2930. From Ecclus. vi. 5:--'Verbum dulce multiplicat amicos, et mitigat inimicos.' The A. V. omits the latter clause, having only:--'Sweet language will multiply friends.' 2931. Fr. text:--'nous mettons nostre fait en vostre bonne voulente.'--Mr. 2936. _Hise amendes_, i. e. amends to him. For _hise_ or _his_, Cp. Ln. have _him_, which is a more usual construction. Cf. 'What shall be _thy amends_ For thy neglect of truth?' Shak., Sonnet 101. 'If I have wronged thee, seek _thy mends_ at the law'; Greene, Looking-Glass for London, ed. Dyce, 1883, p. 122. 2940. _Biseke to_; so in 2306; see note to 2884. 2945. From Ecclus. xxxiii. 18, 19:--'Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation: Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest.' 2965. Not from Seneca, but from Martinus Dumiensis, De Moribus, S. 94 (Sundby). The Lat. text has:--'ubi est confessio, ibi est remissio.' 2967. Neither is this from Seneca, but from the same source as before. Lat. text has:--'Proximum ad innocentiam locum tenet uerecundia peccati et confessio.' 2973. Lat. text:--'Nihil enim tam naturale est, quam aliquid dissolui eo genere, quo colligatum est.' From the Digesta, lib. xvii. 35. 2984. Lat. text:--'Semper audiui dici, Quod bene potes facere, noli differre.' Fr. text:--'Le bien que tu peus faire au matin, n'attens pas le soir ne l'endemain.' 2986. _Messages_, messengers; Cp. _messagers_; Hl. _messageres_. See B. 144, 333. In 2992, 2995, we have the form _messagers_. 2997. _Borwes_, sureties; as in P. Plowman, C. v. 85. In 3018 it seems to mean 'pledges' rather than 'sureties.' 3028. _A coveitous name_, a reputation for covetousness. 3030. From 1 Tim. vi. 10. See C. 334. 3032. Lat. text (p. 120):--'Scriptum est enim, Mallem perdidisse quam turpiter accepisse.' This is from Publilius Syrus, Sent. 479:-- 'Perdidisse ad assem mallem, quam accepisse turpiter.' 3036. Also from P. Syrus, Sent. 293:-- 'Laus noua nisi oritur, etiam uetus amittitur.' 3040. For 'it is writen,' the Fr. text has 'le droit dit.' This indicates the source. The Lat. text has:--'priuilegium meretur amittere, qui concessa sibi abutitur potestate.' This Sundby traces to the Decretalia Gregorii IX., iii. 31. 18. 3042. _Which I trowe ... do_; Lat. 'quod non concedo.' 3045. _Ye moste ... curteisly_; Lat. 'remissius imperare oportet.' [224] 3047. Lat. text:--'Remissius imperanti melius paretur'; from Seneca, De Clementia, i. 24. 1. 3049. 'Ait enim Seneca'; the Lat. text then quotes from Publilius Syrus, Sent. 64:--'Bis uincit, qui se uincit in uictoria.' 3050. Lat. text:--'Nihil est laudabilius, nihil magno et praeclaro uiro dignius, placabilitate atque clementia.' From Cicero, De Officiis, i. 25. 88. 3054. _Of mercy_, i. e. on account of your mercy. 3056. 'Male uincit iam quem poenitet uictoriae'; Publilius Syrus, Sent. 366. Attributed to Seneca in the Latin text. 3059. From James, ii. 13.