In governance as thei ben bore, Of trouthe ferst and of largesse, Of Pite forth with rihtwisnesse, I have hem told; and over this The fifte point, so as it is[1338] Set of the reule of Policie, Wherof a king schal modefie 4210 The fleisschly lustes of nature, Nou thenk I telle of such mesure,[1339] That bothe kinde schal be served And ek the lawe of god observed. [Sidenote: [THE FIFTH POINT OF POLICY. CHASTITY.]] xi. _Corporis et mentis regem decet omnis honestas,_ _Nominis vt famam nulla libido ruat._ _Omne quod est hominis effeminat illa voluptas,_ _Sit nisi magnanimi cordis, vt obstet ei._ The Madle is mad for the femele, Bot where as on desireth fele, That nedeth noght be weie of kinde: [Sidenote: Hic tractat secundum Aristotelem de quinta principum regiminis Policia, que Castitatem concernit, cuius honestas impudicicie motus obtemperans tam corporis quam anime mundiciam specialius preseruat.] For whan a man mai redy finde His oghne wif, what scholde he seche In strange places to beseche 4220 To borwe an other mannes plouh, Whan he hath geere good ynouh[1340] [Sidenote: =P. iii. 234=] Affaited at his oghne heste, And is to him wel more honeste Than other thing which is unknowe? Forthi scholde every good man knowe And thenke, hou that in mariage His trouthe plight lith in morgage, Which if he breke, it is falshode, And that descordeth to manhode, 4230 And namely toward the grete, Wherof the bokes alle trete; So as the Philosophre techeth To Alisandre, and him betecheth The lore hou that he schal mesure His bodi, so that no mesure Of fleisshly lust he scholde excede. And thus forth if I schal procede, The fifte point, as I seide er,[1341] Is chastete, which sielde wher 4240 Comth nou adaies into place; And natheles, bot it be grace Above alle othre in special, Is non that chaste mai ben all. Bot yit a kinges hihe astat,[1342] Which of his ordre as a prelat Schal ben enoignt and seintefied, He mot be more magnefied For dignete of his corone, Than scholde an other low persone, 4250 Which is noght of so hih emprise. Therfore a Prince him scholde avise, (4450*) [Sidenote: =P. iii. 235=] Er that he felle in such riote, And namely that he nassote To change for the wommanhede The worthinesse of his manhede. [Sidenote: Nota de doctrina Aristotilis, qualiter Princeps, vt animi sui iocunditatem prouocet, mulieres formosas crebro aspicere debet. Caueat tamen, ne mens voluptuosa torpescens ex carnis fragilitate in vicium dilabatur.] Of Aristotle I have wel rad,