Remedium contra peccatum Superbie.
Now sith that so is that ye han understonde what
is Pride, and whiche been the speces of it, and whennes Pride
sourdeth and spryngeth,
now shul ye understonde which is
the remedie agayns the synne of Pride; and that is
humylitee, or mekenesse.
That is a vertu thurgh which a man
hath verray knoweleche of hymself, and holdeth of hymself no pris
ne deyntee, as in regard of his desertes, considerynge evere his
freletee.
Now been ther three maneres of humylitee: as
humylitee in herte; another humylitee is in his mouth; the
thridde in his werkes.
The humilitee in herte is in foure
maneres. That oon is whan a man holdeth hymself as noght worth
biforn God of hevene. Another is whan he ne despiseth noon oother
man.
The thridde is whan he rekketh nat, though men
holde hym noght worth. The ferthe is whan he nys nat sory of his
humiliacioun.
Also the humilitee of mouth is in foure
thynges: in attempree speche, and in humblesse of speche, and
whan he biknoweth with his owene mouth that he is swich as hym
thynketh that he is in his herte. Another is whan he preiseth the
bountee of another man, and nothyng therof amenuseth.
Humilitee eek in werkes is in foure maneres. The firste is
whan he putteth othere men biforn hym. The seconde is to chese
the loweste place over al. The thridde is gladly to assente to
good conseil.
The ferthe is to stonde gladly to the award of
his sovereyns, or of hym that is in hyer degree. Certein, this
is a greet werk of humylitee.
