many a strong pas_; Fr. text--'moult de fors pas.' MS. Hl. has:--'many a strayt passage.' 2638. Not from Seneca, but (as in other places where Seneca is mentioned) from Publilius Syrus, Sent. 320 (ed. Dietrich):--'Male geritur, quicquid geritur fortunae fide.' 2640. Again from Publilius Syrus, Sent. 189 (ed. Dietrich):--'Fortuna uitrea est; tum quum splendet frangitur.' 2642. _Seur_ (E. _sure_) and _siker_ are mere variants of the same word; the former is O. F. _seur_, from Lat. acc. _sec[=u]rum_; the latter is from Lat. _séc[)u]rus_, with a different accentuation and a shortening of the second vowel. We also have a third form, viz. _secure_. 2645. Again from Publ. Syrus, Sent. 173:--'Fortuna nimium quem fouet, stultum facit.' 2650. From Rom. xii. 19; cf. Deut. xxxii. 35, Ps. xciv. 1. 2653. From Publ. Syrus, Sent. 645:--'Veterem ferendo iniuriam inuites nouam.' 2655. _Holden over lowe_, esteemed too low, too lightly. 2656. From Publ. Syrus, Sent. 487:--'Patiendo multa [_al._ inulta] eueniunt [_al._ ueniunt] quae nequeas pati.' _Mowe suffre_, be able to endure. For _mowe_, Wright wrongly prints _nowe_; MS. Hl. has _mowe_, correctly. [218] 2663. From Caecilii Balbi Sententiae, ed. Friedrich, 1870, no. 162:--'Qui non corripit peccantem gnatum, peccare imperat.' 2664. 'And the judges and sovereign lords might, each in his own land, so largely tolerate wicked men and evil-doers,' &c. Lat. text:--'si multa maleficia patiuntur fieri.' 2667. _Let us now putte_, let us suppose; Fr. text--'posons.' A more usual phrase is 'putte cas,' put the case; cf. note to 2681. 2668. _As now_, at present; see 2670. 2671. From Seneca, De Ira, ii. 34, § 1:--'Cum pare contendere, anceps est; cum superiore, furiosum; cum inferiore, sordidum.' 2675. From Prov. xx. 3. 2678. From Publilius Syrus, Sent. 483:--'Potenti irasci sibi periclum est quaerere.' 2679. From Dion. Cato, Dist. iv. 39:-- '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.