Toward the world and stonde in grace,
Which lacketh ofte in many place[448]
To him that can noght sitte stille,
Which elles scholde have al his wille.[449]
[iv. Avantance or Boasting.]
ix. Magniloque propriam minuit iactancia lingue
Famam, quam stabilem firmat honore cilens.
Ipse sui laudem meriti non percipit, vnde
Se sua per verba iactat in orbe palam.
Estque viri culpa iactancia, que rubefactas