5659. Deut. xxv. 18.
5701 ff. Cp. Conf. Am. iv. 3389 ff., where, however, ‘Tristesce’ is described as developed from ‘Slowthe’ generally, not (as here) from ‘Lachesce’ in particular. ‘Tristesce’ is there synonymous with ‘Desesperance.’
5714. Prov. xxv. 20, ‘Sicut tinea vestimento et vermis ligno, ita tristitia viri nocet cordi.’ The English version is quite different.
5729 ff. Cp. Conf. Am. iv. 3432 ff.,
‘For Tristesce is of such a kinde,
That forto meintiene his folie
He hath with him Obstinacie,
Which is withinne of such a slouthe
That he forsaketh alle trouthe,
And wole unto no reson bowe.’