That will scholde evere be governed[951]
Of reson more than of kinde,
Wherof a tale write I finde. 1200
A Philosophre of which men tolde
[Tale of Diogenes and Alexander.]
Ther was whilom be daies olde,
P. i. 320
And Diogenes thanne he hihte.
Hic ponit Confessor exemplum, quod hominis impetuosa voluntas sit discrecionis moderamine gubernanda. Et narrat qualiter Diogenes, qui motus animi sui racioni subiugarat, Regem Alexandrum super isto facto sibi opponentem[953] plenius informauit.
So old he was that he ne mihte