Mais de bon enseignment,
Que en escriptur ai trove
E de latin translatee, &c. &c."
Amongst them is the following:—
"Meux valt un chien sein e fort
Qe un leoun freid e mort;
E meux valt povert od bountex
Qe richeste od malueiste."
Jesus, the Son of Sirak, is not, however, the authority for this proverb; it occurs in the 9th chapter of Ecclesiastes and 4th verse.
And now, to ask a question in turn, what is meant by "auctorite del Dibil?"