correccioun; so good savour to forgoing +of errour causeth diligent love, with many playted praisinges to folowe; and than shal al 45 the firste errours make the folowinge worshippes to seme hugely encresed. Blacke and white, set togider, every for other more semeth; and so doth every thinges contrary in kynde. But infame, that goth alwaye tofore, and praysinge worship by any cause folowinge after, maketh to ryse the ilke honour in double 50 of welth; and that quencheth the spotte of the first enfame. Why wenest, I saye, these thinges in hindringe of thy name? Nay, nay, god wot, but for pure encresing worship, thy rightwysenesse to commende, and thy trouthe to seme the more. Wost nat wel thy-selfe, that thou in fourme of making +passest nat Adam that eet 55 of the apple? Thou +passest nat the stedfastnesse of Noe, that eetinge of the grape becom dronke. Thou passest nat the chastitè of Lothe, that lay by his doughter; eke the nobley of Abraham, whom god reproved by his pryde; also Davides mekenesse, whiche for a woman made Urye be slawe. What? 60 also Hector of Troye, in whom no defaute might be founde, yet is he reproved that he ne hadde with manhode nat suffred the warre begonne, ne Paris to have went in-to Grece, by whom gan al the sorowe. For trewly, him lacketh no venim of privè consenting, whiche that openly leveth a wrong to withsaye. 65 Lo eke an olde proverbe amonges many other: "He that is stille semeth as he graunted." Now by these ensamples thou might fully understonde, that these thinges ben writte to your lerning, and in rightwysenesse of tho persones, as thus: To every wight his defaute committed 70 made goodnesse afterwardes don be the more in reverence and in open shewing; for ensample, is it nat songe in holy churche, "Lo, how necessary was Adams synne!" David the king gat Salomon the king of her that was Uryes wyf. Truly, for reprofe is non of these thinges writte. Right so, tho I reherce thy 75 before-dede, I repreve thee never the more; ne for no villany of thee are they rehersed, but for worshippe, so thou continewe wel here-after: and for profit of thy-selfe I rede thou on hem thinke.' Than sayde I right thus: 'Lady of unitè and accorde, envy and wrathe lurken there thou comest in place; ye weten wel 80 your-selve, and so don many other, that whyle I administred the office of commen doinge, as in rulinge of the stablisshmentes amonges the people, I defouled never my conscience for no maner dede; but ever, by witte and by counsayle of the wysest, the maters weren drawen to their right endes. And thus trewly 85 for you, lady, I have desyred suche cure; and certes, in your service was I nat ydel, as fer as suche doinge of my cure streccheth.'