Is wroth and gret vengance doth.
Now herkne a tale that is soth: 2780
P. i. 136
Thogh it be noght of loves kinde,
A gret ensample thou schalt finde
This veine gloire forto fle,
Which is so full of vanite.
[Nebuchadnezzar’s Punishment.]
xi. Humani generis cum sit sibi gloria maior,
Sepe subesse solet proximus ille dolor: