For yif thou conferme thy corage to the beste thinges, thou ne hast no nede of no Iuge to yeven thee prys or mede; for thou hast ioyned thy-self to the most excellent thing.
Wot ye not wel that noble and heigh corage Ne sorweth not, ne stinteth eek for lyte?
And certes, thou thy-self, that are plaunted in me, chacedest out of the sege of my corage al coveitise of mortal thinges; ne sacrilege hadde no leve to han a place in me biforn thyne eyen.
And yif he be distempre and quaketh for ire, men shal wene that he bereth the corage of a lyoun.
Withstond thanne and eschue thou vyces; worshipe and love thou virtues; areys thycorage to rightful hopes; yilde thou humble preyeres a-heigh.
And other folk he suffreth to ben travailed with harde thinges, for that they sholden confermen the vertues 185 of corage by the usage and exercitacioun of pacience.
Kyth now sumwhat thycorage and thy might, Have mercy on thy-self, for any awe.
And certys þou þi self þat art plaunted in me chacedest oute 452 þe sege of my corage al couetise of mortal þinges.
Mayst þou euer haue 1392 any comaundement ouer a fre corage [Sidenote: Can you disturb a soul consistent with itself, and knit together by the bond of reason?
Thanne is misericorde, as seith the philosophre, a vertu, by which the corage of man is stired by the misese of him that is misesed.
For sothe, o manere gentrye is for to preise, that apparailleth mannes corage with vertues and moralitees, and maketh him Cristes child.
Who yaf Iudith corage or hardinesse To sleen him, Olofernus, in his tente, 940 And to deliveren out of wrecchednesse The peple of god?
For the book seith, that "the wyse man maketh no lesing whan he turneth his corage to the bettre.
For certes, ther bihoveth greet corage agains Accidie, lest that it ne swolwe the soule by the sinne of sorwe, or destroye it by wanhope.
No lengthe of tyme or deeth may this deface, 510 Ne chaunge my corage to another place.
Debonairetee withdraweth and refreyneth the stiringes and the moevynges of mannes corage in his herte, in swich manere that they ne skippe nat out by angre ne by Ire.
For, if thou have corageas thou hast might, Thee were nede of hennes, as I wene, Ya, mo than seven tymes seventene.
For his corage is tempred so, That thogh he mihte himself relieve, Yit wolde he noght an other grieve, 3180 Bot rather forto do plesance He berth himselven the grevance, So fain he wolde an other ese.
As forto feigne such sieknesse It nedeth noght, for this witnesse I take of god, that my corage Hath ben mor siek than my visage.
Of Puile whilom was a king, A man of hih complexioun And yong, bot his affeccioun After the nature of his age Was yit noght falle in his corage 2650 The lust of wommen forto knowe.
This Bacheler upon this thing His Ere and his entente leide, And thoghte more thanne he seide, 2670 And feigneth with a fals visage That he was glad, bot his corage Was al set in an other wise.
Of Aristotle I have wel rad, Hou he to Alisandre bad, That forto gladen his corage He schal beholde the visage 4260 Of wommen, whan that thei ben faire.
And fro thens forthe by the wille of God, good corage and comfort taken to theyme, they were made conquerours and had the victorie in alle theire batailes.
How Appius the highe preest of the tempill of Mynerfe, albeit he was blinde, of good corage purposid tofore the Romains to make werre withe king Pirrus then to be com subjet to her auncient ennemy king Pirrus.
In noble corage oghte been areste, +And weyen every thing by equitee, +And ever han reward to his owen degree.
And thereupon conceiued corage to preferre hym selfe in playne tunes, if choyse were geuen to the maiden.
They defended themselues in Warres with certayne Tergats, made in fashion of a halfe Moone, and entring into battaile vsed a certaine kinde of Flutes to geue the people corage to fight, as the Lacedemonians were wont to do.
Yes, I will say it, the belif I had that you loved me and esteemed me gave me corage to bare my fate.
But for pitty's sake write me a line at once; it will give me thecorage I need to meet my trubbles.
I shall have as muchcorage to kill myself as he had to burn his bak.
Nothing was wanting to my misfortunes but the sertainty of your contempt and hatred; and now I have them I find the corage that my project requires.
Thus went they forth, and had but litel rest; 40 And some, her corage did hem sore assayle, For very wrath, they did step over the rayle!
He hath no corage of a man, trewly, That secheth plesaunce, worship to despyse; Nor to be called forth is not worthy The erthe to touch the ayre in no-kins wyse.
In sted of Pite, spedeth hot corage The maters all of court, now she is dede; I me report in this to womanhede.
To yeve hem corage of perseveraunce In vertu, and hir honour to enhaunce.
And wher men seyn, 'in man is stedfastnesse, And woman is of her corage unstable,' Who may of Adam bere swich witnesse?
But the corage and litle feare of theyr chyefe, retired theyr hearts into theyr bellyes.
This victory recouered sutch corage and boldnes to the French, as from that tyme forth the Englishmen began with their places and forts to lose also theyr hartes to defend themselues.
By which trim comparison, applyed to ciuile warre was deflected and mollified the stout corage and attempts of the multitude.
It is eke worldly shame, whan thy corage and mycht Is nere dekayed, to kepe thy lewde lyuynge.
His chaunged powres at first them selues not felt, Till crudled cold his coragecan assaile, 8 And chearefull bloud in faintnesse chill did melt, Which like a feuer fit through all his body swelt.
His corage more, that fr{o~} his griping pawes 104.
They bring them wines of Greece and Araby, 6 And daintie spices fetcht from furthest Ynd, To kindle heat of corage priuily: 8 And in the wine a solemne oth they bynd T'obserue the sacred lawes of armes, that are assynd.
Forwhy I took hit of so yong age, That malice hadde my corage Nat that tyme turned to no-thing 795 Through to mochel knowleching.
His chaunged powres at first them selves not felt, Till crudled cold hiscorage gan assaile, And cheareful bloud in faintnesse chill did melt, Which like a fever fit through all his body swelt.
Such restlesse passion did all night torment 5 The flaming corage of that Faery knight, Devizing, how that doughtie turnament With greatest honour he atchieven might; Still did he wake, and still did watch for dawning light.
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