his Moralles,[582] that the lyfe of ypocrytes is but a frawdelous vysyon and as a fantasye ymagenid, the which shewith owtewarde lykenes of an ymage, the which is not in very dede inwarde. To this purpose owre Lorde seith in the Gospell, [“Væ vobis, hypocritæ, quia similes estis XCIX.
Thou shulde no grete reson shewe to þe man The which as that tyme vndirstond ne can.
Yno, the which the soddyn corne dide sowe, Noteth it to the well inowgh, I trowe.
Yno was a qwene, the which made sothyn[584] corne to be sowen, the which comme not vppe. And therfor it is seide to the goode knyght þat gode resons and weele sette and wyse autorites shulde not be tolde to the pepill of rude vndirstondyng and that cannot vndirstond them, ffor they be lost. And therfor Aristotile seith, “As reyne avaylith notte to corne that is sowen on a stone, no more availleth argumentes to an onwyse man.”
That faire and wise wordis shuld not be tolde to rude and ignorant pepill, the which cannot vnderstond theyme, it is to sey that it is as a thyng loste, and than ignorance is to blame. Seynt Bernard seith in a book of xv. Degrees of Mekenes that fore noght tho ascuse theyme of fragilite or off ignorance,[585] standyng that siche as syne most frely be gladly ffreel and ignorant, and many thynges the which shuld be knowen be some tyme vnknowen, outhir be necligence to kune it...[586] All sich ignorances hath non excusacion. Therefore the postil Seynt Povle seyth, [“Si quis ignorat, ignorabitur”].[587] C.
Auctorites I haue written to the An.c.; late theyme be take agre,[588] For a woman lerned Augustus To be worchipped and taught hym thus.
Cesar Augustus was Emperoure off the Romayns and off all [Sidenote: f.
75.] the worlde, and because thet in th[e] tyme of his reygne pes was in all þe world and that he reyngned pesibily, lewed pepill and misse-beleueres thought that the pes was becawse of his goodnes; but it was notte, for it was Crist Jhesu, the which was borne off the Virgine Mary and was that tyme on þe erth, and as long as he was on erth, it was pes ouer all the worlde. So they wold haue worchippede Cesar as God; but thanne Sebille bad hym to be well ware that he made hyme note to be worchipped, and that ther was no God but on alone, þe which had made all thynges. And thanne she lede hyme to an hy mounteyn withowte the cete and in the sone by the will of owre Lord aperyd a Vergine holdyng a Childe.[589] Sibille shewed it to hym and seyd to hyme that ther was very God, the which shuld be worchipped, and than Cesar worchippede hym.
And becaus that Ceesar Augustus, the [which] was prince off all the wor[l]de, lerned to knowe God and the Beleve off a woman, to the purpose may be seide the auctorite that Hermes seith, “Be not ashamed to here trowth and good techyngges of whom that euer seith it, for trouth noblyth hym þat pronounceth it.”
There where Othea seith that she hath wreten to hym an.c. [Sidenote: f.
75b.] auctorites and that Augustus lerned of a woman, it is to vndirstond that good wordes and good techynges is to prayse of what persone þat seith it.[590] Howe[591] de Seint Victor spekyth hereof in a boke called Didascalicon, that a wyse man gladdely herith all maner of techynges; he dispisyth not the Scriptur, he dispyseth not the person, he dispiseth not the doctrine; he sekyth indifferently ouer all, and all that euer he seth the which he hath defaute; he considerith notte what he is that spekyth, but [what] that is the which he seith[592]; he taketh no hede how myche he can hymme selfe, but how mech he cannot. To this purpose þe wyse man seith, [“Auris bona audiet cum omni concupiscentia sapientiam”].[593] GLOSSARY.
Scrope seems to have mistaken its meaning, connecting it with “terre.”
Abtalin, the philosopher, maxim of, 36 Acis, son of Faunus, 65 Actæon (Anteon, Antheon), 76 Adonis (Dadonius), 72 Adrastus, King of Argos, 54 Æolus (Eolus), god of winds, 89 Aglauros (Aglaros), daughter of Cecrops, 31 Ajax (Thelamen Ayaux, Thelomonailles, Ayaux), 73, 91, 107 Alcyone (Alchion), wife of Ceyx, 89 Alexander, King of Macedon, 85, 103 Ambrose, St., 4; quoted, 22, 23, 90 Amphiaraus (Amphoras), 54 Andrew, St., article of, in the Creed, 41 Andromache (Andromatha), wife of Hector, 100, 103 Andromeda, 15, 16 Antenor (Anthenor), 108, 109 Apocalypse (Pocalipse, Pocalipce), the, quoted, 73, 111 Apollo (Appollo), 20. _See also_ Phœbus Apulia (Puille), 75 Arachne (Yragnes), 71 Argus, the hundred-eyed, 44 Aristotle (Aristotiles, Aristotile, Aristotill), 4; Assaron, the philosopher, maxim of, 90 Atalanta (Athalenta), 81 Athamas, King, 29 Atropos (Acropose, Accropos), 47, 48 Augustine (Austyn, Tawstyn), St., 4; Augustus Cæsar, 113 Babylon (Babylonie, Babilonie), 52, 101 Bacchus (Bachus), 34 Bartholomew (Bartylmew), St., article of, in the Creed, 44 Bede, quoted, 33 Bellerophon (Belorophon, Berolophon), 48 Berry, John, Duke of (Jon, Duke of Barry), 3 Boethius (Boys), quoted, 84 Cadmus (Cadimus), 42 Calabria (Calebre), 75 Calchas (Calcas), 92, 96 Cardinal Virtues, 2, 7 Cassandra, daughter of Priam, 46 Cassian, John, quoted, 64 Cecrops (Cycropos), King of Athens, 31 Cephalus (Sephalus), 86 Cerberus (Serebrus, Cereberus, Cerebrus), 11, 41, 79 Ceres, 11, 38 Ceyx (Ceys), 89 Charon (Acaron), 79 Cidonie (Sidon?), 35 Circe (Circes, Cyrces), 111 Commandments, the Ten, 49 Corinis, the nymph, 56 Corinthians, St. Paul’s Epistles to the, quoted, 27, 87, 96, 108, 113 Correction, Book of, by St. Augustine, 16 Creed, Articles of the, 37 Cressida (Cresseide), 95 Crow, 56 Cupid, 65, 95 Cyrus (Cirus), King of Persia, 63 Dadonius. _See_ Adonis Daphne (Damee), 99 Democritus (Demecritus), maxim of, 10 Diogenes (Dyogeneys), maxims of, 23, 40 Diomed (Dyomed), 96 Discord, goddess of, 66 Echo (Eccho, Echo), 98 Ephesians, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 23, 31, 97 Esdras, book of, quoted, 21 Eurydice (Euredice, Euredice), 78 Fastolf, Sir John, 1, note Femene (_sc._ Amazonia), kingdom of, 63 Fortune, the goddess, 84 Galatea (Galatee), the nymph, 65 Galatea (Galathee), Hector’s horse, 7 Ganymedes, 57 Geber, astronomer, 17 Gorgon, 59, 60 Gregory (Gregorie, Grigori, Grigory), St., 4; 104, 112 Hebrews, Epistle to the, quoted, 25, 26 Hecuba (Ecuba, Hecuba), 24, 106 Helen (Helaine, Elen, etc.), 75, 83, 87, 91 Helenus (Helene ), son of Priam, 87 Hermaphroditus (Hermofrodicus), 93 Hermes (Armes, Harmes, Hermes), the philosopher, 4; Herse (Herce), daughter of Cecrops, 31 Hesione, daughter of Laomedon, 91 Hippocrates (Ypocras), maxim of, 35 Homer (Omer), 4; maxims of, 51, 100 Ilium (Ylyon), 110 Innocent III., Pope, quoted, 105 Ino (Yno), wife of Athamas, 29, 112 Io (Yo), daughter of Inacus, 43 Isaiah (Ysaie, Ysaye), quoted, 52, 85, 94 Isis (Ysis), 39 James, St., the Greater, article of, in the Creed, 39; epistle of, 79 James, St., the Less, article of, in the Creed, 46 Jason, 58, 64 Jerome (Jerom), St., 4; Jesus Christ, shown by the Sibyl to Augustus, 113 Job, book of, quoted, 28 Joel, book of, quoted, 68 John (Jon), St., article of, in the Creed, 38; Epistles of, quoted, 82, 107; Gospel of, quoted, 95 John Cassian (Jon Cassian), quoted, 64 John Chrysostom, St., quoted, 87 John II., King of France, 3 John, Duke of Berry, 3 Jude, St., article of, in the Creed, 47 Laomedon (Leomedon, Leomodon), King of Troy, 51, 68, 73 Latona (Lathonna), 33 Legaron (Leginon, H.), the philosopher, maxim of, 81 Leo, St., pope, quoted, 62 Lot (Lothe), wife of, 86 Lucifer, 79 Luke, St., Gospel of, quoted, 24, 85 Magdare, the philosopher, maxim of, 97 Mary, St., the Virgin, shown by the Sibyl to Augustus, 113 Matthew (Matheu), St., article of, in the Creed, 45; Matthias (Mathi), St., article of, in the Creed, 48 Medea (Medee), 58, 64 Memnon (Maymon), King, 49 Midas (Mydas, Mygdas), 40 Minos (Mynos), 13, 14 Morpheus, 88 Myrmidones (Mirmedewes), 75 Narcissus (Narcisus, Arcisus), 27, 98 Neptunus, 47 Nicholas, astronomer, 17 Nimrod (Nambroth), 102 Ninus (Minos), 101 Origen (Orygenes, Orygene), quoted, 26, 28 Orpheus, 74, 78 Othea, goddess of prudence, 5, 7, 10, 13, 17, etc.
Ovid (Ouyde), 4 Pan, 40 Paris (Paaris, Paarys, etc.), 75, 85, 87; judgment of, 67, 82 Patroclus, 96 Pegasus, 5, 15, 16 Peirithous (Pirotheus, Protheus), 11, 41 Peleus (Pellus), 66 Pelleus, 58 Pentheseleia (Pantasselle), Queen of the Amazons, 26 Perceval. _See_ Perseus Perseus (Percyvale, Percyualle), 15, 59, 60 Peter (Petir), St., article of, in the Creed, 37; Philip, St., article of, in the Creed, 41 Philippians, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 35 Phœbe (Phebe), 21, 33 Pisan, Christine de (Dame Cristine), 3 Plato, 4; Pluto, 11, 41, 79 Pollibetes, 105 Polyphemus, 32, 65 Polyxena (Polexena, Polixenne), daughter of Priam, 106 Priam (Priant, Priaunt, etc.), King of Troy, 22, 51, 90, 92, 103, 108 Proserpine (Proserpyng), 11, 41 Prudence, goddess of. _See_ Othea Ptolemy (Ptholome, Tholome), the philosopher, 4; maxim of, 110 Pygmalion (Pimalion, Pymalion), 35 Pyramus, 52 Pyrrhus (Pirus, Pyrus), son of Achilles, 45, 80 Pythagoras (Pictagoras, Pitagoras, etc.), maxims of, 17, 41, 46, 48, 67, 83 Rabyon, the philosopher, maxim of, 50 Raven, 56 Romans, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 67 St. Victor, Hugh de, quoted, 56, 114 Saturn, 19, 55 Scrope, Stephen, 2, note Sedechias, the philosopher, maxim of, 72 Semele (Semelle), 69 Sibyl (Sebille), the, 113 Simon, St., article of, in the Creed, 46 Singularity of Clerks, book of, 8, 75, 102 Socrates, 4; 109 Solon (Salamon, Soleyne, Solyn), 4; Tawstyn, St. _See_ Augustine, St.
Temperance, goddess of, 9, 10 Theseus, 11, 41 Thessalonians, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 101 Thessille, the philosopher, maxim of, 82 Thetis, 66, 80 Thisbe (Tysbe, Thesbe), 52, 53 Thomas, St., article of, in the Creed, 42 Thune (Tyre?), 110 Timothy, St. Paul’s Epistle to, quoted, 93, 106 Titus, St. Paul’s Epistle to, quoted, 70 Tomyris (Thamaris), Queen of the Amazons, 63 Trojan horse, 109 Troylus, son of Priam, 90, 95, 106 Tyre? (Thune), 110 Virgil (Vyrgyl), 4 Vulcan (Vlnecan), 61 Wisdom, book of, quoted, 59, 66, 72, 91